Indigo Wild, a plant-based cosmetics company, announced that Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney and Co., an Indianapolis-based private equity firm, acquired a majority stake in the company. The deal closed on Aug. 10, and terms were not disclosed. Emily Voth, who co-founded the company with her husband out of her Kansas City home in 1996, will remain as owner and “head Zummer,” focusing on product creation, sales and marketing, and strategic growth…

A successful business career hinges on three things being right: timing, relationships and opportunity. For Reggie Gray, those three elements are coming together with Black Privilege. Gray is the executive director of the nonprofit, which launched its app in the Kansas City market three months ago. Gray said via email the Black Privilege app is “basically a mixture of Yelp, Facebook and LinkedIn but for black-owned businesses and the community.”…

Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band may be traveling to Kansas City on a Greyhound bus from Tennessee to perform at the Starlight Theatre. (After all, “Missouri Loves Company.”) But Starr’s artwork will make a stop in Kansas for an exclusive engagement during Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1-3. The Leawood Fine Art Gallery, 11709 Roe Ave. in the Camelot Court Shopping Center, will host the Ringo Starr Fine Art…

Seventeen area small businesses will be able to take advantage of business lessons, mentorships and connections as part of the eighth cohort of ScaleUP! Kansas City. ScaleUP! provides support for entrepreneurs running growth-oriented, second-stage businesses. It helps qualified small businesses with revenues of at least $200,000 to reach their expansion goals. It is funded through a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and administered by the University of Missouri-Kansas…

Organizers with the C-Tech Summit announced plans for the third annual Pure Pitch Rally, issuing a call for startup businesses and investors to apply for the event’s pitching competition to win early-stage funding. The invitation-only event will take place from 4-6 p.m. Oct. 10 at The American Restaurant, 200 E. 25th St. in Kansas City. Organizers said they expect more than 200 CEOs and angel investors to attend the event,…