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 [...]
PayIt, a 2016 Pure Pitch Rally alumnus, announced its international expansion with a Canadian headquarters in Toronto. “It is our plan to use our presence in Toronto as a means to create more highly-skilled tech jobs in the city and to support the continued development of Toronto’s tech talent footprint,” said cofounder and [...]
PawConX, part of the 2019 cohort of Pure Pitch Rally, was featured on KSHB. The app allows dog owners to connect with others at the dog park. “You really want to connect with people you’ve seen your dog get along with,” founder Kwinton Scarborough said. The app allows “dog packs” to set playdates and [...]
A handful of Pure Pitch Rally alumni have succeeded in fundraising and appear on the list of Kansas City’s Top VC-Backed Companies, compiled by Startland News. The list includes companies that have raised at least $1 million, raised capital from at least one institutional venture investor and raised a round of capital since July [...]
Stenovate has launched its project management platform for the court reporting industry, less than two years after pitching the idea at Pure Pitch Rally in 2018. Its official launch was in Spring 2020, offering a free trial period while many courts were shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic. As of August 2020, [...]
MatchRite Care, a 2019 Pure Pitch Rally alumnus, has received a $10,000 grant from WeWork, which includes access to WeWork Labs, mentors, educational programming and other resources for startups. The platform allows aggregation of medical records from various providers, allowing patients access to all records at their fingertips and the ability to share records [...]
PlanIT Impact has nearly reached its goal for $500,000 in its latest funding round, which will allow it to increase its staff. The startup’s funding to date totals $1.3 million. The platform, aimed at the AEC industry, uses cost data and a building’s energy, water and stormwater performance to help guide decisions on [...]
MatchRite Care has been accepted to Digital Sandbox KC at a crucial moment for the tech startup, which allows consumers to access, store and manage health care records from multiple providers on one platform. “Because we are in the ‘new normal’ of the COVID-19 era, it is a necessity for patients to have [...]
TheraWe, a health tech startup offering a HIPAA-compliant mobile video platform to close communication gaps between a child’s therapists and parents, announced its acquisition in June 2020, less than two years after its founder, Kirby Montgomery, pitched at Pure Pitch Rally. The remote parent engagement platform was especially attractive to buyer Rethink Autism [...]