The startup scene in United States

Startup Genome reports Missoula ecosystem value of US$1 billion for H2 2023–2025 under a measure that includes exits, startup valuations, and active unicorns. It also reports US$12 million in Seed and Series A funding for the same period. For 2021–2025, the publisher lists the exit amount as NA, not zero.

MonTEC describes a 32,000-square-foot facility in Missoula with office, coworking, conference, microbiological lab, and chemical lab space. Its application page lists Coworking Company and Resident Company categories and says availability varies and current prices should be confirmed by phone. Accelerate Montana lists free coaching and advising, startup and growth programs, and connections to capital and University of Montana partner programs; its entrepreneur-support page does not state cohort dates.

CoBuild describes itself as an initiative forming through 2026–27 and a year-round downtown Missoula center for founders, students, mentors, and partners. It also describes VBX-led workshops and mentorship for Montanans exploring business ideas. CoBuild’s profile links University of Montana Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship Erik Guzik and VBX to PatientOne, described there as a Missoula-launched remote-monitoring venture funded by three named investors.

CoBuild scheduled its summit for October 20–22, 2026, at the University of Montana in Missoula. Its registration page listed general admission at US$150 after September 30, free tickets for students enrolled in Montana, and free exhibit tables for teams of five or more; the page provided an online registration route for that dated event.

Submittable says it was founded in Missoula in 2010 and reports employees throughout the United States and an office in Indore. Montana Public Radio traces the company's origin to a problem its founder, Michael FitzGerald, encountered in Missoula in 2008. Missoula Current reported that Submittable raised US$5 million in a Series A and US$10 million in a Series B by July 2019, naming True Ventures, Next Coast Ventures, and Next Frontier Capital. The same report cited 90 employees and a plan to add 150 by the end of 2020; fulfillment of that hiring plan is not established by the cited report.