TechSTL 2022-2023 Annual Report

2022-2023 ANNUAL REPORT Presented by Emily Hemingway, Executive Director March 2022 - April 2023

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A Note from Our Founding Director Even though TechSTL is a nonprofit, this first year we have behaved more like a tech startup than a charitable or government organization. Founded under a U.S. EDA SPRINT Challenge Grant and under the direction of the St. Louis Development Corporation, our inaugural year in operation still followed the path of running lean, navigating customer discovery, and determining market validation for our 501(c)(6). Our small team has practiced the art of staying curious, embracing risk, building fast, and pivoting often in order to find our place in the community. And after 12 months I can now validate two important things; something transformative is happening in St. Louis and TechSTL plays a part in it.

Now, this has been an extremely busy time for us. We started this journey with a monumental task, a staff of 1, a small budget, and a very short runway. But thanks to the passion of our robust and diverse network of 388 founding members, TechSTL has proven that when the work is right and the community is ready, you don't need as much as you think to start doing good work. You simply need to start.

Over the past year, the St. Louis region has shown us the spaces where we belong and the results have been beyond inspiring. Tasked with addressing a series of complex challenges over a 15-county bi-state region, we knew that our systems needed to be smart and scalable, so we jumped immediately into building them. Facing a fragmented network of silos and verticals, we owned our ability to become a horizontal bridge and developed inclusive cross-sector partner networks to facilitate strategic planning and asset mapping. In the wake of the pandemic, it was clear that the ecosystem needed a new "center of gravity" for high-energy community building to reactivate the innovation and business network, so we started hosting events until we figured out what worked.

Now with a network of over 30,000 people and having successfully hosted over 120 events, we can confirm how eager the innovation community is to reengage. Top that with the strategic planning traction we are seeing in our affinity groups, ecosystem networks, and cluster networks, and it is clear that these are the spaces where TechSTL can drive impact in the region. As we enter year two of this journey, we are now equipped to start bringing our STEM Scholarship Fund and TechSTL Foundation to life, to ensure that more tech opportunities are made available to the black, brown, female, LGBTQIA2S+, and foreign born communities who are often left out of this conversation. And lastly, as a membership-based organization we now have the systems in place to more fully engage and support our members in helping them build the St. Louis Innovation Scene through creating more tech jobs, tech startups, and tech innovation. As I now embark on the next phase of this work I am extremely hopeful for what is to come for the St. Louis Metro!

Emily Hemingway

We are proud to serve as the first Tech Council of the St. Louis Metro.

TechSTL launched in March 2022 under the fiscal leadership of SLDC and the City of St. Louis. We are now an independent membershipbased organization serving the 15-county bi-state.

TechSTL is committed to scaling the data economy by connecting partners, building infrastructure, and investing in the programs that equitably grow our innovation pipeline. We support the health of the STL pipeline by catalyzing tech jobs, tech startups, and tech innovation.

Corporations & Hospitals

Startups & Small Businesses

Nonprofit Organizations

Government Agencies

Schools & Universities

Professionals & Students

What has TechSTL been doing for the Region?

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Delivering Targeted Events & Programming

Delivering Targeted Events Driving Cross& Programming

Sector Economic Collaboration

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Investing in Key Digital Infrastructure

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Prioritizing Scalable Impact & Access

Delivering Targeted Events & Programming We host high-value experiences that make St. Louis a growing Innovation Hub

134 14k

EVENTS HOSTED

IN TOTAL 22-23

EVENT ATTENDEES

IN TOTAL 22-23

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5k TECHWEEK 30 TECHWEEK 26 50k TECHWEEK TECHWEEK

TOTAL ATTENDEES

EVENTS HOSTED ST LOUIS VENUES $ RAISED FOR

How are we activating the St. Louis Tech Scene?

We are creating a "New Center of Gravity" for the regional ecosystem Hosted in April

Took Over in April

As the most active event host in St. Louis, we're waking up the Metro!

