In a special event at the White House, Kansas City Mayor Sly James exalted area entrepreneurship and a startup community that grew as a result of the metro’s access to Google Fiber. Joining... Read more
After a sizzling summer, Video Fizz is continuing its hot streak with a growing investment round and a chance to win more funding at a national pitch contest. Founded by Laura Steward, Video... Read more
Kansas City startups snagged a load of capital over the summer. Often earmarked for product development, hiring or both, the funds represent new injections of capital that startups hope will... Read more
Once the dust settled on the LaunchKC grant recipient announcement, the champagne bottles popped. Founders from the 10 winning companies — parred down from a list of 500 — had reason to cele... Read more
With more than 5,000 attendees last week in Union Station, Kansas City more than doubled the expected participation in Techweek, a week-long technology conference. In fact, Kansas City perfo... Read more
LaunchKC announced the winners of 10, $50,000 grants Friday during a celebration at the inaugural Techweek Kansas City conference. More than 40 judges evaluated pitches from 20 contest final... Read more
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon made an appearance at Techweek Thursday to announce $1.19 million in grants to three Kansas City organizations through the Missouri Technology Corporation. Of the $1.... Read more
After weeks of application reviews, LaunchKC has announced the top 20 contenders in their Kansas City-based grant competition. With a special kudos to Kansas City, 12 of the top 20 are from... Read more
An international grant competition that will welcome 10 new tech firms to Kansas City has cut a few hundred companies from its field of applicants. LaunchKC — which aims to attract 10 tech f... Read more
Dozens of entrepreneurs, technologists and businesspeople sipped cocktails Monday at Techweek’s countdown party. Below are some photos from the event, which revealed eight new speakers... Read more
