Highlighting Four Years as the Executive Director February marks the four-year anniversary since I accepted the role as the Executive Director of MTC. The organization I was hired to lead and the organization I am currently leading share the same mission and focus, but they differ significantly in terms of operations...
In January 2024, a total of $2.2 million was approved for equity-based investments in the following companies: Azome Therapeutics Inc is an early-stage drug discovery company focused on developing selective antagonists of the NLRP3 inflammasome, an inflammatory pathway critical to the development of a wide variety of diseases.
Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC) is excited to announce that Governor Parson appointed Dan Cobb as our chairman. Dan has served on our board of directors since his appointment in early 2018 And has been instrumental in leveraging his experience as a serial tech entrepreneur as our Investment Committee Chair since...
John F Kennedy once said, “Change is the law of life”. At MTC we are at a time of both change and great opportunity. Our past chair, Dr. Dedric Carter, has moved on to advance innovation and entrepreneurship in North Carolina. During his tenure, MTC experienced tremendous growth and success. ...
During the October 2023 Board of Directors meeting, $2.4 million was approved for equity-based investments in the following companies: Æsir Technologies is on a mission to provide Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) batteries and Energy Storage Solutions (ESS) to aerospace, defense, and commercial customers needing power for critical infrastructure such as data...
Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC) would like to express its deepest gratitude to Dr. Dedric Carter for his exceptional leadership and dedication as Chairman of the board. Dr. Carter's visionary guidance has played a pivotal role in advancing innovation and entrepreneurship in Missouri, and his contributions will be remembered for years...
More than $300,000 in grant funding has been awarded through the Regional Node Planning Grant program to support the development of regional nodes across Missouri. The goal of the Regional Node Planning Grant Program is to assist entrepreneurial support organizations throughout Missouri in collaborating and leveraging their assets to effectively support...
Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC) is a public-private partnership created by the Missouri General Assembly to promote entrepreneurship and foster the growth of new and emerging high-tech companies. As a public-private partnership, we have the opportunity to receive direct appropriations within the annual state fiscal budget to provide state funding to...
In the next few weeks, MTC will launch its newly developed Regional Node Planning Grant Program. These six-month grants will fund the planning necessary to create “nodes” which are intended to incentivize more of Missouri’s communities to successfully coalesce their assets to best support innovation and entrepreneurship through strategic, coordinated...
More than $1 million in grant funding to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem statewide through the Physical Infrastructure Grant Program has been awarded for the fiscal year 2023 grant cycle. Due to the success of the pilot program, MTC will be launching a full Physical Infrastructure Grant Program in the spring. The...
