Startups Stories

Nick Bowden, Replica

2021 Startups to Watch: Replica spins out job creation as urban planning goes data dense

Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2021’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch — presented by sponsors Husch Blackwell and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Rapidly scaling Replica won’t slow down in 2021, Nick…

10 Kansas City Startups to Watch in 2021

In a world disrupted, entrepreneurs are leading the charge — remaking their communities in the image of innovation and meeting a rising demand for solutions to real-world problems.  The future newsmakers assembled as part of Startland News’ Kansas City Startups to Watch in 2021 list are eager to reinvent. They’re simplifying over-complicated industries and blazing bold…

A.J. Mellott and Heather Decker, Ronawk

2021 Startups to Watch: Ronawk’s T-Blocks stack the future of stem cell research in an Olathe lab

Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2021’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch — presented by sponsors Husch Blackwell and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Born out of a frustration with growing stem cells,…

Nomi Smith and Luke Landau, PMI Rate Pro

2021 Startups to Watch: PMI Rate Pro ensures efficiency for mortgage loan officers as market expands

Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2021’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch — presented by sponsors Husch Blackwell and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Three years into working as a mortgage loan officer,…

Joe Allen, Brad Starnes, Nolan McMichael, Splitsy

Meet the latest tech startups joining the ranks of Digital Sandbox KC in the new year

A new year means a jump-started opening for Splitsy and two other Kansas City startups joining the roster of Digital Sandbox KC-funded companies, said Brad Starnes. “We could not thank the Sandbox enough for the opportunity to be in a position to dominate our market quickly and efficiently,” said Starnes, president and co-founder of Olathe-based…