Funding

AltCap team at the 2021 AltCap Your Biz competition during GEW KC

Kauffman grants $5.3M to AltCap to help those overlooked by lenders access capital

By Tommy Felts / February 15, 2022

Editor’s note: The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a financial supporter of Startland News. A significant new grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is expected to help AltCap support the capitalization and administration of a fund that increases access to capital for entrepreneurs in distressed areas of Kansas City and for those whose credit applications…

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Wichita support org for startups lands nearly $1M in funding — including $300K in Kauffman backing

By Tommy Felts / February 3, 2022

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro. This series is possible thanks to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which leads a collaborative, nationwide effort to identify and remove large and small barriers to new business creation. New…

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Sarah Hill, Healium, StoryUp, a portfolio company of Missouri Technology Corporation

Missouri wants to match investors’ funds for promising young startups; founders have until Monday to apply

By Tommy Felts / February 3, 2022

A pair of competitive startup funding programs backed by the State of Missouri are poised to boost companies with Show Me potential, said Jack Scatizzi as the deadline rapidly nears for this year’s IDEA Funds. “We invest both state and federal funding into the most promising high growth-potential startups,” said Scatizzi, executive director of the…

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Sandy Kemper, C2FO

C2FO closes $140M funding round amid record growth, expanded focus on underserved companies

By Tommy Felts / February 1, 2022

Editor’s note: C2FO is a financial supporter of Startland News’ nonprofit newsroom. Kansas City fintech powerhouse C2FO grows best when it’s accelerating access to capital for those traditionally underserved by the banking industry, said Sandy Kemper, announcing a $140 million funding round for the Leawood-based company. Led by Third Point Ventures — a multi-stage investor…

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Comeback KC Ventures fellows: top, Dr. Shelley Cooper, Diversity Telehealth and Come On Now!, Ryan Grobler, IAQuality, Jill and Justin Bertelsen, Bertelsen Education and Crib Coaching; middle, Joel Stephens and Brandon Fuhr, XReps, John Black, MediView; bottom, Martin Bukowski and Eliot Arnold, Moodspark, Quest Moffat and Alejandro Andrade Salazar, Kadogo

Accelerator taps first 7 startups to help bring KC back from the edge of global health crisis

By Tommy Felts / January 28, 2022

Seven Kansas City tech startups have taken the leap to launch new technologies and startups in response to challenges posed by COVID-19 — and have received technical and financial assistance through Comeback KC Ventures to accelerate their efforts.  “These innovations were conceived after two years of the coronavirus pandemic revealed and ignited a need for…

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