St. Louis Region

Missouri Health Innovation Startup Aims to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19

Viven Health, a St. Louis, Missouri-based health innovation company, has a simple goal: It wants to help companies instill better hygienic habits in employees to reduce illnesses and health claims. Company ... Read More

Missouri University Leads the Way on COVID-19 Vaccine

Missouri’s health innovation talent is on the front lines of the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers at Missouri’s Saint Louis University (SLU) Center for Vaccine Development, one of just nine ... Read More

Missouri University Announces New $616 Million Neuroscience Research Facility

Washington University, in St. Louis, Missouri, recently announced plans to build a $616 million neuroscience research facility in the Cortex Innovation Community. The 11-story, 609,000 sq. ft. building, will be one ... Read More

Nation’s First Co-learning Space for the Manufacturing Supply Chain Opening in Missouri

goBRANDgo!, a marketing company headquartered in St. Louis, announced they will embark on a $2 million expansion to create a not-for-profit facility, Conflux Co-Learning. The building will be the site for ... Read More

Major US Media Company Launches Innovation Division in the Heart of North American Innovation

Lee Enterprises, the owner of more than 300 publications in 21 states, is placing its bets on St. Louis, Missouri, as where their future innovation will come from. Lee Labs is the ... Read More

Missouri Companies Awarded $30+ Million in Military Contracts

Two Missouri companies, both located in St. Louis, have been awarded more the $30 million in military contracts. Arnold Defense and Electronics, an aerospace and defense manufacturer, has been awarded a ... Read More

Innovation Community Propels Region Forward as Tech Hub

The Cortex Innovation Community, which hosts seven Fortune 500 companies and is now expanding with six more buildings—has helped St. Louis “develop a lot of the pieces of an ecosystem that ... Read More

Technology Company Completes Test of Smart City Technology in Missouri

Coolfire, a St. Louis, Missouri-based technology company, in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the City of St. Louis, successfully tested new smart ... Read More

Two Missouri Cities Rank Among Best in US for Jobs In 2020

Two Missouri cities recently made Glassdoor’s list of the “25 Best Cities for Jobs in 2020.” St. Louis ranked 6th on the list of cities, while Kansas City, Missouri, ranked 11th. ... Read More

Two Missouri Breweries Named Among Best in The World

Two Missouri breweries were recently named among the best breweries in the world by the website RateBeer.com. Side Project Brewing, in St. Louis, and Boulevard Brewing Co., in Kansas City, made ... Read More