The Startups

Adalo

Applications • Software

Adalo makes building mobile & desktop apps as easy as putting together a slide deck.

AUDRA

Fashion • Manufacturing

AUDRA is clothing the dynamic woman in effortless beauty for all the roles she plays in life.

Clockwork

Big Data • Finance • Software

AI powered cash flow forecast and financial projection software

Customily

Customer Products • Product Customization • Products

SaaS that helps eCommerces maximize their personalized product sales.

Edison Agrosciences

Bio-Technology • BioTech/Life Science • Life Sciences

At Edison, we’re using standard biotechnology to increase the amount of natural rubber already produced by the sunflower plant to provide a more profitable crop for farmers and a reliable domestic supply of a critical resource.

FastDemocracy

Big Data • Platform • Politics

FastDemocracy is transforming government relations through data and collaboration.

Healthy Hip Hop

Culture • Education • Education Technology

Healthy Hip Hop is an EdTech platform powered by the arts and social interaction. The "Sesame Street of the 21st Century".

HireMe

Disabilities • Employment • Technology

HireMe is a an online employment service platform designed to help people with disabilities gain employment.

HomeTraq

Home Buying • Real Estate

HomeTraq quickly finds real estate agents to show homes, similar to Uber quickly coordinating rides.

iSite Media

Media

iSite Media is the most technologically sophisticated digital signage network to hit the digital out of home market and it’s taking the live sports and entertainment world by storm. Strategically located in the restrooms of high traffic venues, iSite’s platform provides advertiser with a unique opportunity to target a captive audience through data driven decision and real time content distribution, while delivering an asset to live entertainment venues that monetizes and improves an otherwise untapped space in their buildings.

Key2enable Assistive Technology

Hardware • Tech

Key2Enable brings digital accessibility to people with severe motor and intellectual disabilities.

Loro co

Healthcare • Information Technology

Loro is a socially assistive robot that gives people with mobility challenges the ability to control, communicate, and connect with the world.

Lux and Nyx

Fashion • Fitness and Sport Technology

We are a fashion company that equips the rockstar women with the tools she needs to go places and make a difference in the world.

PenPath

Big Data • Marketing

PenPath turns messy and siloed marketing data into actionable insights for chief marketing officers.

Phas3

Healthcare • Technology

phas3 is a digital health company that's improving access to cardiac rehab.

PLANETARIANS

Agricultural Technology • Food • Food & Beverage

Byproducts into meat and sugar replacement

Provider Pool

Healthcare • Staffing • Workforce

Provider Pool connects healthcare organizations to healthcare professionals for on-demand staffing needs.

TCARE

Healthcare • Medical Device

TCARE reduces the risk of Medicaid & LTC insurance claims via an evidence-based family caregiver support program.

WayLit, Inc.

Business to Business Products • Immigration • Software

WayLit is a platform for employers to manage & track immigration initiatives for foreign national employees.

Balto Software, Inc

Business to Business Products • Enterprise Software

Balto understands phone conversations and alerts reps with the best things to say, live on the call.

Big Heart Tea

Food & Beverage • Supply Chain

Big Heart Tea is creating a B2B marketplace for traceable, direct-trade, high quality herbs.

Clever Real Estate

Real Estate • Tech

Clever Real Estate connects homeowners with top local agents who help them list and sell their homes

Digital Medical Arts

Digital Medical Arts is a healthcare IT company providing tools for informed medical care.

Equine Smartbit

Hardware • Tech

ESB engineers cutting-edge photodiode and sensor technology to equip horse bits for sport & science.

Forefront

Education • Leadership Development

Forefront helps employers attract qualified talent from underrepresented communities for in-demand roles.

Generation Mindful

Consumer Products • Education • Education Technology

Generation Mindful creates educational tools and toys that make learning about emotions fun.

GiftAMeal

Marketing • Social Enterprise

GiftAMeal provides a meal to someone in need each time a user takes a photo at a partner restaurant.

Good Life Growing

Agricultural Technology • Social Enterprise

Good Life Growing is a Social Enterprise focused on combating Urban Decay and Food Insecurity.

HiHo Mobility

Fleet Management • Software

On-demand logistics and work fleets. On-demand tools, supplies and rides.

IncentiLock

GovTech • SAAS

Software that fully automates the calculation of tax credit and incentive benefits.

MYMA.io

IoT Smart Home

We turn the key, for IoT

Obe

Hardware • Pet Health & Wellness • Software

Obe is a Pet Health and Wellness Platform that creates smart products and services for Pet Parents.

Parlor

Enterprise Software • SAAS

A customer collaboration platform that transforms the way software teams research their users.

