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The St. Louis metro area is investing in healthy and resilient industry cluster ecosystems that leverage regional strengths, specifically bioscience and geospatial/location sciences.  St. Louis is also working to develop new strengths where these clusters intersect.

MIT REAP Team St. Louis looks to take these innovation-intensive industries to the next level, promoting new strategies and ways of supporting entrepreneurs that translate academic and corporate R&D strengths into new innovation and new companies that leverage location sciences to deliver medical and agricultural innovation – helping deliver more productivity, exports, and higher pay.

Team Members

University
Government
Corporate
Risk Capital
Entrepreneur

Innovation Ecosystem Stakeholder Model

Ben Johnson
Champion
Vice President, Programs, BioSTL
Lakesha Mathis
Director, Diverse Business Accelerator, Greater St. Louis Inc.
Tim Alexander
Data Rockstar, Senior Director Business Research & Analysis, Greater St. Louis, Inc.
Andrew Dearing
Initiative Lead GeoFutures
Dedric Carter
Vice Chancellor for Innovation & Chief Commercialization Officer, Washington University in St. Louis
Elliot Kellner, Ph.D.
Senior Project Manager, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Frank Hopper
Managing Director, Capital Innovators
Matt Dimmic, Ph.D.
Director, Science Modeling, Climate LLC
Natalie Self
Senior Vice President, Equitable Economic Impact, Cortex Innovation Community
Elizabeth Gallegos
CFO, Pluton Biosciences
Lewis Sheats
Director, Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship, Saint Louis University
Geoffrey King
Director, Metro Inclusive Growth Strategy, Greater St. Louis, Inc.

Core Regional Metrics

INNOVATION CAPACITY

Ability to develop new to the world innovations from inception through to the market.

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ENTREPRENEURIAL CAPACITY

Ability to start and build new to the world businesses from inception to maturity.

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