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WE ALLHAVE A SEATAT THE TABLE.
ENTREPRENEURIAL DENSITY
NETWORK CONNECTIVITY
STEM WORKFORCE
CAPITALINC 500/5000 COMPANIES
MEASURINGWHAT MATTERS
WHAT KINDS OFENTREPRENEURSPOWER KC?
RESOURCERAIL
AS A RESULT OFOUR WORK GROUPS:
Provide evening business consultations
Improve the availability and accessibility of funding
Link businesses to student talent
• 100 Black Men• AltCap*• Asian Chamber of
Commerce*• Black Economic Union of
Greater Kansas City*• Blue Hills Contractor
Incubator*• The Builders' Association• Central Exchange*• Global Ties KC• Heartland Black Chamber
of Commerce*• Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce*• Hispanic Contractors
Association• Hispanic Economic
Development Corporation (HEDC) *
• Kansas City Black Business• Kansas City, Kansas
Chamber of Commerce*• Kansas City, Kansas
Community College*• KC BizCare*• KCSourceLink*
• Metropolitan Community College*
• Midwest Women's Business Enterprise Council
• Minority Contractors Association
• Missouri Department of Transportation
• Missouri Secretary of State*
• Mountain Plains Minority Supplier Development Council*
• National Black MBA Association
• Northeast Kansas City Chamber of Commerce*
• Prospanica• SEED Law, LLC• U.S. Small Business
Administration*• Urban Financial Services
Coalition
*Indicates KCSourceLinkResource Partner
BUILDING APIPELINE FOR
Software44%
Drug Development16%
Medical Device14%
INNOVATION
BUILDING A PIPELINEFOR INNOVATIONWhiteboard2Boardroom
startups
entrepreneurs and companies assisted
research partners
442
2622
innovations available for licensing400+
MICROLENDINGIN KANSAS CITY
WE-LEND
“The money gave us
the ability to dream
and really know we could start
making changes happen.”
The Hispanic Economic Development Corporation –IMPACTO Fund
AltCap – funds for artists and for women and minority contractors
MICROLENDINGIN KANSAS CITY
Kansas City Regional Microloan – Justine PETERSEN
One KC for Women – WE-Lend
Defined the problems
Suggested an action plan
SINCE THEN…
• LaunchKC and Digital Sandbox KC –grants for early-stage businesses
• Investments of <$100,000 increased from less than $1 million to $1.3 million
• Investments by Mid-America Angels and Women’s Capital Connection have increased from $2.1 million to almost $3 million.
NEW AND EXPANDING FUNDSAngel Capital Group
Royal Street Ventures
Northland Angel Investor Network
Mid-America Angels
Lewis and Clark Ventures
KC Rise
iiM
Fulcrum Global Capital
Flyover Capital
Dundee Capital
The Collective
DEMOGRAPHICS AND DENSITY
ACCESS TO CAPITAL
PIPELINE OF INNOVATION
CONNECTIVITY OF RESOURCES
Software44%
Drug Developm’t
16%
Medical Device
14%
WHERE DO WE GOFROM HERE?
FINANCE HUBOF THE MIDWEST
New sources of funding
History as a financial center
Kansas City is a central location
Diverse category leaders
Big ideas that will change the world
BUILD CORPORATEENGAGEMENT
TOGETHER,WE CREATE...
CONNECTIONS
OPPORTUNITIES
COLLISIONS
EXCITEMENT
DREAMERS