Podcast Press

AdTech • Media Technology • Media/Entertainment

A cloud Audio & Voice Marketplace platform enabling brands and agencies to get audio content.

Qstodian

Enterprise Software • Hardware

Qstodian provides a fully-integrated restroom monitoring solution for facilities.

SpenDebt

Financial Services • FinTech

SpenDebt is improving financial health of consumers by applying micropayments from everyday transact

SwipeSum

B2B • FinTech

A platform enabling merchants to find the most cost effective credit card processing solution.

T-var EdTech

EdTech • Education

T-var EdTech designs and sells devices that teach kids how to read.

ThermoAI

AI • CleanTech

ThermoAI uses AI and IoT tech to optimize combustion, saving millions in fuel and reducing emissions

Agrela Ecosystems

Agricultural Technology • AgTech • Hardware Technology

PheNode, by Agrela Ecosystems, is a "smart" field crop sensor platform for agricultural applications

Allison Mitchell

Fashion • Manufacturing

ALLISON MITCHELL is an emerging fashion brand producing unique accessories for women and men.

AppsCo

Business to Business Products • Cyber Security • Information Technology

We help you manage access to your company apps and give you meaningful insights over data flow.

clEAR

Education Technology • Healthcare

clEAR provides auditory brain training to people who have hearing loss via web-based computer games

Corvus Robotics

Business to Business Products • Information Technology

We help warehouses and distribution centers improve their inventory processes with aerial robots.

Demestik

Fashion • Manufacturing

A brand manufacturing made to order clothing in St. Louis, selling direct to customers online.

Drug Design Methodologies

Bio-Technology • Healthcare • Pharmaceutical

DDM accelerates pharmaceutical pipelines with novel software to optimize drug-target binding.

Lean Media

AgTech • Business to Business Services

We help agribusinesses reach target audiences online with greater precision, frequency & control.

MakersValley

Business to Business Services • Fashion

MakersValley is an online platform connecting designers directly with Italian apparel manufacturers.

MetKnow

Consumer Products • Social Media

Met Know software "gamifies" the process of learning names.

MyStrength Book

Fitness and Sport Technology • Healthcare • Mobile • SAAS

MyStrengthBook is a web-based platform that optimizes athletes' performance in the gym.

Outdoor Metrix

Consumer Products • Consumer Services • Fishing • Hunting • Mobile • Wildlife Management

We are a hunt performance and trail camera management application for hunters and wildlife managers.

Rozzy Learning Company

Education • Education Technology

Rozzy is the first company to create career readiness software for elementary school kids.

SentiAR

Medical Device

SentiAR is a digital health company developing a holographic platform for interventional procedures.

Strayos

Business to Business Services • Enterprise Software

Strayos is a 3D computer platform for Mining operations providing accurate drone data analytics.

Sunstation USA

Business to Business Products • Healthcare

Sunstation USA is your #1 resource for community sunscreen dispensers!

VaxNewMo

Bio-Technology • Life Sciences

We develop pneumococcal conjugate vaccines using its proprietary bioconjugation technology.

ViTAL

Education Technology

ViTAL’s software makes digital learning content accessible to blind and visually impaired students.

Accelerate Wind

Architecture / Engineering / Construction • CleanTech

A novel rooftop wind energy solution.

Exit 7C

B2B • B2C • Mobile

The Digital Fuel Card.

Fletch

B2B • EdTech

An effortless attendance technology that verifies a user’s presence within the rooms of a building.

FocalCast

Enterprise Software • Information Technology

An enterprise cloud platform that turns any device into a live Smartboard.

Geneoscopy

Healthcare • Medical Device

Developing a non-invasive screening tool for colorectal cancer by evaluating stool samples.

Helper Helper

EdTech • Mobile

Simplest way to track and coordinate service hours.

Ilerasoft

Healthcare • Information Technology

Helps health systems share and optimize medical equipment utilization within their network.

Janus Choice

Healthcare • Information Technology

Artificial Intelligence for Care Coordination.

Longneck & Thunderfoot

B2B • Social Media

We provide editorial news teams to transform company blogs into influential marketing channels.

Magnatone

Manufacturing • Tech

Magnatone makes high-end vintage style guitar amplifiers in St. Louis and sells them worldwide.

nanoMetallix

Manufacturing • Tech

Exclusive nanotechnology that revolutionizes the rocket propellant and energy industries.

OfCourse Scheduling

EdTech • Information Technology

The OfCourse Scheduler is a proven scheduling solution for higher ed. Institutions.

