The Rise of the Rest Road Tour makes its last stop in St. Louis Friday, Oct. 10, at 10 a.m. with a public event in the Frick Forum. Be a part of the conversation with Steve Case co-founder of AOL Inc. and CEO of Revolution, an investment firm focused on building disruptive, innovative companies that benefit consumers. The Atlantic’s Steve Clemons will also take part.
Rise of the Rest is a five-city, five-day bus tour spotlighting emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems in the Midwest. Other stops on the tour include Madison, Wis., Minneapolis, Des Moines, Ia., and Kansas City, Mo.
After the event at Washington University, the tour will head to downtown startup hub T-Rex for a pitch competition, where ten of St. Louis’ startups will compete for a $100,000 investment from Case and a trip to the 2015 SXSW Startup Village, where they will vie for additional funding.
Steve Case
Competition judges in St. Louis will include Case, Seth Goldman, co-founder of Honest Tea, Maxine Clark, co-founder of Build-a-Bear, Jim McKelvey, co-founder of Square, and Robb Heineman, CEO of Sporting Club on his judges panel. They’ll hear pitches from the following St. Louis-based startups:
SYNEK: Any beer tapped fresh on your counter
Material Mix: Material Mix commoditizes industrial trash with an open exchange platform.
myEDmatch: myEDmatch is like online dating for teaching jobs to lower teacher turnover
BetaVersity: BetaVersity brings physical and virtual learning-by-doing to students.
Eateria: Digital loyalty marketing tool for the restaurant industry
Need/Want: Need/Want makes consumer products that solve problems.
MeterGenius: MeterGenius helps users engage with and lower their electricity usage.
Tunespeak2014: Tunespeak is a loyalty platform for musicians.
Better Weekdays: A Job-Matching Platform based on Compatibility and Culture Fit.
Dabble: Online Peer-to-Peer Marketplace for Classes in the Community
For more information, visit riseoftherest.com.
Congratulations to SYNEK, winner of a $100,000 investment from Steve Case. And congrats to Olin EMBA alumna Alicia Herald, founder of MyEdMatch, who presented in the competition at TRex.
