St. Louis Inno has revealed its “Startups to Watch” for 2025, and we are excited to share that five out of the eight highlighted companies were founded by WashU alumni entrepreneurs. This annual list spotlights promising new startups in St....
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Conversational AI platform Bland.com has announced a $40 million Series B funding round led by Emergence Capital. Bland AI was founded in 2023 by WashU alum Isaiah Granet (AB ‘22) and Sobhan Nejad. The pair saw the frustrations and inefficiencies inherent in traditional...
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We are thrilled to celebrate our WashU Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) MBA team, which placed 1st in the South Regional Finals held this past weekend at Rice University. Their exceptional performance secures them a place in the prestigious Global...
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The Skandalaris Center is excited to announce six finalists for the 2025 Global Impact Award. The Global Impact Award was founded in 2013 to support the vision and passion of Washington University in St. Louis students, postdoctoral researchers, and recent alumni who...
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Each semester, the Skandalaris Center hosts the Skandalaris Venture Competition (SVC), which aims to nurture early-stage ideas, inventions, or startups at WashU, preparing teams for commercialization, launching, and pitching to investors. We chatted with SVC Catalyst Funding winner and founder...
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