Pro-Arc Diagnostics

BioTech/Life Science • Healthcare

EXITED
Increasing patient access to immune-modulating therapies

Radiologics

BioTech/Life Science • Enterprise Software

Radiologics develops FDA-compliant data management systems for medical imaging in clinical trials.

Riley’s Premium Pet Products

PetTech • Products

A trusted line of human grade USDA-certified organic dog treats.

S4

AgTech • B2B

Big Data ag decision tool for risk management decisions on agribusiness

SafeTrek

B2B • B2C • Safety/Security

A mobile safety app that bridges the gap between doing nothing & calling 911 in unsafe situations.

SensrTrx

Enterprise Software • Manufacturing

Money-Saving Manufacturing Analytics in the Cloud

TinySuperheroes

Products • Social Enterprise

TinySuperheroes is a company bridging the gap for special needs families by empowering kids.

WELL

Healthcare • Technology

WELL is a simple online platform that helps patients communicate with healthcare administration.

AGGIE MD

B2C • Healthcare • Medical Device

Makes medicine manageable.

Appbase

Big Data • Enterprise Software

A streaming Database service

Applied Particle Technology

B2B • CleanTech • Hardware

Providing energy saving, ultra-high efficiency filter-less air purification technologies

Arch Innotek

AgTech • B2B • BioTech/Life Science

Arch Innotek develops innovative technology to produce natural ingredients at low cost

Babyation

B2C • Healthcare • Medical Device

Better products for parents, starting with an innovative breast pump.

Better Weekdays

EdTech • Enterprise Software • Tech

The Whether helps university recruiters hire emerging diverse talent without visiting campuses.

CrisisGo

Enterprise Software • Mobile • Tech

The CrisisGo mobile app is a universal safety and communication tool.

GwR

Automotive • Manufacturing • Safety/Security

Seat belts for commercial vehicles and specialty applications

Hemadvance

BioTech/Life Science • Pharma

EXITED
Developing next generation bio-therapeutic molecules

HIPAAtrek

Enterprise Software • Healthcare • Tech

HIPAAtrek’s cloud-based software helps healthcare organizations maintain HIPAA compliance.

Hummingbird Technologies

AgTech • B2C • Hardware

EXITED
Research driven technology firm

Invisible Boyfriend/Invisible Girlfriend

B2C • Media/Entertainment • Mobile

We provide you a virtual companion.

Jobsite Unite

Architecture / Engineering / Construction • Mobile • Tech

EXITED
Simplifies on-site communication for construction

Listo

Media/Entertainment • Mobile • Tech

EXITED
Users can listen to movies in alternate languages.

Olio City

Mobile • Social Media • Tech

Personalized city guide application featuring the best a city has to offer.

Scopio

Media/Entertainment • Social Media • Tech

An efficient way to find and use user generated images from social media.

SmashToast

Hardware • Mobile • Tech

Connects the home to your smartphone.

Swizzle

Media/Entertainment • Mobile

EXITED
Helping companies make full use of their app store reviews.

Taptl

Design • Hardware • Tech

EXITED
Interactive transparent displays

The Normal Brand

B2B • B2C • Fashion

the first Midwestern lifestyle apparel company

Artifox

B2C • Design • Manufacturing

Artifox marries technology and craft to reinvent the use of everyday items.

benjamin

Big Data • E-Commerce • Fashion

Deals that won't waste your time.

Betabox

B2B • EdTech

On-demand mobile tech labs.

Blue Line Technology

Enterprise Software • Safety/Security • Tech

Develops and sells facial recognition software.

Cast

Big Data • Mobile • Tech

EXITED
Simple polls across web, email, social, and mobile.

Dabble

E-Commerce • EdTech • P2P

Dabble is an online marketplace for classes in the community.

FreightGrid

Big Data • Enterprise Software • Logistics

EXITED
Makes shipping freight easier, faster, and more affordable

Greetabl

B2B • B2C • E-Commerce

Unique gifts your people will love.

Hyde

B2C • Manufacturing • SportsTech

Inflation vest for waters sports enthusiasts and first responders.

Jolt

B2C • Hardware • SportsTech

EXITED
Jolt makes wearable head impact sensors for athletes.

Less Annoying CRM

B2B • Enterprise Software • Tech

A customer relationship manager (CRM) designed specifically for the small business market.

Lifepack

AgTech • CleanTech • Manufacturing

Produces 100% biodegradable products made of natural fibers and seeds that can germinate.

Made for Freedom

Fashion • Retail • Social Enterprise

Offering quality apparel and accessories made by those at risk and rescued from sex trafficking.

MeterGenius

B2B • CleanTech • Tech

MeterGenius is an online tool to help consumers take control of their electricity bills.

