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St. Louis-based venture capital firm Cultivation Capital has raised more than $50 million for a new technology investment fund.

A local developer wants to construct a new apartment complex across seven vacant properties in Tower Grove East.

Electrical Components International Inc., a Creve Coeur-based manufacturer of wire harnesses and electrical components, has expanded with the purchase of a Canadian business.

Future plans for the old Jamestown Mall in north St. Louis County became clearer Thursday afternoon. The vacant shell at North Lindbergh Boulevard and Old Jamestown Road caught fire Wednesday night and two firefighters were injured while knocking it down. On Thursday, officials with the Black Jack Fire Department noted that the two firefighters were released from the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The cause of Wednesday night's fire is still under investigation. The Port Authority…

A panel of honorees celebrated for their innovation in corporate giving in St. Louis said creativity is a fuel that can lead to successful philanthropic partnerships.

I have thought that one should always remember who gave their graduation speech, and what it was about.

These 75 companies donated a total of $140.8 million last year in the St. Louis area, an 11% increase from giving in 2021.

Malik Oliphant had a front-row view of entrepreneurship growing up in St. Louis. His mother, Jeanette Ware, owned Happy’s Convenience Store in Ferguson and his aunt ran a local catering business. That sparked an interest in entrepreneurship for Oliphant, who has incorporated lessons, namely “to really go after it,” from his mother and aunt into businesses he’s launched on his own. “If it's something you really want to do, don't stop. That's the main thing that I took,” Oliphant said.…

Adam Cisroe Pearson, currently chief operating officer for homeless services provider Peter & Paul Community Services, was appointed director of the Department of Human Services for the city of St. Louis, effective May 30.

As of mid-February, six prosecutors in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office had more than 470 felony cases split between them – and now, there are only two. Sources familiar with his departure confirm Assistant Circuit Attorney Nick Lake has announced his last day with the office is April 28. Lake’s exit marks the latest in a series of resignations from St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s office in recent weeks. He was listed as the attorney of record on seven trials through the end…

PowerPlex, the $55 million youth sports complex that had long been planned at the former St. Louis Mills mall in Hazelwood, will not be part of the mall’s redevelopment currently underway and will cease operation of its existing sports fields there.

A St. Louis cannabis firm that closed last year amid disputes among founders is to be liquidated, attorneys said, with manufacturing licenses and interest in real estate under contract.

A board that governs the city of St. Louis' economic development agency on Thursday approved two local projects for $13 million in federal tax credits.

A massive warehouse in Metro East that handles products for soap brand Dial is closing, in a move that will permanently lay off 125 workers.

Centene Corp. on Thursday named its chief digital officer, Anika Gardenhire, to the position of chief customer experience officer.

Cincinnati-based freight brokerage firm Total Quality Logistics said Thursday it is expanding its operations in St. Louis, with plans to add dozens of jobs locally.

As part of the architectural program at Kansas University, Chrissy Hill Rogers traveled the summer before her senior year to Italy and Spain with her fellow students. She said that experience is when she became “totally all in, about my passion for architecture.”.

Raytheon and its subsidiaries asked Judge Richard Stewart of St. Louis County Circuit Court to dismiss the lawsuit. Boeing has requested a jury trial.

The act of giving back to St. Louis nonprofits and causes, whether it be through cash, volunteer time or through the donation of goods and services, is a company’s way of recognizing that their good fortune comes, in large part, from the community it serves or lives within.

World Wide Technology Raceway's Raceway Gives program partners with the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in East St. Louis, allowing the center's young members to spend time at the track for hands-on STEM education experiences.