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BioSTL builds regional capacity and fosters collaborative efforts to advance innovation, entrepreneurship, and new company creation that capitalize on St. Louis’ world-class medical and plant biosciences. Through its work, BioSTL promotes economic growth and regional prosperity.
Overview
Location
United States, Missouri, Clayton
Employees
11-50
Phone
+1 314-880-8877
Total raised
$1.5M
Founded date
2011
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 14
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| Dec 11, 2023 | Meet the founder: Agrela’s Nadia Shakoor on how to restore biodiversity to US highways | “The PheNode is designed to be a platform for other folks’ innovation,” Agrela founder and CEO Nadia Shakoor says of her company’s environmental monitoring platform that recently launched commercially. Her company has spent the last eight y... |
| Oct 12, 2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Investors fund agri-waste to energy, more precision fermentation, coffee capsule recycling | The largest round this week went to India’s SAEL, a company converting agricultural waste into renewable energy. Other notable fundraises went to precision fermentation, AI imaging for agriculture, restaurant tech in Latin America, and cult... |
| Mar 10, 2023 | Applications Now Open for 7th Annual GlobalSTL Health Innovation Summit | Summit to connect innovators with $410 billion in corporate and health system buying power /EIN News/ -- St. Louis, MO, March 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthcare innovators are invited to apply for the 7th Annual GlobalSTL Health Innova... |
| May 16, 2022 | EXCLUSIVE: Solis Agrosciences launches to accelerate ag biotech startup innovation | Solis Agrosciences, a new company out of St. Louis, Missouri, has just launched its “Plant Pipeline as a Service” platform to assist ag biotech startups with their research and development needs on the road to commercialization. Through its... |
| May 22, 2019 | An inside look at UnityPoint Health’s new partnership with startups | Many health systems have created teams to invest in startups and commercialize their own technology, either to scale it within their own institutions or offer it to others. But from the outside looking in, the process startups need to navig... |
| Nov 13, 2018 | CoverCress Raises $2m to Develop Gene-Edited Cover Cash Crop | CoverCress (formerly Arvegenix) has closed a $2 million bridge investment round co-led by Bayer Growth Ventures and BioSTL’s investment arm BioGenerator. CoverCress is a plant breeding company using CRISPR gene editing tools to develop and ... |
| Nov 21, 2017 | How BioSTL developed a 20-year plan to boost St. Louis’ biotech industry | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! St. Louis’ current position as a global leader in... |
| Nov 21, 2017 | How BioSTL developed a 20-year plan to boost St. Louis’ biotech industry | St. Louis’ current position as a global leader in plant science and biotech didn’t happen overnight. Instead, careful planning over the course of two decades laid the foundation for the booming startup ecosystem in St. Louis that we all enj... |
| Nov 2, 2017 | Is St. Louis the Silicon Valley of Agtech? | St. Louis has worked hard to be a magnet for Fortune 500 companies. Nine members of this elite class call the city home, not the least of which is multinational agricultural giant Monsanto. Walmart has more than 20,000 employees in St. Loui... |
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FAQ about BioSTL
When was BioSTL founded?
BioSTL was founded in 2011.
How much funding has BioSTL raised?
BioSTL has raised $1.5M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about BioSTL?
Parsers VC has collected 14 articles mentioning BioSTL, among them “Meet the founder: Agrela’s Nadia Shakoor on how to restore biodiversity to US highways” (Dec 11, 2023) and “The Week in AgriFoodTech: Investors fund agri-waste to energy, more precision fermentation, coffee capsule recycling” (Oct 12, 2023).
Is BioSTL still active?
Yes, BioSTL is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 10, 2025.