Mid-America Angels

Mid-America Angels is a business angel group that focuses on funding start-up and early-stage companies, primarily in the Kansas-Missouri region and within a 150-mile radius of Kansas City. Established in 2006, the organization is based in Fairway, Kansas, with additional offices in Lenexa and Lawrence. Mid-America Angels seeks to invest between $250,000 and $1,500,000 and participates in various funding rounds, including seed, Series A, and Series B, depending on the capital requirements of the businesses. The group aims to leverage the collective knowledge, experience, and investment capital of its members to support the growth of emerging companies in its target area. While it primarily focuses on local investments, it may consider opportunities beyond its geographic scope if they involve collaboration with other angel networks or investment organizations.

Matthew McClorey

Investment Professional

Jeff Shackelford

Senior Vice President

Rick Vaughn

MD

Past deals in Kansas

Stackify

Venture Round in 2019
Stackify, LLC develops developer tools to improve application performance. The company offers Prefix, a tool that shows details of application logs, errors, and queries; and Retrace, a tool for application performance insights and logs. Its solutions provide application performance management (APM); log management; error monitoring, tracking, and reporting; application metrics; and azure monitoring services. Stackify, LLC was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Leawood, Kansas.

Balance the Superfood Shot

Seed Round in 2019
Life Equals is a health supplement startup which sells vitamins and supplement products. Its first product line is premium health and nutrition products which focus on preventative health using bio-available and whole food blends. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Kansas City.

Flow Forward Medical

Series A in 2018
Flow Forward Medical develops vascular access sites designed to improve post-surgery success rates. The Arteriovenous Fistula Eligibility (AFE) System is a small, temporary, external blood pump designed to stimulate flow-mediated dilation to make more patients eligible for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) and increase success rates after surgery. The establishment of a reliable AVF reduces morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients, as well as the overall cost of care. The company was founded in 2014 by Frank Nicholas Franano and is headquartered in Olathe, Kansas.

Artio Medical

Series A in 2018
Artio Medical develops endovascular medical devices for the embolization of vessels, aneurysms, and other vascular structures. The company's first products enable precise and immediate occlusion and rapid sealing of cerebral aneurysms and other target vessel segments using an over-the-wire microcatheter platform. These products enable physicians to perform better, faster, and safer vascular occlusion procedures. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Olathe, Kansas.

Hilary's Eat Well

Venture Round in 2017
Hilary’s is the creator of convenient and culinary foods that are made from real ingredients and are free from common allergens. They are helping to heal the American diet by bringing these foods to all people who seek tasty, nourishing cuisine. Their products forge innovative culinary paths and disrupt the status quo. We care about the health of their customers, employees and ecosystem.

Artio Medical

Series A in 2017
Artio Medical develops endovascular medical devices for the embolization of vessels, aneurysms, and other vascular structures. The company's first products enable precise and immediate occlusion and rapid sealing of cerebral aneurysms and other target vessel segments using an over-the-wire microcatheter platform. These products enable physicians to perform better, faster, and safer vascular occlusion procedures. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Olathe, Kansas.

Rawxies

Seed Round in 2015
Rawxies LLC produces and supplies cookies. It offers cookies in various flavors, including chocolate brownie, banana nut bread, chocolate chip cookie dough, cranberry pecan, lemon poppy seed, and mint chocolate chip cookies; crunch packs; and various packs for chocolate and fruit lovers. The company offers its products through stores in the United States, as well as online. It also offers T-shirts, tanks, and bags online. Rawxies LLC was founded in 2012 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Nitride Solutions

Series B in 2013
Nitride Solutions Inc. develops and manufactures aluminum nitride products for the electronics market. It offers aluminum nitride templates (AlN on sapphire) for use in deep-UV LEDs; bulk aluminum nitride substrates that enable high-power switches, motor controls, and UV laser diodes; and aluminum nitride coatings on copper or aluminum that simplify electronic device structures while maintaining thermal conductivity and voltage resistance. The company’s products are used for the needs of water and air, power generation, and transmission and higher-speed communications. Nitride Solutions Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Wichita, Kansas.

EyeVerify

Series A in 2013
EyeVerify Inc. develops eye-based biometric solutions for mobile devices. It offers EyePrint ID, a biometric software solution for smart devices that delivers a password-free mobile experience and secure authentication at a glance, and uses existing cameras on smartphones to image and pattern match the blood vessels in and around the eye. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri. As of September 13, 2016, EyeVerify Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Ant Financial Services Group.