Ecosystem

LiftFund supports thousands of small businesses through microloans, small business loans, and resources with dignity and respect.

LSU Innovation Park provides entrepreneurs and companies with the environment to grow your business. Our park amenities, experienced business consultants, resources at LSU, and throughout the state combine to provide advice, solutions, and access to capital and other resources all under one umbrella. LSU Innovation Park operates several incubators and stimulates economic growth in Louisiana. The ecosystem includes: Louisiana Business & Technology Center; LSU AgCenter Food Incubator; Pennington Biotech Initiative; Louisiana Emerging Technology Center; and more.

Our Social Venture Fund is a $1 million loan fund that provides loans to BIPOC entrepreneurs, as well as businesses and nonprofits tackling disparities in the areas of community economic development, education, food, health, and water. The Social Venture Fund is open to all BIPOC entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs headquartered or doing substantial business in the Greater New Orleans region (including Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes).

Diversified investments in start ups and technology platforms, globally. Reform Ventures, LLC is a private investment fund that evaluates and provides value-added investment in early, growth and late stage companies that have strong value propositions, barriers to entry, a sound business plan & strategy, a strong management & advisory team with industry expertise, and the potential to scale and a path to exit.

Alderbrook is a Financial Advisory & Early-Stage Investment Firm. Our mission is to help our partners create tangible value while conducting ourselves with the highest integrity. We advise clients in a variety of industries. We also make early-stage investments with a focus on media, software & government technology businesses.

MARPE CAPITAL PARTNERS is a private equity group, based in New Orleans, Louisiana that invests exclusively in operating companies and real estate investments within the healthcare sector. We target profitable, small to lower middle market healthcare related businesses with a strong platform seeking growth capital. MARPE has a proven management team to assist our portfolio companies/investments. Our investments are primarily structured as buyouts, joint ventures/partnerships or capital infusion to accelerate growth to attract the next level of equity or operating company. Our capital investments are anywhere from a $1 million to $10 million, but each transaction is treated uniquely to achieve successful outcomes.

Investing in the underserved. Transformational capital. Since 1999, Stonehenge Capital has operated at the nexus of finance and community development. We are deliberate in our actions to make both a financial and social impact. We know how private capital can transform underserved communities and help operating businesses grow, and we work with clients and investors to generate double bottom line returns. With fresh thinking that leads to better returns, Stonehenge is not the same old style of investment firm, but something else entirely. Some call it transformational capital. We call it the right way to do business.

Sisung Capital, LLC is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests capital and resources in companies in need of funding for their growth and profitability. As a licensed Louisiana Capital Company (CAPCO) and Business and Industrial Development Corporation (BIDCO), Sisung Capital has primarily focused its investments in Louisiana and has raised and invested multi-millions of dollars in venture capital assets. We have worked with a wide variety of industries including telecommunications, print manufacturing, construction service, oil & gas, healthcare, media and government services sectors.

Closing the gap between the hardships of investment and research. Louisiana Funds are an early stage venture capital funds focused on the identification of investment opportunities emanating from research universities and other organizations in the state of Louisiana. Louisiana universities spend over $500 million annually on research in the areas of interest to Louisiana Funds.

We invest in early-stage, high-growth companies from around the world that have emerging and disruptive technologies. Forty5 Ventures seeks to invent the future by investing in people. Our people first approach allows us to build lasting relationships. We invest for the long term with the goal of building great companies that also do good. Our people first approach allows us to build lasting relationships. We invest for the long term with the goal of building great companies that also do good. We invest for the long term with the goal of building great companies that also do good. Our people first approach allows us to build lasting relationships. We invest for the long term with the goal of building great companies that also do good.

Carr's Hill Partners is a lower middle market private equity firm that provides capital and expertise to family & founder-owned companies in the Industrials & Business Services sectors. Based in New Orleans, we invest throughout North America with a focus on the Southern United States. Our operating expertise, institutional capabilities, and network of executives provide management partners with a foundation for exceptional growth.

BVM Capital LLC is a Southeast-based venture capital firm that seeks to create and finance breakthrough early and expansion stage companies with proprietary technology platforms or unique products that will lead to the treatment and ultimate cure for cancers. The firm works closely with the MD Anderson Cancer Center, LSU Feist Weiller Cancer Center and innovative researchers throughout the world.

A Fundamentally Different Approach to Energy Investing. We are helping build great companies that will transition the energy industry to stronger profitability, safer operations and more sustainable business models. We achieve this through our sector focus, partnership-oriented values, growth mindset and thematic investment strategy.

