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BrightTag Scores Big In Yahoo! Japan Partnership

Chicago startup BrightTag announced this week that its tag management platform has been selected to support Yahoo! Japan’s web infrastructure.

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Ohio-Based Applits Wants To Crowdsource The Next Big App

The real test of this startup is not whether they can get enough ideas, but whether or not they can monetize the apps in the app store once they are finished.

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Capital Innovators Opens Applications For Spring Class

St. Louis startup accelerator Capital Innovators has begun accepting applications for its Spring 2013 class this week, offering fledgling companies $50,000 in seed funding as well as free office space in T-REx.

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Big Banks Funnel $167M Into Renewable Energy Company

E.ON Climate & Renewables, whose North American division is headquartered in Chicago, announced this week that it has received a $167.7 million equity investment from JP Morgan and Wells Fargo.

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Lockerdome and RollSale CEOs To Speak At StartLouis

The StartLouis meetup is a grassroots community of startup enthusiasts that was founded in late autumn of last year. Since then, the group has grown to include over 230 members and four sponsors: Lockerdome, T-REx, Schlafly, and Food Essentials.

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Pick A Founder’s Brain At 1871’s Digital Leaders Office Hours

Entrepreneurs seeking mentorship will have the chance to meet up with some of the biggest minds in the Chicago startup community over the next year thanks to a new initiative at 1871.

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One Year Later, T-REx Roars Louder Than City Leaders Expected

The economic activity from within T-REx roars louder than city leaders originally expected, and St. Louis is ready to transition T-REx from an initiative to a formalized organization.

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GoSoapBox Celebrates First Year With Juicy Stats

GoSoapBox circumvents the issue of classroom passivity by allowing students and teachers to connect on a web platform that can be utilized during class time to anonymously ask questions or quiz students on what they’ve learned so far.

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Arch Grants Ups The Ante To $1 Million For Next Batch Of Grants

Arch Grants is a non-profit organization that issues grants based on The Arch Grants Business Plan Competition, but the only catch is that the startups selected to receive the grants must stay (or relocate) to downtown St. Louis.

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Oregon Venture Activity Down A Whopping 55 Percent

2012 has been a bad year for venture activity in the city of Portland, which is just starting to step out of the shadows of northwest technology behemoths San Francisco and Seattle. Venture funding was down statewide in Oregon 55% so far in 2012.

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