Funding

Bo Lais, Lula

New $750K investment round for Lula comes with partner in apartment management

By Tommy Felts / February 5, 2019

Closing a $750,000 seed round is even more impactful with a strategic partner like Worcester Investments, said Lula founder Bo Lais. “We did have three other private investors, that were minority investors with two of them local, but it’s [become] more than just investment with [with Worcester],” said Lais, CEO of the Overland Park-based home…

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Life Equals shoots $2.35M oversubscribed round led by former Anheuser-Busch InBev exec

By Tommy Felts / January 31, 2019

Well, that didn’t take long. A freshly raised $2.35 million investment round will be a turning point for Life Equals, taking its brand to the national stage, said Kyle FitzGerald, announcing the funding Thursday at Startland’s Startups to Watch in 2019 celebration. Life Equals was selected as No. 7 on the list of Kansas City…

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Sean Null, Erkios

Digital Sandbox charges three new startups with its proof-of-concept challenge

By Tommy Felts / January 25, 2019

An effort to elevate Kansas City’s creative minds, Digital Sandbox KC is digging deeper in its sixth year of acceleration — adding three new startups to its portfolio, the proof-of-concept program announced this week. “Our initial goal was to find 10 early-stage concepts that had high-growth potential and help them secure follow-on funding,” said Jeff Shackelford,…

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‘Hardest deal is always the first one’ — Partnership adapts Motega Health tech for animal use

By Tommy Felts / January 25, 2019

A new licensing deal with Simini Technologies has unleashed disruptive potential for Lawrence-built Motega Health, the company announced Thursday. “We are very pleased to be partnering with Simini and their team and are excited by the energy and creative thinking they are bringing to the commercial process in veterinary medicine,” said Dr. Blake Hawley, founder…

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Matt Watson, Stackify

KC angels pile in with $2.74M funding raise for Matt Watson’s Stackify

By Tommy Felts / January 23, 2019

A team of six local angel investors has pushed Kansas City-sourced Stackify past the $2 million mark in the company’s latest funding raise, Matt Watson announced Wednesday. “We are using the funds to continue our aggressive growth plans,” Watson, founder and CEO, said of the raise. Uploaded onto the startup scene in 2012, Stackify has…

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