Kansas City’s Top VC-Backed Companies in 2020

By Tommy Felts | August 31, 2020
Venture capital Kansas City

The 2020 Top Venture Capital-Backed Companies List reflects a range of success stories and COVID-era challenges among Kansas City’s community of growth-stage, venture-backed companies. The list — updated annually by Startland News and its parent organization, Startland — shows that while few companies were spared from COVID-19’s impact, many of Kansas City’s leading entrepreneurs continued to grow…

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Sickweather’s new COVID-19 Score a leading predictor of next cities hit by Coronavirus

By Tommy Felts | April 9, 2020
Sickweather, COVID-19 tracking and prediction

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. Extending Sickweather’s illness forecasting tech to track and predict Coronavirus…

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Now is not the time to be timid: Adapting KC’s spirit to confront COVID-19

By Tommy Felts | April 9, 2020
Kansas City, March 2020

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the authors’ alone. Dennis Ridenour is president and CEO of BioNexus KC. Kansas City is a unique and extraordinary city. There is no doubt. We celebrate a successful corporate landscape highlighted by world class companies including Hallmark, H&R Block, Garmin, Sprint, Cerner and many others. The success…

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Fearing coronavirus? Don’t count out flu season — especially in these 10 ‘sickest’ cities

By Tommy Felts | March 5, 2020
Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control

Expecting a respite from flu-like symptoms and respiratory illness as warm weather approaches? Don’t let your guard down just yet, Kansas City-based Sickweather said Thursday, issuing a “troubling” forecast for cities across the U.S. “Sickweather’s prediction for a prolonged season of flu-like illness is historic because it represents a stark contrast to the notion that…

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