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Document: FarmLink raises additional $24.6M for ag tech
Ag tech startups in Kansas City are plowing a promising 2016. Kansas City-based FarmLink recently secured nearly $24.6 million in investment capital for its farming technology, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The company offers a suite of tech services for farmers, including analytics platform TrueHarvest and machinery sharing platform MachineryLink Sharing. TrueHarvest…
‘PayIt’ up: Kansas City gov tech startup registers $4.5M investment
Like the dozens of people around him, John Thomson’s 2013 wait at the Missouri Department of Motor Vehicles had him aggravated. It was such a pain — watching the queue slowly subside while working on his phone — that the entrepreneur did what innovators do: he built a company to alleviate the chore. Fast forward…
Gooding: Is that a lion? Yes, and it’s keeping your business from growing
Ever watch one of those nature shows where you see a herd of gazelle that gets spooked by a lion and they all take off running together? In the ensuing chaos, the camera always follows that one gazelle that breaks from the pack. Why do they follow that one gazelle? The correct answer is “Good…
Sporting Innovations reveals name change
Sports tech company Sporting Innovations is kicking off 2016 new branding. The company announced Monday that it’s changed its name to “FanThreeSixty” to better reflect an “ongoing transformation” and to better connect to its software platform of the same name, FanThreeSixty CEO Robb Heineman said. “We feel the timing is ideal for evolving our brand…
Local students win national design contest for Royals World Series trophy
When it comes to baseball, in appears Kansas City is still on a hot streak. Three students from Pembroke Hill School recently beat out dozens of professionals in a national contest to design a World Series trophy for the Kansas City Royals. The 11th-grade students — Samuel Hrabko, Raghav Parikh, and Momin Tahirkheli — entered…
Events Preview: Pipeline IOTY
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 Intentional Collisions When: January 20 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Where: Sprint Accelerator Once a month, the Sprint Accelerator organizes a…
Amid success, the Kansas City Startup Village is shrinking
It’s Nov. 13, 2012, and Kansas City’s Spring Valley neighborhood is in a frenzy. TV vans line the streets near 4454 State Line Road, the first house to receive Google’s ultra fast Internet service in the Kansas City, Kan. neighborhood. Reporters jockey for access to a handful of entrepreneurs and techies that moved to area…
Why coastal investors ignore the Midwest and what’s next for federal startup policy
Here are this week’s watercooler conversation-starters on why inland states struggle to find funding, coming issues in federal entrepreneurship policy and the success of innovation districts that are cropping up around the U.S. (and in Kansas City). More in this series here. International Business Times: Finding venture capital far from the coasts Of the $48.3…
Ebb and flow: The Kansas City Startup Village by the numbers
Startland News created an infographic on the growth and shrinkage of the Kansas City Startup Village since its 2012 founding. Here’s a colorful interpretation of its ebb and flow, as presented by Startland’s Kat Hungerford. Read more about the KCSV’s history, successes and possible future here.
Shawnee passes tax measure to attract startups
A tax incentive program that aims to attract high-growth startups to the City of Shawnee unanimously passed a city vote, paving the way for firms to tap a variety of benefits to alleviate initial costs. The city council voted 8-0 on the “Startup Workforce Relocation and Expansion Program,” which aims to encourage job growth and…
