ST. LOUIS - Two firms led by Saint Louis University alumni received 2025 Arch Grant awards. GenAssist, led by Gabe Haas (SSE ’20) and co-founder Joe Beggs, and Decodable Reads, led by Paul Heinemann (A&S ’18) and Joe de Lorimier (CSB ’19), are part of a cohort of 19 new businesses receiving Arch Grants funding this year. GenAssist was one of four companies in SLU’s inaugural New Venture Accelerator (NVA) cohort in 2024./news/img/gabe-haas.jpg10/28/2025Chaifetz Center for EntrepreneurshipNew Venture Acceleratornewsfeed-businessnewsfeed-science-and-engineering