Investors
New Orleans: An entrepreneurial hub
Over the past 15 years, the Greater New Orleans region has transformed into a hub for entrepreneurial activity. Founders are drawn to the unique culture and supportive community, and investors get to take advantage of a cost of doing business that allows their capital to stretch farther than competing markets. The area is rich in diversity, allowing investors to back minority- and woman-owned companies at a higher rate than competing regions. In fact, metro New Orleans is #4 in the USA for Woman and African-Americans in tech and digital media.
Our Proven Track Record
Funders can leverage a rich suite of tax incentives, including a 25% digital media cash credit. Over the past year, there have been more than a dozen major exits in New Orleans, including Lucid ($1.1B), SunPro Solar ($850M) and Levelset ($500M), driving significant returns to investors from across the country, and globe.
Grow with the community
Creativity, ingenuity, passion—the culture of New Orleans is unmatched. And the network of strategic investors and funding organizations is helping it grow more than ever. Because when we invest in New Orleans, everyone wins.
$3 Million Invested in Fastest-Growing Campground Industry OTA, Spot2Nite
April 18, 2023 — Spot2Nite, the no. 1 campground industry online travel agency (OTA) with the fastest-growing RV spot marketplace in North America, recently closed a Series A round of funding led by a Family Offi...
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Glass Half Full Wins NOEW’s 2023 Pitch Contest
April 3, 2023 — Glass Half Full, a startup that recycles household glass into sand and gravel for use in coastal restoration and eco-construction projects, took home top prizes in the annual IDEApitch competition...
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John Bel Edwards at NOEW: New Orleans culture helps draw startups, clean energy key to new jobs
March 30, 2023 — While touting the cultural economy that makes New Orleans an attractive place for startups, Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday told a crowd gathered for New Orleans Entrepreneur Week that his clim...
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NOEW’s 2023 IDEApitch Companies Announced
March 23, 2023 — New Orleans Entrepreneur Week will host the IDEApitch competition at 4 p.m. Friday, March 31 at Generations Hall. Three competitors from the Idea Village’s VILLAGEx accelerator program will pit...
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New Orleans East teens make ‘impossible’ mathematical discovery unproven for 2,000 years
March 22, 2023 — It takes a special kind of student to outsmart 2,000 years of mathematicians — at St. Mary’s Academy, they have two. Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson just gave a presentation...
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