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Vicia Selected as 2026 James Beard Awards...

Restauranteurs Tara and Michael Gallina opened the restaurant in the Cortex District in 2017.

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Cortex District Member Cofactor Genomics Lands...

Funding will expand OncoPrism immunotherapy-response diagnostic technology nationwide.

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Cortex SQ1 Alum Named in Post-Dispatch's 10 Best...

Owner & chef Adjo Honsou is a Cortex's Square One alum and a We Are Cortex ambassador.

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Video: Cortex Square One Alum Puddin Puddin...

Puddin Puddin founder Ismael Wayne is an alum of Cortex Square One and feature in the We Are Cortex campaign.

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Cortex District Member BioGenerator plans to...

The startup-serving arm of nonprofit industry group BioSTL has invested $50 million in 130 local companies over the past two decades.

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Cortex Square One and Cortex District Members...

38 local nonprofit organizations, including Cortex's Square One program, were awareded grants totaling more than $4.9 million.

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Video: Cortex District Member AB Mauri and its...

The company's lab in Cortex has a fermentation facility where food scientists and customers will create baked goods for trial and testing.

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Cortex District Member Allumin8 Receives FDA...

The ortho tech startup -- led by Alyssa Huffman -- is a 2024 Arch Grants winner and an alumni of Venture Ready Missouri, a statewide collaboration between...

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Cortex District Member's Work on Alzheimer's...

Washington University School of Medicine and C2N, co-founded by Dr. Randy Bateman, are offering some of the world's first clinical trials in Alzheimer's...

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Where Cortex could be building next

Cortex President and CEO Sam Fiorello was recently interviewed on the St. Louis Business Journal's Arch City Report podcast.

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