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  • Latest version makes EyeVerify’s scanning software even simpler

    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…

  • 10 people to grab coffee with if you’re new to KC’s startup community

    While the Silicon Prairie may span across several states, include vastly different types of companies and entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds (and football rivalries), supportive communities are one factor that tie them all together. Whether you’re in Omaha or Des Moines, Kansas City or Cedar Rapids, you’ll find people who really care about helping their fellow…

  • And the winners of the 2014 Silicon Prairie Awards are…

    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…

  • 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.

  • Get to know the five finalists for Executive of the Year

    Even though it may have been bleak at times, or maybe it was a smooth ride, but they led their company to remarkable success. And the finalists are…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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. …

  • 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…

  • KC’s EyeVerify wins int’l Get in the Ring, chance for $1.4M investment

    At the final round of the international Get in the Ring competition on Friday, EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush made his entrance with Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” playing in the background. That evening Rush went head-to-head with startups from around the world and proved he could handle the “thrill of the fight” as the Kansas…