The Louisiana Startup Expanding From Laundry to Prescription Delivery
The company behind an on-demand laundry service is moving into the medical sphere; Lafayette-based hampr has received an investment from the Healthcare Innovation Fund II to launch its [...]
Study Ranks Performance of Each State’s Economy Over The Past Decade
The economy of the United States is the largest in the world by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and the second-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). During the past decade, in most of [...]
How Does Your State Rank on the Innovation Scale?
Innovation Is Key Innovation is crucial to sustainable economic growth, but for innovation to occur businesses must have both the incentive and the capacity to invest. As innovation is key to the [...]
An Unlikely Tech Hub Rising in Northern Louisiana
State agencies and leaders in private industry are working together to turn what locals call the I-20 corridor – Monroe, Shreveport and Ruston – into a prominent, self-sustaining [...]
Huge Handouts for Louisiana Biotech Startups Thanks to Local Biofund
The New Orleans BioFund, a low-interest loan program targeting biotech startups, has loaned $3 million to more than a dozen local startups. The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development [...]
