April 30, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Kansas City In its quest to reinvent the mobile search experience, Kansas City, Mo., startup Leap2 today announced it closed a $1.6 million round of funding and launched the latest version of its iOS and Android apps. Since its start more than two years ago, Leap2's interface and functionality has evolved as the team tries "to reimagine what search is," director of product Tyler VanWinkle recently told Silicon Prairie News. In the new version … read more
June 29, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Prairie Village AgLocal has raised the first $1 million of a potentially larger seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAir Equity Partners, AgLocal CEO Naithan Jones said in a phone interview Thursday. The seed round also involves a variety of angel investors based in Kansas City and in Silicon Valley. The Kansas City contingent includes AgLocal advisors Thad Langford, Sarah Gambach and Dan Carroll, VinSolutions and Stackify founder Matt Watson and Tradebot Ventures partner Andy O’Hara. Based in Prairie Village, Kan., and co-founded by Jones and Jacob … read more
May 1, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Gift Card Impressions, a Kansas City, Mo.-based company that makes personalization solutions for the gift card industry, on Monday announced it has secured an undisclosed amount of capital investment and formed a board of directors. Both steps are aimed at accelerating the company's plans for growth, which include the impending launch of a new online platform. OpenAir … read more
March 6, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Kansas City's Technology Entrepreneur Speakers Program is back for 2012, and the first three of the program's six speakers for the year have been confirmed. Maria Flynn, the president and CEO of Orbis Biosciences, will present at the first … read more
February 14, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Join us at 2 p.m. for Episode 74 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. Guests this week are Chris Snider, a multimedia journalism instructor at Drake University, and Thad Langford, the former president of Zave Networks and current executive in residence at OpenAir Equity Partners. … read more
February 13, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Des Moines Tune in Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Episode 74 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. Guests this week are Chris Snider, a multimedia journalism instructor at Drake University, and Thad Langford, the former president of Zave Networks and current executive in residence at OpenAir Equity Partners. … read more
December 21, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City A Dallas-area company with a Kansas City co-founder and Kansas City funding just got big backing from a Silicon Valley venture capital firm for its solution to the problem of e-waste. The company, eRecycling … read more
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