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18 Best & Most Active Kansas City Investment Partners

Investment Partners play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top Kansas City 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 City Investment Partners

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.


John Fein

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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel

Investment Stage:

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

Investment Stage:

Fred Coulson


Victor W. Hwang

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Investor Type: Investment Partner

Investment Stage:

Victor W. Hwang


Kathy Walker

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Investor Type: Investment Partner

Investment Stage:

Kathy is considered one of the top mobile network experts in the United States, and is a sought-after technology strategist and respected te…


Kevin Lockett

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Investor Type: Investment Partner

Investment Stage:

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

Investment Stage:

Maria Flynn is the Managing Director at Techstars. Under Maria’s direction, Orbis partners with companies to utilize the technology. She dra…


Darcy Howe

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Investor Type: Investment Partner

Investment Stage:

Darcy Howe – Managing Director @ KCRise Fund


Scott Ford

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Investor Type: Investment Partner

Investment Stage:

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


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

Investment Stage:

Responsible for evaluating and overseeing investment, treasury, and all real estate-related activities and new development initiatives for J…


Stephanie Schneider

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Investor Type: Investment Partner

Investment Stage:

Stephanie Schneider Principal at Five Elms Capital.


Johnny Ream

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Investor Type: Investment Partner

Investment Stage:

Johnny Ream is a partner with Stray Dog Capital.


Lance LeMay

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Investor Type: Investment Partner

Investment Stage:

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

Investment Stage:

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

Investment Stage:

Dennis Odell is Senior Director at GXP Investments, where he is responsible for leading the strategic capital investing, portfolio managemen…


Phillip Linville

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Investor Type: Investment Partner

Investment Stage:

Phillip Linville is a Principal at Cobalt Ventures.

Written by Mark Kendall

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