Startups

Amber Baulder and Syerrah Samone, SIS Hands on Workshop (SHOW)

Sisters hope to narrow industry gender gap with free video production workshop for women

By Tommy Felts / February 17, 2021

When Stellar Image Studios recently opened its casting call for female videographers, the sisters behind the increasingly busy Kansas City production team discovered a talent pool not quite ready to hit the streets.  “We had applicants who had the potential, but they didn’t have the skill yet,” said Amber Baulder, who co-founded Stellar Image Studios…

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How LendingStandard’s new marketplace tapped into a record-setting real estate trend 

By Tommy Felts / February 16, 2021

A KCK startup opened a funding pipeline with its latest offering that exceeded $860 million in its first seven months of operation.  MultifamilyDebt.com — a multifamily lending marketplace fueled by Kansas City, Kansas-based LendingStandard — announced the achievement Monday, signaling rapid growth in the midst of a record-setting era for real estate.  “Providing quality loans and fast…

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Max Kaniger, Kanbe's Markets

Kanbe’s Markets sees massive growth, plans expansion beyond KC as food insecurity surges

By Tommy Felts / February 16, 2021

Kanbe’s Markets is growing its operations — cultivating 2020 success into plans to transplant healthy, fresh, affordable ingredients to food deserts beyond Kansas City. “Food insecurity is a problem that isn’t specific to just Kansas City, so our goal going forward is to maximize the impact of this program, to enhance health outcomes, and to…

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Herd that beef was grass-fed? KC inventor’s cattle facial ID could drive steak through origin uncertainty

By Tommy Felts / February 16, 2021

One of Kansas City’s most active serial inventors recently harvested his 88th patent, but it’s the revolutionary new way he’s using blockchain technology and augmented reality that’s turning heads (of cattle) down on the farm. Shekhar Gupta’s latest reveal: a facial recognition platform specifically designed to identify and track bovine for the bottom line — reducing…

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Liza Thomas and Brian Thomas, Coruzant Technologies

Fund Me, KC: Overland Park couple takes on TechCrunch with women-focused digital tech publication

By Tommy Felts / February 15, 2021

Startland News is continuing its “Fund Me, KC” series to highlight area entrepreneurs’ efforts to accelerate their businesses or lend a helping hand to others. This is an opportunity for entrepreneurs — like Liza and Brian Thomas whose campaign supports funding the digital publication Coruzant Technologies — to share their crowdfunding stories in a simple…

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