Diverse startups are growing in KC, but is equitable funding matching their traction?

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Kansas City Beacon, a member of the KC Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, and Missouri Business Alert. Click here to read the original story. [divide] While Kansas City has ample resources for the growing number of budding entrepreneurs,…

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Service took Yinka Faleti from Kuwait to Ferguson; now this VC’s pushing social change from a $25M fund 

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro. This series is possible thanks to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which leads a collaborative, nationwide effort to identify and remove large and small barriers to new business creation. [divide]…

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