In anticipation of our Silicon Prairie Awards next month, this week we’re highlighting the software, Internet and mobile startups that call our region home. Today we round out the series with a look at Kansas City-area startups. (Check out our Nebraska and Iowa startup lists.)
With these lists, we hope you’ll take time to learn more about the region’s startups, give them a follow on Twitter and, of course, nominate them for a Silicon Prairie Award.
On these lists, however, you won’t find companies we now view as established, such as Adknowledge, Infegy and Netchemia. It’s a constant back and forth in our newsroom to decide on a one-size-fits-all definition of “startup,” and though we haven’t come to a decisive conclusion, we do aim to continue highlighting new, early-stage companies. We hope this focused list helps that cause.
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We’re confident we included most of the Kansas City and Columbia, Mo., startups below, but we’re also undoubtedly sure we’ve missed some along the way. To suggest an addition, please contact editor@siliconprairienews.com.
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Kansas City area
Descriptions taken verbatim from company Twitter accounts.
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ABPathfinder • @abpathfinder (Overland Park, Kan.) ABPathfinder helps kids with #Autism gain skills faster by making #ABA therapists more effective and efficient. |
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AgLocal • @aglocal (Prairie Village, Kan.) Buy and sell responsibly-raised meats. Simply. |
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Airport Life • @airportlifeapp Captain Dan created an app to give passengers a better travel experience. His inside knowledge of living an airport life ensures flyers lots of great features! |
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Kansas City’s new auto marketplace that lets users post and search vehicles for sale and trade. It’s clean, intuitive and best of all, it’s free and local. |
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Rewards for stuff you love. |
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No assembly required. |
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Bringing common sense application to life’s needs. |
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C2FO is the global market for working capital and risk-free profit. The C2FO market is the first working capital exchange in the world. |
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CaddyX® provides Touch-Free Transport™ of golf bags for USA’s elite country clubs empowering your golf pro to reward you with the Ultimate Lug-Free Xperience! |
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Empowering creativity with precision robotics in the multimedia age. Stabilized robotic multimedia platforms for the amateur, semi-professional, and DIY’er. |
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Career Athletes • @career_athletes Are you a current or former college athlete? Career Athletes is an exclusive online community for athletes to gain & expand their professional network & careers |
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Dewsly is a revolutionary platform that drives community within a school setting to increase student/parent/teacher collaboration. |
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Isn’t it time you had a content planning tool that works as hard as you do, but is simple, intuitive and flexible? We thought so, too! |
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Need a website? Build your own with Doodlekit! Everything you need to make a website and more. Follow doodlekit for updates, assistance, and service events. |
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e-Beacons: Public Safety Services – Safety Moving Forward |
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Welcome to EyeTerra, your source for innovative, immersive aerial imagery. We’ve developed the latest advances in image-based modeling. |
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The industry’s first ‘eyeprint’ solution for mobile users to verify their digital identity while securely accessing highly personal information at a glance. |
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FanAddict is a music events destination and discovery tool. Track your favorite artists. Relive your memories! |
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Fannect is a new sports app that lets fans prove which teams have the best fans! |
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Flyover Innovations (Blumoo) • @flyoverkc (Lenexa, Kan.) Flyover Innovations is a midwest consumer electronics startup focusing on elegant, easy to use designs. Blumoo now on Indiegogo! |
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FolioMatch is a portfolio platform for students and professionals to document real-life projects, achievements, and contributions in order to be matched! |
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Formzapper’s web-based software solutions for the commercial mortgage industry help lenders be compliant, consistent and accurate. |
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Front Flip • @frontflip (Leawood, Kan.) Download the Front Flip app to win prizes & receive gifts every day from local restaurants and businesses. |
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Fully builds the finest mobile phone charging stations in the world. |
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Create your own energy anywhere. |
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The future 3D modeling interface for the web. |
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Revolutionizing the Fan Merchandise Experience with Mobile – Never miss a sale – Make more $ in-venue & online – Improve brand loyalty & make fans happier |
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We craft software for the education industry. Check out @myhomeworkapp and @teachersio. |
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K-12 focused, cloud-based technology company. |
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Share, discover, and unite your calendars. |
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Where every house is for sale – Currently available for iPhone |
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Klink Mobile enables simple, instant, international transfer of value. |
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Predict. Compete. Conquer. Our upcoming app will allow you to predict future events, respond to other predictions and prove how well you Knoda Future. |
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Eat. Shop. Save. LOCAL | Lantern gives you an instant reward just for trying amazing locally-owned places to eat, shop, relax & play. |
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Leap2 searches the Web, Social, News and Images all at once. Giving you a broader, more holistic answer to your search question. Find perspective with Leap2. |
