St. Louis

  • Innovative Spaces Week 2018 is coming to St. Louis on October 9-12.

    Innovative Spaces Week 2018 is coming to St. Louis on October 9-12.

    Innovative Spaces Week 2018 is coming to St. Louis on October 9-12. Innovative Spaces Week by Multipass is an opportunity for attendees to explore ways to design for innovation and connect with pioneers across industries. Globally-acclaimed speakers will share insights on collaboration, futuristic thinking, and management of high-performing work environments. Multipass says there has been…

  • St. Louis-based Gremlin Social Acquires VidVerify and Insight CRM

    St. Louis-based Gremlin Social Acquires VidVerify and Insight CRM

    St. Louis-based Gremlin Social, a social media marketing solution featuring the only American Bankers Association-endorsed compliance tools, recently acquired two companies as part of its strategic expansion. VidVerify, a video-based communication platform for mortgage lenders, and Insight CRM, a SaaS solution for social media management, have been integrated into Gremlin Social’s existing capabilities in order…

  • Jane.ai raises $8.4M of Series A angel funding

    Jane.ai raises $8.4M of Series A angel funding

    On June 24th, 2018, Jane.ai raised $8.4 million of Series A angel funding. Investors in the round include Lisa Nichols and a network of others. At a glance… St. Louis-based Jane.ai is the developer of an artificial intelligence platform used to transform the modern workforce. The platform was created to reduce the time employees spend…

  • Healthcare software platform HIPAATrek closes angel round

    Healthcare software platform HIPAATrek closes angel round

    St. Louis-based HIPAATrek closed an angel round last week for an undisclosed amount, from undisclosed investors. At a glance… HIPAATrek is a software platform that provides compliance tools to healthcare organizations seeking to comply with HIPAA. The firm makes the process of compliance easier through its proprietary platform that creates both a secure workflow and…

  • St. Louis Announces $5 Million Dollar “Spirit of St. Louis” Seed Stage Fund

    St. Louis Announces $5 Million Dollar “Spirit of St. Louis” Seed Stage Fund

    Paul Heirendt, a principal at True Bearing Advisors and co-founder of multiple startups, has first-hand experience with how hard it can be for entrepreneurs to find seed funding in St. Louis. “Of the nine startups I’ve been involved with in St. Louis in the last few years, four had to relocate to find adequate seed-stage funding,” said Heirendt. Relocation is far from the worst thing that can happen to…

  • Benson Hill Biosystems closes Series B funding with $25M

    Benson Hill Biosystems closes Series B funding with $25M

    St. Louis-based Benson Hill Biosystems announced today the close of a Series B funding round at $25 million. Last year, the company had set an early goal of raising $15 million but Matthew Crisp, CEO and co-founder of Benson Hill Biosystems, said he quickly realized that the excitement surrounding their CropOS platform would allow them…

  • Our 10 favorite Missouri startup stories of 2016

    Our 10 favorite Missouri startup stories of 2016

    Silicon Prairie News covers the tech startup scene across Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Here are our most popular stories from Missouri this year: 1. How Ulytic solves urban traffic problems in real time (Columbia) The urban traffic analytics startup from Columbia, Missouri, joined the Straight Shot accelerator in Omaha, Nebraska, this summer. 2. QA with Alicia…

  • Sam Altman: “We want to hire more St. Louis startups”

    Sam Altman: “We want to hire more St. Louis startups”

    This article was originally published by EQ, St. Louis’ publication for tech startups. Y Combinator, one of the most prestigious startup incubators in the world, wants to invest in more St. Louis startups. That’s according to the Silicon Valley incubator’s president, Sam Altman, who participated in several Q&A sessions Thursday [February 11] at the Washington University…

  • What did Hip Pocket’s Mark Zmarzly think of Startup Voodoo?

    What did Hip Pocket’s Mark Zmarzly think of Startup Voodoo?

    SPN: You have done articles with SPN before, but for any new readers, what is Hip Pocket? MZ: We help banks and credit unions engage any online or mobile visitor in a consultative conversation that relies on both social influence and personalized consultation. The end goal is to generate a mortgage or retirement lead. The…

  • This man created Juristat to predict the future of patents

    This man created Juristat to predict the future of patents

    Juristat is using big data to predict the future… at least for your patent application. The Software as a Service (SaaS) company allows users to plot their chance of success in all aspects of the patent application process. Among the many features, Juristat can tell an attorney the number of allowed (approved), pending and abandoned patent…