Digital Sandbox KC provides critical proof-of-concept funding, mentoring, and connections to help founders build viable innovations ready for follow-on funding. The Sandbox may cover expenses for project consultants, market research, equipment and other market validation, prototyping and beta testing needs. Since our program’s inception in 2013, The Sandbox has provided project development funding for 148 area startups, which has spurred $154 million in total follow-on funding. Digital Sandbox awards project grants four times a year. Digital Sandbox KC is a program of the UMKC Innovation Center’s Technology Venture Studio.
Ideas from people and businesses based in Kansas City and the Missouri portions of the 14-county Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) are eligible to receive project financing. Solutions in the following areas are strongly encouraged to apply:
*All ideas, regardless of industry, are eligible so long as they fit within the parameters listed above.
Digital Sandbox KC accepts applications on a rolling basis. There is no deadline.
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