Bernhard Capital Partners seeks to create sustainable value by leveraging our experience in acquiring, operating, and growing services and infrastructure businesses. We are a middle-market services and infrastructure-focused private equity firm with operational experience that gives us insight into critical infrastructure and the vision to see its future.

You started your career with a vision. Let Julia Holt Law Firm be your visionary advocate. Do not allow any contract or dispute stand in your way. Safeguard your intellectual property with a firm that understands both your potential and your growing pains.

Scale New Orleans is a community where entrepreneurs and creators are equipped with the resources needed to test and build world-changing ideas that celebrate local innovation. We do this by supporting a collaborative workspace, providing access to rapid prototyping tools, and tapping into our network of talent to creatively solve complex problems. The purpose is to improve the quality of life in New Orleans for future generations by cultivating a region of early adopters and innovators.

LifeSkills Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that provides mentoring to youth and aspiring youth entrepreneurs. The Foundation connects young leaders to experienced business and academic professionals via virtual and face-to-face platforms designed specifically to ensure delivery of guidance, training, and financial support. The Foundation's mission is to help youth business leaders build viable ventures and use their business know-how, leadership skills, and self-confidence to invest in their communities, create jobs, and prepare for the future workforce.

PR Solutions LLC offers effective and affordable public relations, marketing consulting and corporate event planning services for public, private and non-profit organizations. With over 15+ years experience working with new and existing businesses, our team focuses on providing expert consulting for any size budget.

We help solid businesses explosively grow, expanding their past successes. Our goal is to enhance and simplify your business and life, allowing you to focus on what you do best. Each business has its core competency and are proud of their craftsmanship in that area. However, each business must conduct an extremely broad set of back-office activities, each of which detracts or enhances their craft. We have a proud history of taking the hard back-office work off mission owners’ plates so they focus on their core competencies. We have a legacy of business support and consulting, including Electronic Data Systems, Hewlett Packard, the U.S. Government and highly regulated industries. We have scaled over a dozen programs from startup to $10M - $100M+ in annual revenues and conducted post-merger integration for publicly traded services companies

Founded in 2021, Ochsner Ventures fosters new collaborations, invests in emerging companies and develops diversified businesses to support the mission of Ochsner Health and positively impact the communities we serve. We build on Ochsner’s legacy of innovation and collaboration to create new opportunities across the healthcare landscape that align with Ochsner’s strategy and needs.

We help businesses make more money by helping to clear the challenges at each unique growth phase. (Start-up, Stability, Growth, Maturity, Reinvention). Have a business issue that keeps you from growing? Give us a call to discuss your options. We have over 30 years of direct consulting experience helping companies overcome issues that have frustrated owners and stopped the company from being profitable.

NFP is a leading insurance broker and consultant providing specialized property and casualty, corporate benefits, retirement, and individual solutions through its licensed subsidiaries and affiliates. NFP enables client success through the expertise of over 6,000 global employees, investments in innovative technologies, and enduring relationships with highly rated insurers, vendors, and financial institutions. NFP is the 5th largest benefits broker by global revenue, 5th best place to work in insurance and 6th largest US-based privately owned broker (Business Insurance); 9th commercial lines agency by P&C commercial lines revenue and 10th largest property and casualty agency (Insurance Journal); and 12th largest global insurance broker (Best’s Review).

Stone Pigman's innovative CornerStone Program provides entrepreneurs and startups with customized legal services to help establish, protect and grow their businesses. As trusted advisors, we educate CornerStone participants on their legal options at every stage of their business's life cycle and provide straightforward legal services that match the needs and goals of the business. From corporate formations, operating agreements and trademark filings, to incentive stock option plans, mergers and acquisitions and securities private placement documentation, the CornerStone Program can handle all the legal needs of startups and emerging companies. A critical element of any new business is to have a solid legal foundation that provides protection to its owners while preparing the business for the next steps of its evolution. Many entrepreneurs and new business owners are surprised by legal issues and often do not have a comprehensive understanding of how the law affects their business deals and transactions. Stone Pigman lawyers team with CornerStone participants to identify and assess legal needs and concerns, prioritize business objectives and implement legal strategies to facilitate those objectives. Our proactive approach helps CornerStone participants avoid unnecessary legal surprises and enables entrepreneurs to focus on what matters most: their business ventures. Stone Pigman is aware of the financial burdens placed on new businesses. To help entrepreneurs and startups, we have developed a variety of low-cost legal packages and alternative billing structures for pre-approved CornerStone Program participants. These include flat-fee arrangements for specific legal transactions and documents, reduced hourly rates for more complex legal matters and arrangements for payment at closing.

