Startup Missouri Information to fuel Missouri business startups

Gabriela Ramírez-Arellano has dedicated her life to helping local people of color become successful entrepreneurs. In January, she joined the Cortex Innovation Community as the director of entrepreneurship and executive director of the Center for Emerging Technologies, Missouri’s largest and oldest innovation center.

Jeff Stevens and his wife, Genevieve Barlow, launched WellBeing Brewing Company, a non-alcoholic craft brewer in St. Louis, to help give non-drinkers attractive options at get-togethers.

Arch Grants sets aside funding for geospatial technology startups, aiming to complement the work of the new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency complex in St. Louis.

Fellow St. Louisans Dan Schaefer and Pat Barron's company, Native Pet, does more than $2 million annually in sales, all of it online.

Vet Biz connects former military members with entrepreneur mentors and networks

The economic downturn has been grim for owners and investors in boutique hotels without national chain affiliations, as well as locally owned inns and establishments in Missouri.

The St. Louis company is now part of an industry that has experienced significant growth during the pandemic.

The Columbia-based company has promoted Healium as a “digiceutical,” a digital therapeutic product, and hired two new employees. In June, the company won the Procter & Gamble Ventures Innovation Challenge, which meant it received more than $200,000 in cash and benefits.

Sunstation USA, a startup based in St. Louis, has sold thousands of touch-free sunscreen dispensers in all 50 states, as well as Canada and Mexico.

In 2012, Colin Dowling had big ideas on how to help grow City Greens, a nonprofit grocery store based in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood of St. Louis. Dowling was a graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin Business School, and during a social entrepreneurship class, he learned about issues some people face in accessing fresh, healthy food. ...