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Kansas City Startup Village was "settled" in 2012. They recently celebrated their first anniversary.

Startup Village survives first year

October 8, 2013  |    |  1 min read

The Kansas City Startup Village hosted a block party Saturday, October 5 to celebrate their first birthday. The event had multiple big name sponsors and was open to everyone.

Kansas City Startup Village is a group of small startups — companies like Local Ruckus, EyeVerify, and FormZapper—that moved to Kansas City, KS to take advantage of Google Fiber’s service and have worked to grow their businesses since.

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