08/15/17

BioChallenge Competition for Louisiana Life Sciences Startups Offers $50,000+ in Prizes

The Center has launched the annual BioChallenge pitch competition for Louisiana life sciences startups, with over $50,000 in prizes available. Learn more:     Competition for Louisiana Life Sciences Startups…


08/01/17

Center Announces Innovation Louisiana 2017 Conference Keynotes

The Center has opened registration for the Innovation Louisiana 2017 conference on November 6 and 7 that educates attendees on turning cutting-edge scientific discoveries into viable businesses. In celebration of…


07/31/17

AAAneurysm Outreach Screening of 1,000+ Veterans Identifies 16 Needing Treatment

More than 1,000 military veterans participated in the largest free screening event for abdominal aortic aneurysms in the U.S., which was held in late July by tenant non-profit AAAneurysm Outreach.…


07/31/17

BioInnovation Center Honored with DDD’s 2017 Downtown Nola Award

The Center is proud to be among six recipients of the 2017 Downtown Nola Awards, presented by the Downtown Development District of New Orleans each year to businesses, organizations, and individuals…


07/21/17

Advano Expands Staff, Relocates to UNO in New Collaboration

Advanced materials startup Advano is now headquartered at the University of New Orleans as part of a new collaborative agreement with the UNO Advanced Materials Research Institute. Advano is developing a cheaper and more…


07/09/17

Xavier Spinout Zenopharm Receives $298,000 SBIR Grant

Led by researcher Dr. Guangdi Wang, Xavier University spinout startup Zenopharm has received a federal Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health for nearly $300,000. The…


06/20/17

Biomedical Data Analysis and Machine Learning Startup Pine Biotech Raises $1 Million

Pine Biotech has secured over $1 million in seed funding from investors in support of the development and commercialization of their proprietary biomedical data analysis and machine learning platform. Incorporated in the…


06/08/17

RNvention Secures $215,000 in Investment Capital

Shreveport-based startup RNvention began raising funds in March 2017 to advance manufacturing and the go-to-market strategy for their flagship product MultiNix, dubbed "the utility tool for frontline healthcare." This product…


05/17/17

Instapath Bioptics Wins $30,000 Grand Prize in International Business Model Competition

New Orleans student-founded startup Instapath Bioptics has won the 2017 International Business Model Competition organized by Brigham Young University. With rapid, high-quality imaging, Instapath aims to improve how tissue biopsies…


05/11/17

Fluence Analytics Raises Series A Funding Round

Fluence Analytics, formerly APMT, has raised a Series A funding round led by Energy Innovation Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in growing companies in energy innovation. Fluence Analytics…