Regional AuthorityGreater St. Louis

Bi-State Development Agency

Regional Authority · St. Louis, MO

Interstate compact (MO/IL, 1949, Congress-approved), operating as "Metro." Governs Metro Transit, St. Louis Downtown Airport, Regional Freightway, and Gateway Arch Riverfront across 7 counties.

Founded

Region

Greater St. Louis

Investors

People

About St. Louis

St. Louis sits at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and Monsanto's historic headquarters there left behind a plant-science and agtech research base — the Danforth Plant Science Center and the Cortex Innovation District both grew out of that same agricultural-science lineage. Washington University anchors the biosciences side of an economy that's agricultural science more than it's a typical biotech hub.

Region Stats

Total firms 42

VC / investors 13

Companies 28

Universities 1

Known For

AgTech

BioScience

Venture