Healthcare company-building profile
BioGenerator
BioSTL
Venture studioVenture studioNot publicly documentedActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Venture studio
- Program category
- Venture studio
- Organization
- BioSTL
- Organization type
- Not publicly documented
- Location
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Company stage served
- Seed to Early stage
- Cohort or participation model
- Not a fixed cohort; company creation and rolling seed investment with resident entrepreneur support
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Equity seed investment from a nonprofit-affiliated evergreen fund; BioSTL has reported reaching $50 million in startup investments
- Equity or fee model
- Equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2003
Public description
About the program
BioGenerator is the investment and company-creation arm of BioSTL, a nonprofit building St. Louis's bioscience economy. It creates, funds and grows early-stage bioscience companies, providing seed capital, lab space, entrepreneurs-in-residence and operational support. BioSTL reports that BioGenerator's portfolio has attracted billions of dollars in follow-on capital for St. Louis bioscience companies.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
BiotechTherapeuticsAgricultural technologyMedical devicesDiagnosticsLife sciencesDigital healthAgtech and bioscienceAgtech and life sciencesLab incubation
- Category: Venture studio
- Program structure: Not a fixed cohort; company creation and rolling seed investment with resident entrepreneur support
- Published terms: Equity seed investment from a nonprofit-affiliated evergreen fund; BioSTL has reported reaching $50 million in startup investments
Publicly documented people and network
Program leadership and alumni
- Notable alumni named in public materials
- Confluence Life Sciences
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