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Jerry Workman and Parker Graham, Destiny

2020 Startups to Watch: Destiny drops into debt-laden users’ lives as startup’s dominoes fall

By Tommy Felts / January 22, 2020

Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. The founders behind Destiny owe a debt to the platform’s early adopters, said Parker Graham, eager for the FinTech startup’s…

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Edna Martinson and Clarence Tan, Boddle

2020 Startups to Watch: Boddle evolves from mere gamified edtech to vital classroom tool

By Tommy Felts / January 22, 2020

Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. Education needs an overhaul and Boddle Learning is driving the change from the front of the classroom, declared Edna Martinson.  “Its…

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Lee Zuvanich and Lauren Lawrence, Stenovate

2020 Startups to Watch: Stenovate streamlines transcription with legal tech breakthrough

By Tommy Felts / January 22, 2020

Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. It’s all systems go for Kansas City-built Stenovate, as the legal tech startup nears public launch with just the right mix…

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backstitch

2020 Startups to Watch: backstitch shifts tech conversation to company culture, communication

By Tommy Felts / January 22, 2020

Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. Employers can win the fight against disengaged workers, said Jordan Warzecha, noting the battlefield stretches from right outside his company’s Crossroads…

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Kevin Burke and Zarif Haque, Draiver

2020 Startups to Watch: Draiver pulling out of stealth mode with steady hands on the wheel

By Tommy Felts / January 22, 2020

Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. Businesses across the country have a mobility problem and Draiver is set to flip mobility tech on its head in 2020,…

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Gary Fish, Fishtech Group

2020 Startups to Watch: Fishtech Group secures KC as a cyber-defense stronghold

By Tommy Felts / January 22, 2020

Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. By the end of 2020, Fishtech Group will be nearing 300 employees, furthering the exponential effect the startup has had on…

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Healium

2020 Startups to Watch: Healium uses VR to envision a world with empty medicine cabinets

By Tommy Felts / January 22, 2020

Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. If its a situation that sucks, virtual and augmented reality offer a solution, said Sarah Hill.  “[The world] is now a…

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Tammie Wahaus, ELIAS Animal Health

2020 Startups to Watch: ELIAS Animal Health wags past milestones in cancer treatment for dogs

By Tommy Felts / January 22, 2020

Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. Hitting impactful key performance indicators after a long and complicated journey since its founding, ELIAS Animal Health is heading into the…

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Tesseract Ventures

2020 Startups to Watch: Tesseract Ventures building future of AI, robotics alongside ‘titans of industry’

By Tommy Felts / January 22, 2020

Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. The smartest minds in the Kansas City area have assembled in offices from the Crossroads to Martin City, working to build…

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James DeWitt, Michael Wilson, Jason Mispagel and Josh Hill, United American Hemp

2020 Startups to Watch: United American Hemp aims for ‘perpetual harvest’ with Midwestern nice

By Tommy Felts / January 22, 2020

Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. United American Hemp is cultivating one of the region’s largest genetics operations just outside Louisburg, but the emerging startup’s competitive…

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