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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

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

Nerds’ paradise: Downtown KC attracts 100-job tech firm expansion

The Nerdery, a fast-growing Minneapolis-based technology company, will add 100 high-paying jobs and make a $4.3 million capital investment in downtown Kansas City during the next five years, the firm announced ... Read More

Financial jobs are a strength for St. Louis

St. Louis has something important that’s lacking in financial hubs such as New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Charlotte, N.C., and San Francisco. We have a growing financial services industry. Nationwide, financial sector ... Read More

IT firm Huber & Associates expands in Jefferson City

The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) will join Huber & Associates, a Jefferson City-based information technology company, to celebrate an expansion of the company’s mid-Missouri headquarters on October 16th. The ... Read More

Scottish technology firm opens St. Louis office

MiiCard, an online identity verification firm, has decided to establish a permanent presence in St. Louis after participating in the SixThirty accelerator program last year. MiiCard, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, was ... Read More

Centene to build claims center in Ferguson, creating up to 200 jobs

Centene Corp. on Tuesday announced plans to build a claims processing center in Ferguson, Missouri. The move will create 150 to 200 full-time jobs, which will come with health care, dental ... Read More

Missouri banks score well in performance rankings

Commerce Bank ranked 12th in financial performance among mid-sized U.S. banks in the latest rankings from industry publication Bank Director. UMB ranked 50th in the same group, banks $5 billion to ... Read More

Kansas City gets a big IT job training grant

The Full Employment Council announced Thursday that it is one of three agencies nationally getting “coding bootcamp” funds to provide job training in information technology. Agencies in Kansas City, Minneapolis and ... Read More

IT consulting firm expands Kansas City headquarters, creating 96 new jobs

Gov. Jay Nixon today announced that ECCO Select, a Kansas City-based consulting firm, will invest more than $1 million to expand its headquarters, creating 96 new information technology jobs. The expansion ... Read More