[Jackson, Miss.] Lobaki, Inc., the Jackson-based virtual-reality firm, has closed the first tranche of a $2 million round of financing led by the North Mississippi Angel Fund. "We met with the North Mississippi Angel Fund in Columbus and had a really good experience with them. All the members are very…
EasyKale CEO and co-founder, Bilal Qizilbash, is a passionate, driven guy. While studying for his master’s degree in medical science from Mississippi College, he ended up with a surprising discovery from his studies—he found that juiced leafy kale, in vitro, would kill melanoma cells while leaving noncancerous ones alone.…
Vince Jordan believes his company, Lobaki Inc., may be one of the first companies ever formed, literally, in virtual reality. Jordan was physically in Boulder, Colo., and his son, Josiah, was in New Zealand. Wearing headsets and holding controllers, they met on a virtual beach in cyberspace, where they signed…
Bidmoni, a financial services startup out of Moss Point, just closed a $500k investment round with the Mississippi Angel Investor Network. Bidmoni’s FiduciaryShield is a retirement plan marketplace that allows for the employer, the plan provider, and the financial advisor to put together a retirement plan in the best interest of…
MetaGames, founded by MSU graduate Ryan Gilbrech, is building a video game company aimed at the lucrative competitive gaming market, with funding from the Mississippi Seed Fund. Not long after graduating from Mississippi State University and entering the workforce with a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering, Ryan Gilbrech was lamenting to…
MegaPatch LLC, a Madison, Miss., company that is producing “the world’s most durable cold patch for pothole repair,” is the brainchild of Jack Wilson, who has held the patent on his Megapatch pothole repair solution for over 20 years. Potholes are the bane of every driver—and every civic transportation administrator.…
Tasha Bibb, entrepreneurial development director for Innovate Mississippi, was the special presenter of the STEM Entrepreneurship workshop presented by Tougaloo College. The workshop, attended by 50 Summer Science and Engineering Program (SSEP) students, took place on Monday, June 24, 2019, and is a new addition to the SSEP program. Bibb's…
Earl Washington's daily 4 a.m. walks were the inspiration he needed to invest the StayCool Cap, a device he hopes can fight back the Mississippi summer heat. "You know how when you're walking, and start sweating and pull your hat off, and a breeze hits you?" asks the Jackson resident.…
Innovate Mississippi was pleased to be a part of the the 2nd Annual Health Innovation and Transformation Forum hosted by the University of Mississippi Medical Center on Tuesday, May 21 at the Norman C. Nelson Student Center on UMMC’s campus. The HIT Forum is an interactive event where health innovators…
Photo, clockwise from top left: Brennen Hodge (CitizenHealth), Gary Butler (Camgian), Bilal Qizilbash (EasyKale), Tim Mask (Maris, West and Baker). The US Department of State invited a select number of leaders from Mississippi companies to the 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in The Hague on June 3-5, 2019. The list…