On The Mark Travel Notarybis a 100% mobile Louisiana Civil Law Notary Public providing the convenience of notarizing your important documents at your home, workplace, library, coffee shop or any other location of your choice.

Bluehenge Capital Partners was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Firm was formed to pursue a strategy of providing debt and equity capital solutions to lower middle market companies in underserved areas.

Lighterknot is a New Orleans-based advertising agency that offers creative direction, marketing, analytics, design, copywriting, video production, and animation across traditional, digital, and social media. We’re looking for good people that we can help to start something great.

Legacy Capital offers unparalleled investment banking services to private companies, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private placements, business valuations and financial consulting. Our experienced team of professionals is dedicated to providing comprehensive representation and advisory services across a broad range of industries. We create solid relationships with our clients through personalized service and by delivering exceptional results. Legacy Capital was founded in 1994 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Startup decisions are critical to your long-term success. While you can always recover from mistakes in your early planning, your profit builds from making the "right" decisions. Delay making the right decisions, and profits are greatly reduced. We help company owners answer the critical questions that should be addressed at each unique phase of growth so that the company can maximize their profit beginning in Year One. Call us at (504) 780-9091 for a No Cost, No Risk conversation. We never charge without your approval.

Online Optimism is a creative digital marketing agency. They support growing organizations through social media, content marketing, SEO, SEM, Google Ads, and other Internet advertising strategies. They were founded in New Orleans in 2012, and since grown from a team of 1 to 20+ employees. For companies expanding outside New Orleans, they have additional physical offices in Atlanta, GA, and Washington, DC, as well as remote employees working out of Texas, Florida, Maryland and Virginia. Their social media campaigns include working on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Reddit, TikTok, Snapchat, and Pinterest. For SEO, we focus on Google and Bing. In addition to our marketing campaigns, we also have an internal website design and development team. We focus on WordPress, e-commerce, and Shopify websites. We have a full creative studio to handle photography and video production in house. We work for clients across industries, including hospitality, automotive, healthcare, legal, education, CPG, B2B, and more.

We thrive in Business Intelligence consulting and Training

Moxie Media is a full-service video production company based in New Orleans, Louisiana. For over 35 years, we’ve been producing video content for a variety of industries, ranging from small businesses to large corporations. Whatever you are looking for—whether it’s a marketing video, corporate video, or even a fully edited music video—Moxie has the resources that you need. Our innovative team will work with you and your budget to create the perfect video for your business. Here's a sample - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be7NEMh0URA

We help businesses avoid stupid legal mistakes and grow their business for a fixed monthly fee.

Encalarde Consultants is a firm that specialize in the development of systems, models, programs, and curriculum focused on increasing the viability of business in a variety of industries. A fully Accredited Small Business Consulting firm with a track record for strategic development, concept and financial modelling, framework and curriculum design, as well as technology solutions implementation. We focus on creating and defining Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, developing programs for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME), and supplier diversity compliance reporting with an emphasis on equity and inclusion.

Law firm providing legal support for emerging companies and entrepreneurs.

The Acadiana Angels are a growing team of accredited investors from South Louisiana who are looking to find and invest in the next big startup.

A Seed-stage Venture Capital firm based out of Lafayette, LA focusing on locations often overlooked by conventional VC.

Venture For America is creating economic opportunity in American cities by mobilizing the next generation of entrepreneurs and equipping them with the skills and resources they need to create jobs.

The finance team for growing businesses in the digital age. We help founders focus on what matters and make smarter decisions to build economic engines. - Start with cash basis bookkeeping and tax ready financials to focus on what matters. - Grow with modified accrual basis bookkeeping and reporting to know your numbers and make smarter decisions. - Scale your business with financial models and a fractional CFO to build an economic engine. + Add on back office support for payroll, taxes, accrual basis bookkeeping, KPI tracking, etc. All bookkeeping is done daily. Accountants review the books monthly. All reports go out Monthly.

Our name, Tulane School of Professional Advancement, reflects our commitment to helping working adults reach their full potential in their educations and their careers. Browse our site to learn more about our campuses and degree programs at sopa.tulane.edu.

Known as The Entrepreneur's CPA, Wegmann Dazet has been helping established, entrepreneurial businesses for over 40 years. We focus on the growth of the business and its owners, and we provide tax strategies, tax planning, and financial statements reviews to a wide range of industries all over Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. We also help clients with business valuations, fraud investigations, and exit strategies/succession planning. Give us a shout.

