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St. Louis biotech Immunophotonics has received a European patent covering the use of its lead drug candidate IP-001 in combination with checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of solid tumors, expanding the company’s global intellectual property portfolio to more than 20 European countries. “IP-001 has demonstrated promising results in preclinical studies and is currently being evaluated […]

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St. Louis-based startup installs 334 screens across Colorado and Houston venues under 10-year partnerships

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St. Louis health tech company teams with national distributor to connect prescription fulfillment with ongoing patient monitoring and virtual diabetes educators.

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Strategic partnerships and a newly designed display device are driving growth.

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Last week 39 North hosted a “Meet the Founders” gathering as was part of St. Louis-area wide Startup Week activities. Proceedings were held in the building occupied by NewLeaf Symbiotics across the parking lot from the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, the BioResearch & Development Growth (BRDG) Park, and other Innovation District enterprises. A lively […]

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Immunophotonics has a new CEO. "It’s great news for the company - really awesome folks that are putting their reputation on the line to push this through the next phase!" outgoing CEO Lu Alleruzzo told bizblip. Aleruzzo stays on in an advisory capacity, working closely with co-founder and CIO Tomas Hode. New Faces:  CEO Miguel […]

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St. Louis-based boat marketplace Boat Planet has been selected as one of five featured startups to pitch at IBEX, the largest marine industry trade event in the United States. The company will present to hundreds of industry professionals, investors, and stakeholders in Tampa in the coming weeks. "It's going to give us the opportunity to […]

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Support automation company Capacity completed its thirteenth acquisition with the purchase of Indianapolis-based KLaunch, expanding the company's conversational AI capabilities and strengthening its presence in government, healthcare and nonprofit sectors. "As customer expectations keep rising, KLaunch represents another strategic piece in our compound startup approach – building an omnichannel platform to address the full spectrum […]

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Shades of Color has closed a $10,000 crowdfunding round on Kiva to enhance its AI-powered marketplace for beauty shoppers. The St. Louis-based startup plans to use the funding to expand conversational features and improve visual product recommendations, making online and mobile shopping more intuitive for customers. "We are working to enhance our technology, to add […]

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FinLocker completed the final tranche of its $17 million Series B round, with the latest investment led by the Missouri Technology Corporation, a state-backed group supporting emerging technologies. The St. Louis-based company will use the funds to scale business development in the mortgage sector and expand its financial readiness platform for consumers. “We’re using the […]

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Beauty tech company DEMIblue Natural Nails is preparing for international expansion, beginning with Canada. The startup, founded six years ago to provide healthier nail care alternatives free of toxic chemicals, is also launching a nonprofit initiative called DEMIblue Cares. The program will deliver manicures, wellness workshops, and education to breast cancer survivors while using the […]

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This St. Louis startup boasts profitability and $60M ARR. This is their 11th acquisition.

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Birmingham-based (and St. Louis founded) clean energy startup secures major defense contract to deploy innovative rooftop wind turbines at Ellsworth Air Force Base as it moves from prototype to real-world deployment.

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St. Louis-based SweetSpot, a healthcare technology company, has been awarded a $100,000 growth grant from Arch Grants. The non-dilutive grant requires matching investment, which the company has already secured. Sweetspot was also named a 2025 "company to watch" by the American Diabetes Association after a successful conference presentation that generated double the customer leads compared […]

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WingXpand, a St. Louis-based drone technology company, receives a $249,916 Phase I SBIR grant from the U.S. Army to develop its Expeditionary Edge AI Enabled Battle Network from a Pack Portable Fixed-Wing UAS. The grant supports WingXpand's innovative portable drone system that operates autonomously in GPS-denied environments using edge AI capabilities. This technology aims to […]

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Over the past several years, CIC St. Louis has housed over 1,300 companies with more than 13,000 total employees. Over 1,100 companies have “graduated” (defined as leaving the CIC facilities for their own spaces). Globally, CIC companies have raised over $17 billion in venture capital; total capital raised is closer to $74 billion.

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Last year, EQ introduced readers to the API Innovation Center, located in St. Louis’ Cortex Innovation District. In this short article, Mike Fabrizi reports on continued progress, including a major funding infusion, the opening of a state-of-the-art lab on the University of Missouri at St. Louis (UMSL) campus, and the API Innovation Center’s awarding a contract to a local biosciences firm for the manufacture of key medicines for which there are presently limited or no domestic sources.

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The Link Auditorium's Holly Jolly Comedy Showcase Featured on Fox2News! For only $20, you can catch four St. Louis-based comedians going after Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and even Festivus.

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Arch Grants has awarded $1.7 million in non-dilutive grants to 20 startups, constituting the nonprofit’s 2024 Cohort. Over 300 volunteer judges selected from over 550 applicants to Arch Grants’ annual Startup Competition, each awardee has committed to being headquartered in St. Louis for at least one year. 

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Mike Fabrizi examines the forthcoming Wildcare Park’s impacts on our region.

Some of these are economic, which stem from the construction project itself, increased Zoo operations, spending by visitors, more tax revenue, and increased property values.

In addition to economic impacts, however, there are also the benefits stemming from enhancing our region’s “creative community”. They make our Saint Louis an even more attractive place in which to live, and tend to attract the “creative” and “entrepreneurial” classes, as do other cultural and civic institutions.

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