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TAKEOVER

How are we making STL Innovation more Inclusive?

Developing our Tech Leadership Accelerator & Affinity Groups

Leading Programming Partnerships on Corporate Allyship & DEIA in Business

Driving Cross-Sector Economic Collaboration Serving as a Regional "Quarterback" for Tech Partnerships, Strategy & Data

138 112 COMMITTEE

REGIONAL PARTNER

ORGANIZATIONS

PERSON STEERING

Be part of the regional effort by joining a TechSTL Network Committee

5 9 PUBLISHED 3 5 ECOSYSTEM NETWORKS

EMERGING TECH GROWTH CLUSTERS

DATA REPORTS

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Since we launched TechSTL in 2022, the community has emphasized that fragmentation of the ecosystem is hindering our region's most pressing work. As a cross-sector organization, TechSTL is uniquely positioned to connect robust networks to break-down those silos and that work remains our top priority.

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How are we Connecting a Fragmented Ecosystem?

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Our Ecosystem Networks have been driving strategic planning conversations, asset mapping efforts, and conducting a gap analysis within each of the five focus areas. We are rallying partners, facilitating research, developing databases, and building an action plan for moving the region forward. By combining strategy + data + technology, we're able to aggressively build solutions forward.

Which Clusters do we support through Networks?

Cybersecurity

Fintech

Geospatial

XR, Media & Design

AI/ML

Consumer Products

IoT / Advanced Manufacturing

Life Sciences

TAAS

Serving as a Data Steward through Research & Reports

Strategic Plan

IT Labor

Tech Jobs TechSTL.com/Reports

Investing in Key Digital Infrastructure We are leveraging technology to build aggressive solutions for upward mobility

408 344

PARTNERS IN

RESOURCE DIRECTORY

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WEB PORTALS

IN SUPERHUB RESOURCES IN

ORGANIZATIONS ON

TECH JOB BOARD

Find out more by viewing our Job Board & Resource Directory on TechSTL.com

REGIONAL DIRECTORY

ACTIVE JOBS

ON JOB BOARD

FOLLOWERS IN NETWORK

Building the "digital backbone" for opportunity access Superhub Platform of Web Portals to increase resource accessibility Master Database w/2000 Resources TechSTL Portal STLworks Portal STEMSTL Portal ISBE Portal BOSS Portal StartupSTL Portal

Tech Job Board & Talent Network (1.0 Version Launched, +10k jobs) SUPERHUB 2k Resources

TECH JOB BOARD 10-12k Active Jobs

Data Stewardship Model (Year 1 Reports, Exploring Partnerships with City/County on DIS Warehouse) Communications Hub to tell the St. Louis tech story (30k Followers, YouTube Channel, Newsletter & Podcast)

Who are the National Leaders now paying attention?

National Smart Cities Initiatives Targeted Tech Training & Partnerships Expanding Tech Infrastructure in North City Talent Attraction Resources & PR Opportunities

Prioritizing Scalable Impact & Access We are developing a Community Framework for sustainable Systemic Change

30k 102

$ RAISED FOR

STEM SCHOLARSHIP FUND

5 6 17 4 CATEGORIES HOSTED COMMUNITY

FUNDRAISERS

STL K-12 YOUTH

FREE TECHSTL

EQUITY MEMBERSHIPS

You can contribute to the Scholarship Fund & the Foundation at TechSTL.com

TECH PROGRAMS STEM SCHOLARSHIP

FUND PARTNERS

GRANT FUNDING

How are we partnering to grow economic opportunity?

In Partnership with:

The TechSTL Scholarship Fund will provide postsecondary scholarships to regionally offered computer science, data analytics, design, and IT business degree programs and certificates for diverse residents of the St. Louis MSA.

The TechSTL Foundation is the competitive grantmaking arm of the Tech Council and supports high-impact initiatives in STEM Education, Workforce Development, Business Ecosystem, and Business Capital Access.

