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