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Building
What’s Next, Together.

Programs that power innovation through partnerships, talent, and infrastructure.

Each Keystone program connects people, ideas, and industries to transform innovation into measurable results: companies launched, careers accelerated, communities strengthened.

CONNECT & DISCOVER

For community members, professionals, entrepreneurs and first-time participants or partners.

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An open, community-powered hub offering free workspace, studio space, event hosting, and co-residency.

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A weekly gathering for conversations, skill-building and networking designed to spark new connections, ideas and opportunities.

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Keystone’s digital innovation ecosystem, built to help you track event connections, share resource needs, and signal your expertise so the right people can find you.

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Build & Grow 

For founders, startups, social innovators and early-stage investors ready to move ideas forward

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BUILD IMPACT. SCALE CHANGE
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28+

Social Ventures Accelerated

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A four-month accelerator supporting, both for-profit and nonprofit, mission-driven entrepreneurs with funding, mentorship, education, and resources to grow businesses that create meaningful social impact.

Build Faster. Build Together.
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A membership community for founders, and startup teams, offering perks, mentorship, advisory meetings, priority access to applications and new resources.

INVEST IN WHAT'S NEXT
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ACCELERATOR

& Membership

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Keystone Angels connects experienced investors with vetted early-stage startups, provides founders access to early-stage capital, and offers a dedicated accelerator for new and emerging investors to learn angel investing and invest alongside peers.

Build It. Test It. Launch It.
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MVP &

Prototyping Services 

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Design and build fast, functional MVPs and prototypes that help teams test assumptions, validate demand, and generate early traction before committing to full-scale development.

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POWER WHAT'S NEXT
Keystone’s enterprise innovation program helping corporations de-risk innovation and engage enterprise-ready startups through structured, measurable collaboration.
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RETAINING GLOBAL TALENT
Retains top international founders by providing a clear, compliant pathway to build and scale U.S. startups—while strengthening research commercialization, startup formation, and regional innovation.
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PARTNERSHIPS
Co-designed, mission-aligned partnerships that bring organizations into Keystone’s ecosystem—aligning shared goals, programs, and outcomes to drive lasting regional impact.
ACCELERATE & PARTNER

For corporates, universities, and ecosystem organizations.

Amplify & Inspire

For storytellers, leaders, and those who want to champion innovation.

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Connect Smarter. Measure More.
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A digital engagement platform for organizations to power smarter events, track meaningful connections, and measure the real impact of their own programs, partnerships, and community engagement.

AMPLIFY WHAT's NEXT
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125%

Average account growth rate

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A creative and media platform that helps founders, partners, and social ventures turn ideas into stories—amplifying visibility, credibility, and momentum across the innovation ecosystem.

Fuel Programs. Drive Impact.
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SPONSORSHIPS

& Brand Opportunities

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Purpose-driven sponsorships that amplify your brand, align your organization with innovation and community impact, and showcase your commitment to building what’s next in Kansas City.

Inside the Minds Shaping What’s Next.
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UNFILTERED

In-Person

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A live podcast spotlighting founders, operators, and industry leaders shaping the future—through candid conversations on innovation, leadership, disruption, and how that impacts our communities.

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Participants enter the ecosystem at different points based on their role and readiness, then progress through programs that deepen collaboration, support execution, and enable innovation to scale.

How the Keystone Programming Ecosystem Works

Keystone’s programs are designed as an integrated system that brings together people, institutions, and diverse perspectives at key points of intersection allowing innovation to move from concept to implementation.

Rather than operating as standalone initiatives, each program is intentionally structured to activate specific stakeholders, align incentives across sectors, and create pathways from early engagement to applied outcomes.

Designed for intersection. Built for execution. Measured by outcomes.

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Measured 
Outcomes

72

Startups supported across Social Venture Studio, Co-Residency, Mentorship)

620+

Resource connections made - Clients, Jobs, Investors, Strategic Partnerships

200+

Mentorship connections created through strategic ESO support services

90%+

CoLAB space utilization during peak programming periods

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