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Applications open for Kansas angel investor program

Kansas companies seeking seed capital can tap a program facilitated by the Kansas Department of Commerce.

Applications are being accepted through Aug. 31 for companies seeking investment through the Kansas Angel Investor Tax Credit (KAITC) program.

The program offers Kansas income tax credits to qualified individuals who provide seed capital financing for emerging Kansas businesses engaged in development, implementation and commercialization of innovative technologies, products and services.

KAITC is designed to bring together accredited angel investors with qualified Kansas companies seeking seed and early stage investment. The program aims to increase availability of early stage capital and help to create and grow Kansas businesses.

Applications for certification will be accepted only for Kansas businesses in the seed and early stage rounds of financing.

Criteria

Companies must meet the following criteria to be certified as a qualified Kansas business:

  1. The business has a reasonable chance of success and potential to create measurable employment within Kansas.
  2. In the most recent tax year of the business, annual gross revenue was less than $5 million.
  3. Businesses that are not bioscience businesses must have been in operation for less than five years; bioscience businesses must have been in operation for less than 10 years.
  4. The business has an innovative and proprietary technology, product or service.
  5. The existing owners of the business have made a substantial financial and time commitment to the business.
  6. The securities to be issued and purchased are qualified securities.
  7. The company agrees to adequate reporting of business information to the Kansas Department of Commerce.
  8. The ability of investors in the business to receive tax credits for cash investments in qualified securities of the business is beneficial because funding otherwise available for the business is not available on commercially reasonable terms.
  9. Each applicant must sign a qualified company agreement with the Kansas Department of Commerce.

Certification of companies must meet mandates established by Kansas statute to allow accredited angel investors to receive the Kansas Angel Investor Tax Credit.

Visit the Kansas Angels Initiative website for more information.