Startups tied to St. Louis have managed to break through this year, including the gene-editing related startup Spearhead Bio, which raised more than $1 million; Plastomics, also in the genetic modification space, secured close to $6 million in a Series B round; and the soil-testing startup TerraBlaster netted close to $4 million in its pre-seed round. And on the other end CoverCress Inc., is finally nearing its big push to market, marking a payoff for Bayer…
