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St. Louis Inno “Startups to Watch” Recognizes Five WashU Companies

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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WashU AI Startup Bland.com announces $40M Series B to change outdated enterprise call practices 

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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WashU Skandalaris Graduate Team Wins Venture Capital Competition, Advances to Global Finals

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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Skandalaris Announces Six Finalists for the 2025 Global Impact Award

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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Skandalaris Venture Competition Q&A: Nari

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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