St. Louis Cited As An Example of “The Right Way to Build a Tech City.”

Here’s a recap of STL startup news this week.

STL Startups in the National Media

Forbes published a story on Tuesday proclaiming St. Louis as an example of “the right way to build a tech city.” The article traces St. Louis’ emergence as a breeding ground for bioscience startups back to a round of some 600 layoffs at pharma giant Pfizer in 2010 and efforts by local incubator Biogenerator to keep those skilled workers in town.

Making Moves

Dabble, which moved to St. Louis from Chicago upon winning a 2014 Arch Grant, has moved back the Windy City and raised $1 million from a group of that city’s investors. This comes after their recent investments from Capital Innovators and Arch Grants

Dabble provides a simple way to teach and enroll in classes spanning a wide range of interests. Classes currently offered in St. Louis include furniture repair, kombucha making and tango lessons.

Growth

Venture Café’s weekly happy hour gathering for entrepreneurs and innovators celebrated its 20,000th visitor on Thursday. The gatherings held at the @4240 building in the CORTEX innovation district offer networking opportunities, roundtable discussion and talks on various subjects in tech, startups and innovation.

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