Alana Mann was selected as a member of the HBCUvc 2021 Emerging VC cohort and received the Emerging Leader Award…
Cardialen Announced Positive Results
Cardialen, Inc., has published a first-in-human study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Clinical Electrophysiology titled Novel Low-Voltage MultiPulse Therapy to Terminate Atrial Fibrillation. The study consisted of 42 patients who were indicated for AF ablation. In the efficacy portion of the study, MPT achieved 71% termination of AF episodes at energy levels deemed to be tolerable for patients…
SentiAR Raises $5.1M
SentiAR, a St. Louis company that makes holographic imaging software for heart surgeons, has raised $5.1 million in a venture capital round it said was oversubscribed…
Assembly Payments Merges with CurrencyFair
CurrencyFair, a cross-border payments solution provider, and Assembly Payments, whose platform aims to fully automate complex payment workflows, recently revealed that they’ve merged operations as part of a strategic investment from Standard Chartered…
FinLocker Recognized by Tech tribune
FinLocker will continue to expand its market-leading technology capabilities to support consumers’ entire homeownership journey. Connecting lenders with consumers when they first start thinking of buying their first home, FinLocker can help consumers improve their credit, save for their down payment and closing costs, get mortgage ready to be strong applicants for mortgage approval, obtain insurance, and perform other home-related services…
Noonlight Partners with Wyze for Home Security
Wyze has officially started offering its Home Monitoring service in conjunction with Noonlight at the announced price of $5 per month. The subscription also comes with a free Core Starter Kit featuring Wyze’s Sense Hub, Entry Sensor, Motion Sensor, and Sense Keypad…
Sevetri Wilson, Founder & CEO of Resilia, Authors New Book
Resilient delivers an invaluable collection of private journal entries mapping out a path from bootstrapping a multi-million dollar business to raising millions in Series A funding for another. Entrepreneur and Resilia CEO Sevetri Wilson describes her journey from self-funding to venture capital success. Written for ambitious and aspiring entrepreneurs like herself, Wilson covers a wide variety of topics about the entrepreneurial journey…
CoverCress to Plant Illinois Fields this Fall
A St. Louis startup agriculture company says it’s developed a cover crop that will eventually generate income for Iowa and other Midwest farmers while helping mitigate climate change. CoverCress is attracting investment from agriculture industry heavy-hitters including Bunge and Bayer, and plans to make its “cash cover crop” available on limited acreage in Illinois this fall before expanding to commercial-scale acreage next year…
Brian Matthews and Cultivation Capital Named to the Seed 100
There are tens of thousands of institutions and people who are early-stage investors in the US. Despite such vastness, seed investors are a tight-knit, interwoven community. They work together to find and support young startups, work that we see as a highly skilled vocation: From our research, we know that the best VCs perform a lot better than the average ones, and they have repeat success…
Thank You Meg Brigman
After nearly 3 years of service at Cultivation Capital and at The Yield Lab, Meg Brigman is departing to join ATX Venture Partners in Austin, Texas…