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After years of bootstrapping, New Orleans-based Prokeep raises $9M seed round

After years of bootstrapping, New Orleans-based Prokeep raises $9M seed round

Communication is difficult in any workplace, but the co-founders behind Prokeep recognized that it was a particular problem for those working in construction. Jack Carrere, McKay Johnson, and Mark Kanof noticed this when they started working more with contractors for various home improvement projects. Ultimately, the team saw a need

What's Next In EventTech: New Orleans-based WRSTBND Talks Innovation Inside The Festival Scene

What's Next In EventTech: New Orleans-based WRSTBND Talks Innovation Inside The Festival Scene

EventTech was a natural fit for Conway Solomon. As a tech enthusiast, he started working at his brother’s New Orleans-based event production company back in high school and the space immediately pulled him in. “I found that the event world had so many variables,” Solomon told Hypepotamus. “Every festival

"First Turn Of The Flywheel": Startups To Watch In New Orleans

"First Turn Of The Flywheel": Startups To Watch In New Orleans

From its first $1 billion exit to an increased number of venture capital deals, the tech scene in New Orleans scored some major headlines in the second half of 2021. For Jon Atkinson, CEO at the city’s accelerator The Idea Village, these headlines are just the start. “We see

$500M Acquisition Could Level Up Southeast's Construction Tech Scene

$500M Acquisition Could Level Up Southeast's Construction Tech Scene

Since Gretchen Lynn joined as Levelset’s employee #1 back in 2011, she’s been part of making sure those in the construction industry never “lose a night’s sleep over payment.” The New Orleans-based SaaS platform has scaled over the last decade to help contractors get paid for a

In Quest To Make Moving Apartments More Fair & Transparent, RentCheck Raises $3.6 million

In Quest To Make Moving Apartments More Fair & Transparent, RentCheck Raises $3.6 million

A struggle over an apartment security deposit has been spun into a rapidly scaling startup with roots across the Southeast. Based out of New Orleans, RentCheck was started after Lydia Winkler was moving out of her first-year law school apartment. “I never got my security deposit back,” she tells Hypepotamus.

These Louisiana Startups Just Raised A Combined $9.5 Million

These Louisiana Startups Just Raised A Combined $9.5 Million

Nine early-stage startups across Louisiana recently graduated from the VILLAGEx accelerator program, and a subset of them brought in a combined $9.5 million in funding. For Jon Atkinson, CEO of The Idea Village, it shows the momentum of the Louisiana tech ecosystem. “Startup founders are a highly adaptable breed

Sevetri Wilson

Nonprofit Formation Platform Resilia Raises $8 Million in Series A, Continuing Founder Sevetri Wilson's History-Making Winning Streak

Expect Sevetri Wilson to be in the news a lot more in the near future — the African-American entrepreneur’s nonprofit formation and compliance platform Resilia just announced a completed Series A funding round of $8 million, making it one of the biggest investment hauls from a woman of color in