Our ACCEL-KS at Groover Labs kickoff event was featured in the Wichita Business Journal. One of our longtime members, Matt Leming, founder of Winnow Bio, a biomedical device startup that designs and manufactures orthopedic implant devices, was also featured in the article.
Matt is a valuable member of the Groover Labs founder community, bringing a breadth of startup and venture capital experience from his time as a medical device and innovation analyst with the Texas Medical Center, one of the world’s largest medical complexes and a global leader in biomedical innovation.
Wichita’s upcoming Biomedical Campus, a collaborative partnership between WSU, KU and WSU Tech, will carry that same spirit, bringing together education, research, and innovation to create a regional hub for health sciences and biomedical entrepreneurship.
Learn more about Wichita’s BioMed Tech future during Launch Week on September 29, at 1 p.m., with the panel discussion, “BioMed Tech: Building Wichita's Innovation Future”, sponsored by the Wichita Greater Partnership. Register here.
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Read more in the Wichita Business Journal here.
Below is a short excerpt from the article:
Grant for Wichita incubator Groover Labs will support early-stage entrepreneurs in Kansas
By Eduardo Castillo – Reporter, Wichita Business Journal
Sep 5, 2025
Story Highlights
Groover Labs receives $400,000 grant to support Kansas entrepreneurs.
Startups like Wichita-based Winnow Bioscience could benefit.
ACCEL-KS program aims to fund 32 startups with $25,000 grants.
The entrepreneurial bug bit Matthew Leming while he was working on his PhD in biology at the University of Notre Dame.
Leming, a Wichita native, is the co-founder and CEO of Winnow Bioscience, a year-old company that makes orthopedic implant devices that Leming hopes one day can be used by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
There's a catch. Leming wants to produce the devices at a reasonable, affordable price.
Groover Labs in downtown Wichita, an incubator and make space for startups, has received a state grant to support entrepreneurs like Leming to bring their concepts to life. The $400,000 grant is part of the The Kansas Department of Commerce's Accelerating Concept to Commercialization in Kansas Proof-of-Concept Program, or ACCEL-KS, which launched in April.
Groover Labs is partnering with the University of Kansas' Innovation Park, which also received a grant, to implement the program and support early-stage entrepreneurs and innovators.
Read the complete story at the Wichita Business Journal here.