The South Mississippi Angel Fund I announced its formation this week and is now gathering investors to invest in early-stage companies and grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem, targeting South Mississippi. Innovate Mississippi is helping organize the South Mississippi Angel Fund to be a $1 million fund. Individual member investors can also…
[Jackson, Miss.] The Mississippi Development Authority announced this week that it's inviting qualified teams to participate in the “Pitch in the V-Quad” competition to be held on Aug. 26. Qualified teams are those that are developing new products or services in the energy and agriculture technology sectors. Each pitch must…
The W.K. Kellogg funded Women and Minority Entrepreneurial Development Program offers a startup curriculum, access to mentors and potential funding. After two decades in the medical billing field, Melissa Bloom noticed that billing errors often start with the intake process at the reception desk. That gave her the idea of…
Nearly two decades of marketing focus leads to proven Know, Grow and Scale™ framework. The Business Growers, a marketing firm for growth-focused companies, announces its launch. The company will provide services for organizations nationwide, covering various areas, including branding, website development, design, marketing strategy, social media, search engine optimization (SEO)…
Lobaki is positioned to double sales year-over-year [JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI] Josiah Jordan, Lobaki, Inc.’s co-founder and chief technical officer announced that Vince Jordan, co-founder and chief evangelist has resigned to pursue new opportunities of incorporating technology with education. “Our Lobaki team thanks Vince for his contributions to the company and we…
GrowinLocal started when its co-founders, Richard Kostal and Barry Delcambre, decided to connect food producers and consumers via an online app. They designed the app to fill a gap in the marketplace that's somewhere between sharing your garden with neighbors and setting up a stand at the local farmers' market.…
Rocketing Systems, a Starkville-based startup company run by recent Mississippi State University graduates, isn't quite the outlier it looks like on paper. The e-commerce software-as-a-service company has raised $685,000 in its three years by pulling together different components from Mississippi’s startup ecosystem. "Organizations like the Mississippi State University Entrepreneurship Center,…
Cameron Maddox said he and his fiancee were eating tacos on "$2 Taco Day," taking advantage of a promotion from Two Brothers restaurant in Starkville, Miss., where the two were attending college. Munching away, they got to wondering what other area eateries offer similar deals. After some time on Google,…
Adranos, Inc., an Indiana company that produces clean, solid rocket fuel for space travel, announced this week that it's increasing its investment in Mississippi. In September 2020, Adranos announced it was opening a location in McHenry, Miss., in a 640-acre complex previously housing a facility for General Dynamics. That investment…
Like many serial entrepreneurs, Cortney Davis has a knack for spotting trends. Davis, who has a background in real estate investing and has done business in construction clean-up and green energy, noticed a trend early in the COVID-19 pandemic: People were gaming from home. Lots of them. With offices locked…