Tag: kansas city

Beach volleyball heavyweights, Olympians hitting KC sand for George Brett showdown

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 20:59:17 +0000

Serial entrepreneur Lance Windholz hopes a high-profile weekend beach volleyball tournament — showcasing 24 professional players, including seven Olympians — will encourage more Kansas City athletes and enthusiasts to dig the sport he loves.

KC-built AI command center helps businesses gain superpowers without losing their tech stack

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:35:20 +0000

First envisioned as an AI-powered agent built to streamline operations at Kansas City-based Plexpod’s coworking spaces, Intuidy has evolved into its own operating system; one that is transforming the way companies operate, co-founder Grayson Smith said.

Goodwill merger pushes expansion plans, KC’s new adult high school to the front of the store, leader says

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 22:29:21 +0000

Consolidating operations between offices in Kansas City in St. Louis not only will produce one of the largest Goodwill footprints in the nation, said Mike Sinnett; the move is expected to bolster efforts to add more retail stores and deepen initiatives like the soon-to-open Excel Center at Bannister Road.

KC startups graduate K-State accelerator, earning equity-free cash, greater conviction

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:43:18 +0000

A trio of Kansas City-built ventures — from sports apparel and mental health solutions for young athletes to tech that uses autonomous drones and 3D vision AI — were among the Kansas businesses earning funding through an eight-week accelerator at Kansas State University.

LPOXY initiates $28M Series A financing with 5 Horizons Ventures to fund pivotal trial

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:46:40 +0000

PLATTE CITY, Mo. — Funding to secure the upcoming trial of a Missouri biopharmaceutical company’s solution for preventing a deadly gut infection could prove critical in the fight against a condition that claims 80 U.S. lives daily, said Dr. Larry Sutton.

When farmers get paid faster, everyone eats; HitchPin brings fintech to ag, good to humanity, founder says

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 20:41:42 +0000

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.

The fintech revolution typically overlooks agriculture, Trevor McKeeman said, noting that any move to bring tools — like a payment platform within a digital marketplace — definitely breaks ground for farmers attempting to turn soil, or a profit.

Chocolate maker (and coffee roaster) earns bean-to-bar accolades from his Grandview base

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 19:47:11 +0000

Kansas City has plenty of confectioners, but it’s rare to find true bean-to-bar work, Mike King said. That distinction makes Encore Coffee and Chocolate’s process both resourceful and extraordinary.

“There’s only a few of us that are making our own chocolate,” said King, founder of Grandview-built Encore Coffee and Chocolate. “I consider myself a chocolate maker, which is starting from the raw ingredients and making the base chocolate.”

Plaza-based beauty influencer draws upon her own experience to launch signature brow line

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:31:28 +0000

Bella Jimenez built a real-life following in the local beauty industry, perfecting brows across Kansas City for eight years (four on the Country Club Plaza). But with that influence, she realized, came a responsibility to be authentic and honest about brands — ultimately creating her own line of brow products.

KC Bier Co’s immersive biergarten set to open in Lenexa before thirsty World Cup visitors arrive

admin — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:50:00 +0000

A popular Kansas City brewery officially broke ground Friday on a highly anticipated, border-hopping expansion that will bring one of the nation’s largest authentic Bavarian-style biergartens to Johnson County.

Why a City Market favorite is jumping the state line — to the food court at Oak Park Mall

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:55:10 +0000

Its Brazilian dishes — using recipes the owners grew up eating in São Paulo — have been a City Market draw for more than a decade. Now Taste of Brazil restaurant is expanding to Johnson County, but as a quick-serve kiosk with a limited menu.

Taste of Brazil Express plans a late September opening in the food court of Oak Park Mall, 11149 W. 95th St., near Macy’s.

Animal health innovators: Building on a new frontier means do-overs, even when you got it right first

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:24:16 +0000

Kansas City-based ELIAS Animal Health earned full USDA approval for its bone cancer therapy for dogs earlier this year, but the road to commercialization has been long and anything but straight, Tammie Wahaus shared.

The veteran CEO shared her story of pivots — including switching from human health to animal health and adapting to ever-changing regulations — with the attendees of Tuesday’s Animal Health Summit at The Midland Theatre.

Development leaders laud HQ expansion for organization that opens workforce to Kansas Citians with autism

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:36:15 +0000

A new multimillion-dollar, 80,000-square-foot headquarters along Kansas City’s Brush Creek marks a major milestone for Behavioral Health Allies, strengthening the organization’s workforce training efforts and its belief in the potential for individuals with developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorders, officials said Wednesday.

LaunchKC opens grants competition with nationwide search; eying companies to call KC home

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:19:02 +0000

A popular grants competition that offers early stage tech companies the opportunity to win $60,000 in non-dilutive grants, downtown Kansas City office space, and access to scaling resources is back for 2025 — emphasizing startups with high-growth potential and equitable business practices.

Mental reps and truth bombs: How this AI ‘coach-in-your-pocket’ strength trains minds before life’s hardest workouts

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:30:49 +0000

Building mental resilience should feel as natural as going to the gym, said Craig Mason, noting his new venture flexes a “performance psychologist, coach in your pocket, 24/7.”

The emphasis: training the mind before crises hit.

MTC leader resigning, calls for a new voice to lead fight for Missouri entrepreneurship funding

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:01:27 +0000

A leadership change at the Missouri Technology Corporation comes as the state faces a crossroads with its approach to entrepreneurship support, officials said Tuesday, reacting to news of a high-profile resignation just three months after the public-private partnership lost key financial support from lawmakers and a new governor.