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The Kansas City Startup Village permit issue: explained
Two weeks ago, a small army of Kansas City entrepreneurs descended on the Planning Commission meeting in Kansas City, Kansas. Here’s why. Entrepreneurs are not known for their patience, and a room full of them listening through appeals on sign location was a strange sight. Their sudden interest in the zoning laws, however, was the…
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Latest version makes EyeVerify’s scanning software even simpler
KANSAS CITY—On Monday Kansas City-based EyeVerify announced users will be able to look ahead—literally—with its latest software update to EyePrint ID…
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Dewsly, EyeVerify named to Dell for Entrepreneur’s Founders 50 fall class
Last week Dell for Entrepreneurs announced the second class of its Founders 50 program, which selects companies disrupting their respective industry and equips them with resources like quality mentorship and marketing firepower, to name a few. While the list named companies from five different countries, two members of the Founders 50 class hail from a…
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And the winners of the 2014 Silicon Prairie Awards are…
After literally thousands of votes, the input of a handful of judges and a lot of creative social media campaigns, all of you dressed to the nines and joined us Thursday evening at Kansas City’s Midland Theatre to see who would be deemed the best of the Prairie. Now we’re excited to share with you…
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EyeVerify lands spot in Wells Fargo accelerator, part of $6M round
KANSAS CITY—It looks like we now know who the “undisclosed banking institution” was from EyeVerify’s $6 million round in July. Wells Fargo announced Wednesday that the Kansas City-based startup will be part of its inaugural six-month accelerator class for companies looking to pioneer financial services technology.
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Kansas City Startup Village draws 20+ students for summer internships
When it comes to summer internships, college students of all ages have a wide variety of options to choose from. You can go the more traditional route and apply to corporation—a Cerner, Sprint or Hallmark—for the chance to spend a few months making copies and fetching coffees. Or you can choose something different…
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EyeVerify lands $6M from Sprint, Samsung, Chinese security firm
EyeVerify made big news Thursday, announcing a $6 million round with large backers they want in their corner: Sprint, Samsung, an undisclosed banking institution and a Chinese security firm, one of the largest in the world. Toby Rush, CEO of the Kansas City-based eye print ID/biometric security startup said the investment was a testament to…
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EyeVerify wins innovation award from Angel Capital Association
EyeVerify last week won the Angel Capital Association‘s 2014 Luis Villalobos Award, which recognizes the most ingenious and innovative idea recently financed by angel groups that are ACA members. Winners are chosen based on innovation, creativity and ingenuity of their product, service or solution and their ability to clearly communicate the problem it addresses. EyeVerify…
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EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush’s journey from farmhand to founder
Roughly an hour and a half from his office in the Kansas City Startup Village, EyeVerify CEO and founder Toby Rush was trained in the art of entrepreneurship. It wasn’t in a classroom or under the wing of a seasoned business icon, but in the fields of his family’s farm in Severance, Kan. …
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KC startup EyeVerify wins two awards during Consumer Electronics Show
EyeVerify won “Rookie of the Year” and “Technology Innovation” in the Compass Intelligence Mobility Awards during the Consumer Electronics Show Wednesday. More than 50 veteran analysts and journalists voted on the nominees…