Startups

Farmobile plows an agricultural revolution by empowering farmers with data

By Tommy Felts / December 22, 2015

Agriculture techie Jason Tatge spent Monday morning as he often would: with a farmer interested in his company. The two kicked off the week in Fargo, North Dakota, kicking the proverbial tractor tires on Tatge’s ag tech business, Farmobile, and how the farmer’s data could generate additional revenue for his operations. They also chatted about…

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(S)heStarts: Define yourself and your startup on your own terms

By Tommy Felts / December 18, 2015

At a recent One Million Cups gathering at the Kauffman Foundation, Little Hoots founder Lacey Ellis discussed lessons learned since launching her company. It had been almost a year since she first presented at the pitch event, and one of her primary lessons is sound advice for startup founders. “When you’re first starting out, you’re…

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Ag tech firm Farmobile reaps big multi-million dollar investment

By Tommy Felts / December 18, 2015

Agriculture company Farmoblie reaped substantial funding to accelerate development and distribution of its technology to collect data from farm machinery. The Kansas City-based firm snagged a $5.5 million Series A round of equity investment led by Amsterdam-based Anterra Capital. Founded in 2013, Farmoblie created a device — or Passive Upload Connection (PUC) — that plugs into…

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Regional venture capital and why Valley firms moved to the Midwest

By Tommy Felts / December 17, 2015

In this week’s regional roundup, we have the dish on everything you should know from regional venture capital and cyber security to building a company that survives a dynamic tech market. For more on this series, read our introduction.  St. Louis Biz Journal: Big raises, new funds highlight year for venture capital in St. Louis Not only…

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Events Preview: Happy Holidays!

By Tommy Felts / December 17, 2015

There are a boatload of entrepreneurial events hosted in Kansas City on a weekly basis. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, supporter or curious Kansas Citian, we’d recommend these upcoming events for you. WEEKLY EVENT PREVIEW With the Holidays right around the corner, there are few events this week and next. Grab some egg nog and enjoy time…

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