The Kansas Office of Innovation Proof of Concept Fund exists to cultivate and support innovation in Kansas. Through the POC companies with advanced, innovative technology can find resources to help them expand, creating additional revenue and new jobs in Kansas. POC opportunities are designed to further research, spur commercialization and assist entrepreneurs in raising funds to expand their businesses.
The purpose is to enable promising technology to advance to a stage where it is capable of attracting licensees, seed investment, or generating revenues. This unique funding opportunity is offered through a convertible note agreement.
Applications Now Open
| FY | Applicant | Company | Award | MBE | Rural | City | POC Type | University/ Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | William Carey | Arc Technology | $25,000 | n/a | Whitewater | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | Mike Dresher | JogAlong Stroller | $25,000 | n/a | Wichita | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | Nicholas Love | Love Lifesciences | $25,000 | n/a | Overland Park | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | Eliot Arnold | MoodSparl/Telememory | $25,000 | n/a | Kansas City | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | Chris Davis | The MEDAviewer | $25,000 | n/a | Overland Park | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | Tom Holland | SmartGunz | $25,000 | n/a | Baldwin City | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | Thomas H. Faerber MD, DDS | PACD System, LLC | $25,000 | n/a | Overland Park | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | Michele Valadez | Anonymous Tech LLC | $25,000 | MBE | Wichita | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | William L Walls III | NORDEF | $25,000 | n/a | Shawnee | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | Merrie K. East | NozePax | $25,000 | MBE | Wichita | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | Jacob O’Conner, Jon Peterson | Player Card, Inc. | $21,000 | n/a | Wichita | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | Mathew Young, Tare Torres | Nutic, LLC | $25,000 | n/a | Kansas City | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | Rye Kennedy | Tacit Technologies | $25,000 | n/a | Wichita | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | David Thorne, Dr. Paul Peloquin, Bryant Hernandez, Elliot Harris | Thumbscore | $25,000 | n/a | Wichita | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2022 | Richard Sack | Fiber Guidance | $23,000 | n/a | Wichita | Faculty Led | Wichita State University | |
| 2022 | Joel White | Splint | $12,000 | n/a | Wichita | Faculty Led | Wichita State University | |
| 2022 | Eylem Asmatulu | Bioscaffold | $25,000 | n/a | Wichita | Faculty Led | Wichita State University | |
| 2023 | Blake Chance | Agri-Tour 360 | $20,000 | Rural | Mayetta | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2023 | Joshua Okorie | Kodion Consulting LLC | $25,000 | MBE | Wichita | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2023 | Dennis Steinman | Plainscraft LLC | $25,000 | n/a | Topeka | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2023 | Dane Christensen | Freshlink, Co. | $25,000 | n/a | Lawrence | For Profit | n/a | |
| 2023 | Rochelle Boman | AST Genetics LLC | $24,760 | Topeka | ||||
| 2023 | Dr. Harsha Moole, MD | FindMyDirectDoctor LLC | $25,000 | MBE | Rural | Hays | ||
| 2023 | Troy Palmer | Midwest Hemp Technology, LLC | $25,000 | Augusta |
-Inventing the Microchip-
As a new employee Kilby had accrued no vacation so he worked alone in the lab while the plant was shut down for vacations in July. It was during this time that Kilby conceived and built the first electronic circuit. On September 12, 1958, he demonstrated his new invention, the integrated circuit or microchip, which he patented February 6, 1959. In his patent application Kilby described his new device as “a body of semiconductor material … wherein all the components of the electronic circuit are completely integrated.” – The Kansas Historical Society
–Kansas Historical Society Pictures provided by Texas Instruments
-Bringing the Universe to Kansas-
“What makes Patty Carey tick,” he said, “is an above average intelligence, an insatiable curiosity and an unbounded enthusiasm. When you couple those with the ability to dream of what might be, and dogged determination not to be sidetracked, you have the ingredients that make a successful fundraiser. It’s harder to say no when the salesman is smarter than you are.“- Peter Macdonald Hutchinson, KS
-Cosmosphere, Hutchinson, KS, www.cosmo.org
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