The Pipeline entrepreneurial fellowship program announced the recipients of its 2018 Pipeline awards and also revealed its 2019 class of Pipeline Fellows at The Innovators event, held for the first time in Omaha. The Innovators event saw a large group of attendees that included 2018 fellows, mentors, investors, supporters, family members and many others from around the Silicon Prairie. Founded 12 years ago, Pipeline’s program for high-growth entrepreneurs has become one of the largest…

More than 140 fast-growth startup companies from 19 states have applied to present their cases to prospective investors at the upcoming InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum in Kansas City. The event will be March 19-20 at the Westin Kansas City at Crown Center, where companies will seek at least $1 million in funding. InvestMidwest, which is honoring 20 years of introducing fast-growth businesses to prospective investors, will continue to offer early…

Digital Sandbox KC, a proof-of-concept program, wrapped up 2018 by adding three new companies selected for Sandbox project funding, including one from the Energy Sandbox, sponsored by Evergy Ventures (formerly GXP Investments). “It’s hard to believe we finished our fifth year for the program and have provided project funding to 111 regional startups,” said Jeff Shackelford, executive director of Digital Sandbox KC. “Our initial goal was to find 10 early-stage…