Recognizing that Kansas City was falling behind in the level of startup activity in 2013, EDC led the charge to create the LaunchKC initiative in partnership with the Downtown Council. … Read More
LaunchKC’s Fountain City FinTech Cohort Completes 2nd Annual Demo Day
At EDCKC, we believe a strong entrepreneurial business community is one of the critical components of a healthy economy. Because of that, our team was instrumental in founding LaunchKC and … Read More
LaunchKC Health Accelerator Visits Mayo Clinic
Our LaunchKC Accelerators are designed to give promising companies tools and connections for growing their business in Kansas City, MO. Sometimes, that valuable perspective comes from learning from other organizations’ … Read More
LaunchKC & Nueterra Capital Announce New Accelerator
EDCKC, The Downtown Council (DTC) and Nueterra Capital announce the formation of Kansas City’s newest industry vertical accelerator – the LaunchKC Health Accelerator powered by Nueterra Capital – designed for early-stage businesses that … Read More
Black & Veatch Unveils Cleantech Accelerator, Powered by LaunchKC
This month, EDCKC’s LaunchKC and engineering and construction stalwart, Black & Veatch announced IgniteX Cleantech Accelerator. “The bottom line of the new platform is to attract scalable companies to the city … Read More
Headed to South by Southwest (SXSW) This Year?
If so, we’d love to have as much KC-representation as possible at the fifth-annual, KC Outpost. What is the KC Outpost? LaunchKC, the EDCKC-sponsored civic engine in the KC startup space, is … Read More
Update on LaunchKC Program Recipients
Several past LaunchKC program recipients have recently been covered in local news and have big plans for 2019. PlanIT Impact finished 2018 with a $900,000 funding boost to hire a … Read More
LaunchKC Awards $500,000 in Grants to Nine Tech Start-Ups
Earlier this month, during LaunchKC (an event EDCKC co-sponsors with the Downtown Council of KC to attract entrepreneurs from around the globe to grow their businesses here) 20 finalists – … Read More
LaunchKC Wins International Economic Development Award
We’re pleased to announce that the LaunchKC initiative recently won an Excellence in Economic Development award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The global grants competition for tech startups … Read More