The Mississippi Coding Academies is one of 10 finalists in the XPRIZE "Rapid Reskilling" competition and is the only representative in the competition from the United States' heartland. All other finalists are from a U.S. coast or international city. The 10 Qualified Teams are: Alelo, Los Angeles, California, USA Dignity…
Tyler Jones at the Columbus Dispatch recently covered our $100,000 seed fund award to Rocketing Systems, the up-and-coming e-commerce marketing company based in Starkville and run by recent Mississippi State University grads. Buzzbassador is a customer relationship management platform for companies to supervise their influencers or brand ambassadors. It tracks…
The Tech Tribune released a list of some of the best tech startups in Mississippi and Innovate Mississippi is excited to share and celebrate these top companies with the innovation ecosystem in our state. SchoolStatus, founded in 2012, is #1 on the "Best Tech Startups in Mississippi" list, and has…
Pitch new, niche and innovative products via virtual meetings with Walmart scheduled for June 30, 2021 BENTONVILLE, Ark. (Mar. 26, 2021) – The application process for Walmart’s eighth annual Open Call is now open, and the company invites Mississippi entrepreneurs dreaming of landing their products on Walmart shelves and online to apply for the opportunity to…
The Mississippi Seed Fund, managed by Innovate Mississippi, has invested in five companies in the first quarter of 2021. The companies receiving investments are StayCool Brands, Fan Space, Live Music Network, Rocketing Systems and CampusKnot. "We're delighted that these companies have come out of 2020 with promising products and business…
A little more than two years ago, Thomas White, an experienced barber, noticed that electric hair clippers—used extensively for Black and Latino hair styling—have a tendency to overheat too quickly, necessitating that barbers own and use multiple pairs throughout a workday. White pitched the idea of building better clippers to…
Innovate Mississippi has approved Starkville-based CampusKnot for a 2021 Mississippi Seed Fund award. CampusKnot offers a mobile app designed to help professors and teachers promote classroom participation among college and high school students. The company also added three new angel investors this quarter: Mike Morgan, Huey Ngo and Shaheed Khwaja,…
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State has received formal approval to build the Northern Gulf Aquatic Food Research Center, a multi-million-dollar facility in Ocean Springs and the first of its kind on the Mississippi Coast. The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Jackson County Board of Supervisors and Jackson County Port Authority have formally…
JACKSON, Miss.—The Mississippi Entrepreneurship Forum (MEF) announces the inaugural NextUp Statewide Student Pitch Competition, which will be held on April 13, 2021, to kick off their 6th annual forum designed to bring together the innovation community and discuss resources and strategies for Mississippi entrepreneurs. Student entrepreneurs from all Mississippi colleges, universities,…
Formerly Flowers to the Grave, BloomBridge gained new team members and energy in 2020 to expand their offerings throughout the southern United States. In 2019, Kristen Allen met Huey Ngo through an Innovate Mississippi mentor: Mike Morgan, an experienced technology executive and professor of practice at the University of Southern…