Be Well Nutrition Raises $1 Million for ICONIC PROTEIN Drink
Be Well Nutrition, developer of the ICONIC PROTEIN drink line, has just closed a $1 million fundraising round. The company recently revamped the branding and packaging of the drink line,…
Mr. Bubbles Cafe Opens on First Floor
Bringing banh mi sandwiches, bubble tea, pastries, and other food and drinks to upper Canal Street, Mr. Bubbles Cafe has opened on the first floor of the Center. With an…
MobileQubes Expands Sales in Northeastern U.S.
Providing rent-and-return phone battery kiosks, startup MobileQubes is now expanding in the Northeast. Already partnered with Amtrak in several areas, the company's service will now be available in major transit…
JPMorgan Chase Selects Center for Competitive Service Corps Program
Four top JPMorgan Chase employees from around the world are spending three weeks working at the Center to help with strategic planning around attracting and retaining new biotechnology companies. The…
BioAesthetics Wins Novel Tech Challenge and Rice Competition Prize
Focused on improving reconstruction options for post-surgery breast cancer patients, regenerative nipple graft startup BioAesthetics won multiple prizes in business competitions in April. The team won $10,000 in the Tulane…
Local Student-Founded Pressure Ulcer Startup Wins $25,000 in Tulane Competition
Invented by a team of biomedical engineering students, a device to prevent pressure ulcers in hospitals won first place and a $25,000 grand prize in the 2016 Tulane Business Model…
BioFund-Supported Dryades Market Opens in Central City
Through an investment by the New Orleans BioFund, we're proud to be a partner in the effort to bring fresh food, jobs, and growth to Central City with the opening…
FreshCane Wins $60,000+ in JEDCO Challenge
Functional beverage startup FreshCane has won the 2016 JEDCO Challenge competition. The cane water company won a cash and ervices prize package worth more than $60,000 in this year's competition…
AxoSim Receives $225,000 STTR Grant
Startup AxoSim Technologies has been awarded a $225,000 Small Business Technology Transfer grant by the NIH. This one-year grant will fund additional research to demonstrate that AxoSim’s novel nerve-on-a-chip technology…
Compliance Partners Closes Investment Round
New healthcare technology and advisory company Compliance Partners has closed an investment round of funding with the Louisiana-based Healthcare Innovation Fund. The capital will help Compliance Partners expand and launch…