Dollars out, impact rolls in: $1M deployed from KC’s COVID-19 relief fund, AltCap says

By Tommy Felts | April 30, 2020

Editor’s note: The following is part of Startland News’ ongoing coverage of the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Kansas City’s entrepreneur community, as well as how innovation is helping to drive a new normal in the ecosystem. Click here to follow related stories as they develop. [divide] Just weeks after applications opened, a relief fund intended for Kansas…

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Federal relief funds open to VC-backed startups; ‘nimble’ PPP rollout praised as checks arrive in KC

By Tommy Felts | April 15, 2020

Editor’s note: The following is part of Startland News’ ongoing coverage of the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Kansas City’s entrepreneur community, as well as how innovation is helping to drive a new normal in the ecosystem. Click here to follow related stories as they develop. [divide] Sometimes a check is answer enough. While federal officials never officially…

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Five-chef food hall concept headed downtown thanks to one of KC’s most successful founders

By Tommy Felts | February 21, 2020

Serial entrepreneur Tim Barton is bringing his “chef collective” concept from downtown Overland Park to the heart of KCMO, the founder of Edison District announced Thursday, teasing the first details of a new development at the in-progress Lightwell building. “It’ll be a 13,500 square-foot food hall with five chef concepts,” Barton, whose Johnson County Strang…

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ZOHR relocates HQ to Dallas; KC lauded as its test site, but too limiting to grow brand nationally

By Tommy Felts | February 18, 2020

Everything’s bigger in Texas for ZOHR — including the startup’s potential to drive onto the national automotive scene, said Komal Choong. “Kansas City has been our test market to prove out key elements of our growth and market expansion strategies,” said Choong, co-founder of ZOHR, confirming Tuesday that the on-demand tire service startup has relocated its…

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