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2020 Startups to Watch: Stenovate streamlines transcription with legal tech breakthrough
Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. It’s all systems go for Kansas City-built Stenovate, as the legal tech startup nears public launch with just the right mix…
2020 Startups to Watch: backstitch shifts tech conversation to company culture, communication
Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. Employers can win the fight against disengaged workers, said Jordan Warzecha, noting the battlefield stretches from right outside his company’s Crossroads…
2020 Startups to Watch: Fishtech Group secures KC as a cyber-defense stronghold
Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. By the end of 2020, Fishtech Group will be nearing 300 employees, furthering the exponential effect the startup has had on…
2020 Startups to Watch: Healium uses VR to envision a world with empty medicine cabinets
Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. If its a situation that sucks, virtual and augmented reality offer a solution, said Sarah Hill. “[The world] is now a…
2020 Startups to Watch: ELIAS Animal Health wags past milestones in cancer treatment for dogs
Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. Hitting impactful key performance indicators after a long and complicated journey since its founding, ELIAS Animal Health is heading into the…
2020 Startups to Watch: Tesseract Ventures building future of AI, robotics alongside ‘titans of industry’
Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. The smartest minds in the Kansas City area have assembled in offices from the Crossroads to Martin City, working to build…
2020 Startups to Watch: United American Hemp aims for ‘perpetual harvest’ with Midwestern nice
Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2020’s companies. Click here to view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch. United American Hemp is cultivating one of the region’s largest genetics operations just outside Louisburg, but the emerging startup’s competitive…
10 Kansas City Startups to Watch in 2020
Their hustle is fierce — their stories, strategies and strengths uncommon. The future newsmakers rounding out Startland News’ Kansas City Startups to Watch in 2020 list are hungry to disrupt. They’re eager to drive and inspire innovation in industries under-explored or altogether forgotten. They’re creating awareness; offering sustainable solutions to everyday problems. These are startups…
BetaBlox veteran Nathan Corn flexes ‘bootstrapped’ label with $12M in annual revenue
Nathan Corn began with hustle and an $8,000 nest egg, determined to make it as an entrepreneur who tapped Kansas City resources but wasn’t limited by geography, he said. “[I said,] ‘If I can take the next 10 years of my life and just give everything to growing a company, then that’s it. I’m going…
















