AMCREF Community Capital

Glass Half Full is a Louisiana-based company specializing in glass recycling. It collects glass waste from residents, businesses, and events, transforming it into sand and gravel for various purposes such as disaster relief, coastal restoration, and eco-construction. By making glass recycling accessible and transparent, the company helps divert waste from landfills and promotes sustainability.

TemperPack Technologies designs and manufactures thermal packaging for insulated and temperature-sensitive goods, including shipping containers, one-piece boxes, two-piece liners, and temper sleeves for perishable foods, medicines, specimens, prepared meals, seafood, meats, and desserts. It serves e-commerce food companies in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. Founded in 2015 and based in Richmond, Virginia, it operates facilities in Richmond and Las Vegas. The company focuses on sustainable design and custom solutions for the perishable food and life sciences industries, and has developed a curbside recyclable insulated shipping solution using food-safe, recyclable materials designed to support large-scale supply chains while reducing single-use plastics.

Zilkha Biomass Energy manufactures a patented wood pellet for baseload renewable energy generation.

Jack and Jakes has developed a local/organic wholesale company, sourcing food from within a 100-mile radius of New Orleans to provide healthy food for hospitals and schools. They have received $500,000 in follow-on funding.