A new venture capital fund that will invest in metro-area startups has raised $3 million toward a $35 million goal. The Think Big Ventures I fund is a new effort from Kansas City-based Think Big Partners, an early-stage business incubator and tech-focused startup accelerator. The group launched the fund in…
PlanetReuse, a member of the bizperc coworking space here in Kansas City, among 12 other startup businesses, was awarded a $250,000 grant from Chase and LivingSocial earlier today. Twelve small businesses from across the nation received $250,000 grants through Mission: Small Business, a program designed to increase awareness of the…
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iKC announces agenda, speakers, keynote address, exhibit opportunities and Fire Up pitches for June 20 conference. iKC, the premier conference on innovation and entrepreneurship, was born out of a merger between two successful events - the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s Innovation Conference and Think Big Partners’ Think Big…
The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and Think Big Partners have launched the new website for Kansas City’s innovation and entrepreneur conference, now known as iKC. iKC, formerly known as The Chamber’s Innovation Conference and Think Big Partners’ Think Big Kansas City, is a day-long conference that will be hosted by…
At a time of year when winter-weary travelers flock to sun-splashed beaches for spring break, 10 Midwestern startups are embarking on a coastal excursion of their own. But there won’t be much of a break involved in this spring trip. Think Big Partners, the Kansas City, Mo.-based startup accelerator and business…
Think Big’s web developer and partner, Blake Miller has been selected to participate in a 72-hour roadtrip-meets-hackathon competition known as StartupBus. Miller will participate on the Las Vegas StartupBus and will travel to Austin, Texas for South by Southwest (SXSW) with a group of hackers, developers and entrepreneurs. StartupBus is an…
Who’s leading the nation’s charge in entrepreneurship? Silicon Valley? New York City? Nope, says Sarah Snyder of bizperc: Kansas City. A seemingly surprising candidate for the role, the self-proclaimed City of Entrepreneurs is making no secret of its intentions to become a top source of innovation and economic growth in the…
Think Big Partners, an early-stage startup accelerator and business incubator, has announced the startup companies selected to attend the Think Big Showcase. Bixy, EyeVerify, KlinkMobile, LockerDome, LiveOn, ABPathfinder, InvenQuery, RollSale, SEIN Analytics and Asset Management, and Kauzu will travel to Silicon Valley on March 21-22, 2012, with the opportunity to…
Businesses in Kansas City have some big ideas for Google’s new fiber network, although they still don’t know if they’ll be able to use it once it goes online. That’s because Google originally conceived its experimental fiber network as a fiber-to-the-home network for residential users. But given the enthusiasm that…
