NXTUS, Inc. yesterday wrapped up the 2023 NXTSTAGE Enterprise Engagement Series program at the Startup-Enterprise Summit, a flagship event during Wichita Startup Week and Global Entrepreneurship Week.

From blade sharpening to hemp building materials, more than a dozen startups pitched their ideas to onlookers, investors and businesses during the Wichita Startup 2023 NXTSTAGE Enterprise Engagement Series event on Wednesday afternoon at Cargill.

Koch Industries, an innovator in its own right, is presenting the third Wichita Startup Week beginning Monday.

Here are five up-and-coming Wichita startups to keep an eye on:

At an in-person and live-streamed Innovation Showcase yesterday, NXTUS and Premiere Sponsors Emprise Bank, INTRUST Bank and Kansas Bankers Association, announced seven winners of the 2023 NXTSTAGE Financial Technology Pilot Competition.

Fresh off completing the Tulsa Techstars Accelerator and NXSTAGE fintech competition in Wichita, a busy Kansas City startup just announced a $100,000 investment from Northwestern Mutual.

NXTUS is a nonprofit organization in Wichita that supports early-stage technology companies so they can grow quickly in Kansas.

Nine startups from across the country, including one from a Wichita teen, plugged their ideas at a forum Thursday that brought together Kansas leaders from across the state.

A trio of emerging Kansas City startups are among 20 cohort members selected to forge new strategic connections with big-name Kansas enterprise partners like Koch, Evergy, Cargill and Spirit AeroSystems.

Once again, startups from across Kansas have been chosen to participate in a series that pairs successful companies with innovators.

NXTUS, Inc. today announced the second ever cohort of twenty program participants and revealed the twelve enterprise partners for the 2023 NXTSTAGE Enterprise Engagement Series.

An AI-infused startup led by Kansas City serial founder Jannae Gammage is poised to compete against seven other finalists in this fall’s NXTSTAGE innovation showcase in Wichita.

Along with Premiere Sponsors Emprise Bank, INTRUST Bank and Kansas Bankers Association, as well as the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, NXTUS today announced eight finalists for the NXTSTAGE Financial Technology Pilot Competition and its 2023 Innovation Showcase event.

Eight financial startups compete for funds and visibility during the NXTSTAGE Financial Technology Pilot Competition and its 2023 Innovation Showcase event in October in Wichita.

NXTUS, Inc.’s 2023 NXTSTAGE Community Health & Vibrancy Pilot Competition, presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS), announces nine program finalists.

New executive hiring in Wichita has remained steady through the first half of 2023. The list of new CEOs and executive directors announced so far this year includes several recognizable names in local business, including Mary Beth Jarvis and V. Kaye Monk-Morgan.

Accelerate Venture Partners, an angel investment group tied to the Wichita-based NXTUS Inc., has surpassed $7 million in raised capital following a "market-defying" second quarter, and has a new manager to help lead it.

After a market-defying boom quarter helps NXTUS, Inc.’s angel investor syndicate, Accelerate Venture Partners, pass $7 million in total capital mobilized, NXTUS welcomes a new manager for its capital programs.

Calling all local entrepreneurs looking to do business with large companies and organizations. Applications opened Monday for the NXTSTAGE Enterprise Engagement Series, one of four programs produced by the Wichita-based NXTUS.