Tenant Showcase

Divergence

Divergence, a world leader in developing products for the control of parasites in agriculture, occupies 11,000 sq. ft. The company’s research breakthroughs show strong promise of developing a safe, effective solution for farmers to combat parasites that reduce the yields of many crops. Divergence, which graduated in 2008 from Nidus, a business incubator, recently announced that it had raised $11.8 million in a Series C financing round, more than doubling the amount of equity capital raised by the growing company since its inception in 1999.   http://www.divergence.com Divergence
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St. Louis Community College

St. Louis Community College, with 10,500 sq. ft., distinguishes BRDG Park as one of the only research parks to have an on-site biotech workforce development and training program. The St. Louis Community College’s Center for Plant and Life Sciences bio-technician training program, which has been recognized for excellence by the Missouri Biotechnology Organization (MOBIO), creates unlimited and innovative opportunities for collaborations between academia and industry.  http://www.stlcc.edu Divergence
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Nidus

Nidus is an investment partnership aligned with regional business interests to attract and grow early-stage technology-based companies in agriculture, energy, and animal and human health. The partnership is a collaboration of corporations and experienced entrepreneurs working to advance early-stage technologies toward commercialization. Nidus leverages both risk capital and entrepreneurial talent to help meet market needs of potential buyers by providing the funding, experience and market input necessary to improve prospects for near-term return on investment and reduce exit risk. Previously a regional business incubator sponsored by Monsanto and established in 2001, Nidus nurtured more than 20 plant and life science start-up companies and attracted more than $150 million in funding prior to becoming an investment partnership. More information is available at  http://www.niduscenter.com Divergence
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Monsanto

Monsanto, which has a long tradition of supporting entrepreneurship in plant and life sciences, including its sponsorship of the Nidus Center for Scientific Enterprise, occupies 28,100 sq. ft. The company’s on-site presence at BRDG Park and across the street from its world headquarters enhances BRDG Park’s ability to attract scientific companies focused on achieving commercial success.  http://www.monsanto.com

Phycal LLC

Phycal LLC has a 2,800 sq. ft. algae biotechnology laboratory. Co-founded by Richard Sayre, Ph.D., director of the newly established Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Phycal LLC, based in Cleveland, Ohio, is developing and commercializing systems for growing algae and harvesting commercially viable energy products from the biomass: primarily algal oil (also called lipids) and methane gas. The lipids can be converted into biodiesel or refined into drop-in replacements for diesel, jet fuel, gasoline, and plastic feedstock.  http://www.phycal.com