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Omniose, a St. Louis biotech startup focused on developing vaccines for bacterial infections, has entered into a 3-year research agreement with AstraZeneca, the gigantic pharmaceutical firm known for developing Britain’s COVID-19 vaccine. EQ speaks to the STL startup founder and explains 2 reasons why this is good news for St. Louis.

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St. Louis startup, Clever Real Estate has acquired Gravy Technologies, an app that gamifies the home-buying journey to motivate aspiring homeowners to get mortgage-ready faster.

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In this year’s St. Louis Holiday Gift Guide 2023 we’re spotlighting products from Arch Grants cohort companies alongside other makers and creators in the STL startup ecosystem.

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St. Louis startup, Honeymoon Chocolates, is committed to playing a part in addressing poor labor conditions affecting African cocoa producers in Ghana and Ivory Coast.

The post Honeymoon Chocolates Tackles the Same Issues Covered in John Oliver’s Halloween Chocolate Report appeared first on EQ.

Boo! Yes, I'm jumping out of nowhere and springing a new post on you despite leaving this blog dormant for so long... But did you hear the story about how the Missouri Botanical Garden is haunted?

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This article provides an historical introduction to St. Louis manufacturing, addresses its decline in the twentieth century’s latter decades, and then notes its more recent renewal around new sets of information- and knowhow-intensive industries. We conclude by discussing the St. Louis manufacturing renaissance in the context of regional planning efforts and documents, such as Greater St. Louis, Inc.’s 2030 St. Louis Jobs Plan.

The post St. Louis Manufacturing: Tradition and New Direction appeared first on EQ.

Google's two startup accelerator programs for underrepresented founders are now accepting applications until July 25th. Last year, two startups from Missouri each raised $100K in grant funding from Google Startups.

The post Hey Black Owned & Women Led Startups in Saint Louis, Google Startups is Accepting Applications appeared first on EQ.

The Zoo and Garden perform extensive fieldwork and research, which not only has a global impact, but many local benefits too: from building local infrastructure to attracting a "creative class" that builds intellectual capital in the region.

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The research and conservation arms of the Missouri Botanical Garden perform good work that matters to the whole world. It is often under-appreciated how they build intellectual capital in the St. Louis metro area, providing a more fertile environment from which other organizations and commercial enterprises, including startups, sometimes germinate and sprout.

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The research and conservation arms of Saint Louis Zoo perform good work that matters to the whole world. It is often under-appreciated how they build intellectual capital in the St. Louis metro area, providing a more fertile environment from which other organizations and commercial enterprises, including startups, sometimes germinate and sprout.

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The Zoo and Garden are great places in which to enjoy some beautiful animals and plants, hang out, and have fun. However, what is often under-appreciated and rarely discussed, is how much good work they perform that matters to the whole world through their research and conservation arms.

The post Two Saint Louis NGO’s Making an Impact on the World and Increasing St. Louis’ Collective Intelligence appeared first on EQ.

Edwin Williams from ZenHammer has partnered with WEPOWER and TechArtista to launch an event series connecting very early stage founders with local resources.

The post STL Black Tech Meetup to Discuss Validating Your Startup Idea at TechArtista appeared first on EQ.

In my previous article on Decide Technologies’ connections to the alt-right, I shared my research into when LockerDome’s alt-right advertising network first launched shortly after Ferguson, the size of the network that we can see with our own eyes and my estimates for how much money the company is paying out to alt-right publishers and how much they’re making.

• Size of Alt-right publisher network: 115 sites generating 567 million page views a month 
• Revenue to Alt-right publishers: an estimated $6.53 million to $15.24 million a year
• Revenue to Decide Technologies: an estimated $0.54 million to $1.27 million a month

In this article, I’ll explain how ad networks work for any publisher, and why Decide's business proposition lends itself especially well to working with fake news and disinformation networks.

The post The Business of Trafficking in Political Disinformation and Fake News appeared first on EQ.

Following the recent revelations that LockerDome has been funding Alt-Right websites and ignoring requests for comment from Reuters and the Gateway Journalism Review, I decided to investigate just how deep the rabbit hole goes. Sadly, I’ve got bad news: there is no bottom.

I estimate, conservatively, that LockerDome – the well-known and well-funded AdTech startup from St. Louis that changed its name to Decide Technologies in February 2022 – is paying out at least $1,700,000 per month in regular commission payments to at least 115 Alt-Right publishers who form the most visible segment of their online advertising network.

Over the last seven years, the total paid out to these sites – peddling racism, hate and disinformation – could be more than $100 million.

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St. Louis AdTech startup Decide has been called out in this article on Bloomberg.

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