ShotTracker, a 2016 Pure Pitch Rally alumnus, scored an $11 million funding round, led by Evertz Technologies and Verizon Ventures. The startups’s technology places sensors inside basketballs and on players to capture gameplay data. The Verizon connection offers 5G capabilities for ShotTracker’s sensors, as well as sponsor relationships with the National Basketball Association [...]
Two Pure Pitch Rally alumni were selected as Kansas City Startups to Watch in 2021 by Startland News. According to Startland News, “The future newsmakers assembled as part of Startland News’ Kansas City Startups to Watch in 2021 list are eager to reinvent. They’re simplifying over-complicated industries and blazing bold trails in critical sectors, [...]
A handful of startups that have pitched at Pure Pitch Rally landed on KCSourceLink’s most recent Watch List. To compile its list, KCSourceLink talked with startups and scaling businesses in the Kansas City metro area and Missouri. Those on the list received equity funding or grants in 2018 or 2019 and made big [...]
PlanIT Impact has been raising its visibility recently. The software platform for sustainability modeling in the building industry and its founder, Dominique Davison, were part of the 2017 Pure Pitch Rally cohort. Davison was a guest on the EntreArchitect podcast and spoke about how PlanIT Impact simplifies sustainable buildings. The platform, which recently [...]