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MusicSpoke joins Prosper Women Entrepreneurs accelerator in St. Louis
Lincoln based MusicSpoke has announced that it will take part in the Prosper Women Entrepreneurs Startup Accelerator in St. Louis, Missouri, this fall. Jennifer Rosenblatt, CEO and co-founder, will participate in the three-month intensive program designed specifically for women looking to grow their businesses. Rosenblatt credits a Silicon Prairie News story about mobile content publishing company…
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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…
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Send ’em to St. Louis: Vote now for Startup Voodoo’s “Most Promising” startup
Startup Voodoo, the premier annual startup event in Saint Louis, has announced 10 finalists for their 2nd annual 2015 “Most Promising” award. This year the finalists include Blooom out of Kansas City, Hip Pocket in Lincoln, and Ear Compass, Garbshare, and HIPAA Trek, all out of Saint Louis. The top three startups will be invited to Startup…
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Join us at Missouri Bank tonight to kick off Big Kansas City in style
Before our Big Kansas City speakers take the stage, join The Kauffman Foundation, SPN and the rest of the 2014 Big KC audience for the Opening Party tonight at the Downtown Missouri Bank branch.
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Pipeline announces its expansion into St. Louis
KANSAS CITY—In August, the Kauffman Foundation announced that it will provide another three-year challenge grant of up to $1.435 million to Pipeline to help extend and improve its programming. Now the regional program is expanding its services to St. Louis.
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Only a week left to apply to pitch at a Rise of the Rest stop near you
In less than a month, startups in five Midwestern cities will each have a shot at a $100,000 investment. As part of the Rise of the Rest Road Trip with Revolution CEO Steve Case, five pitch competitions will be held across the region—in Madison, Wis.; Minneapolis; Des Moines; Kansas City and St. Louis—to help “celebrate…
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Lincoln’s Beehive Industries lands $2.5 million from St. Louis VC
Beehive Industries has filled a $2.5 million Series A investment from St. Louis-based Advantage Capital. The Lincoln-based startup provides infrastructure management and mapping software to utilities, city government and construction companies…
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Tune in Tuesday at noon for Growing Missouri Startups live stream
On Tuesday, tune in to Growing Missouri Startups, an online panel hosted by Missouri Business Alert, from noon to 1 p.m. to learn how a group of startup accelerator and incubator leaders are helping to grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Missouri. The event’s panelists include Kevin Fryer of SparkLabKC, Ginger Imster of Arch Grants, Brian Kinkade of…
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St. Louis-based CRM optimization startup TopOPPS raises $700K
TopOPPS, the St. Louis-based startup intent on optimizing sales pipelines for companies, has received $700,000 in seed funding, including $250,000 from venture capital firm Cultivation Capital and the rest from its founder, Jim Eberlin, and private investors. The startup uses big data, analytics and algorithms to create efficiency for sales executives by letting them “react…
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St. Louis’ Capital Innovators fills us in on its spring accelerator class
The Capital Innovators accelerator, the longest-running in St. Louis, starts its sixth class this month. We caught up with director Scott Bernstein this week to tell us more about the program, the STL startup scene and the five new startups …