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A popular grants competition that helped raise the profiles — and buoy the bank accounts — of dozens of Kansas City startups is expected to relaunch with renewed funding from the Missouri Technology Corporation, the agency announced Tuesday.

New in KC: Why UMKC’s island-hopping tech leader is trading Hawaiian surf for Kansas City turf  New in KC: Why UMKC’s island-hopping tech leader is trading Hawaiian surf for Kansas City turf  The Midwest is home, said Chris Rehkamp. “That’s where I feel like I’m really grounded. A piece of this move was wanting to be near family, and another piece is that it’s what feels natural,” Rehkamp said of accepting a position as the associate director of the Tech Ventures Studio at the U...