People may open a wine bottle to celebrate a work win. But for co-founders and recent Tulane University graduates Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz, a shared bottle of wine sparked…
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After years of bootstrapping, New Orleans-based Prokeep raises $9M seed round
Communication is difficult in any workplace, but the co-founders behind Prokeep recognized that it was a particular problem for those working in construction. Jack Carrere, McKay Johnson, and Mark Kanof…
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What’s Next In EventTech: New Orleans-based WRSTBND Talks Innovation Inside The Festival Scene
EventTech was a natural fit for Conway Solomon. As a tech enthusiast, he started working at his brother’s New Orleans-based event production company back in high school and the space…
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From its first $1 billion exit to an increased number of venture capital deals, the tech scene in New Orleans scored some major headlines in the second half of 2021. …
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Since Gretchen Lynn joined as Levelset’s employee #1 back in 2011, she’s been part of making sure those in the construction industry never “lose a night’s sleep over payment.” The…
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In Quest To Make Moving Apartments More Fair & Transparent, RentCheck Raises $3.6 million
A struggle over an apartment security deposit has been spun into a rapidly scaling startup with roots across the Southeast. Based out of New Orleans, RentCheck was started after Lydia…
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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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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…