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A local construction company is moving to bigger office space with more room for the its growing number of employees.

As the calendar has turned to 2023, a comment from a recent conversation with Brian Hopcraft of Lewis & Clark Ventures has stuck with me. During our Zoom call, I asked Hopcraft his thoughts about what the next year will mean for startups. He mentioned some venture capital firms have started pulling back on funding, but that Lewis & Clark Ventures still has an optimistic outlook. His reasoning, he told me, is that “great companies come independent of what the economy looks like.” If there’s…

Dataplant has created customer management software to automate insights that companies can use to interact with customers and help them retain revenue. Its users include other startups seeking to build out their client roster.

WingXpand says it's built a drone that flies longer and takes better video, which could help a wide range of users better use aerial data and imagery. It has positioned its drone as a tool for farmers to monitor their crops and livestock, for inspectors and surveyors, and for insurance companies to evaluate properties before and after damage.

As businesses and industries increase their use of data and analytics, CuriMeta believes its technology has the ability to help the health care industry ethically use patient data to improve patient care and do so quickly through the use of data.

The first month of 2023 delivered the acquisitions of four St. Louis-area startups — equal to half of the acquisition total for all of 2022 and kicking off the year with a flurry of exits for tech firms backed by local investors.

After years of research on its pest control technology, Impetus Agriculture has raised fresh funding to hire staff and launch a laboratory locally.

The new hire brings more than 20 years experience as an employment and labor attorney to the Clayton-based law firm's new office, its entry into California.

St. Louis' tourism chief on Wednesday spelled out for the first time which elements of the downtown convention center expansion won't be completed without more funding.

Since its founding in 2011, 4 Hands Brewing Co. has become one of the largest and most recognizable craft beer brands in St. Louis, all while limiting itself to one physical location. But that’s about to change, as the craft brewery is currently working on three expansion projects.

In my 20 years in law enforcement in Boston, I noticed that it's more cooperative than St. Louis, plus the district attorney’s office was committed to making the communities safer through aggressive but just prosecutions.

A Grand Center arts organization is restructuring its leadership and programs and plans to sell the headquarters building it has used as a nonprofit arts incubator for nearly two decades.

So far, Centene has reached settlements that have been announced by more than a dozen states, requiring the nation’s largest Medicaid managed care provider to make at least $618 million in payments.

Grammy-winning singer Beyonce is bringing her "Renaissance World Tour" to St. Louis this summer.  Beyoncé revealed tour dates Wednesday, including an Aug. 21 stop at the Dome at America's Center in St. Louis. Ticket sale timelines vary by city. Verified Fan Registration is now open for the St. Louis date on beyonce.livenation.com through Feb. 16 at 11:59 p.m. ET.  Registration does not guarantee tickets, according to the preregistration site. A lottery-style process will determine which registered…

Medicare Advantage plans for seniors dodged a major financial bullet Monday as government officials gave them a reprieve for returning hundreds of millions of dollars or more in government overpayments — some dating back a decade or more.

World Wide Technology Raceway has again expanded its footprint, a move that comes as the Madison, Illinois speedway’s owner says it has ambition to create an entertainment complex around the facility.

Despite the decline, the region’s deal volume remained healthy, according to an official with an M&A advisory firm.

A local grocery chain is adding its fifth location next week, on the ground floor of a recently completed $90 million mixed-use development, creating what the company called a “shop in your pajamas experience” for residents.

A former top executive at one of St. Louis’ most active developers has sued the company and its principals for what he claims is the loss of millions of dollars of profits.

Saint Louis Public Schools said Wednesday it is hiring Keisha Scarlett as its new superintendent, starting July 1. A spokesman for the district said she's agreed to a three-year contract, worth $268,000 per year. SLPS said Scarlett has worked at Seattle Public Schools for 24 years, including as assistant superintendent of academics since 2021. Until Scarlett starts her new post, Interim Superintendent Nicole Williams will continue to serve in that role. The district said that Scarlett was one…