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(The European) Missouri: More innovation, more FDI, more success
The location of choice for companies entering the US market, Missouri is a melting pot of multinational expertise and progressive startups. Missouri has become a firm favorite for companies entering…
Read More(STL Public Radio) St. Louis is becoming a hub for plant-based protein manufacturing
St. Louis executives in the growing plant-based protein industry say the region is uniquely situated to drive the space forward because of resources like the Danforth Plant Science Center and…
Read MoreBeyond Silicon Valley: Coastal Dollars and Local Investors Accelerate Early Stage Startup Funding Across the US
The pandemic seemingly accelerated interest in venture investing throughout the country, rather than in just a select concentration of locales. With that as a backdrop, Revolution partnered with PitchBook Data…
Read MoreNew Center of Excellence Aims to Provide Alternatives to Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizer
Synthetic nitrogen fertilizer is a major contributor to climate change and environmental pollution. Modern-day agriculture was not developed to be highly nitrogen efficient and growers apply 22 million pounds of…
Read More(St. Louis Business Journal) Israeli company opens $18M facility in St. Louis to produce plant-based meat substitutes
An Israeli publicly-traded company with its North American headquarters in St. Louis opened an $18 million production facility Thursday focused on producing “alternative protein,” or plant-based substitutes that look and…
Read More(Ag Industry News) 39 North Startup Plastomics Secures $7.1 Million in Series A Funding
New Investors have signed on to help deliver better-performing seeds to farmers feeding the planet. Plastomics, Inc., a biotechnology company helping to develop higher performing seeds for the agriculture sector…
Read More(Sustainability Magazine) Pivot Bio: transforming the food system & reducing emissions
As the human population rises and the focus of climate change shifts onto the methods of food production, many farmers are looking for sustainable solutions.Pivot Bio offers a clean alternative…
Read More(Vegconomist) Benson Hill Announces ‘Crop Accelerator’ to Supply Massive Demand for Plant Meat
Benson Hill, a publicly listed company since this September, announces the opening of its Crop Accelerator, a state-of-the-art research facility located near the Company’s St. Louis HQ. The company reports…
Read More(NY Times) How this new cover crop generates low carbon fuel
CoverCress, a homegrown startup based at BRDG Park at the Danforth Center is advancing a new cover crop that protects open soil between corn and soybean crops and produces an…
Read More(St. Louis Business Journal) Workforce program launches to give ‘crash course’ to biotech workers
A pair of St. Louis organizations have teamed up with a $32 billion life sciences giant to create a new education program designed to boost the region’s biotechnology workforce. The…
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