Co-founder Alan Fairless says the startup is helping school systems keep students safe by making their buses smarter. "Why can you track your pizza but not your child?” he says.

Kathy Nelson was fed up with hearing, “No.” For the second time, Kansas City lost out on being host city for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship. “I’m a big wrestling fan, and I was so frustrated,” said Nelson, CEO of the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission & Foundation. “So I flew to the committee members and said: ‘Why did you not pick Kansas City? What are we missing?’ … And I’ll never forget — the chair of the NCAA wrestling committee from Oklahoma City said, ‘Your…

Kathy Nelson was fed up with hearing, “No.” For the second time, Kansas City lost out on being host city for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship. “I’m a big wrestling fan, and I was so frustrated,” said Nelson, CEO of the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission & Foundation. “So I flew to the committee members and said: ‘Why did you not pick Kansas City? What are we missing?’ … And I’ll never forget — the chair of the NCAA wrestling committee from Oklahoma City said, ‘Your…

KCRise Fund has invested in a Columbia startup that helps users reduce stress and anxiety through virtual and augmented reality meditation experiences.

Pipeline Entrepreneurs not only forged a partnership with revenue-based financing platform Novel Capital, it also secured a $3 million grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The grant supports the entrepreneurial fellowship organization’s continuing evolution, and a prime focus will be building out its new Pathfinder program that supports “untapped entrepreneurs” who haven’t reached their full potential, Pipeline Executive Director Melissa Vincent said. The Pathfinder program,…

Kanbe’s Markets is expanding its reach with the launch of its Mobile Market, which debuted at a local senior living community. The six-month pilot project aims to address food insecurity by making fresh produce easily available on site once a week. Think of it as a mobile farmer’s market. It builds on the nonprofit’s Healthy Corner Stores program, which delivers fresh fruits and vegetables to more than 40 neighborhood convenience stores and gas stations in Kansas City’s food deserts. “The…