Nanopore Diagnostics

BioTech/Life Science • Healthcare • Research

Developing a rapid microbial diagnostic test to identify and speciate a pathogen in only 30 minutes.

Prattle

B2B • Big Data • FinTech

ACQUIRED
Data solutions to the financial services industry.

Talariant

Healthcare • Medical Device • Pharma

EXITED
Bio-tech company targeting pharmaceutical aerosols.

Tallyfy

B2B • Enterprise Software • Tech

Real-time process tracking for collaborative business processes.

Tuloko

B2B • B2C • Mobile

Products that grow and develop undeserved businesses and communities.

Wondermento

B2C • Manufacturing • PetTech

EXITED
Female focused lifestyle hardware brand.

Adarza BioSystems

BioTech/Life Science • Healthcare • Manufacturing

Developing a rapid and label-free biological assay platform.

AdKiosks

Big Data • E-Commerce • Tech

REVOLUTIONIZING ADVERTISING. UNLIMITED PRODUCTS SOLD INSIDE AN AD EQUALS UNLIMITED REVENUE

Appcropolis

Big Data • Mobile • Tech

Appcropolis is a place for people to learn, discover, share and create HTML5 mobile applications.

Candy Lab AR

B2B • Big Data • Mobile

Custom-branded mobile app platform that improves events, tourism and civic pride.

Code Red Education

EdTech • Education • Social Enterprise

EXITED
A coding curriculum for first through twelfth graders.

Easytork

B2B • CleanTech • Manufacturing

Easytork produces patented quarter-turn pneumatic rotary vane actuators.

eateria

B2B • Food and Restaurants • Tech

EXITED
Software solution for restaurants and bars.

EternoGen

B2C • BioTech/Life Science • Healthcare

Transformative pipeline of liquid Collagen tissue products.

Genetix Fusion

BioTech/Life Science • Healthcare • Research

EXITED
Non-toxic transfection kits for researchers.

Immunophotonics

B2C • BioTech/Life Science • Healthcare

Therapeutic cancer vaccine for the treatment of advanced solid tumors.

Juristat

Big Data • Enterprise Software • LegalTech

We help Lawyers Predict the Future.

KNOWiNK

B2C • Hardware • Tech

State-of-the-art and seamless voter check-in and verification process.

MagBiosense

BioTech/Life Science • Healthcare • Research

Novel cardiac biomarker diagnostic technology.

Notal Vision

Medical Device

Better methods of detecting AMD.

RoverTown

Big Data • Enterprise Software • Mobile

The world's largest mobile student discount program.

Sparo

B2C • Medical Device • Mobile

Helping seniors regain their independence through online fitness & wellness programs.

TrackBill

B2B • Big Data • Mobile

Empowering government affairs professionals to search, track, and report on legislation.

Triflare

B2C • Fashion • Manufacturing

Unique, bold and bright women's specific triathlon sportwear brand.

U.S. Drilling Products

Manufacturing

A manufacturer & distributor of a line of bits that drill through solid rock.

Aerosol Control Technologies

BioTech/Life Science • CleanTech • Hardware

EXITED
Tech that reduces exhaust emissions from diesel engines.

Companion Pharma

EXITED
Distributor of prescription drugs for dogs and cats.

Graematter

Healthcare • Medical Device • Tech

Proprietary intelligence system that integrates regulatory information into a single database.

Iveria TV

EXITED
Iveria TV is the “hulu of foreign TV”.

Label Insight

Big Data • Enterprise Software • Tech

The industry's most powerful product data exchange platform.

Labor Voices

Mobile

EXITED
A crowdsourced supply chain intelligence.

Lumate

AdTech • Big Data • Mobile

High frequency stock trading for mobile advertising.

Material Mix

CleanTech • Social Enterprise • Tech

EXITED
Material Mix monetizes the trade of recyclables.

Med Preps

Education • Healthcare

Online medical certification practice tests.

Observable Networks

Enterprise Software • Safety/Security • Tech

ACQUIRED
Approach to enterprise network security and management.

Obsorb

Enterprise Software • Mobile

ACQUIRED
Customizable work platform for small businesses.

Pharos Scientific

Hardware • Healthcare • Medical Device

EXITED
Innovative medical imaging.

Rocket Rack

Architecture / Engineering / Construction • B2B • Manufacturing

Sanitary Support System for Conduit & Process Piping

simMachines

Big Data • Enterprise Software • Tech

PREDICTIONS WITH THE WHY®

Techli

Media/Entertainment • Social Media • Tech

ACQUIRED
Delivering news on the startup Midwest ecosystem