We’re hosting a Zoom webinar on Thursday, August 27, at 10 a.m. CT. During the virtual event, we’ll walk you through the Accelerating Concept to Commercialization, or ACCEL-KS, proof of concept grant program in partnership with the Kansas Department of Commerce.

Meet Sophia Drouhard, Venture Investment Manager at Network Kansas! You’ll find her at Groover Labs in the mornings during Open Coworking on Wednesdays. We interviewed her to learn more about her and the work she does with Network Kansas.

We’re opening applications for the second year of Accelerating Concept to Commercialization in Kansas, or ACCEL-KS, our proof-of-concept grant program in partnership with the Kansas Department of Commerce. If you’re a Kansas founder, and you’re building novel technologies, whether hardware or software, we want to hear from you.

At Groover Labs, we always have a handful of projects and improvements going on. As the Maker Labs and Facilities Manager, Jeremiah Burian, does an excellent job coordinating and managing all those moving parts, it wouldn’t be possible to get everything accomplished without our volunteers. Our volunteers are both experts in their own disciplines and usually looking to grow and improve with new projects. Meet Maker Labs Volunteer, Michael Hogan!

Meet Maker Labs Volunteer, Tom McGuire! At Groover Labs, we always have a handful of projects and improvements going on. As the Maker Labs and Facilities Manager, Jeremiah Burian does an excellent job coordinating and managing all those moving parts, but it wouldn’t be possible to get everything accomplished without our volunteers.

Tacit Technologies, founded by Rye Kennedy, makes Jitterbug, a device that helps wind farm owners decrease maintenance costs by up to 30 percent. Jitterbug identifies the early signs that a wind turbine is failing, so operators can plan repairs before a breakdown.

The businesses and founders at Groover Labs are always working on various projects. We like to interview them to give the rest of the world a peek into what’s it like. We’re glad to have the Marketing Maven team, led by Rachel Rains, join Groover Labs! Not only have they recently moved into one of the offices, but Rachel has relocated from Great Bend to Wichita.

Founded by Logan Schraeder, Toadworx develops night vision accessories and hardware for civilians and law enforcement. Their first product, the BATL (formerly the LAM Mk1A), began as a notebook page drawing during a team brainstorming session around a kitchen table. Now, they’re shipping to customers.

When Paul Maseburg encounters a problem that has a lousy market solution, he asks, "Can’t we build this ourselves?"

Groover Labs board member Mark Janzen and his sister, children’s author and illustrator Kelley Donner, were recently featured in the Wichita Eagle for their company, The Storybook Company, LLC.