A trio of startups from across the region are set for the finals in an innovation competition targeting health and economic growth challenges.

Wichita-based entrepreneurial organization NXTUS Inc. will have a local finalist in its latest NXTSTAGE Pilot Competition.

NXTUS, Inc.’s 2022 NXTSTAGE Community Health & Vibrancy Pilot Competition, presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS), today announced 12 program finalists.

NXTUS, Inc. today announced the launch of the 2022 NXTSTAGE Financial Technology Pilot Competition alongside Premiere Sponsors Emprise Bank and Fidelity Bank.

Entrepreneurial group NXTUS Inc. is launching its next pilot competition through its NXTSTAGE arm, this time again focusing on financial technology startups.

Emprise Bank is committed to providing our customers personalized and relevant experiences that empower them to thrive in their financial lives.

A member of the inaugural Pipeline Pathfinder cohort is already fueling his entrepreneurial journey with a tank-full of news: acceptance into the just-launched NXTSTAGE Customer Traction accelerator and a soon-to-launch crowdfunding campaign.

Entrepreneurial organization NXTUS Inc. is launching a new startup accelerator program its leaders say help fill a gap in the local market.

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.