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Innovation Stockyard feeds effort to protect food chain

By Tommy Felts / August 4, 2017

When feeding the world, being proactive on animal health technology is vital, Ronan Molloy said. “The reality is, its importance will only hit home when we have a significant event, like a swine flu,” Molloy, president of Innovation Stockyard, said. “Then all of the sudden people will say ‘Oh, why is my fillet now $40…

Students bump shoulders with architects at STEAM Studio

By Tommy Felts / August 3, 2017

Most children won’t have experience working in a professional environment until they land their first job or internship, Mandi Sonnenberg said.  “Some kids may have popped into their mom or dad’s work and have gone to a professional space at least a couple times in their life,” Sonnenberg said. “But for kids in the urban…

Smart City Living Lab opens, targets growing pains of a swelling city

By Tommy Felts / August 2, 2017

The much-anticipated “Kansas City Living Lab” — a platform for application development that taps the Kansas City Smart City initiative — is now welcoming new tech partners. Using smart city infrastructure, the Living Lab allows innovators to test and commercialize technologies that can solve problems in Kansas City. The project is led by Think Big…

JE Dunn spinout Site 1001 raises millions more from local investors

By Tommy Felts / August 2, 2017

A Kansas City-based tech firm that’s created a smart buildings platform recently raised another significant batch of venture capital funding. Site 1001 — a technology spin out from Kansas City construction giant JE Dunn Construction — raised $6 million to boost its engineering, research and sales efforts. The round was led by JE Dunn Construction…

Pure Pitch Rally palms $20K to KC startups

By Tommy Felts / August 1, 2017

Kansas City already has the right lineup for its own tech rally, Karen Fenaroli said. “We have the investors, we have the start-up talent,” Fenaroli, founder of Fenaroli & Associates and organizer of Pure Pitch Rally, said.  A pitch competition next month attempts to connect the two, offering winning entrepreneurs an opportunity to nab $1,000…