Demo day alert: 13 new Comeback KC Ventures fellows set for debut on GEW KC stage

The first crop of Comeback KC Ventures fellows — entrepreneurs offering solutions from healthtech and edtech products to sports evaluations and an animation academy emerging in response to COVID-19 — is expected to highlight more than a dozen companies Thursday during a GEW KC innovation showcase.

“The demo day will allow early participants in the program a chance to show off what they have been working on and to provide the community the opportunity to celebrate some of the successes coming out of the Kansas City ecosystem,” organizers of the newly announced Comeback KC Ventures said.

Click here to register for the virtual demo day 4 p.m. Thursday during Global Entrepreneurship Week Kansas City.

Among the presenting entrepreneurs, which includes familiar faces from Digital Sandbox KC, Pipeline, Pure Pitch Rally and other local competitions:

• Shelly Cooper, SureShow — Read her Startland News profile here.

• John Black, MediView

• Brandon Fuhr, XReps

• Ryan Grobler, IAQuality

• Quest Moffat, Kadogo — Read his Startland News profile here.

• Jill Bertelsen, Crib Coaching

• Craig Boyle, What Duh Fog — Read his Startland News profile here.

• Gavin Dell, Hollywood Animation Academy — Read his Startland News profile here.

• Kenneth Yancy, 3rd Wave Marketing

• Tim Krause, Contagion Solutions

• Doug Hohulin, School of Nursing VR Training

• Claudia Lamb, OneRoom

• Jeff Wheeldon, Virtual Museum

Comeback KC Ventures’ 18-month program is led by KC Digital Drive and the UMKC Innovation Center, and focused on supporting entrepreneurs with innovations, products or service lines that are solving needs exposed by the pandemic.

Click here to learn more about the program.

KC Digital Drive also is expected to offer an overview of Comeback KC Ventures during the event, including how others can participate as either startups, advisors or mentors.