Venture Café is a global movement working to build stronger and more inclusive innovation ecosystems that accelerate and enhance the innovation process, in cities around the world.

It does this through its use of programming, space, storytelling, and broad innovation engagement. Every Thursday, Venture Cafe hosts a free gathering at CIC @ 4240 on Cortex campus from 3pm-8pm open to anyone.

Venture Cafe St. Louis believes innovation is a process to improve the human condition. That the focus should not just be about making apps.

The real challenges facing the human condition require innovative solutions. There is room for innovation in education, the arts, government services, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, social enterprise, and many other sectors.

Venture Cafe St. Louis is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation with a mission to support the innovation community.

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