C2FO’s advice: Seek global capital, local startup partners (Top VC-Backed event photos)

By Tommy Felts | September 4, 2019
Kerri Thurston, C2FO

Leawood-based fintech powerhouse C2FO didn’t raise nearly $300 million in capital by accident, nor without a strategy for selecting the right investors, Kerri Thurston told a crowd of founders, executives and investors gathered to celebrate the startups on Startland’s list of Kansas City’s Top Venture Capital-Backed Companies in 2019. “Focus on folks who can really…

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Venture capitalist Keith Harrington opens up on KC investment culture

By Tommy Felts | October 25, 2016

For most of the 200 Kauffman Fellows attending the Reunion VC Summit, it is their first time visiting Kansas City. To help them get a taste of the metro’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, Keith Harrington, Kauffman fellow and partner at Kansas City-based Fulcrum Global Capital, presented some cultural highlights at the summit Tuesday. Like many Midwestern cities,…

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