Megan Hamilton Cisse Spragins, PhD is the Founder and CEO of Rockwell Labs Ltd and an investor with Innovation in Motion (iiM), both in the Kansas City area. …

Payden Brunton Riddhiman Das is co-founder and CEO of TripleBlind, a company whose patented breakthroughs in advanced mathematics, cryptography, and AI arm organizations with the ability to share, leverage, and monetize regulated data, including PII, PHI, and mission-critical enterprise data, such as tax returns and banking transactions. …

Axel Granillo Dave Cunningham is the CEO of Flint Hills Group, a Software Development Firm with more than 40 IT experts based across the US. The firm provides services in areas such as custom software development, mobile app development, internet of things, and artificial intelligence. What is your background? …

By Stephanie Assimonye UpDown Nightlife is a social media platform for nightlife that has received over 10,000 downloads since its launch. On the consumer side, the app showcases everything from entertainment, events, and restaurant/ bar specials, and allows users to post content and connect with others. Founder Joshua I. …

Parker Dyro What made you interested in venture capital? As a student at Kansas State University hailing from the southwest corner of Kansas, Cooper Clawson did not originally anticipate delving into the world of venture capital and private finance when he began his degrees in agribusiness and finance. However, as…

Sae-Vheon Alcorn Kansas City venture capital has grown significantly in the past several years. Since 1997 Nueterra Capital, a Kansas City-based venture capital firm that invests exclusively in early and growth stage healthcare companies, has continued to exemplify what it means to be a committed investor within the venture capital…

University Venture Fund at the Crossroads recently reached out to Alumni to get a sense of what the program meant to them. Alumni were asked to answer two questions, “What has the program meant to you?” and “How has it affected you moving forward?” Program alumni Michael Svoren, now at…

Bayle Sandy The Leslie Rudd Investment Company (LRIco) is a privately held, family-owned investment company headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. LRIco has been operating for more than thirty years, during which it’s invested in, managed, and provided oversight to businesses in hopes of gaining long-term value. …

Aydan Smith How do you turn an idea into a company? That is a question that many ponder but few can answer. Though, for Sandy Kemper, this is a question that has been an overarching theme of his life. Kemper originally started at UMB Bank, where he worked his way…