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Kickboard for Teachers, founded in 2009, is a web-based program that helps teachers track their students’ academic performances and correlate progress with school culture and discipline. The fully customizable, easy-to-use interface currently serves over 150 schools. Jen Medbery, the founder and CEO, is a software developer who used three years’ teaching experience in low-income schools to create Kickboard for Teachers as a catalyst for education reform.“Having the New Orleans Startup Fund invest was a significant boost for my startup,” said Jen Medbery, Founder, Kickboard for Teachers. “Thanks to their technical support and network, I was been able to obtain financing from national venture capital firms and local investors. With the city already attracting entrepreneurs and their ideas, the Startup Fund is one more very compelling reason for new companies to consider New Orleans as a place to do business.”Business Week named Jen Medbery one of America’s most promising social entrepreneurs for 2011, and Inc. Magazine featured Jen on its “30 Under 30” list. The company has also won numerous competitions, including the Tulane New-Day Challenge, New Orleans Entrepreneur Week’s Idea Pitch, and UPenn Graduate School of Education Business Plan Competition.Read more about the Startup Fund’s investment in Kickboard for Teachers here.
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adverCar is a national transit media company that enables brands to target neighborhoods, commuter routes, and shopping centers within a specific zip code, region, or DMA by cost effectively renting space on the sides of GPS-tracked adverCar fleets—delivering a more dynamic, accountable out-of-home media choice.“This is an exciting time for adverCar, and was made possible by the New Orleans Startup Fund team, who pushed through every obstacle in a way that, in business, is hard to explain,” said Neil Turner, co-Founder, adverCar. “NOSF really cares about the mission, which separates it from other groups we have or will encounter.”Read more about the Startup Fund’s investment in adverCar here.
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Zlien is a web-based service that helps the construction industry manage, protect, and enforce mechanic lien rights. Founded in 2007, Zlien simplifies the lien process for contractors and provides an affordable way for the construction industry to understand and manage the nation’s varied lien requirements. Founder Scott Wolfe, Jr. is an experienced construction lawyer in New Orleans and also co-founded a web-design company in 1998.Read more about the Startup Fund’s investment in Zlien here.
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Bioceptive is developing a patent-pending intrauterine device (IUD) inserter that vastly simplifies the insertion procedure while significantly reducing the complications inherent with current insertion techniques.
Bioceptive recently won the Turner BioChallenge.
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Established as a manufacturer and distributor of renewable alternative fuels in 2008, Golden Leaf Energy produces and distributes biodiesel to commercial clients, including the Louisiana film production industry. Golden Leaf Energy is reducing waste in landfills while providing clean biofuels for the nation. The company operates a 2.2 million gallon, multi-feed stock facility in Southeast Louisiana.“The investment from the Startup Fund allows us to move our plant to full production. It expands our operations and gives us the ability to bring more product to the ever-expanding biofuels market,” said Troy Clark, President & CEO of Golden Leaf Energy.Read more about the Startup Fund’s investment in Golden Leaf Energy here.
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