St. Louis Startup Resources At A Glance
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St. Louis has the one of the fastest growing startup scenes in the country, thanks to a supportive business culture that nurtures new tech ventures from the ground up. If you’re on the hunt for co-working spaces, incubators, coding meetups, or business resources, bookmark our St. Louis Startup Resources list and visit often for the latest updates. See something missing? Let us know! We’ll be updating this frequently.
Co-working & Event Spaces
- Arch Reactor
- BHive
- CIC@4240
- CIC@CET
- Filament
- Hive 44
- Rise Collaborative
- T-REX
- TechArtista
- Claim
- Exit 11
- Industrious
- Nebula
- OPO Startups
- Peer 151
- Roar
- STL Venture Works @ Grand Center
- STL Venture Works @ Helix Center
- STL Venture Works @ South County
- STL Venture Works @ Wellston
- STL Venture Works @ West County
Incubators
Accelerators
- BioGenerator
- Capital Innovators
- Prosper Women Entrepreneurs Startup Accelerator
- SixThirty
- SixThirty CYBER
- Stadia Ventures
- The Yield Lab
Angel/Seed Investing Groups & Funds
- Advantage Capital Network
- Arch Grants
- The Balsa Foundation
- Billiken Angels Network
- Fund St. Louis
- St. Louis Arch Angels
Venture Capital
- Ascension Ventures
- BioGenerator
- Cultivation Capital
- FTL Capital
- IDEA Funds
- iSelect Fund
- Lewis & Clark Ventures
- Missouri Venture Forum
- Nidus Partners
- Regional Growth Capital
- RiverVest Venture Partners
Other Financing Sources
Membership, Non-Profit and Governmental Organizations
- Academy of Science – St. Louis
- The Balsa Foundation
- Better Family Life, Inc
- BioSTL
- Center for the Acceleration of African-American Business
- City of St. Louis
- Downtown STL, Inc.
- Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Clinic
- Gateway Venture Mentoring Service
- Grace Hill’s Women’s Business Center
- ITEN
- Missouri Business Development Program
- Missouri Partnership
- Missouri Small Business Development Center
- Missouri Tech Corporation
- Mosaic Project
- National Association of Women’s Business Owners
- SLATE
- Small Business Association (SBA) – St. Louis District Office
- St. Charles Department of Economic Development
- St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
- St. Louis Regional Business Council
- St. Louis Regional Chamber
- St. Louis League of Independent Workspaces
- U.S. Small Business Association
- World Trade Center – St. Louis
Makerspaces & Organizations
- TechShop
- St. Louis Science Center Maker Classroom and Garage
- Arch Reactor
- Grand Center Arts Academy Makerspace
- St. Louis Makes
Coding Classes
Educational Programs & Institutions
- Bloc
- Harris-Stowe Bob Virgil Center for Entrepreneurship
- ITEN Business Model Validation Program
- LaunchCode Mentor Center
- Lindenwood University Duree Center for Entrepreneurship
- National Center for Women in Information Technology
- Pipeline Entrepreneurs
- Springboard
- Square One Ignite
- Square One Boot Camp
- St. Louis University Center for Entrepreneurship
- St. Louis University
- UMSL Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education
- University of Missouri St. Louis
- Venture Cafe
- Venture For America
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Webster University Entrepreneurship Certificate Program
Pitching Events
Hackathons
Experiential Learning
- Accelerate St. Louis Friday Meeting
- Code.org
- Idea Bounce
- ITEN Concept Development
- ITEN Entrepreneur in Residence Program
- ITEN Mock Angel Program
- Skandalaris Cup (Washington University)
- Square One Entrepreneur Bootcamp
- Startup Weekend
- Washington University Entrepreneurship Platform at Olin
Free business tools
- Business Model Canvas
- Business plan-executive summary template
- Co-founder equity calculator
- Equity financing and dilution simulator
- Legal templates
- Square’s free Business invoice templates
Youth opportunities
Meetups
- Arch Rails
- Arch Reactor Hackerspace
- Interactive Developers of St. Louis
- LaunchCoderGirl
- MasterCard Masters of Code
- Open Data STL
- Savvy Coders
- Start Louis
- Startup Founder 101
- Startup Voo Doo
- STL Drupal Users
- St. Louis Black Entrepreneurs Meetup
- St. Louis Entrepreneur Group
- St. Louis Internet Startups
- St. Louis Minority Professionals and Entrepreneurs
- STL Python
- STL Ruby
- St. Louis Full Stack Web Development
- Venture Cafe St. Louis Weekly Meeting
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