Editors and reporters selected the Wichita Business Journal's first Power 50, made up of 50 influential leaders who had the most impact on business in Wichita over the past year. The Power 50 celebrates the business community's innovators and decision-makers. Meet the 2024 class.

NXTUS, in partnership with Empower, Create Campaign and NXTUS' investment arm Accelerate Venture Partners, hosted a new event series called Capital Conversation centered around fostering inclusive investment for diverse and historically underrepresented entrepreneurs.

Wichita's startup potential was on full display as six emerging businesses competed in a pitch competition Friday to conclude Wichita Startup Week.

NXTUS Inc., in partnership with the Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center (NWKS Innovation Center), NetWork Kansas, and Grow Hays, announces the launch of its newest program, the Childcare Entrepreneur Growth Cohort.

Global Startups Present Technology Tools; Four to Partner with Kansas Banks

NXTUS Partners with The Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center, NetWork Kansas, and Grow Hays to Support Childcare Providers & Drive Regional Economic Impact

Companies working to improve Kansans’ health and community growth momentum across the state just completed an eight-week competition in hopes of developing collaborative relationships to scale alongside new regional partners.

Leading Organizations Announce Projects and Collaborations in Wake of NXTUS Program

NXTUS Inc., along with Emprise Bank, INTRUST Bank, and the Kansas Bankers Association, today announced the Innovation Showcase event and the eight finalists chosen for the fifth-annual NXTSTAGE Financial Technology Pilot Competition.

Entrepreneurship and innovation advocates on Tuesday announced plans for an unprecedented, power-packed week of high-profile events and programs — all fueled by a new coalition of nonprofits that support Kansas business owners.

Health innovation is a global priority, said organizers of the latest NXTSTAGE cohort, announcing nearly a dozen finalists and solutions hailing from Kansas City to France.

Ten contenders in NXTSTAGE pilot competition, including three from the Kansas City area, set to help organizations across the state improve population health, community growth

Startups in and around Wichita are poised to get an inside look at how enterprises do business — and who they want to do it with.

A record number of Kansas entrepreneurs joining the NXTSTAGE Enterprise Engagement Series means the program’s latest cohort will scale up its impact, said Amber Dunn.

NXTUS, Inc. today kicked off the third annual NXTSTAGE Enterprise Engagement Series program, including a record twenty-one Kansas entrepreneurs and fourteen enterprise organizations, the highest participation of cohort members and enterprise partners in program history.

Accelerate Venture Partners, in partnership with Entrepreneurial Growth Ventures, concluded the Spring 2024 Accessing Growth Capital Series at their culminating event held at Aspiria NOW in Kansas City last week, where 10 growth-minded Kansas startups graduated from the program. This event provided the startups with the opportunity to connect and pitch to Kansas City-based investors and other founders in a “speed dating” style workshop.

Don’t settle for one winning season, Mitch Holthus — the longtime voice of the Kansas City Chiefs — told a group of startup founders, encouraging entrepreneurs to keep pushing forward before they find themselves hitting a professional plateau.

NXTUS, Inc. has launched the 2024 NXTSTAGE Community Health and Vibrancy Pilot Competition, presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS). This program matches leading innovators from around the globe with forward-looking organizations dedicated to advancing population health and fostering community growth in Kansas.

NXTUS Inc. has launched the fifth-annual NXTSTAGE Financial Technology Pilot Competition, designed for startups with innovative financial technology products, with applications closing Monday.

Velez spoke Monday about her rebranded business before a few hundred people at an event hosted by NXTUS, a Wichita organization that helps startups. She was one of about 40 innovators in or around Kansas attending the NXTUS Gamechangers and Champions event at WSU Tech's NICHE facility downtown.