WhereWeGo is an EdTech and Design Thinking company performing end-to-end product development for social impact projects, such as connecting workers and students to career pathways. Its flagship platform, WhereWeGo’s Training Navigator, was released in April 2020 and has since helped thousands of New Orleanians discover, compare, and connect to over 100 local career training programs. If you have a technology project you need kickstarted, WhereWeGo offers a "Design Day" retreat that will set you up with the materials and clarity needed to build a socially-conscious product that meets your budget and schedule.

Founded in 2020, Revelry Venture Partners (RVP) is an early-stage venture firm that partners with technology entrepreneurs at Company Inception through Seed. RVP prefers to lead/co-lead rounds and pairs high conviction capital with software, product, and design resources to help portfolio companies get products to market quickly and efficiently. Let's build together.

Baton Rouge based Angel Network

MESH helps funded startups reach their growth goals through brand development, marketing planning, strategy, digital, and targeted advertising campaigns.

The Washington Economic Development Foundation serves Washington Parish Louisiana, located on the Mississippi / Louisiana border in Southeast Louisiana. We provide information and assistance for businesses seeking to locate or expand operations.

St James Parish, located between Baton Rouge and New Orleans on the Mississippi River, is a prime location for growth in South Louisiana. St. James Parish has facilities that are part of the Port of South Louisiana, the largest tonnage port in the world

The Department of Economic Development and Tourism is responsible for fostering economic growth and vitality in St. Charles Parish by promoting the community as a welcoming place for businesses, workers, families and tourists.

The Department of Economic Development is responsible for fostering economic development in St. John the Baptist.

As part of its mission, the RTF built and manages the Louisiana Emerging Technology Center (LETC), designed specifically as an incubator for companies with wet-lab needs, serves small and start-up businesses developing and commercializing university technologies.

EO is a collection of like-minded entrepreneurs focused on business growth, personal development and community engagement. In addition to our mission, vision and core values, our global makeup is comprised of nearly 12,000+ individual member stories.

We provide resources to address the challenges women face in building and growing a business including educational workshops and tools to strengthen supplier diversity partnerships.

Go.Be. coaches minority and women-owned businesses from survival to success through access to skills development, contracts and capital for growth, and networks to scale. For 20 years, Go.Be. has provided a supportive learning environment where it’s safe for entrepreneurs to share their ambitions, achievements and challenges. Contact Go.Be. for one-on-one coaching and mentoring, capacity-building funding, and business growth strategy development.

The Southern Region Minority Supplier Development Council (formerly the Louisiana Minority Supplier Development Council) was founded in 1973 to assist major corporations with developing, and enhancing their small business utilization programs with an emphasis on ethnic minority lead and operated businesses (MBEs).

Louisiana Economic Development is responsible for strengthening the state's business environment and creating a more vibrant Louisiana economy. With dedicated and knowledgeable professionals committed to Louisiana's economic future, LED strives to help businesses find the resources they need to make relocation and expansion a successful, profitable endeavor.

TEDF’s Mission is to identify opportunities and lead efforts to attract new jobs and investment, enhance the climate for retention and expansion of existing business, address education and workforce development needs, and provide advocacy for economic development public policy on behalf of all Tangipahoa Parish citizens and businesses.

Business training, support, & affordable resources for urban entrepreneurs, empowering them to create sustainable, successful business in New Orleans. LaunchNOLA also offers a 14-week Business Academy and incubator space to assist entrepreneurs.

St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation (SBEDF) is the official economic development organization of St. Bernard Parish formed to create and retain jobs, build prosperity, and improve quality of life. SBEDF is a public-private partnership, recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

As the lead economic development organization for St. Tammany, St. Tammany Corporation’s mission is to create capacity and sophistication as an organization resulting in transformational leadership with the greater outcome of economic prosperity for all of St. Tammany.

The mission of Economic Development is to not only facilitate economic and community development in Plaquemines Parish, but also assist in developing a resilient and sustainable economy that will benefit Plaquemines Parish residents and the State of Louisiana.

JEDCO offers loan programs specific to Jefferson Parish small business and SBA 504 loans statewide.

StayLocal is Greater New Orleans’ independent business alliance. We create an environment for local businesses to thrive through research, education, and advocacy.

A public-private partnership, the New Orleans Business Alliance is the official economic development organization for the City of New Orleans. One of the few accredited economic development organizations worldwide, the New Orleans Business Alliance was formed in 2010 through a coalition of business and civic leaders to employ the best practices in economic development to position New Orleans as the ideal intersection of commerce and culture.

Greater New Orleans, Inc. is the regional economic development nonprofit organization serving the 10-parish region of Southeast Louisiana that includes Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes. Our mission is to create a region with a thriving economy and an excellent quality of life, for everyone. The ultimate indication of our success will be the presence of a robust, accessible, and growing middle class in Southeast Louisiana where our children and grandchildren can live and prosper.

A nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and helping small businesses start, grow, and succeed in the New Orleans region through free mentoring, workshops, and other educational tools.

Nexus Louisiana’s mission is to accelerate the growth of high-potential, tech-enabled companies by providing coaching, capital and connections.

The New Orleans BioInnovation Center is a private, not-for-profit business incubator, supporting entrepreneurship and dedicated to the development of bioscience innovation throughout Louisiana. The Center works directly with entrepreneurs and researchers to commercialize new technologies spinning out of Louisiana universities and healthcare institutions, as well as those developed by independent innovators, to start and scale new globally competitive life science companies.

The Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation is the Urban League of Louisiana’s statewide entrepreneurial development organization. As the organization continues to evolve, we are deploying deliberate, innovative, place-based programming and services to entrepreneurs in communities across Louisiana. Our mission is to provide impactful support to women and minority entrepreneurs that wish to create and grow scalable, profitable and sustainable business ventures.

Revelry is a... Venture Fund, helping you finance, build, and scale your business. Startup Studio, spinning out vetted ideas and forming early stage companies. Services Team, providing Product, Design, and Engineering to bring your idea to life.

Designs software and mobile apps for startups and existing business.

Design and develop apps and other software to match your entrepreneurial vision. They craft custom user experiences and support them with elegant code, clean design, and scalable infrastructure.

An integrated marketing firm providing comprehensive solutions and strategies in a myriad of platforms. From branding to creative, media relations to social media, digital to design, for a variety of industries.

Designs programs to launch new products and services; to re-establish brands and products in the marketplace; or to create public image of a product, service, company, or non-profit.

NOEW is the premier digital experience celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit of New Orleans

Search Influence is a New Orleans born-and-raised digital agency providing full-service digital marketing to organizations across the country.

Trumpet is an advertising agency based in New Orleans. We create believable advertising for Believable Brands™. Believable Brands™ don’t just say, they do. They don’t just promise, they produce. They don’t just list their values, they live them. Believable Brands™ are the output of organizations that know why they exist—they’re about purpose as much as product. They leverage marketing communications as an extension of that purpose to legitimately gain preference with today’s consumers—who crave meaningful connections in order to validate their choices in a sea of seemingly exchangeable brands.

FSC Interactive is New Orleans-based digital marketing agency specializing in SEO, social media, online advertising, and email marketing.

Deep Fried Advertising is a creative branding and interactive agency based in New Orleans, LA. We grow businesses by crafting remarkable and effective brands.

PETERMAYER is an independent, full-service agency of 80 people built around a single purpose: We help brands move people. Move people to feel. Move people to play. Move people to act.

Rising Foundations’ small business incubator empowers formerly incarcerated people to develop small businesses to (at first) supplement their income while they continue working low-wage jobs, with an overall goal for these businesses to grow to provide full-time employment for themselves, and eventually for other formerly incarcerated people.

Adaptation Health is a buyer-side innovation program developing and building thought leadership and value on behalf of state Medicaid programs and Managed Care Organizations. Adaptation Health connects state Medicaid agencies, Managed Care Organizations, and innovative vendors to solve deep-rooted problems in Medicaid service delivery.

The Louisiana District Export Council (LDEC) is a non-profit, private-sector advisory board whose mission is to grow Louisiana’s economy by boosting U.S. exports. Appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, LDEC members are some of Louisiana’s most experienced export executives.

Every Louisiana business is looking for an edge, especially in international markets. And many look no further than the U.S. Commercial Service and our New Orleans operations, providing support to small and medium-sized companies throughout The Pelican State.

Provides a team of consultants who consulting services for business plans, sales & marketing, human resources, technology commercialization, financial analysis, financing, management, international trade, risk management, and growth management.

LookFar Ventures is a boutique investing and advising firm, targeting highly scalable, revenue positive startups.

Provides Capital for fast-growing, scalable companies.

LongueVue Capital (LVC) is a situation-driven, value-oriented private equity company focusing on the lower middle market (businesses with annual revenue of less than $100 million).

Advantage Capital has been an innovator in raising private institutional capital to invest in businesses located in states and communities that are undeserved by traditional sources of risk capital.

Pools member's capital and expertise to invest in and grow local start-up companies.

A group of accredited investors from New Orleans and throughout Louisiana who work together to evaluate, fund and nurture early-stage companies. Their members make individual decisions to invest in high growth Louisiana based businesses, where the path to exit is understood.