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A new game server experience for competitive gamers is coming. #KCSV #CSGO #eSports |
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The digital platform that makes it easy to capture, create and archive all the unexpected and hilarious things your kids do and say! |
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The “Associated Press” for local events. Helping businesses manage and promote their local events to media outlets, social networks, websites, mobile apps and more… |
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News and points-of-views for harmonizing GRC and Security programs @KeylightGRC improves business decision making by connecting people, processes and technology |
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Lucky Orange • @luckyorange (Overland Park, Kan.) Creator of LuckyOrange Realtime Analytics |
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Your maps tell a story. Share them via Facebook, Twitter and URL. |
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Turning restaurant menus into online ordering websites. We love food & tech! |
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Moblico is a mobile engagement platform for mobile developers and mobile marketers. Our services help power and manage iOS, Android, and HTML5 apps. |
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myEDmatch is a job-matching site for educators. When it comes to teachers and schools, #FitMatters. Tweets from former teachers. |
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The US civic crowdfunding platform. Earn perks while enhancing cities. Invest in the places and civic projects you care about! |
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NeighborsGrow • @neighborsgrow Community Locally-Grown |
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Onspring Technologies • @onspringtech (Overland Park, Kan.) With Onspring apps you can collaborate securely and automate your processes to run more efficiently. |
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Our platform presents Kansas City in breathtaking, crystal-clear aerial imagery. Step inside and connect with your favorite locations and businesses. |
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Developing mobile medical software solutions to improve quality of lives and save lives by promoting medical adherence. |
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Phony Invoices • @phonyinvoices Protecting business from invoice scams and putting criminals out of work. Follow us for invoice scam alerts, AP tips and more. |
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We are a reclaimed building material brokering and consulting service for architects, owners, homeowners and contractors. We make reuse easy. |
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Prodigy Arcade • @prodigyarcade Prodigy Arcade is a game platform that teaches kids the building blocks of programming. Now in dev in the SparkLabKC accelerator and Digital Sandbox program. |
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Get Purk’d – Social Rewards… Where Everyone Wins! Customers, Businesses, Employees and Charities. That is why we created Purk’d. Stay tuned… |
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RareWire’s App Creation Studio is the premier online XML based mobile development tool. |
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RAZ Mobile • @raz_mobile (Overland Park, Kan.) With RAZ Mobile, any cause can CREATE a rich mobile presence; SHARE it via social media and texting; and COLLECT donations from its supporters. |
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RED is an interactive communications platform revolutionizing the way schools, churches, and other organizations connect. |
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RFP365 is a web-based platform designed to facilitate the entire Request-for-Proposal (RFP) process. The application benefits both issuers and responders. |
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Mobile marketing for local businesses! Ruxter makes mobile simple to use, fun, and affordable. You can be mobile in 5 minutes! |
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Daily Deals Intelligence |
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The Creative Minds at Skanly are working feverishly to bring the world a new tool for shopping, saving, and having fun! #Startup #Entrepreneur #ShopSkanSave |
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Social media management software solutions for companies & agencies. tweets, curation, updates & tomfoolery from @oppliger @derrekaharter & @joenormal. |
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A complete solution for social media and web analysis, turning accurate data into business intelligence. |
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Sporting Innovations • @sportinginnov The Official Twitter Account of Sporting Innovations LP |
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SportsPhotos • @SportsPhotoscom A new startup company focusing on being a platform for sports photographers. |
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Where the World Picks a Side |
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Detect and resolve application problems faster with Stackify. Monitoring, remote access, and more to support your apps. Ready for DevOps? |
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One touch saves the day! Enjoy. Accounting. |
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Evolving the classroom by putting the power to build in the hands of the educator |
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Ever had that awful feeling of letting your child down when they needed you most? Us too, so we built Trellie. Never miss important calls from loved ones again. |
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Food Truck Location Management Software & App – Coming soon! |
Columbia, Mo.
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adFreeq is a socially integrated classified ad platform that brings buyers and sellers together in real-time and generates new revenue for online publishers. |
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Listener Approved • @listenrapproved Where the noise of artistic creation and listener response meld to form the sound of an eternal revolution. |
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Missouri Business Alert • @mobusinessalert An all-new statewide business news platform, coming to you this fall. |
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Mobile Video News from Multiple Sources. |
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ServiceNoodle • @servicenoodle Need a service? Noodle it! With ServiceNoodle, you can easily noodle multiple service providers to find the best fit for your needs! |
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SportsFormulator • @sports_formula Sports analytics firm creating metrics to measure sports performance and predict sporting events. Startup based in Columbia, MO. |
