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Results so far:

(based on 140 proof-of-concept projects funded for area startups)

  • Total amount awarded: $2,789,724
  • $129M in follow-on funding
  • 975 new jobs created, more than $117M in sales since inception

Read the UMKC Innovation Center's First Impact Report

Latest Updates

DIGITAL SANDBOX KC ADDS 6 EARLY-STAGE COMPANIES TO ITS PROJECT-FUNDING ROSTER

Jul 12, 2021
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Digital Sandbox KC adds six new companies to its portfolio.

Summer in the Sand Returns With Four Power-Packed Sessions

May 24, 2021
Summer in the Sand

Summer in the Sand is back! Register today to hear and learn from Kansas City's best and brightest.

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How it works

Digital Sandbox KC broadly seeks new innovation in information technology.  The Sandbox provides innovators with proof-of-concept resources to support early-stage commercialization processes. The Sandbox may cover expenses for project consultants, market research, legal support, equipment and other market validation, prototyping and beta testing needs.

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Get Involved

Exceptional ideas. Extraordinary collaboration. We need your help in this community-wide effort.

Help our community build our next great companies. Be a mentor. Provide expertise. Try something new. Invest. Get in the Sandbox.

  • Become a Mentor

    Use your know-how to evaluate opportunities, grow ideas, and to find funding to help companies grow.

  • Search Resources

    There are business resources all across the region. Find the right match for you.

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  • Find Your Idea

    The region has plenty of innovations in need of someone. Can you take one of them into the Sandbox?

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Corporate Partners

Support from corporate development teams at Sprint, VML, UMB, Hallmark and Cerner offers Digital Sandbox KC participants connections to industry experts, mentors, potential customers and follow-on funding resources. Events and co-working space will be available at Union Station, Inc. with gigabit speed internet access.

Additional partners are welcome. Contact us to find out more.

  • VML, one of the world's leading digital marketing agencies, delivers creative solutions at the intersection of marketing and technology.

  • With headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., privately-held Hallmark Cards, Inc. creates products sold in 38,000 retail stores across the U.S. and in 100 countries worldwide.

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