A nonprofit venture fund focused on business creation and innovation in the 10-parish Greater New Orleans region. The Fund exists to accelerate the growth of early-stage, pre-revenue companies looking for proof-of-concept capital.

Camelback Ventures aims to address the inequities of entrepreneurship by providing coaching, capital, and connections to underrepresented entrepreneurs. Camelback works with social impact innovators through fellowships with the vision of creating great schools and prosperous, livable communities for all families.

Co working space in Lower Garden District neighborhood of New Orleans

The Shop at the Contemporary Arts Center features over 40,000 square feet of artful co-working space for the creative professional.

The Business Innovation Center at Churchill Park provides a place to develop your business and realize your potential. The Business Innovation Center is a shared business environment providing physical and expert resources and a creative, collaborative environment to transform your idea into reality.

Professional business plans, financial models, and pitch decks for entrepreneurs seeking investment capital.

At 4.0, we invest in community-centered models of education, providing coaching, curriculum, community and cash to those with the imagination to envision more equitable ways to learn, and the desire to ethically test those ideas.

Propeller is a nonprofit organization that helps entrepreneurs grow their nonprofits and small businesses to tackle social and environmental disparities in New Orleans.

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is an investment to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing greater access to education, capital and business support services. To qualify, the business must have been in operation for at least two years, must generate annual sales or revenues above $150,000 in the most recent fiscal year, and have at least four employees.

Accelerator, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization program, is the catalyst that enables first-stage entrepreneurs to catapult their business to the next level. Their mission is to empower founders with the tools they need to grow their business to more than US$1 million in sales and provide them with the skills to make them a better entrepreneur and leader.

Engage Tulane connects medical research investigators with industry and other private collaborators, offering guidance and support before, during and after the project. The center helps to translate unique medical discoveries into products and services.

The Tulane University Family Business Center focuses on the issues and challenges that family businesses must overcome to grow and prosper from one generation to the next. Membership is open to those involved in family business enterprises in which the majority ownership of the company is controlled by the family.

The Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Freeman School of Business brings together scholars, inventors, investors and students to solve problems and build businesses. Programs include the Tulane Family Business Center, the Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship Research, and the Tulane Business Model Competition.

Through public and private partnerships, the University of New Orleans Research & Technology Foundation links the private sector to academia and various partners in the public sector. Tenants have opportunities to engage in joint proposals, to collaborate on research projects with university researchers, and to supplement their workforce through internships for undergraduate and graduate students.

The Small Business Incubator offers workshops and free consulting services to fuel the establishment and growth of small businesses. Whether you are considering starting a business for the first time or considering ways to grow your established business, we will connect you with the resources and tools to help your business prosper and grow. How do you get started? It depends on where you are in your entrepreneurial career.

Designs customized software solutions for business and industry.

Envoc is a Louisiana-based, award-winning software company able to meet with your complex software or mobile app project with disciplined, expert, and accountable delivery. Our local developers speak your language and will make you a hero in front of your team, boss, or customers.

A nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and helping small businesses start, grow, and succeed in the New Orleans' Northshore region through free mentoring, workshops, and other educational tools.

Since 1984, the Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) has provided the tools and resources necessary to help businesses grow and compete in an increasingly challenging global economy. We offer FREE business consulting and affordable training seminars designed to help you attract customers, improve operations, increase sales, and successfully access capital.

E²JDJ is a venture capital fund investing in disruptive food / ag tech & science to create a sustainable food system. The firm invests throughout the value chain, from production to consumption.

Capital partner and financing source for growth companies in the Southeast and throughout the United States

Invests in Louisiana-based seed or early stage high tech companies that have a proof of concept or can demonstrate a scalable business model

Callais Capital is a leading venture capital firm investing in seed, early stage, and growth companies in the surrounding Gulf Coast region.

The New Orleans BioFund was created to support small businesses in the region looking to grow, create jobs, and contribute to the economic revitalization of New Orleans. The fund operates in all industries as both an investor and lender, but places a special emphasis on biotechnology as a part of its mission.

Connect Hub Coworking is a vibrant, thriving coworking community professionally managed by the Hertz Investment Group at 400 Poydras Tower in New Orleans.

Co-working space located in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Community Development (CECD) is Loyola's hub for entrepreneurial activity across campus and a vital link to the New Orleans entrepreneurial community.

El Centro specializes in providing culturally competent financial literacy programming, business coaching and entrepreneurial training to Latinx individuals and entrepreneurs in south Louisiana.

Trepwise use entrepreneurial thinking and approaches to grow and sustain for-profit, non-profit, public sector and philanthropic organizations by providing innovative and practical solutions. Our mission is to be a growth catalyst for entrepreneurial cities, one organization at a time.

