KC firm partners with Microsoft Ventures

Microsoft is expanding its work with the Kansas City-based Think Big Accelerator that helps newly formed technology companies, according to the Kansas City Star.

The second partnership for the pair – who already work together on Microsoft's BizSpark program – the Ventures program expands startups’ existing access to Microsoft mentors and resources.

The partnership is one of only a handful in the United States. Microsoft Ventures currently works with start-ups and entrepreneurs through business accelerators in Seattle, Paris, Tel Aviv, Bejing and Bangalore, India, and is expanding to Berlin, Moscow and Rio de Janeiro.

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