Business Articles from Startland News
Vine Street chicken and beer: Brewery adds new flavor to its neighborhood hub (and future World Cup living room)
February 05, 2026
Vine Street Brewing is cooking. The Black-owned brewery at 2000 Vine is welcoming a new restaurant partner into its space, reuniting beer and bites under one roof. The concept, Vine Street Chicken Co. Kansas City, comes through a partnership with chef Justin Clark, founder of the popular Troost Avenue culinary hotspot Urban, bringing fried and
First ACCEL-KS cohort funded at KU Innovation Park deepens Jayhawk, Sunflower State investments
February 05, 2026
A “3x Jayhawk” — and award-winning Kansas City healthtech founder — was among the first 16 recipients of proof-of-concept funding from ACCEL-KS at KU Innovation Park, officials announced Thursday, revealing a new Kansas-focused resource built to reduce the gap between a strong idea and a viable company. Each selected company is expected to receive $25,000 in
Finally free, but not alone: Reentry app built alongside wrongfully convicted exonerees set for release
February 05, 2026
DETROIT — A mobile-first reentry platform targeted exclusively for wrongfully convicted individuals can’t bring back stolen time after their exoneration and release, said Dylan Carnahan, but the Kansas City-built technology — co-designed with exonerees themselves — offers renewed independence in the palm of users’ hands. A Feb. 11 launch event in Detroit alongside the Organization of