Startups

Smart dog crate created in KC could be just months away; Interplay set for August crowdfunding, launch party

By Tommy Felts / July 26, 2022

Dog owners are one step closer to getting their hands on the world’s first interactive dog crate as Kansas City-based Interplay plans the Aug. 12 launch of its hotly anticipated debut product, PlayTach. The milestone has been a long time coming, said Jonaie Johnson, founder and CEO of Interplay, who has been working on it…

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‘If you don’t own yourself, you own nothing’: Why one founder says he’ll relocate his business if Kansas bans abortion

By Tommy Felts / July 26, 2022

Editor’s note: This story is part of a series on the 2022 election produced by the KC Media Collective, an initiative designed to support and enhance local journalism. Members of the KC Media Collective include Startland News, Missouri Business Alert, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, KCUR, The Kansas City Beacon and American Public Square. Andrew Morgans has…

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Rebecca MacKinnon, SoulFIRE Health, at the NXTSTAGE Community Health and Vibrancy Pilot Competition

Overland Park startup wins four pilot projects through NXTUS health competition

By Tommy Felts / July 1, 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. WICHITA…

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mySidewalk team in Kansas City

KC data platform mySidewalk partners with GoDaddy to launch online economic insight tool 

By Tommy Felts / July 1, 2022

A new tool from Kansas City’s mySidewalk and GoDaddy’s Venture Forward research initiative is expected to give local and regional policymakers in the U.S. unprecedented — and direct — access to information on the economic impact of more than 20 million microbusinesses, said Stephen Hardy. “At mySidewalk, we work every day with leaders across the country…

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Mythical Games new office location at Power & Light

LA game tech startup boosting its KC footprint with 100 new jobs, high-profile downtown HQ

By Tommy Felts / June 29, 2022

A rapidly expanding gaming technology studio hopes to put approachable blockchain technology in the hands of consumers — and it’s pressing play on a strategy to bring dozens of new jobs to Kansas City and give players, developers, and content creators “true ownership” within the games they love. Based in Sherman Oaks, California, Mythical Games…

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