Innovate Mississippi is pleased to announce the launch of the Central Mississippi Angel Fund I, a community-based investment fund. Investors based in Central Mississippi have established the fund to encourage startup growth in the region and to offer a risk-adjusted return to member investors. The Central Mississippi Angel Fund is…
Howard Ballou of WLBT reported this comprehensive look at the new Jackson Tech District that Dr. Nashlie Sephus, an Innovate Mississippi board member and mentor, has just announced for downtown Jackson. The $25 million development will start in phase one with live-work residential spaces, retail, and meeting space. In the…
JACKSON, Mississippi – Site Selection magazine has named Entergy one of the nation’s top 10 electric utilities in economic development for the 13th consecutive year. The recognition is largely due to the vital role Entergy played in supporting projects that resulted in some $18.2 billion of capital investment and the creation…
Innovate Mississippi is the recipient of one of 24 SBA FAST awards that the U.S. Small Business Administration has granted for specialized training, mentoring, and technical assistance for R&D-focused small businesses under the Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program administered by the SBA’s Office of Innovation and Technology. Innovate…
Over $4.5 billion in funding awarded to date; leading tech investment conference expands national footprint with virtual format for its 14th annual event ATLANTA – September 24, 2020 – Rocketing Systems, the company behind influencer marketing automation product Buzzbassador®, announced today that it has been chosen out of a record-breaking…
[Jackson, Miss.] The "Emerging Solutions" project, funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and managed by Innovate Mississippi, would like to hear your ideas about how technology or other new products or services could push Mississippi toward the best possible response to the COVID-19 crisis. Innovate Mississippi will help develop…
Two Mississippi-based companies—Compete Running and Jano Technologies—will give virtual presentations next week to accredited investors, as they seek "angel" rounds of investment to move their business plans forward. Compete Running, founded by competitive runner and social scientist Marvin King, offers a software application that gives runners their "number" -- something…
Lobaki, Inc. and Painted Desert Montessori Academy in Buckeye, Ariz., announce the installation of Lobaki’s Immersive Institute: a proprietary offering from the company that provides a turnkey hardware and software solution for live immersive education in Virtual Reality, or VR. PD Virtual Academy, or PDVA, will be rolled out to…
The U.S. Small Business Administration, or SBA, is supporting a new program to help women and minority entrepreneurs with SBIR grants. Federal SBIR grants are almost the only grants available for small businesses, and while Mississippi businesses are generally underserved in receiving these grants, women and minority-owned businesses are particularly…
Innovate Mississippi, with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, announces the Minority and Women Entrepreneur Development Program. Minority and women founders will be invited to join a network of peers to participate in programs that further entrepreneurial education, provide mentor connections, and offer general development assistance. Beginning on July 21st,…