Missouri-Based Startups Step Up In Response To COVID-19

Across the state, startups are moving quickly to respond to COVID-19.

We’re proud to see these entrepreneurs and innovators wasting no time helping our country respond to the global pandemic. We know supporting entrepreneurship will be more important than ever as our communities look to recover from this crisis.

Adalo – The app-making startup is spearheading a competition that asks users to create simple apps that can help connect others and save favorite local businesses.

AgButler – The startup has partnered with the Missouri Farm Bureau to create MO AgConnection, connecting students who are home during COVID-19 with farmers and ranchers who need assistance maintaining critical food supplies. 

Digital Aerolus – The aerospace startup is doubling down on their latest creation – a drone that can fly into small spaces and uses UV waves to kill germs that typical cleaning can’t.

Dynamic DNA – The home health test startups made swift changes to be able to start processing COVID-19 tests for healthcare systems in the Springfield, MO area.

InnovaPrep – The company has been tapped to be part of the Tiger Team, a a group of smart city specialists tasked with combatting Coronavirus through innovation and emerging tech.

Sickweather – The mobile app features algorithms that scan social networks and 3rd party data sources for indicators of illness, enabling users to check for the chance of sickness as easily as checking the chance for rain. The illness forecasting tech has been extended to include tracking and predictions for COVID-19 across the U.S.

StepNPull – A Missouri-made product that helps combat the spread of germs with a patented hands-free design for opening doors. The product has been adopted by the like of Walgreens, Nissan, and even the Missouri Capitol.

TripleBlind – The six-month old startup is developing a new coronavirus tracking app, Private Kit. The app is designed to help the government keep tabs on where the contagious disease is spreading while maintaining the privacy of everyday citizens.

Varsity Tutors – The Clayton-based edtech startup has spun up a virtual summer camp program, only one month after launching a free, remote learning program for K-12 students impacted by widespread school closures.