A new, high-energy pitch competition is expected to help startup founders collide with angel investors and innovation leaders from across Kansas — all set against the excitement of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament this spring.

NXTUS, Kansas Department of Commerce bringing state-wide startups together with investors, innovation resources, in Wichita between first rounds of NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament

"I thought, You are going to have to give up a lot of what your friends are doing if you want to do this."  -Conor Adler on his commitment.

Conor Adler had his final interview with NXTUS CEO Mary Beth Jarvis during her layover in Chicago at a coffee shop near O'Hare airport. A few weeks later, Adler left the suburbs of Chicago to help build the Wichita — and Kansas — startup and innovation scene at NXTUS, a hard career pivot from his early days after college.

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.