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Listen: How Plug and Play bridges startups and corporations | Lindsay Lebahn

On Lindsay Lebahn, Director of Plug and Play in Topeka, shares how the global innovation platform connects startups with corporations, creating unexpected opportunities in smaller communities while challenging perceptions about where innovation happens. 

Listen: Bio-Taurine & Beyond: Nataur’s Clean-Compound Revolution with Francesca Gallucci

In this episode of our Plug and Play Topeka series, Austin chats with Francesca Gallucci of Natáur, a Baltimore-based biotech company that’s reimagining how essential nutrients are made. Combining synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and eco-friendly fermentation, they’re producing bio-based taurine (and other naturally occurring sulfur compounds) without relying on petroleum.

Francesca takes us behind the scenes: where Natáur’s science comes from, how their platform works, and how they plan to scale up safely and sustainably.

Listen: Biotech founder breaks down how she turns microorganisms into high-quality protein in just 24 hours

On this episode of Startland News’ Plug and Play Topeka founder podcast series, we explore a ground-breaking food innovation with Katelijne “Kate” Bekers, co-founder and CEO of MicroHarvest.

This biotech startup is pioneering the world’s fastest protein production — turning microorganisms into high-quality protein in just 24 hours, using sustainable fermentation and agricultural side-streams, while slashing water, land use, and CO₂ emissions by more than 95 percent.

Listen: Founder on his third startup shares his ‘toilet test’ for culture, talks the lonely eship rollercoaster from Ireland to Topeka

On this episode of Startland News’ new Plug and Play Topeka founder podcast series, we chat with Barry McDonogh — CEO of Hinalea Imaging — to uncover how cutting-edge hyperspectral imaging is changing the way industries see the world.

From food safety and agriculture to pharmaceuticals and defense, Hinalea’s technology reveals the invisible — capturing data far beyond the limits of the human eye. And along the way, we’ll hear how McDonogh has learned a range of lessons about being a founder, and how to build alongside the right kind of team.

Listen: How this startup helps brands ditch plastic without disrupting manufacturing

On this episode of Startland News’ new Plug and Play Topeka founder podcast series, we sit down with Anthony Musumeci — CEO of Earthodic — to explore the future of sustainable packaging.

Discover how Earthodic’s flagship product, Biobarc, delivers water-resistant, recyclable paper coatings made entirely from bio-based ingredients — closing the loop on waste without sacrificing performance. Learn about their journey from Australia to the U.S., strategic seed funding, and how they’re empowering brands to ditch plastic without disrupting manufacturing.

Listen: Startup bites into early cancer detection for dogs

On this episode of Startland News’ new Plug and Play Topeka founder podcast series, we meet Preston Williams — founder of ProPetDx — whose company is giving veterinarians a powerful new way to detect disease in pets before symptoms appear.

From the spark of an idea to building high-definition diagnostics, our guest shares how science, data, and a little bit of canine intuition are coming together to save lives.

Listen: How this musician-turned-startup veteran is scaling with a Kansas assist

Startland News opens its new Plug and Play Topeka founder podcast series with a startup that’s making recovery easier — one pup at a time.

 

Meet Medipups, a company combining canine compassion with real innovation in animal health, and its co-founder Sebastian Doyle.

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