Add cybersecurity to the list of fields where St. Louis is trying to build new businesses using an accelerator model.
With the creation of SixThirty Cyber, which plans to invest $10 million over the next five years, the St. Louis area has at least six business accelerator funds. Based on a survey the Brookings Institution published in February, the only U.S. cities with more are San Francisco, New York, Boston, Chicago and San Jose, Calif.