Posts Tagged ‘Sarah Hill’
2020 Startups to Watch: Healium uses VR to envision a world with empty medicine cabinets
Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. [divide] If its a situation that sucks, virtual and augmented reality offer a solution, said Sarah Hill. [pullquote] 4) Healium Elevator…
Read More10 Kansas City Startups to Watch in 2020
Their hustle is fierce — their stories, strategies and strengths uncommon. The future newsmakers rounding out Startland News’ Kansas City Startups to Watch in 2020 list are hungry to disrupt. They’re eager to drive and inspire innovation in industries under-explored or altogether forgotten. [pullquote] Celebrating the Startups to Watch in 2020 A Jan. 30 celebration…
Read MorePacked demo day at Alamo Drafthouse caps inaugural Launch Health Accelerator
More than 200 investors and entrepreneurs attended the recent Demo Day for the Launch Health Accelerator powered by Nueterra Capital. Demo Day marked the conclusion of the 75-day accelerator and featured presentation pitches from each of the six cohort companies. After a short networking reception in the Chesterfield bar inside the Alamo Drafthouse Kansas City,…
Read MoreLaunch Health check-up: Healium by StoryUp leverages new connections to stress its healing power
Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of stories on the six cohort companies of the Launch Health Accelerator, powered by Nueterra Capital and sponsored by LaunchKC. Click here to read all the stories published in this series. [divide] More than a million dollars in funding and a relationship with the founder of…
Read MoreTinder founder boards advisory team as StoryUP closes oversubscribed $1M+ round
Building a global company requires boots on the ground, Sarah Hill said as she waited to board a flight to Kansas City, hours after the close of her startup’s first million-dollar funding round. “Once the Kansas City investors hopped in, that’s when it came to be oversubscribed — we were just delighted,” said Hill, founder…
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