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Jabbok Schlacks and Willy Schlacks, EquipmentShare

$230M funding round fuels EquipmentShare tech launch, national expansion plans

By Tommy Felts / July 17, 2021

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores entrepreneurship taking root 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. A massive funding haul…

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Shakia Webb, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

New voice on capital access: If people aren’t already at the table, move the table to them

By Tommy Felts / July 16, 2021

Editor’s note: The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a financial supporter of Startland News. This story was produced independently by Startland News’s nonprofit newsroom. From teller to business banker, Shakia Webb worked nearly every bank job, she recalled.  “Each role literally prepared me for the next,” Webb told Startland News, detailing her well-rounded resume and…

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Dwayne Johnson Signe Du Ciel aka Santino

In the ring with Santino: How a KC-area French Bulldog became a championship showstopper

By Tommy Felts / July 16, 2021

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores entrepreneurship taking root 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. Dwayne Johnson started as…

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Watch Now: Nothing to Fear a virtual Innovation Exchange conversation

By Tommy Felts / July 15, 2021

Innovation Exchange is produced by Startland, the parent organization of Startland News. Morgan Stanley is the event’s presenting sponsor and C2FO is a financial supporter of Startland News.

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David Biga, Particle Space

Proptech startup closes $636K pre-seed round, building on real estate product collabs

By Tommy Felts / July 13, 2021

More than a half-million dollars in pre-seed funding has a Kansas City-built proptech startup movin’ on up, bringing it a few floors closer to realizing its goal of becoming Stripe for the real estate industry.  “It feels so unreal,” David Biga, founder and CEO, told Startland News Monday in announcement of the startup’s newly-closed $636,000…

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