Kansas City’s Top VC-Backed Companies in 2020

By Tommy Felts | August 31, 2020

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. [pullquote] More ahead The list of Kansas City’s Top VC-Backed Companies is the jumping-off point for a series of Startland News analysis pieces, breaking down some of the trends behind the…

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Village veteran SquareOffs launches long-awaited social opinion site, tops $2M+ in funding

By Tommy Felts | December 17, 2019

SquareOffs hopes its new consumer-facing destination website — showcasing interactive “microdebates” aggregated across a growing network of publishers and influencers — moves digital conversations back to civility. A fresh round of funding will help, said Jeff Rohr. “We are all tired of the toxicity that fills our social media feeds and dominates comments at the bottom…

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Kansas City’s Top VC-Backed Companies in 2019

By Tommy Felts | August 13, 2019

The Top Venture Capital-Backed Companies List recognizes the momentum pushing an emerging cohort of Kansas City growth-stage, venture-backed companies.  [pullquote] More ahead The list of Kansas City’s Top VC-Backed Companies is the jumping off point for a series of Startland analysis pieces, breaking down the trends behind the numbers. Click here to subscribe to Startland…

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WATCH: Faces of KC entrepreneurship find strength in numbers, community resources

By Tommy Felts | April 5, 2019

A new video from KCSourceLink highlights the faces of Kansas City entrepreneurship — featuring makers, innovators, tech founders and social entrepreneurs — and their connection to the resource network and ecosystem infrastructure in Kansas City. “It takes very special people to be able to put everything on the line,” says Reggie Gray, executive director of Black…

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PHOTOS: Startland’s biggest event yet celebrates 2019 future newsmakers

By Tommy Felts | February 2, 2019

Founders, investors and audience members were treated to a glimpse of their potential futures Thursday night during Startland’s Startups to Watch in 2019 celebration. [pullquote] 1) Bungii 2) ShotTracker 3) RiskGenius 4) Metactive 5) Pepper IoT 6) Signal Kit 7) Life Equals 8) Bellwethr 9) Homebase.ai 10) Tea-Biotics Kombucha 11) SquareOffs 12) Zohr [/pullquote] The…

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