UMSL Chancellor Kristin Sobolik joined Dan Lauer of UMSL Accelerate in welcoming it’s third DEI cohort. Six early stage startups each got a $50,000 cash injection funded by Ameren, Edward Jones, Anheuser-Busch, Kauffman Foundation UMSL Accelerate, University of Missouri St. Louis College of Business, University of Missouri-Saint Louis. New this year: each team also picked up two paid student interns to accelerate startup growth.

See the article “UMSL Accelerate DEI Funds Cohort 3” 

Caught Schmoozing:

  1. Marc Bowers, St. Louis Makes; Mike Bynum, FedTech
  2. Ed Bayham, EXPLOR Bioventures; Natasha Conley, PSRI Technologies
  3. Aaron Poelker, UMSL; Katie Mocivnik, UMSL
  4. Adrienne Groves, UMSL; Jill Hunt, UMSL; Susan TeStroete, UMSL
  5. Damon Chaffin, VBOC; Danielle Lowrey, VetBiz
  6. Brandon Ofem, UMSL; Jim Schallom, UMSL; Michael Elliott, UMSL
  7. Dan Lauer, UMSL; Kristin Sobolik, UMSL