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The restaurant has been featured annually on the acclaimed Post-Dispatch list, since its opening in 2017.

Sacro Chatham, chef de cuisine for Cortex-based restaurant Vicia, is a finalist for the “Emerging Chef” category in this year's James Beard Awards.

Honsou is Founder and Head Chef of Fufu n' Sauce, and Season 3 winner of PBS' The Great American Recipe.

Several Cortex-affliated leaders and companies were featured in St. Louis Magazine's St. Louis Business 500.

Ramírez-Arrelano is also co-founder of STL Juntos.

As owner of Shades of Color Beauty, Cortex Square One alum Tashara Earl has also won an Arch Grant and participated in WePower's Business Accelerator.

The St. Louis-based biotech firm said the investment will help expand its commercial scale and innovate next-generation diagnostic tests.

Insights from Cortex's president and CEO.

The company makes medical devices that can rapidly detect airborne pathogens including the flu, COVID and RSV.

Eight companies are highlighted in the 2025 Startups to Watch and represent some of the best innovative thinking in St. Louis.