Profiles

Clara Biotech boasts first-of-its-kind cancer detection from lab in Lawrence

By Tommy Felts / August 13, 2019

A Kansas startup says its cancer detection process — requiring only a single blood sample — could dramatically simplify a often-harrowing health care experience, as well as lead to personalized treatments for illnesses ranging from cancer to neurological diseases like Parkinson’s or multiple sclerosis.  Clara Biotech — based in Lawrence at the BioScience and Technology…

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Zohr takes startup lessons on the road as on-demand tire service expands to Dallas streets

By Tommy Felts / August 8, 2019

As Zohr drives toward national expansion, the on-demand tire services startup is already finding success in Dallas, replicating the metro-wide experience it made popular in hometown Kansas City, said Komal Choong. “We’re getting great responses from our early adopters,” the Zohr co-founder and CEO said. “So we’re very optimistic that it’ll continue to grow, just…

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Anurag Patel, Helix Health

As healthcare pivots to value based service, Helix Health uses data analytics to reduce costs

By Tommy Felts / August 6, 2019

Prevention is cheaper than cure — a sentiment forming the foundation of Helix Health, said Anurag Patel. “The business of healthcare today is that if you’re sick, then you’re a customer of healthcare. If you’re healthy, then you’re not,” Patel said, describing a need for creating a business model that helps people stay healthy.  Helix Health…

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David Lintz and Stuart Ludlow, RFP360

RFP360 doubles in size since December; team back under one roof with move to new space

By Tommy Felts / August 2, 2019

RFP360 is coming full circle, said Stuart Ludlow, as the software company he co-founded with David Hulsen in the Kansas City Startup Village once again levels up to accommodate a swelling team and increasing market demand. “We’re moving into a place — scale and scope — that Dave and I envisioned,” said Ludlow, who also…

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Vanessa Mahan and Catherine Pollman, Bionic Bowel, UMKC Regnier Venture Creation Challenge

Two Missouri biology students just wanted an ‘A’ — ultimately they devised a treatment for Crohn’s Disease

By Tommy Felts / July 31, 2019

Launching a biotech company based on a class project took the quest for an ‘A’ to a whole new level for two Missouri University of Science and Technology students — founders of Bionic Bowell.  Prompted by professors to find a use for a special ion-interacting glass compound, Vanessa Mahan and Catherine Pollman devised an ingestible…

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