Hal Gentry

aisle411, Inc. provides mobile in-store location services platform for retailers. Its platform allows shoppers to map products, offers, and lists by aisle location, as well as discover information based on a shopper’s in-store location; and enables retailers to reach shoppers at the shelf with context and location relevant information that enhances the shopper experience. Its indoor retail mapping and location service, and mobile platform allows shoppers to navigate through retail stores to find exactly what they want by collecting, organizing, and monetizing retailers’ product inventory, location data, and enterprise software space planning systems and store maps. The company was founded by Matthew Kulig and Nathan M. Pettyjohn in April 2008 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Part of Innovate St. Louis, ITEN is a company that develops and manufactures eco-friendly solid-state lithium-ion SMD micro batteries. The company is based in St. Louis, MO. These batteries are rechargeable in a few minutes and can deliver power over a wide operating temperature range. The company is used in various applications such as back-up power supply, powering autonomous sensor nodes, tracking and monitoring solutions, sensor data loggers, beacons and RF tags, smartphone peripherals, medical devices, home and building automation, smart cities, wearables, and e-textiles.

St. Louis Arch Angels provides seed and early stage capital to the startup organizations. Its members mentor and coach, serve on boards, provide contacts, assist with team building, strategic planning and fundraising. The company was founded by Gilbert Bickel in January 2005 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, MO.

Prosper Women Entrepreneurs operates as an advocacy company for the woman entrepreneurs. It is comprised of two separate divisions: Prosper Institute, a non-profit organization that helps growth-seeking women entrepreneurs advance their businesses to create economic prosperity, and the Prosper Women Entrepreneurs Startup Accelerator, a for-profit organization focused on increasing women entrepreneurs' access to growth capital and the number of women investing in early stage capital markets. The company was founded by Mary Jo Gorman, Maxine Clark, Peter Finley, Carol Matthews, Hal Gentry, and Jennifer Ehlen in 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Denim Software, Inc. engages in the provision of technology services. The company is headquartered in Saint Louis, MO.

Prosper Capital LLC /Missouri/ (Prosper Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Prosper Women Entrepreneurs founded in 2014 by Jennifer Ehlen. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Capital Innovators LLC (Capital Innovators) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Judy Sindecuse. The firm is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Part of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., AI Software LLC (Missouri) is a private company that builds landing pages for social media campaigns to track conversions from social publishing and advertising efforts. The company, based in St. Louis, MO, is a social media management company that provides publishing, advertising, and compliance for financial services companies. The company offers social media marketing for insurance companies with scheduling content curation, advertising, and built-in social media compliance. The company was founded in 2011 by Bryan Bell and Gregory Bailey, and the CEO is Douglas Wilber. AI Software LLC (Missouri was acquired by Ai Software LLC on August 30, 2023.