Sandbox Companies
Grant Company
Grant Company is an entrepreneurial communications and marketing company based in St. Joseph. Established in 2017, Grant Company offers a unique marketing and advertising model for agribusiness clientele in the KC Animal Health Corridor and across North America and Europe.

Carroll’s Irish Bitters
Carroll’s Irish Bitters is a St. Joseph-based startup making handcrafted small-batch bitters. In addition to timeless favorites, co-founders Brian Carroll and Christina Hitch are developing new bitters recipes and formulas for bartenders across the region.

TravelHive
TravelHive is a social travel bookmarking and collaborative planning platform. Travelers can use TravelHive to bookmark inspirations from any website to create and share collaborative travel itineraries.

College Coaching Network
College Coaching Network offers a scholarship mobile app that enhances the guidance counselor experience. Partnering with high schools, youth groups and employee benefits programs, College Coaching Network provides college and career life coaching with 24/7 training and chat support services.

FastDemocracy
FastDemocracy provides advanced and actionable insights into state and federal legislation. The FastDemocracy online platform allows subscribers to receive legislative email updates, an overview of bills by topic, bill summaries and voting records for valuable quantitative data and predictions.

PowerPlus Cleaning Systems
The PowerPlus IMPULSE® Cleaning System is a patented boiler cleaning technology that improves heat transfer efficiency, reduces energy consumption and emissions, and minimizes costs for coal fired utility boilers.

Case Helper
Case Helper is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) communication platform for mass tort plaintiff lawyers. Case Helper provides attorneys faster, safer and more reliable exchanges of information between law firms and their clients, speeding up resolution of pending litigations and driving down operational costs.

WHETStone Devices
WHETStone Devices developed an innovative brace to provide plumbing companies a secure and easy-to-install solution for water heater expansion tanks.
DocuLock
DocuLock helps businesses archive, index and digitize paper documents, protecting valuable business information from threats and making them accessible from any web-enabled device.

K12 Perform
K12 Perform is an innovative ed-tech company with software and services that enable school district superintendents and principals to access, model and control their accountability and performance data.
