“I wasn’t trying to start a company. Honestly, I was just volunteering and helping [LSU] out.” That volunteer effort for Jack Karavich was centered around getting college football season up…
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You might say the past and the future are colliding in Pass It Down’s latest investment. VentureSouth, Cultivation Capital, Techstars, Red Stick Angels, and Acadian Capital Ventures joined in on…
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Nine early-stage startups across Louisiana recently graduated from the VILLAGEx accelerator program, and a subset of them brought in a combined $9.5 million in funding. For Jon Atkinson, CEO of…
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We’re ending the week with a quick round up on all the funding, acquisitions, and other startup news from across the Southeast you need to know. Know of a headline…
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Nonprofit Formation Platform Resilia Raises $8 Million in Series A, Continuing Founder Sevetri Wilson’s History-Making Winning Streak
by Mike Jordanby Mike JordanExpect Sevetri Wilson to be in the news a lot more in the near future — the African-American entrepreneur’s nonprofit formation and compliance platform Resilia just announced a completed Series…
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When training new doctors, teaching hospitals and medical schools generally use expensive cadaver labs for practice. Some are beginning to use computer simulations to replicate clinical scenarios, but research has…
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Virtual Reality Simulator Aims to Lower Workplace Injuries In Manufacturing
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaThe Bureau of Labor Statistics reported nearly 2.8 million non-fatal workplace-related injuries and illnesses occurred in 2017. Within the manufacturing industry, 40 percent of those workplace injuries happen in the first…
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Shell Is Sponsoring An Energy-Specific Startup Accelerator In the South
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaNew Orleans innovation hub The Idea Village has announced a partnership with Shell to launch an accelerator program and bootcamp that will specifically support energy startups. The ENERGYx accelerator is certainly on…
