Tag: Spencer Fane

Sunti Wathanacharoen, Pulmonaer Analytics

Pulmonaer Analytics joins Spencer Fane Startup Lab to advance digital asthma solution

By Tommy Felts / April 7, 2021

A leading Kansas City health tech startup is the latest company to join Spencer Fane’s three-month startup lab aimed at addressing the young venture’s legal needs as it develops a digital platform and app to improve asthma outcomes. “I deal with adult asthma every day of my life,” said Sunti Wathanacharoen, founder of Pulmonaer Analytics.…

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Hugh Khan, Highploom

Startup veterans hope to save community banks from fintech ‘feeding frenzy’

By Tommy Felts / November 3, 2020

The future of small business lending has arrived — and it’s being built by a team of Kansas City tech veterans, at a critical time for the industry, said Hugh Khan.  “Small financial institutions are dying; they’re going away. Since the Great Recession, 40 percent are gone,” added Khan, founder and principal of Highploom.  “They’re not…

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Aaron Deacon, Helix Health

Helix Health finds ‘enlightening’ support in Spencer Fane’s new STARTUP Lab, co-founder says

By Tommy Felts / December 4, 2019

Spencer Fane’s STARTUP Lab already is having an impact on its first selected company, Helix Health, said Aaron Deacon. “It has been a really enlightening experience for me,” said Deacon, co-founder of Helix Health alongside Anurag Patel, explaining support from the law firm. “To have the advice and help from other people who know how…

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Heather and Kyle Steppe, KC Hemp Co.

Into the weeds: Your corner CBD store might’ve just lost its bank thanks to a slow-to-innovate industry

By Tommy Felts / June 11, 2019

Banking as a mom-and-pop CBD shop can be treacherous, said Kyle Steppe. “Our first week in business, our bank shut us down and liquidated all of our assets,” said Steppe, who operates KC Hemp Co. with his wife, Heather. Their downtown Overland Park storefront is one of many independent, regional CBD sites suffering from the…

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