Joe Poole (BSBA ’26) has been recognized as one of six Inno Under 25 honorees for 2025. The annual St. Louis Inno awards program for young entrepreneurs celebrates people early in their careers in innovation and entrepreneurship. Poole’s startup, Brain
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Wugen, a St. Louis biotech firm in the clinical stages of developing a drug for a rare form of cancer, has closed a $115 million Series C funding round. The startup, based in the Cortex Innovation District, was created through
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As a biomedical engineering student, Lili Hostetler (SI and MBA ’24) noticed her peers focusing on developing the latest technology but felt they often overlooked the affordability of the devices they created. This realization prompted her to pursue a different
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Barti, a startup co-founded by WashU alum Colton Calandrella (BSBA ’17), recently secured a $12 million Series A funding round. The company is developing AI-powered software that empowers eye care practices to transform the provider and patient experience. As the
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The Startup World Cup is the largest global startup conference and pitch competition, where over 70 cities send their champion teams to the San Francisco Grand Finale to compete for a $1,000,000 investment prize. The St. Louis regional competition started
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