Missouri Technology Corporation and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Announce a Geospatial Focused Corporate Accelerator in St. Louis
Summary
Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) today announced the formation of an NGA-sponsored accelerator based out of St. Louis. Expected to start in early 2021, this is the first of two cohorts that NGA will be sponsoring through the collaboration with MTC, and with St. Louis-based accelerator operator, Capital Innovators. The corporate accelerator project strongly aligns with MTC’s vision of serving as a catalyst for technology-based innovation to achieve sustainable economic growth for the State of Missouri. At the USGIF Geospatial Gateway Forum on October 20, 2020, NGA Director, Vice Adm. Robert Sharp stated, “St. “With a proven track record of recruiting promising entrepreneurs and scaling startups into successful job creators in Missouri, the nationally regarded Capital Innovators is a perfect fit to launch this first-of-a-kind geospatial accelerator,” said Jason Hall, Chair of the MTC Board of Directors.