Posts Tagged ‘John Fein’
Firebrand Ventures partners with UMKC to cultivate entrepreneurs
Firebrand Ventures has partnered with the University of Missouri-Kansas City to help local startup entrepreneurs. As part of the agreement, the Kansas City-based fund will offer graduates of UMKC’s E-Scholars program an opportunity to receive an investment from Firebrand starting in 2017. Housed under UMKC’s Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (RIEI), E-Scholars offers students…
Read MoreRockstar team forming at KC-based Firebrand Ventures
A venture fund’s success is determined by its ability to find and evaluate the best deals. And that job is a whole lot easier when you have a team with decades of technology investment experience guiding your decisions — as is the case with Kansas City-based Firebrand Ventures. Launched in July by John Fein, Firebrand…
Read MoreIllness forecaster Sickweather lands local investor, opening KC office
As part of a recent investment round, Sickweather will be returning to familiar stomping grounds to open a Kansas City office. A graduate of the 2014 Techstars-led Sprint Accelerator, Sickweather raised a seed round of an undisclosed value to accelerate sales of its tech that forecasts and maps illnesses for consumers and enterprises. “We’re thrilled…
Read MoreStartland gets personal with Davyeon Ross, John Fein and Greg Kratofil
Startland News exists to share the stories of innovation that happen every day in Kansas City. But while we try our best to give you updates as they come, it is rare that all the details of the news we produce are included in the stories we publish. That’s why editor-in-chief Bobby Burch led Startland…
Read MoreHear KC newsmakers’ backstory with Startland’s ‘Innovation Exchange’ Oct. 20
Rarely are all the facts of breaking news included in the stories we read. From the coincidences that led to a business deal to the personal challenges along the way, there’s often a fascinating patchwork of details that remain in reporters’ notebooks. Think of the Innovation Exchange as a chance to open a news organization’s notepad…
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