Six Missouri companies raise $17.5 million in first quarter

After attracting just $21 million in venture capital investments for all of 2012, Missouri companies are off to a better start this year. Six companies raised a combined $17.5 million from VCs in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). But Missouri is an exception rather than the rule. ...