Missouri could put $1M back into startup support after COVID killed most-recent funding

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, 2021 State of the State Address, photo courtesy of the State of Missouri

A budget plan released this week by Gov. Mike Parson includes a $1 million allocation for the Missouri Technology Corporation — a popular public-private initiative boosting startups that saw its investment efforts defunded last year because of COVID-19-related shortfalls. “It is important that we continue to follow through on key investments in workforce development and infrastructure,”…

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TripleBlind earns strategic investment from Accenture to jump into $500B market faster

Riddhiman Das, TripleBlind

A newly announced strategic investment is expected to boost a high-profile, pre-seed Kansas City startup’s bid to help enterprises harness the potential of sensitive data. Terms of the deal between Dublin-based Accenture and TripleBlind were not disclosed Wednesday, but the investment by the global professional services firm marks a significant step forward for TripleBlind as…

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