Tech St. Louis

TECH ST. LOUIS *** *** INVESTORS COST OF LIVING COMPARISON TO ST. LOUIS ............................... FINSERVE New York City 145.67% TECH ANGELS Higher than STL Carondelet H Helix Funds BioGenerator billiken s angels deals that make a difference Seattle, WA Sunnyvale, CA Boston, MA Austin, TX ST. LOUIS 24% 67% 50% 2% ARCH ARCH ANGELS Higher Higher Higher Higher Capital Innovators. Accelerating growth |Cultivation BigRIVERS AVERAGE DEVELOPER SALARY COMPARISON New York City Silicon Valley $94,000 COOL STARTUPS $100,000 Ranked by amount raised. Boston $75,000 Austin $76,000 Answers $74,000 $350M St. Louis Appistry $35M CORPORATE SALES TAX globalvelocity Nen preentenoy tom мо NY CA MA .... $27M NORSECORP $6M 6.25% 7.1% 8.84% aisle 411 Central West End $6M lockerdome $2.1M BLENDICS $2M STATE SALES TAX ST. LOUIS RANKS #13 buryevent $1.1M мо 4.225% For Gen Y Workers NYC 4.5% bonfyre. s750,000 MA 6.25% gremin CA 6.25% $550,000 TX 6.25% Grand Center WA 6.5% RANKINGS: KAUFFMAN ENTREPRENEUR INDEX 2011 Washington University - St. Louis' Entrepreneurship Program is ranked 1. Arizona 4. Colorado .52% increase .42% increase #6 in the nation. from 2012 from 2010 2. Texas 5. Alaska .44% increase .42% increase St. Louis University's from 2010 from 2010 Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program is ranked 3. California 6. Missouri ,41% increase .40% increase #13 in the nation. from 2010 from 2010 The T-Rex Building Currently houses 40 tech start-up companies. Wash U. The Happiest City in America for Job-Seeking Grads FUN FACTS ABOUT ST. LOUIS in the US in #1 percentage growth of 96% STARTUP ST. LOUIS college-educated young people (87% increase in 25- to 34-year-olds) of downtown employees rated downtown St. Louis as a good to great place to work SOURCES http://www.simplyhired.com http://techli.com/2012/04/10-reasons-to-launch-a-startup-in-st-louis/ http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/BizNext/2012/08/st-louis-ranks-no-13-for-gen-y.html Bankrate Tax Foundation liTenl Sales Tax Institute Census reflect 2007 Data Arch Grants Preservation Nation U.S. News & World Report http://www.itenstl.org/