Offers a variety of programming to support the startup, growth, and scale of New Orleans entrepreneurs including mentor, coaching, and education programs.

The IDEAcorps MBA Consulting Challenge, hosted by Loyola University New Orleans CECD and in partnership with The Idea Village, gives MBA students the opportunity to work with a real startup to solve a problem the founding entrepreneur is facing. Teams work intensively over four days to scope the problem, validate a solution, and give the entrepreneur a plan that can have real-world results and impact.

The Washington Economic Development Foundation serves Washington Parish Louisiana, located on the Mississippi / Louisiana border in Southeast Louisiana. We provide information and assistance for businesses seeking to locate or expand operations.

Generational Support LLC is a consulting service creating a personal guide by providing detailed recommendations, referrals, and an action plan for aging adults and their caregivers. This service gives older adults and their family members guidance on actions to take for successful aging and caregiving.

My Next Electric helps folks save money electrifying their homes and vehicles.

Our mission is to assist small to medium sized businesses and non-profits to address their compliance needs with minimal overhead from your staff. With that in mind, we offer assessments to identify your most critical risks, mitigation plans to address them and a modern and user friendly cloud based training platform, as well as carefully crafted interactive trainings to keep your team up to date.

Flyte was founded in 2017 with a mission to empower entrepreneurs and families with the skills and resources they need to overcome systemic financial inequities. We ensure existing Black-owned businesses and the entrepreneurs entering the market have targeted support to prepare for, and connect with, capital that will provide them with the support and terms they need to succeed. Facilitating over 20 different programs of varying size and scope, we have helped over 1,200 people from majority Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color (BIPOC) communities in New Orleans access financial education resources. In March 2021 we launched a full-scale pilot of our 12-month Entrepreneur Empowerment Program, which worked with 30 local early-stage entrepreneurs, the majority of whom were BIPOC women with children. The aim of this program was to ensure that all the participants were in the strongest position possible to access capital after 12 months. The pilot has been very successful at achieving its stated aims even before the official end of the program in March 2022 and we are launching a second, 50 business cohort in May 2022.

Beyond the Equator makes consumer health food products from superfood seeds.

At d'Livery , we d'liver for our local businesses. Supporting our economy and offering items that have never before been deliverable. Our drivers make the most money, merchants pay the least in commission, and customers pay the smallest amount in d'livery charges. Besides supporting our local restaurants, by offering food delivery, we specialize in the shipping of medical supplies, prescriptions and medical laboratory specimens.

STEM Library Lab fosters high-quality active learning by providing teachers and students with access to equipment and support to drive academic success.

Top Right Corner produces original video game content and creates software solutions in the XR space for a variety of clients including government organizations, universities and private industry.

Where the convenience of dating apps meets in-person 1:1 speed dating to help make meaningful connections.

Prokeep is the only messaging platform built for distributors, by distributors. Our product roadmap is built based on real-world feedback and requests we proactively seek from the over 1,000 distributors who use and trust Prokeep to serve their customers. From homes and offices to museums, schools, storefronts and more, we believe the buildings around us reflect the story of our times. And we’re honored to support the flow of communications in the construction industry that allows this story to come to life

Ingest is a data management and analytics platform for restaurants and Food & Beverage retailers. By integrating with the tools and systems that businesses rely on (POS, Time & Attendance, Scheduling, Reservation Management, Invoice & Inventory Management, etc), Ingest unlocks hard-to-reach metrics to help operators make smarter decisions. Built on top of a proprietary no-code query language, the Ingest platform serves up cross-vertical analytics in real-time to give users a holistic overview of key business drivers. Through interactive dashboards, emailed PDF Flash Reports, and exportable .csv files, everyone in the business can see what’s working, what isn’t working, and where improvements can be made.

Web design agency based in New Orleans passionate about helping businesses build a solid online presence

Rx Interactive helps health care organizations increase patient and medication adherence by using game design and gamification technology to make patient education more engaging.

Pang Wangle is reinventing outdoor leisurewear by adding Insect Shield® technology into timeless styles for the casual adventurer. Our earth-friendly clothes offer protection from biting bugs; a break from sticky, toxic bug spray; and the freedom to have more fun outside. Pang Wangle is a vintage American phrase that means “to go along cheerfully despite minor misfortunes.” The name reflects our optimistic approach to enjoying the outdoors – despite those little bloodsuckers - with the right clothes and the right attitude.

Evolve Media accesses and aggregates videos, photos and audio content from multiple devices that can create a single customized (utilizing AI) video story automatically and within in minutes!

