Darcy Howe

Kansas Women's Business Center provides investment services. The firm develops counsels and mentor women in all stages of business development and growth though classes, seminars, peer roundtables, one-on-one consultation, networking and referrals. It educates women entrepreneurs on sources of funding to include micro-loans and angel funding through the Women’s Capital Connection. The company was founded by Rania Anderson, Victoria Barnard, Carol Hallquist and Cheri Streeter in 2000 and is headquartered in Fairway, KS.

United Way of Greater Kansas City, Inc. provides education, health, and social services. It specializes in child care, academic assistance, and family support. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

KCRise Fund Manager LLC (KCRise Fund Manager) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Darcy A. Howe. The firm is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

Idle Smart, Inc. provides year-round battery management, idle reduction and cold start protection to fleets of all sizes. The company was founded by Jeff Lynch on October 6, 2011 and is headquartered in Kansas City, KS.

SpiderOak, Inc. engages in provision of cloud-based data management software. Its products include One, Groups, Enterprise, Semaphor and Encryptr. The company was founded by Alan Fairless and Ethan Oberman in 2007 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL.

Daupler, Inc. acts as a first response platform for public works and water utilities. The company was founded by John P. Bertrand and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

backstitch, Inc. develops and operates a platform for personalized employee communications. The company was founded by Jordan Warzecha and Stefanie Warzecha and is headquartered in Detroit, MI.

Cariloop, Inc. operates as an online platform that connects senior care and service providers to access real time information about geriatric care and service. Its service platform helps families plan for and manage an older loved one?s journey through the healthcare system. The firm expanded its web platform to allow family member collaboration, secure file sharing and storage, as well as advanced filtering of long-term care providers. The company was founded by Michael Walsh and Steven Theesfeld in July 2012 is headquartered in Dallas, TX.