Silicon Bayou News

30/04/2024

Last call to complete the GNO Startup Report Survey! Learn more and submit by end of day here: https://freeman.tulane.edu/lepage/greater-new-orleans-startup-report

13/12/2023

Today marks the release of the fifth annual Greater New Orleans Startup Report by the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation bit.ly/3uPxUQ3

Today marks the release of the fifth annual Greater New Orleans Startup Report. When the GNO Startup Report first came out in 2019, one of the most important goals was to serve as a benchmark for the local early-stage business landscape. No one could have predicted all the challenges we’d face in ...

10/11/2023

Last chance to apply to The Idea Village's startup accelerator program! https://bit.ly/3SAvC0Y

VILLAGEX, an accelerator program led by entrepreneurial support nonprofit The Idea Village, is seeking its next startup cohort. The mentor-driven program is designed for venture-scale startups en route to raise at least $1 million in the next two years. Applications are currently being accepted toda...

30/05/2023

Tomorrow is the final day to participate in the 2023 GNO Startup Report survey organized by the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane: https://bit.ly/3INAJ8i

The Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane University has extended the deadline of the 2023 GNO Startup Report Survey until Wednesday, May 31. The award-winning initiative is designed to gather data about startups in the Greater New Orleans region. To be eligible, businesses mus...

29/03/2023

Today marks a full day of entrepreneurial programming at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week https://bit.ly/3Zpc6EC

Attendees from near and far are gearing up for the 12th annual New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW), a festival of innovation and entrepreneurship in the Crescent City. Core programming kicks off today at Gallier Hall in downtown New Orleans. Themes of this year’s conference include Culture Tech, ...

10/02/2023

Tonight is the deadline for The Idea Village's IDEAfuel program. Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/3S4uroB

IDEAfuel is a program launched by The Idea Village in 2022 aimed at increasing the diversity, equity, and inclusivity of the region’s startup community. IDEAfuel focuses solely on supporting and funding startups founded by Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC). The program is seekin...

25/01/2023

A new $10 million startup fund at Tulane University is focused on supporting women- and minority-led ventures in Louisiana https://bit.ly/3DCrMMT

Last month, the U.S. Treasury approved the State of Louisiana’s application for up to $113 million for small business owners and entrepreneurs through its State Small Business Credit Initiative. One of the programs to benefit from the funding was the Tulane University Innovation Institute, which w...

12/12/2022

The 2022 GNO Startup Report data is now available:

By Rob Lalka, Albert R. Lepage Professor in Business and the Executive Director of the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane University. We are excited to share the publication of our fourth annual Greater New Orleans Startup Report, which features information gather...

08/12/2022

Save the date! New Orleans Entrepreneur Week will take place March 27 to April 1, 2023 https://bit.ly/3Hm12Ta

The Idea Village has announced the return of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW), the annual festival celebrating all things entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and culture in New Orleans. The six-day entrepreneurial event will bring together startup founders, business leaders, aspiring entre...

30/11/2022

The deadline to nominate Black and Brown techies, creatives, entrepreneurs, developers, and more to the campaign run by NOLAvate Black is tomorrow, December 1! https://bit.ly/3H7oX8K

30/11/2022

New Orleans and NY-based Resilia has closed a history-making funding round https://bit.ly/3UkYZSc

Resilia, a New Orleans and New York-based SaaS technology startup, has closed a $35 million series B funding round co-led by Panoramic Ventures and Framework Venture Partners. Silicon Bayou News covered Resilia and its founder Sevetri Wilson after a milestone $8 million Series A funding announcement...

11/11/2022

Tonight at midnight is the deadline to apply to The Idea Village's VILLAGEx accelerator for industry-leading startups https://www.ideavillage.org/villagex

VILLAGEx is an industry-leading, mentor-driven accelerator program for technology-enabled startups. The selective 4-month program is cohort-based, and it leverages the passion and expertise of New Orleanians across the globe to provide founders with the connections and resources needed to scale rapi...

19/10/2022

Obatala Sciences, Inc closed a $3 million Series A funding round co-led by être Venture Capital and Ochsner Lafayette General Healthcare Innovation Fund II bit.ly/3TyLiz7

New Orleans-based biotech company Obatala Sciences has just closed a $3 million Series A funding round co-led by être Venture Capital and Ochsner Lafayette General Healthcare Innovation Fund II. Obatala Sciences is known for developing products and services to aid in the research and treatment for ...

19/10/2022

Additional speaker session tickets for DevFest Baton Rouge have just been announced! https://bit.ly/3MJOV2Z

DevFest Baton Rouge is a community-run one-day conference aimed to bring technologists, developers, students, tech companies, and speakers together on Saturday, October 29 at the Business Education Complex at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge. The conference is organized by Google Deve...

17/10/2022

The first-ever Fresh Mint Fest kicks off this weekend in New Orleans. Get your tickets now to experience in action October 21-22: bit.ly/3VwNt8d

Fresh Mint Fest is a brand new street festival exhibiting the technology in an experiential way, with a specific focus on Web3, NFTs, cryptocurrency, and much more. Organizers are anticipating over 3,000 attendees for this inaugural festival, which takes place October 21-22 across three historic ven...

06/09/2022

The Idea Village's 48 Hour Launch event kicks off this Friday! https://bit.ly/3erSk9R

The Idea Village is seeking artists, engineers, developers, designers, marketing professionals, and creative enthusiasts for its first ever 48 Hour Launch event happening September 9-11, 2022. Participants will form teams and work under the clock to create a Web3-enabled product or business. E...

30/08/2022

Only two days left to apply to the Fall 2022 IDEAinstitute accelerator program run by The Idea Village in New Orleans https://bit.ly/3RkJMzr

New Orleans-based nonprofit The Idea Village has extended the application deadline for its idea-stage accelerator program IDEAinstitute to Thursday, September 1 at 11:59 pm. The 10-week hybrid program is designed for entrepreneurs and potential startup founders to introduce them to the tools they ne...

21/06/2022

The fifth annual Black Tech NOLA conference presented by NOLAVATE Black is coming up June 27-29 https://bit.ly/3bmysn2

The fifth annual Black Tech NOLA, presented by NOLAvate Black, is an inclusive innovation conference slated for June 27-29 in New Orleans during the week of Essence Festival. The conference provides resources, funding, expertise, and innovation to the growing technology and creative economy in New O...