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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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To the outside world, Mighty Cricket sells protein powders, but founder Sarah Schlafly's ultimate plans have long been grounded in developing the means to sustainably produce an environmentally friendly alternative protein source.

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If you’re in St. Louis and looking to get into a well paying tech, ai, cyber, geospatial Job in 2025, apply to this Tech Grant to get your tuition fully paid.

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As part of EQ’s building a contextual map of the St. Louis innovation and entrepreneurial scene, we interviewed Anthony Sardella, the Chairman and CEO of the Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients Innovation Center (hereafter referred to as the API Innovation Center), an independent business leveraging our region’s bioscience and manufacturing strengths to solve a vital twenty-first century challenge. We thank Tony and his staff for generously sharing with us their expertise, their enthusiasm for the API Innovation Center’s mission, and their assistance with this narrative. What follows stems from this interview and the API Innovation Center’s published reports.

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The Taylor Geospatial Institute's recent "Generative AI for Geospatial Challenge" kickoff conference highlighted a crucial transformation: geospatial technology is no longer just for experts.

Once the domain of technical specialists with security clearances, the field is becoming accessible to everyone through innovations like "Queryable Earth" and "Digital Twins."

This democratization, powered by generative AI, arrives at a perfect moment for St. Louis, which has invested heavily in becoming a geospatial hub.

The shift from expertise-driven to accessibility-focused could be key to realizing the city's ambitions in the sector.

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In our view, MathBRIX's tenacity that led to this breakthrough funding provides a real-world example of the benefits of changing strategy for other St. Louis EdTech startup entrepreneurs to follow.

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The co-founders celebrating an exit are SLU student alums who joined the St. Louis startup ecosystem following graduation. In our view, this acquisition news reflects well on the city's ongoing efforts to develop a student-to-startup pipeline that retains talent in the region.

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On August 7th, 2024, Turnberry Solutions announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire 1904labs, a cloud-based software and data solutions consulting firm based in St. Louis.

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Shared experiences and online connections to ALS brings two Missourians together in-person to launch a dogfight against the neurodegenerative disease.

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EQ's resident expert in economic complexity theory, Mike Fabrizi, explains the different shared services offered by St. Louis' innovation districts. From lab equipment to utilities management, shared services cuts down on outsourcing costs and increases the chance of your AgTech or BioTech startup succeeding in these resource intensive sectors.

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My own experience as a coworking member (three years, 2016-2019) and the reflections of other T-REX associates have much in common.

Patty Hagen, T-REX’s Executive Director, is integral to our collective memory and she stands out as our community builder. We owe her memory both affection and gratitude. Here, we stop for a moment to pay our respects.

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I’m a huge fan of internet meme days, such as April Fools, Talk Like a Pirate Day, Halloween and, yes, it’s that time of year — May the Fourth — which means it is Star Wars day! That was my cue to find a local Jedi. Star Wars Day in St. Louis The force was […]

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For those aware of T-REX's history of operating under many names, the potential for confusion around their name seems patently obvious. So, it comes as no surprise that the organization chose today, the First April of the Month, to rebrand the organization.

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EQ recently reviewed two assessments of the region’s tech economy that have caught local media attention. The bigger picture is neither as gloomy nor as sanguine as either report makes it out to be. EQ explains why it matters and how to put the data into perspective.

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Recently, two research reports have commented on the health of the region’s technology economy. EQ summarizes what they found and offers recommendations that expand upon their findings.

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Immunophotonics has announced a research collaboration with the innovation subsidiary of a major pharmaceutical company to study the effect of combining an immunotherapy drug with routine treatments for cancer in order to reduce the risk of recurrence. EQ speaks to the STL startup founder and explains 4 reasons why this is good news for St. Louis.

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