Innovative supply chain technology company creating high-efficiency container handling and transportation solutions for ports. We greatly reduce the traffic congestion, road stress, and carbon emissions footprint at the waterfront, while increasing container throughput capacity and efficiency for the port. Our systems are semi- or fully automated, operate on a combination of electricity and green hydrogen, and enable ports to operate within a fraction of the waterfront space currently used.

Countabl is the finance team for growing businesses in the digital age. - Start with basic cash-basis bookkeeping. - Grow with accrual based bookkeeping. - Scale with the forecasts and a fractional CFO. + Add on back office support for payroll, taxes, or tax credits, etc.

At Mariposa Technology, we are developing a revolutionary protocol for rapid, in-field testing of live hemp plants. By utilizing a handheld Raman spectrometer, paired with our proprietary database, we will provide affordable, accurate and immediate test results. This digital farming tool was first developed at Texas A&M's AgriLife and through an exclusive agreement Mariposa is bringing it to the commercial market.

A New Orleans-based food service which crafts appetizing meals for the health-minded individual, offering home delivery with customized nutrition goals.

An ambassador management software platform to help higher education institutions leverage campus visits as a decision point in the college selection process.

A trucking/hauling and logistic company with experienced professionals and the latest technology covering the back office support to ensure project production.

Rasa.io newsletters engage customers through curated content and help build relationships, helping businesses provide a real benefit to their email lists.

Junum helps hospitals understand and address malnutrition, so they can deliver exceptional patient care.

Award winning cocktail bitters, syrups & mixers company.

A national nonprofit that unlocks the collective expertise in education to catalyze innovation, improvement, and equity.

Brass Roots makes snack with a purpose, with a line of delicious products in a healthy form.

A level 2 SQF certified producer of food and beverage products specializing in flexible pouch manufacturing with state-of-the-art equipment.

Purveyors of stylish party accessories that have modernized childhood party staples, delivering meme-worthy celebratory messages with flair and finesse.

The Occasional Wife provides home services for the modern family and/or business.

Shibusa Systems is a construction company that designs and builds healthy, high-quality, attainable, and sustainable homes.

Pine Biotech brings computational big-data analysis tools to the Agrotech and Biotech industries to address industry-specific challenges.

Pet Krewe designs and manufactures pet costumes, toys and pet crafting kits sold.

Our visual patent drafting interface enables users to easily disclose their ideas and automatically generate patent applications.

Ooh La Bra designs and sells various styles of straps for convertible and strapless bras.

Obatala Sciences is a biotechnology toolkit company that offers products and services to early drug discovery researchers in the pharmaceutical industry and academia. The Company's core technology is the ObaCell® Adipose-on-a-Chip Microphysiological system, which allows for better modeling of human adipose physiology than traditional methods. ObaCell® consists of Obatala's human-derived hydrogel, ObaGel®, in-house isolated adult human stem cells, and in-house manufactured cell culture media. Obatala recently licensed additional microphysiological systems from Kit Parker's lab at Harvard University and is completing product development to offer them to the market.

A New Orleans-based clothing line that is known for its vibrant, unique prints that are inspired by New Orleans and the south.

NOLA Brewing Company is the only production brewery in the city of New Orleans.

Netchex is a leading, web-based human capital management platform offering single sign-on.

The Music Shed is a music business industry incubator serving musicians, composers, songwriters, producers, music supervisors.

MobileQubes provides its clients with self-automated kiosks that allow customers to rent and return compact battery Qubes.

Locally is a comprehensive online-to-offline shopping platform.

To accelerate the Impact Economy in New Orleans by supporting and leveraging a strong community of organizations.

KREWE du optic is an apparel & fashion company providing customer technology and designing services.

Making XR innovation accessible for every facility on the planet.

Software for school culture, classroom management, standards-based grading, formative, and summative assessment data analysis.

Joieful is a fast-growing experiences and travel technology company that powers hotel concierge desks, both online and with 24/7 live support.

Easy to use platform that provides school leaders and educators access to tools, resources, and data needed to set, track and reach professional learning goals.

A property management solution that helps property managers save time on inspections with self-guided inspections from a smartphone.

One of the nation's leading residential solar, energy efficiency and energy education providers for low-to-moderate income families.

Resilia’s products help nonprofit organizations become high-performing and enable Enterprises to measure and scale the impact of their grant deployments.

Research Defender has created a secure platform to help clients take control of their traffic and quality of their product to create a clean, healthy and efficient ecosystem in the research industry.

Rocket Photo is a nationwide marketplace that connects realtors with vetted, professional real estate photographers.

Capture 3D scans and 4D video from your mobile device.