who
we are
Founded in 1998, the Center for Emerging Technologies (CET) is the largest and oldest Innovation Center in Missouri. CET is nationally recognized for providing the infrastructure and resources needed for early-stage, high-growth companies in the fields of information technology, bioscience and consumer/manufactures products to innovate and thrive. An affiliate of the Cortex Innovation Community since 2012, CET fills an important program role in the Cortex district and broader St. Louis region.
square
one
CET’s flagship program for entrepreneurs, Square One (SQ1), is a hands-on training program designed to provide support to first-time entrepreneurs in the St. Louis region actively engaged in the development of a bioscience, information technology or advanced manufacturing commercial enterprise.
startup
tool kit
CET has created the startup toolkit to aggregate original content, as well as the best available websites, blogs, articles and videos to help entrepreneurs develop, validate, build and scale their companies. Browse the categories or use the search function to find the resources we use in our classes, workshops and one-on-one mentor session.