Raised the first $30k

Selected 4 Categories

Awarding Scholarships in Fall 2023

Preparing for Fundraising in Fall 2023

The TechSTL Team

Emily Hemingway Executive Director

Ellie Scott Lead Project Manager

Devon Moody-Graham Programming Advisor

B. Marcell Williams Events Advisor

Christopher Kolar Data Strategy Advisor

Vik Lakhwara Equity Capital Advisor

Kieran Blanks Emerging Markets Advisor

Connie Gallagher Member Advisor

The TechSTL Board of Directors

Brian Matthews Cultivation Capital

Lance Knuckles SLDC

Tony Bryan CyberUp

Chris Kontes Balto

Devon Moody-Graham CEOMom Empire

Tim Alexander Greater St. Louis, Inc.

John Launius Nitrous Effect

Allison McCutcheon Largely

Thank you to our 2022-2023 Top Supporters

Thank you to our Founding Organizational Members Advanced Resources Aggio LLC AK Operations Alambda Systems LLC Alliance Systems Amazon Web Services America's Central Port District Amptify Anheuser-Busch Artopia Balto Software Inc. BENT ENGINEERING BioSTL Bluebird Network Bonfyre BreakWell Buswell Biomedical Buzzbold Capacity Capital Innovators Catch health CDW CEdge Inc Claim Academy Code St Louis CompTIA Coriana6 Cortex Cortex Innovation Community Crossbar CyberUp CYDEO Dataplant

Datix Decide Technologies Inc. Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Educational Consultant Enterprise Holdings, Inc. Evolution STL Exactly Zero File Auditor LLC Financial Health IQ FinLocker GamOn Gateway Higher Education Cybersecurity Consortium Greater St. Louis, Inc. Hampao.com Hire Henry Holt Analytics LLC Husch Blackwell IBM Information Technology Senior Management Forum IntegrityXD Invisibly, Inc. iSite Media, LLC Justine Petersen Kahani Kalei jewlz KimHEC LaunchCode Leadership Council of Southwestern Illinois Lindenwood University Maryville University of St. Louis

Mastercard McGrail Tech Midland States Bank Midwest BankCentre Mission Control GG nativeMsg, Inc. Neighborhood Innovation Center Nerdy Diva News Lab Inc. - dba bizblip North Highland NPower Missouri Oakwood Systems Group, Inc Object Computing Ocelot Consulting OneStop P. Davidson & Company Paritta Group Inc. Parkway School District Patika PCs For People of Greater St.Louis Per Scholas Pivto Digital Learning Po Tolo Applied Insights Polsinelli PRI Global Prison to PhD (P2P) Progress 64 West Real Document Solutions REJIS Rokusek Recruits Rung For Women Saint Louis University Saint Louis University - Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship

Savvy Coders SBS Creatix, LLC Securboration, Inc. Seiler Instrument & Manufacturing Company Shades of Color SimpleRose Inc. SixThirty Ventures Slalom SLU School of Professional Studies Southern Illinois Builders Association/SICAP Southern Illinois University Edwardsville SpatialGIS Speak Information Technologies (Speak IT)Unity Foundation Spry Digital Square & Cash app St Louis Arch Angels St. Louis Community College Standing Partnership Starkloff Disability Institute StartLouis Stereotaxis STL Youth Jobs StockSwap Summersalt Inc. TDK Technologies LLC Tech Dev Tech Jobs for Good Technology Partners Textel The BALSA Group

The Little Bit Foundation The Mathern Project The StarWood Group T-Kartor USA Total Orbit Inc. Total Quality Solutions Transitions Law Group Turnberry Solutions UNCOMN, LLC United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Verified Backups, LLC VetBiz Vincerem LLC Washington University University College Well Principled WeWork World Trade Center St Louis World Wide Technology Zomia Center

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