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Arch Grants
Investor · St. Louis, MO, United States · North America
Arch Grants runs an annual Startup Competition that provides up to $100,000 in equity-free grants plus access to an ecosystem of resources to early-stage startups. It describes its model as venture philanthropy aimed at attracting and retaining entrepreneurs in St. Louis.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordseconomic developmentequity-free grantsstartup competitionst louisventure philanthropy
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Or find every investor that fitsArch Grants lists 174 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (21%), AI & Machine Learning (20%) and Education (11%). 85% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Capital Innovators, Cultivation Capital and Techstars.
No funding round on record names Arch Grants yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Arch Grants' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 174. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 21% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 18% |
| Education | 11% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Fintech | 5% | 12% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Capital Innovators | 10 |
| Cultivation Capital | 6 |
| Techstars | 5 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 4 |
| Y Combinator | 4 |
| Correlation Ventures | 3 |
| M25 | 3 |
| BioGenerator | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 98th | 174 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 18th | 21% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 96th | 11 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers17098%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company42%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Capital Innovators
Compare Arch Grants head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
174 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Gloop is a specially formulated adhesive compound designed specifically for the plastics used by 3D Printers. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Accelerate Wind designs and installs wind turbines on rooftops to generate additional energy alongside solar panels. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Adalo builds apps for iOS, Android, and the web using AI and no-code technology. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| Agrela Ecosystems provides a scalable, environmental sensor platform that allows users to build custom solutions tailored to their unique needs. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AirSeal Cardiovascular Inc is a medical diagnostics company focused on transforming how physicians and hospital systems diagnose peripheral artery disease and other atherosclerotic cardiovascular conditions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| Another Reality Studio builds AR/VR experiences, digital twins, and 3D enterprise applications using Unreal Engine and Unity | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | |||
| Applied Particle Technology develops and provides a dust management platform for industrial worksites to monitor and manage dust and silica exposures in real-time. | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AppsCo provides field operations software for facility management | Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| ASL Aspire offers interactive games and lessons for learning STEM vocabulary in American Sign Language | EducationGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| ATR Thrive produces livestock supplements designed for digestion | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Avol Aerospace delivers blood, organs, and tissue between hospitals using drones | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Babyation designs and sells breast pumps and related accessories for mothers. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Balto provides contact center AI software to automate and improve customer service calls | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Bask & Bloom Essentials provides restorative hair care products to address dryness, breakage and hair loss in new moms up to 2 years postpartum. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bestfit provides solutions and support for independent brokers to grow their PEO business. | Human ResourcesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Betabox provides hands-on STEM career exploration for K-12 schools | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Biosense develops and sells medical diagnostic devices, including glucometers and anaemia screeners. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- archgrants.org
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 174
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