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Coworking Guide to CIC St. Louis, the Original Shared Workspace in CORTEX

Over the past several years, CIC St. Louis has housed over 1,300 companies with more than 13,000 total employees. Over 1,100 companies have “graduated” (defined as leaving the CIC facilities for their own spaces). Globally, CIC companies have raised over $17 billion in venture capital; total capital raised is closer to $74 billion.

Funding for API Innovation Center Reaches $20M, Opens Lab on UMSL Campus

Last year, EQ introduced readers to the API Innovation Center, located in St. Louis’ Cortex Innovation District. In this short article, Mike Fabrizi reports on continued progress, including a major funding infusion, the opening of a state-of-the-art lab on the University of Missouri at St. Louis (UMSL) campus, and the API Innovation Center’s awarding a contract to a local biosciences firm for the manufacture of key medicines for which there are presently limited or no domestic sources.

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