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Balto has been named a finalist for Cloud-Based CX Solution of the Year at the 2026 CCW Excellence Awards! This award recognizes cloud platforms driving innovation in customer experience…

Luke Babich, CEO of Clever Real Estate, is a Finalist for the 2026 EY Entrepreneur of the Year. Clever is a nationwide real estate technology platform that helps home buyers and sellers save money without sacrificing service. Founded in 2017, Clever matches consumers with top-performing agents from its network of more than 18,000 partner agents in 50 states while negotiating lower commission rates on their behalf. To date, Clever has connected more than 200,000 customers with agents, facilitated $15.2 billion in home sales and saved consumers more than $228 million in real estate fees…

SweetSpot has been invited to present the findings of a real-world clinical study on patient outcomes at the American Diabetes Association Annual Conference in June in New Orleans — one of the largest gatherings in the diabetes care field. “Being able to present these findings, is going to get us some very good visibility — this is a sales lead generator, make no mistake about that,” Stephen Von Rump, CEO and co-founder of SweetSpot, told bizblip…

H.A.R.V.E.S.T. AgTech, a global technology validation platform led by The Yield Lab Institute (YLI), today announced the selection of its inaugural cohort of seven startups developing breakthrough technologies to build more resilient, productive, and climate-ready food systems…

At the 2026 Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit, we’ll bring together visionary Fortune 500 executives, CHROs, technologists, and cultural architects to explore how companies can build resilient organizations for the decade ahead. Together, we’ll debate the defining questions shaping the workforce of the future…

Join us for April’s Innovators Hour, hosted in partnership with 39 North, as James McCarter brings together two leaders shaping the future of ag innovation in St. Louis: Susan Martino-Catt of Solis Agrosciences and Martha Schlicher of Impetus Agriculture, Inc…

We are proud to share that The Yield Lab LATAM has been ranked #2 in AgFunder’s list of the “Top 20 Investors by Number of Deals 2025”. This recognition reflects our team’s deep commitment to scaling Latin American innovation for a global impact. Being at the forefront of the industry alongside such remarkable global players reinforces our mission to support the founders who are transforming the future of food and agriculture…

SimpliFed, the maternal healthcare leader in providing virtual breastfeeding and baby feeding support for new parents, announced today that it has raised $10.8 Million in its oversubscribed Series A funding round…

Join NextGEN and Cliff Holekamp, Managing Director & General Partner of Cultivation Capital, one of the most active early-stage venture capital firms in the United States. Previously, Cliff was the Professor of Practice & Academic Director for Entrepreneurship at Washington University in St. Louis where he was named one of the top 100 entrepreneurship professors in the world and where he led the entrepreneurship program to a #1 world ranking. In this information-packed workshop, Cliff will guide us through a term sheet and decode for us what each part means for a founder. This will help you learn how to read a term sheet and understand what each part means for you and your company as a founder…

InvestMidwest, the annual venture capital conference that highlights Midwest startups, has selected 50 early-stage companies to present at the 2026 event’s pitch competition, including 11 from the St. Louis area. First held in 2000, InvestMidwest’s conference connects startups with investors, industry professionals and other entrepreneurs. Its annual conference alternates between St. Louis and Kansas City, and this year will be held April 21-22 in KC…