Meet Healthfundr: Equity-Based Crowdfunding For Health Startups
When Marshall McLuhan said that the medium is the message in the 1960s, it’s amazing to think about how much that idea still applies in present culture. What he meant is that new forms of media (technology) transform our experience and is ultimately more important than the content that is shared. In other words, technology [...]... Read More
Archive for the ‘Missouri’ Category
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Monitoring Legislation Goes Mobile: TrakBill Launches New iOS App
BY: Caryn TomerTrakBill, a St. Louis startup that is building an online legislative monitoring platform, unveiled its brand new iOS app yesterday. This launch comes on the heels of winning an Arch Grant just last week and presenting at Capital Innovators Demo Day the week before that. To say that it’s been a whirlwind of activity for [...]
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Arch Grants Announces Its Global Startup Competition Winners
BY: Caryn TomerWith St. Louis being touted earlier this year as the fastest growing city for tech jobs, you might have been surprised… Well, only if you live outside of St. Louis. After all, St. Louis isn’t exactly New York or the Bay area. However, there is a strong commitment within the startup community that is putting [...]
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Capital Innovators Demo Day 2013 (IN PHOTOS)
BY: Caryn TomerLast week, Capital Innovators hosted its Demo Day, where 11 companies from its fall 2012 and spring 2013 classes presented to an audience of over 500 people at the Pageant in St. Louis. These 500 people included prospective investors as well as mentors, supporters and entrepreneurs of tech firms in St. Louis. (Photos courtesy of Jason [...]
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“Advance St. Louis” Series Helps Startups Move to High Growth Stage
BY: Caryn TomerLaw firm Polsinelli Shughart and the Center for Emerging Technologies is offering its third seminar in its “Advance St. Louis” series on May 7, 2013. With past events focusing on patent law and board of directors selection, their next event promises to deliver another strong topic with how to successfully structure and complete a friends [...]
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Arch Grants Finalist Weekend 2013
BY: Edward DomainOver 700 entrepreneurs entered Arch Grants 2013 startup competition and this weekend saw the 40 finalists come to St. Louis to compete for a non-dilutive, $50,000 grant. What makes Arch Grants unique in the country is that the winners of the grant receive $50,000 in funding for their business and no equity is surrendered. The [...]
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Arch Grants Finalists Excited About St. Louis
BY: Edward DomainIt has almost been a year since the first class of Arch Grants recipients received their equity free, $50K grant- and next week, the finalists in round two of Arch Grants make their final presentation to judges in the hopes of winning a grant for their business. This year saw 707 applicants compete for [...]
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Arch Grants Selects Winners for $100,000 Follow-on Funding
BY: Edward DomainSt. Louis’ based Arch Grants announced the recipients of two $100,000 follow-on grants Friday. Food Essentials and simMachines, both Arch Grants recipients from the inaugural class won the follow on grants based on the progress each company has made since then. Arch Grants is a startup competition based in St. Louis that awards $50,000 non-dilutive grants [...]
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Build A Robot. Inspire The Future.
BY: Mark SutherlandWhere does inspiration begin? Where does it flourish? And what impact can it have on the future? If you were at Chafitz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, this past weekend, the answers were everywhere you turned thanks to the hard work of the FIRST volunteers. FIRST is a nationwide program that has been inspiring young [...]
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Silicon Prairie: America’s New Internet Economy Airs WEDNESDAY At Lab1500
BY: Edward DomainThis Wednesday, March 27th, ‘Silicon Prairie: America’s New Internet Economy’ airs at Lab 1500 at 6 p.m. in St. Louis. (The event put on by Openly Disruptive) You can find out more at the event page, here: Openly Disruptive The movie is about, well, the title kind of says it all, doesn’t it? If you [...]
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The Domain Tech Report Ep.3: Arch Grants Executive Director Sarah Spear
BY: Edward DomainWelcome to Episode 3 of The Domain Tech Report! We are very excited to share episode three with you all and see our interview with the Executive Director of Arch Grants, Sarah Spear, and welcome your feedback and comments. In This Action Packed Episode: – Sadly, Caryn still doesn’t have a lot to say, but [...]
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Lockerdome Partners With The NHL’s St. Louis Blues
BY: Edward DomainThis morning it’s official: The NHL’s St. Louis Blues have announced a partnership with St. Louis’ hottest digital startup, Lockerdome. The “St. Louis Blues Lockerdome Network” officially marks the launch of the first official Network by a professional sports team on the Lockerdome network. To celebrate the launch of the joint venture, the St. Louis [...]
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St. Louis Experiences Its Own SXSW At SXSTL13
BY: Caryn TomerAs you are likely aware, South by Southwest (SXSWi) Interactive Festival is the biggest digital and social event of the year. Featuring an extraordinary who’s who of industry leaders, celebrities, and brands, attendees can expect five days of networking excellence, dynamic presentations, and the very best in social media, digital, and technology. And not to [...]
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