Startups

No wait time for affordability; Missouri startup transforms how Paytients pay for health care

By Tommy Felts / July 1, 2024

Editor’s note: The following story was produced through a paid partnership with MOSourceLink, which boasts a mission to help entrepreneurs and small businesses across the state of Missouri grow and succeed by providing free, easy access to the help they need — when they need it. [divide] Inspired by his time at Boone County Hospital…

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Photos: Founders score electric vibes, human connections with Startup Crawl’s return

By Tommy Felts / June 24, 2024

Even tech startups benefit from one-on-one conversations with peers and the public, founders said, reflecting on the connections, collisions and real-time feedback earlier this month during Startland News’ Startup Crawl in downtown Kansas City’s Power & Light District. “It was an incredible experience that allowed for free-flow conversations and engaging activities between myself and the…

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Wichita investors propel startup helping underserved schools, nonprofits boost workforce

By Tommy Felts / June 20, 2024

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.  [divide] WICHITA — A more than $500,000 oversubscribed round from accredited investors — mostly Wichita backers — is just one milestone in tech startup KaaS’ plans for $1 million in 2024 investments,…

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New collaboration will help OP startup 3D bioprint, scale its next-gen biotech solution

By Tommy Felts / June 12, 2024

A Kansas biotech startup’s new manufacturing partner will boost efforts to automate and mass produce Ronawk’s headline-grabbing Bio-Block technology — a platform that has already accelerated medical advancements in tissue therapy. “Collaboration is critical for turning research advances into commercial therapies rapidly. The complexity and diversity of modalities is so big that nobody can do…

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Back2KC sets return date for its 2024 homecoming effort, scouting familiar faces to build an even stronger KC

By Tommy Felts / June 7, 2024

When Back2KC returns this fall, the homegrown talent recruitment initiative will lean on unexpected connections to entice former residents — now out-of-town professionals — to give Kansas City’s recent Golden Age another look, organizers said.  “The biggest win we can have is if these expats and ex-Kansas Citians come back, move their families here, move…

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