Tag: Neighborly

Experts weigh in: Why do StartupNames Alwayz Loook Lyke Dis?

By Tommy Felts / January 17, 2017

At times, it seems like startups are waging war on the English language. From merged words to missing vowels to what appears to onomatopoeia, startup names can be as creative as they are baffling. “It’s almost as if everyone is rebelling against Webster’s dictionary,” said Anita Newton, vice president of marketing at AdParlor. So, what’s…

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Readers’ Choice: Peek at Startland’s most-popular stories

By Tommy Felts / May 4, 2016

The votes are in — and they arrived via page views. And in case you didn’t know: Kansas City produces a ton of startup news. A year ago today, we published our very first digest, and it’s been a fantastically hectic ride ever since. As a startup ourselves, watching the ticker count on story page…

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Neighborly nabs $5.5M from Formation 8, Ashton Kutcher

By Tommy Felts / September 15, 2015

Neighborly, a San Francisco-based startup with an office in Kansas City, recently landed a multi-million dollar investment for its community investment marketplace. The company, which relocated its headquarters from Kansas City to San Francisco after struggling to raise local capital, raised $5.5 million from venture capital firms Formation 8 and Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures, according…

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Ashton Kutcher backs former KC-based startup Neighborly

By Tommy Felts / July 9, 2015

It appears Kansas City may have let a promising startup slip through its fingers. Formerly based in Kansas City and now headquartered in San Francisco, Neighborly landed an investment and sparkling endorsement from venture capitalist superstar Ashton Kutcher. An actor and active tech investor, Kutcher founded venture capital firm Sound Ventures, which dished out one…

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