Making an Impact: 2020 Annual Report

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New Orleans Startup Fund releases 2020 Impact Report

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STEM NOLA Awarded $140,000 by W.K. Kellogg Foundation

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Dr. Calvin Mackie, right, and STEM NOLA students. NEW ORLEANS, LA – PowerMoves.NOLA alumni and New Orleans Startup Fund portfolio company STEM NOLA was recently awarded a $140,000 W.K. Kellogg grant. The one-year grant will go towards developing an online resource and training platform for pre-kindergarten through second-grade educators. Read the full article here. About…

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STEM NOLA Premieres Video During Thanksgiving Saints Game

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NEW ORLEANS, LA – STEM NOLA, a portfolio company of the New Orleans Startup Fund (NOSF), debuted this 30-second video during the primetime NFL Saints-Falcons Thanksgiving Day game. The video highlights STEM NOLA students speaking about their experiences at STEM NOLA events. About the New Orleans Startup Fund The New Orleans Startup Fund (“The Startup Fund”…

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New Orleans Startup Fund Announces New Class of PowerMoves.NOLA Fellows

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New Orleans, La. — The New Orleans Startup Fund announced a new class of PowerMoves.NOLA fellows today. The fellowship program was created to increase the number of venture-backed, high-growth, high-tech startups led by entrepreneurs of color in New Orleans. New Orleans has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s leading startup hubs, and in 2014, the New Orleans Startup Fund created PowerMoves.NOLA to be intentional about growing an inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystem in the…

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U.S. Department of Commerce Commits $250,000 to Propeller and the New Orleans Startup Fund to Launch Equity Investment Fund for Social Entrepreneurs

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NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Startup Fund (NOSF) is providing technical assistance to 16 minority-owned small businesses in New Orleans through a program funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. “When small businesses do well, there is a ripple effect throughout the community,” said Jimmy Roussel, the CEO of NOSF. “This program will provide resources to meet…

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