Tag: Techcrunch

John Thomson, PayIt CEO and co-founder

PayIt announces $100M+ funding round from single investor

By Tommy Felts / March 28, 2019

Simplifying government services through tech just got easier for Kansas City-based startup PayIt. All thanks to a funding round of more than $100 million, the company announced Thursday. UPDATED: ‘Transformative’ $100M+ investment for PayIt means KC GovTech startup will boost hiring PayIt — named one of Startland’s 10 Kansas City Startups to Watch in 2018 — received the…

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‘Third-tier’ startup city? KC growing beyond tech snapshot, leader says

By Tommy Felts / August 8, 2017

Momentum matters for a startup city, Ryan Weber said. A recent report ranking Kansas City in the middle of the pack among Midwestern startup hubs doesn’t factor in the ongoing rapid growth of the city’s tech scene, Weber, KC Tech Council president, said. International tech publication TechCrunch listed Kansas City as No. 9 out of…

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A ‘Doodle’ in the rough: Ben Kittrell unearths a global business

By Tommy Felts / August 11, 2016

What initially began as a desire to help his friends build websites has now blossomed into a startup with a booming international presence for Doodlekit co-founder Ben Kittrell. And it took gaining thousands of users a month to give Kittrell a wake-up call that it was time to refocus on a business he often let…

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