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Cultivation Capital among nation’s most active seed investors

Cultivation Capital, the St. Louis-based venture capital firm focusing on pre-series A rounds for startups in St. Louis and across the Midwest, was among the most active seed venture capital firms, ... Read More

Littler Announces Kansas City as New Home for Global Services Center

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, announced today the relocation of its services center and corporate departments to Kansas City, Missouri.  The firm will lease 45,000 ... Read More

Hunt Midwest’s ‘Automotive Alley’ attracts another Ford upfitter

Leggett & Platt Commercial Vehicle Products, a Ford upfitter, has signed a lease for a 72,000-square-foot build-to-suit facility in Hunt Midwest’s Subtropolis, the world’s largest underground business complex. The deal also ... Read More

Competition will give $50K each to 10 tech startups to move to KC

A new startup competition with some hefty state funding aims to further the Kansas City tech sector’s momentum. Nonprofit LaunchKC is introducing a competition that will dole out a total of ... Read More

Two Missouri cities consider solar energy farms

Two cities near Kansas City are considering making more use of solar energy, a trend that energy industry experts say is growing in the Midwest as costs to install facilities decline. ... Read More

Poplar Bluff plant expansion to add 91 jobs

A plant that makes nails in southeast Missouri will spend $5 million on an expansion project, with plans to hire 91 new workers. The Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic (http://bit.ly/14xhyUm ) ... Read More

Americana Tire and Wheel coming to Marshfield

Americana Tire and Wheel has announced plans to locate in the Springfield region, investing $1.5 million to open a new assembly facility in Marshfield, creating 20 new jobs above Webster County ... Read More

Piney River Brewing Undergoing $1 Million Expansion Project

Piney River Brewing will soon be available to more craft beer fans across the Ozarks after the completion of a $1.2 million expansion that began this week at the Bucyrus, MO ... Read More

Anheuser-Busch to invest $150 million in Arnold facility

Anheuser-Busch will invest $150 million to expand its metal container facility in Arnold, Missouri, adding 70 jobs, the company announced Wednesday. The move will double the company’s aluminum bottle capacity in ... Read More

Manufacturing, Biotech, and Technology Drive Growth in St. Louis

Written by: Marion During, Marketing Specialist | Missouri Partnership and Christopher Chung, CEO | Missouri Partnership [Originally published by Construciton Forum St. Louis] Though the city of St. Louis covers just 65 ... Read More