Startland News is continuing its “Fund Me, KC” series to highlight area entrepreneurs’ efforts to accelerate their businesses or lend a helping hand to others. This is an opportunity for... Read more
...predictions in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. 1) TripleBlind Founders: Riddhiman Das, Greg Storm Founding year: 2019 Amount raised to date: Undisclosed Noteworthy investors: Flyover Capital, KCRise Fund, Accenture Ventures,... Read more
...highlighting the critical importance of working to fund such programs. “[Art] isn’t as appreciated as it could be in education. I’ve been on this planet 32 years and we’re still... Read more
...Storm • Founding year: 2019 • Amount raised to date: Undisclosed • Noteworthy investors: Flyover Capital, KCRise Fund, Accenture Ventures, Purpose Built Ventures, Practical Venture Capital • Programs completed: Digital... Read more
...investors: KCRise Fund, Techstars Kansas City • Programs completed: Techstars 2018 • Current employee count: 25 “Using a text message to report an issue is a profound change. It’s way... Read more
...to use the funds? The funds will be used to facilitate the logistics costs of transporting the product to these non-profit organizations who can distribute it and will also help... Read more
...founders appear to have made little progress in securing venture capital funding in 2020 — representing just 2.6 percent of venture funding in 2020 as of Aug. 31, 2020, and... Read more
...we’re still partnering with different community organizations, but now we are using county funding for the pop-up testing, which is technically federal funding,” Edwards noted. As an advocate for decarceration... Read more
...tech platform — and in the process found a key funder for UpDown Nightlife. “This is our first real round of funding where we’re able to really put ourselves ahead,... Read more
KC’s favorite BBQ: Interest in these 10 restaurants surged with curbside curiosity, Lelex Prime says
...as the Fountain Innovation Fund — currently works alongside Fortune 500 companies, helping them understand how non-related trends impact sales. “An example could be, ‘Yogurt sales are impacted by the... Read more
