LaunchKC has released the list of the 20 finalists for the 10 grants, each worth $50,000, that it will award during Techweek Kansas City next month.
More than 400 companies applied for this year’s grant competition. About 12 of the finalists have ties to the KC region. They include:
- Aces Health — Bentonville, Ark. – Health Tech
- Ag Tech Software Solution — Prairie Village – Ag Tech
- Backstitch – Detroit and Kansas City, Mo. – Cloud Services
- Big Bang – Kansas City, Mo. – Cloud Services
- BLITAB – Austria – Education Tech
- EnduraLock – Overland Park, Kan. – Other
- Eyes on Freight –Kansas City, Mo. – Logistics
- Glober – San Francisco – Mobile Tech
- Fitness Technology –Kansas City, Mo. – Health Tech
- Forest Devices – Alpha Stroke — Pittsburgh – Health Tech
- Herd Scout –Overland Park – Ag Tech
- iShare Medical Records –Kansas City, Mo. – Health Tech
- Magnomics – Portugal – Ag Tech
- MailControl – Chicago – Cloud Services
- Mobility Designed –Prairie Village – Other
- Mycroft AI –Lawrence /Sprint Accelerator – Artificial Intelligence
- NeuroCognetix –Columbus, Ohio – Health Tech
- Ombitron – Seattle – Internet of Things
- PerfectCube – Lenexa – Data Analytics
- Super Dispatch – Kansas City, Kan. – Mobile Tech
The grants will be awarded on Sept. 16 at Union Station, but those aren’t the only benefits of winning. The top 10 startups will also receive 12 months of free office space, mentoring and other support.
“LaunchKC will take center stage at the Techweek Kansas City conference on Friday, Sept. 16,” said Mike Hurd, marketing officer for the Downtown Council and LaunchKC. “Each of the finalists will get to make their sales pitches to the Techweek audience, followed by questions from the LaunchKC judges, that morning.
“We will reconvene by mid-afternoon to learn the judges’ selections for the 10 grant recipients. It will mark the climax of the Techweek conference. And, we can’t wait!”
