Meet the finalists: KC tech startups competing to boost health, vibrancy of diverse communities
Quest Moffat, Kadogo
By: Startland News Staff
May 17, 2022
A trio of startups from across the region are set for the finals in an innovation competition targeting health and economic growth challenges. Their technologies’ common thread: releasing the potential of both rural and urban communities.
Robert Feeney and B. Wayne Barkley, KaaS, Ringorang
Kadogo, Kansas City, Missouri; SoulFIRE Health, Overland Park; and Ringorang, Wichita, were selected for the 2022 NXTSTAGE Community Health and Vibrancy Pilot Competition from among 119 competitors from 28 states and seven countries. Nine other companies from coast to coast also were named finalists.
Competitors range from tech that helps low-income consumers stop vaping to healthy eating education programs and a solution that boosts people saddled by medical debt.