Startups

Event-staffing tech firm Pop Bookings opens seed round at $250K

By Tommy Felts / June 8, 2015

Kansas City-based Pop Bookings is scoring local love from angel investors as it hopes to bolster its seed round to further develop its online event-staffing platform. A recent graduate of business accelerator SparkLabKC, Pop Bookings opened its round in April at $250,000, with lead investments from Kansas City-area angel investors. Pop Bookings CEO Erika Klotz said…

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KCK tech firm RFP365 named ‘new small business’ of the year

By Tommy Felts / June 5, 2015

The wins are stacking up for RFP365. Now weeks after scoring a contract with the City of Kansas City, Mo., the tech company was named the 2015 “New Small Business of the Year” Friday by the Kansas City Kansas Chamber of Commerce. A member of the Kansas City Startup Village, RFP365 created software that eases…

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Gallery: Sprint Accelerator Demo Day

By Tommy Felts / June 5, 2015

The Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator held its Demo Day event Thursday at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Ten startups that specialize in mobile health technology graduated from the Techstars-led accelerator, which conducts a three-month, mentor-led program designed to quickly advance businesses.  Check out photos from the event by scrolling below. 

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UMKC, Digital Sandbox KC partnership to maximize resources, create jobs

By Tommy Felts / June 4, 2015

The University of Missouri-Kansas City’s E-Scholars program has partnered with a business incubator program to provide resources and capital to student entrepreneurs. The program has partnered with Digital Sandbox KC to offer inroads to students to further develop their business projects with additional funding. “The UMKC Entrepreneurship Scholars program has a very specific goal –…

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Startup Little Hoots working with Today Show, Huffington Post

By Tommy Felts / June 4, 2015

Kansas City-based Little Hoots has scored two high-profile partnerships that are scoring its memory-saving app thousands of additional downloads. The tech firm is working with the Today Show and the Huffington Post to provide snippets from its memory-keeping platform that captures youngsters’ memorable quotations to share with friends and family. “Whenever they publish one of these Little Hoots…

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