Athlete feedback and training platform SportsTrace launched a new version of its software to bring coaches, trainers and organizations into the video-based application. Rick Strickland’s Trainright Academy in St. Louis is rolling out the new collaborative features.
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Ronawk has just been accepted into Capital Factory – one of the most active investors in Texas (according to PitchBook). Joining this Austin cohort doesn’t come with cash right off the bat. Capital Factory looks for companies that have already been through an accelerator – like Ronawk with Mass Challenge
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Legislative tracking platform FastDemocracy is taking their federal and state oriented service and diving into the maelstrom of city government, starting in St. Louis. After that, they’ll start rolling out one city after another – based on a few criteria.
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St. Louis is losing an early stage tech startup to Paducah, which may be a trend as smaller cities learn the value of – and throw some seed money at – early stage tech startups.
In the recently published report ‘Economic Impact of Missouri Startups’ it was found tech startups create an average of 863 jobs each year – and they’re mostly high paying jobs. Programs like Arch Grants have attracted high growth potential startups from other parts of the country by offering founders $50,000 (equity-free) on the condition that they move to St. Louis.
Other cities are taking that model and running with it. 1st50K is one such competition. It’s been pulling startups like SwipeSum, SportsTrace and UpSwot to Cape Girardeau, Missouri for a couple years – and it branched out to Paducah, Kentucky this spring. It recently announced the first Paducah cohort.
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