Tag: Bart Cooper

KC-area startup earns spot in first-ever AWS accelerator for emerging GovTech companies

By Tommy Felts / September 21, 2023

A Lee’s Summit-based startup focused on developing tech for the criminal justice industry has been selected for Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) inaugural GovTech Accelerator cohort. eHawk — led by co-founders Bart Cooper and Ted Green, a former bail bondsman and trial attorney — is one of 13 companies tapped for the program. The Kansas City-built…

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Why KCRise Fund chose a Lee’s Summit-built criminal justice smartphone app for its first lead investment

By Tommy Felts / August 5, 2021

A Kansas City startup’s smartphone-enabled alternative to ankle monitors taps into a huge courts and corrections market — with the potential for tremendous cost savings and societal impact, said Darcy Howe. And that docket of benefits presents a unique opportunity for KCRise Fund, which this week announced its lead investment in Lee’s Summit-based eHawk, added…

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