Mark Kendall
Investment Partners play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top Kansas Investment Partners. We have tried to select a variety of different types of investors across a variety of niches.
This list is designed to show off the investors with exceptional track records, industry experience and a unique understanding of the ecosystem.
Top Kansas Investment Partners
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Marcelo Claure
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
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Marcelo Claure is President, Chairman & CEO of Brightstar Corporation, the world’s largest specialized wireless distributor and a leading pr…
Chase Koch
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Chase Koch is the President of Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), a subsidiary of Koch Industries (Koch) established in 2017. KDT’s role is…
John Fein
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
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John’s experience is centered on healthcare, IT and startups. Prior to Techstars, John served as Senior Project Manager for the OptumRx unit…
Fred Coulson
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Fred Coulson
Lisa Feria
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Lisa Feria is a seasoned business manager with over 15 years of experience running organizations and businesses. She has worked with blue ch…
Brendan Fallis
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Brendan Fallis is the Founder, General Partner, and Investment Committee Member at Leawood Venture Capital. He is the former President of a …
Victor W. Hwang
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Victor W. Hwang
Kathy Walker
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Kathy is considered one of the top mobile network experts in the United States, and is a sought-after technology strategist and respected te…
Karl Gemperli
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Founding Partner at Leawood Venture Capital, Karl Gemperli is a seasoned public company CEO and Board Member who has generated significant l…
Kevin Lockett
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Kevin brings nearly 20 years of experience in financing, managing, growing and investing in early-stage companies. Kevin brought his operat…
Maria Flynn
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Maria Flynn is the Managing Director at Techstars. Under Maria’s direction, Orbis partners with companies to utilize the technology. She dra…
Byron Knight
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Byron Knight
Chad Koehn
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Chad Koehn is the President and Founder of United Capital Management.
Darcy Howe
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Darcy Howe – Managing Director @ KCRise Fund
Scott Ford
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Scott Ford is a Managing Director of OPENAIR Ventures, a venture capital and private equity firm focused on the explosive growth of mobility…
Lesa Mitchell
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Seed
Lesa Mitchell – General Manager @ Techstars Kansas City Accelerator
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Navin Maharaj is a Director at Koch Disruptive Technologies.
Marty Bicknell
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Marty Bicknell – General Partner @ Flyover Capital
Tim Dunn
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Responsible for evaluating and overseeing investment, treasury, and all real estate-related activities and new development initiatives for J…
Keith Molzer
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Keith has been an entrepreneur more than 25 years and started a variety of companies in the Kansas City region. For the last nine years, Kei…
Stephanie Schneider
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Stephanie Schneider Principal at Five Elms Capital.
Johnny Ream
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Johnny Ream is a partner with Stray Dog Capital.
Lance LeMay
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Lance is a seasoned and respected investor in the technology and innovation space. He is the founder of October Capital, a privately funded …
Michael Jordan
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Life has come full circle for Michael Jordan, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of tech services giant EDS. After college, t…
Edward Frindt
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Ed is a Principal at KCRise, and brings over twelve years of experience in the venture capital, private equity and alternative investment sp…
Dennis Odell
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Dennis Odell is Senior Director at GXP Investments, where he is responsible for leading the strategic capital investing, portfolio managemen…
Jared Sprole
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Jared Sprole Executive Director at Capital7, LLC
Phillip Linville
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Phillip Linville is a Principal at Cobalt Ventures.
Mariner Kemper
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Mariner Kemper is a chairman, president and CEO, UMB Financial Corporation.
Chuck Caisely
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Chuck Caisely
Brett Chugg
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Brett Chugg is a Senior Managing Director at Koch Disruptive Technologies.
Thomas Krol
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Thomas Krol – Managing Director @ Kansas Bioscience Authority
Kenneth Wabel
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Kenneth Wabel is a Director, Strategic Planning at Koch Ag & Energy Solutions.
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