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St. Louis’ leading capital partners, investor networks, and entrepreneur support organizations are working toward a shared objective: significantly increasing the number of active, educated angel investors backing Missouri startups. These parallel efforts respond to two major developments that have created new momentum for Missouri’s innovation economy. On July 13, Governor Mike Kehoe signed House Bill…

For Ben Johnson, the news hit differently than most policy victories. When he pulled up his email looking for context on Missouri’s newly passed angel investment tax credit, he found a message from February 10, 2007, the day he first wrote about the idea. That’s roughly 6,700 days of showing up, making the case, and…

During STL Startup Week, TechSTL and StartupSTL hosted one of the most anticipated private events in the region’s innovation calendar: the 2nd Annual #CapTableDinner. The evening brought together 25 of the fastest-growing startups in the St. Louis Metro and a highly curated network of venture capital investors, angels, and seasoned CEOs. The goal was intentional…

Entrepreneurship across the St. Louis Metro is surging, but the region’s startup ecosystem faces critical gaps in capital access, infrastructure, and AI readiness, according to the newly released 2025 StartupSTL Report. The study, produced through a three-year research partnership between Lindenwood University, St. Louis Community College, and TechSTL, was funded by an Inclusive Ecosystem Grant…

St. Louis has been chosen to participate in the 2024 Startup World Cup, a global contest awarding $1 million to its winner. St. Louis’ inclusion in the Startup World Cup, staged by San Jose, California-based Pegasus Tech Ventures, will give one local firm a chance to pitch their company for the contest’s $1 million prize…