Happy holidays: Three startups receive Digital Sandbox funds

By Tommy Felts | December 20, 2017

They might not be wrapped with a bow, but Digital Sandbox KC has delivered three gifts to area startups ahead of the holidays. The proof-of-concept incubator program is dishing grants to TradeLanes, Hungry? and MusicSpoke — three startups that aim to revamp their respective industries with innovative technologies, said Jeff Shackelford, director of Digital Sandbox.…

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Sprint Accelerator alum trades Miami HQ for KC

By Tommy Felts | September 6, 2017

TradeLanes’ move from Miami to the Midwest is about proximity. “In Kansas City, we’re closer to customers and closer to everyone on our list of prospective customers,” TradeLanes co-founder Vijay Harrell said. “The closer we are to our customers, the faster we can learn, spot their problems and then solve them.” The global trade firm,…

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2017 Under the Radar: TradeLanes eyes Midwestern Ag as future clients

By Tommy Felts | August 29, 2017

Editor’s note: Startland News picked 10 early-stage firms to spotlight for its annual Under the Radar startups list. The following is one of 2017’s companies. To view the full list, click here. [divide] A recent graduate of the 2017 Sprint Accelerator program, TradeLanes is a newbie in Kansas City and showing significant movement. The TradeLanes…

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Introducing 2017’s Top 10 Under-the-Radar startups in Kansas City

By Tommy Felts | August 29, 2017

Whether they’re intentionally lying low or just working too hard to stop and share their stories, Kansas City is full of inconspicuous innovators. Consider this list of 10 firms as a spotlight into the shadows of promising, but little-known Kansas City startups. As we stated in last year’s list, “under the radar” is a relative…

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