Tag: Animal Health

Techweek KC

4 Techweek takeaways: KC can’t escape ‘cowtown’ (and shouldn’t try)

By Tommy Felts / September 14, 2017

Kansas City shouldn’t run from its “cowtown” label, Techweek KC presenters said Wednesday. “We can celebrate agriculture, and we can also be hip and metropolitan,” said Kimberly Young, president of the KC Animal Health Corridor. Sitting aloft the rooftop deck at Travois in the Crossroads, a panel of experts gathered an audience interested in learning…

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Innovation Stockyard feeds effort to protect food chain

By Tommy Felts / August 4, 2017

When feeding the world, being proactive on animal health technology is vital, Ronan Molloy said. “The reality is, its importance will only hit home when we have a significant event, like a swine flu,” Molloy, president of Innovation Stockyard, said. “Then all of the sudden people will say ‘Oh, why is my fillet now $40…

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KC hosting global animal health investor forum

By Tommy Felts / August 17, 2015

The premier animal health innovation conference is coming to Kansas City. The KC Animal Health Corridor — an area animal health development organization — expects about 40 venture capital funds to attend the 2015 KC Animal Health Investment Forum, set for Sept 1. Kimberly Young, president of the KC Animal Health Corridor, said that hundreds…

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KC newbie Rex tops $1M in revenue, kicks off hiring

By Tommy Felts / June 17, 2015

Surging growth at one of Kansas City’s newest startups is leading it to hire a staff six times its current size. Rex, an animal health tech company that recently graduated from the Techstars-led Sprint Accelerator, is hoping to quickly boost its headcount from two to 12. In the days following a pitch at the accelerator’s…

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Sprint Accelerator Demo Day preview (part I)

By Tommy Felts / June 1, 2015

The second class of the Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator is gearing up for its much-anticipated Demo Day, which serves as a culminating event and is expected to draw a crowd of nearly 2,000 people. Led by Boulder-based Techstars, the Kansas City-based accelerator is now hosting 10 mobile health tech startups from around the world for…

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