The top winner of next month’s LaunchKC grant competition will also get free help from local marketing and communications firm Two West.
That startup will go through Two West’s 90-day WaveMaker Labs program. It’s a go-to-market accelerator for up-and-coming companies.
(While 10 local startups will each win $50,000 grants, free office space and other help, a top finisher will be chosen to represent Kansas City at a national competition in Miami. That company will receive Two West’s help.)
“The LaunchKC grants competition is a powerful development for Kansas City,” said Two West CEO Ethan Whitehill. “It will bring innovative and fresh ideas to the community and will continue to help position Kansas City as an integral player in the national tech entrepreneur and startup ecosystem.”
The LaunchKC competition will be part of next month’s Techweek Kansas City festival. Whitehill was included on Kansas City’s Techweek 100 list, a list of the community’s leading entrepreneurs and organizations.
“It’s exciting to be engaging and a part of an event with the magnitude of Techweek, whose mission so seamlessly lines up with many of my own personal goals including building a better world through tech entrepreneurship,” he said. “I am very excited to be named to the Techweek 100 list.”
