Community involvement can look like a lot of different things for different stages of life.

Kristyn Smith never got her due as the new director of Startup Grind. While she's been a familiar face at the organization since 2017, Smith took over as director in late 2019 and hosted her first event in February 2020 — just before the pandemic struck — and the group hasn't met in person since.

Wichita entrepreneurial organization NXTUS Inc. has secured more funding that it will use to bring back one of its pilot competitions for a second year.

NXTUS, Inc. officials kicked off the 2022 NXTSTAGE season today by launching the NXTSTAGE Community Health and Vibrancy Pilot Competition, backed by a multi-year presenting sponsorship from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS).

Startup Grind is returning to in-person events in Wichita after a nearly two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.

Wichita entrepreneurial organization NXTUS Inc. is getting an influx of grant money to help it grow its programming and add staff.

New regional and national funding for NXTUS not only will help grow staff and programs, but expanded services will boost access to capital, connections and customers for innovators, the group and its backers said.

Three new multi-year grants are enabling entrepreneurship support organization, NXTUS, Inc., to add to its staff and provide additional opportunities for local startups to grow their innovative young companies.

A Wichita technology startup specializing in Bitcoin has drawn investment of $6 million in a funding round.

A federal grant will infuse $750,000 into the startup ecosystem in Wichita.

QuickHire’s potential for success is enhanced — not limited — by the young tech startup’s south-central Kansas geography, said Deborah Gladney, one half of a sister-led Wichita venture that recently announced its $1.4 million round boosted by a leading Kansas City fund.

Less than two years ago, QuickHire was still largely just a dream of its founders that was spurred by a pandemic pivot.

An effort to put renewed energy and support behind entrepreneurship in Wichita launched five years ago as the e2e Accelerator.

A recent entrepreneurial contest in Wichita has led to partnership between a California-based technology startup and the largest insurance provider in the state of Kansas.

A South Dakota startup that helps consumers boost their credit scores was the big winner in NXTUS Inc.'s second financial technology NXSTAGE Pilot Competition.

The NXTSTAGE division of NXTUS Inc. has announced the finalists for its next entrepreneurial pilot contest in Wichita. The latest pilot will again focus on financial technologies and is backed by Emprise Bank and Fidelity Bank.

From incubators to the help of industry giants, Wichita is an under-the-radar hub for startups.