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Thanks to its sustained growth, area startup EyeVerify LLC is opening a new office in the Crossroads Arts District.

The biometrics security company will join a host of other tech companies at the Globe Building, 1712 Main St., including Brightergy LLC, Think Big Partners LLC and a group of other startups.
EyeVerify, based in Kansas City, Kan., will lease about one-third of a floor in the 43,000-square-foot, seven-story historic building, which is currently being redeveloped by Kansas City-based Nicholson Group. While the company plans to keep its current Kansas City Startup Village office open, the move will offer EyeVerify more space to grow, CEO Toby Rush said.

[Kansas City Business Journal]

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