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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.

OfficerReports develops and distributes tracking and reporting software for its clients. The company’s product portfolio consists of reporting software, guard tour tracking software, time and attendance software, and technology bundle. Reporting software features daily activity reports, incident reports, and logs. Time and attendance software features time scheduling, clock-in and out activity controlling, and clock summary reporting. OfficerReports was founded in 2013 by Courtney Sparkman and Victor Scott and is based in Illinois.

Cura OS is a company that specializes in developing business management software tailored for care providers. Focused on creating an all-in-one custom software solution, Cura OS aims to address the specific needs of waiver services and ICF/IDD clients by enhancing functionality and efficiency. The company's software platform facilitates person-centered support plans and streamlines various business management processes, including client care, employee management, payroll, scheduling, billing, compliance, and training services. By integrating these essential functions, Cura OS enables care providers to optimize their human resources and improve overall business practices.

Embera NeuroTherapeutics, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company based in Sudbury, Massachusetts, founded in 2005. The company is focused on developing innovative treatments for smoking cessation, cocaine dependence, and other addictions, an area where effective drug therapies are limited or nonexistent. Embera's flagship product, EMB-001, combines the benzodiazepine oxazepam with metyrapone, a cortisol synthesis inhibitor, to target the stress response system and specific brain functions linked to cravings and relapse. This dual-action approach aims to modulate various stress-related pathways, thereby reducing the cravings that drive addictive behaviors. By addressing the underlying mechanisms of addiction, Embera NeuroTherapeutics seeks to offer a more effective solution for individuals struggling with these disorders.

TrayAway is a technology company that specializes in enhancing the efficiency of room service operations for luxury hotels. It offers a digital ordering platform combined with Internet of Things (IoT) tracking devices, enabling hotels to automate the process of tracking and retrieving room service trays and trolleys. By streamlining these operations, TrayAway helps hotels save time, improve guest experiences, and maintain a tidy environment by ensuring hallways remain free of clutter from abandoned trays. The company's software-as-a-service model allows for seamless integration into hotel operations, ultimately enhancing service delivery and operational efficiency.

Omnidek is an enterprise smart data content management platform that provides businesses of all sizes with tools to create corporate forms, portals, workflows, and analytics within a unified mobile and web interface. The platform aims to streamline operations by eliminating the need for paper, files, and spreadsheets, thereby enhancing efficiency and organization. It features a chat-style inbox that integrates messaging with workflows, simplifying communication and collaboration among teams. By consolidating third-party applications, Omnidek offers an ecosystem that facilitates the seamless rollout of technology across organizations, enabling data-driven decision-making and smart insights for improved business processes.

MasteryPrep provides college and career readiness programs and ACT test preparation services for schools and districts. It offers an online platform and professional development for educators and administrators to support in-class ACT preparation, focusing on helping students with lower ACT scores improve their results, gain college admissions, and pursue brighter futures. The company collaborates with schools to align readiness curricula with schedules and needs. Founded in 2013 and based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, MasteryPrep aims to improve standardized test outcomes by delivering targeted instruction and support to students and districts.

SellSwipe™ is a mobile application that will provide a peer-to-peer and business-to-consumer marketplace for communities.

Juicebox is a digital health company that provides an anonymous platform for users to engage in meaningful conversations with certified sex and relationship coaches. Founded by Brianna Rader, Juicebox's mission is to create a safe space for individuals of all sexual and gender identities, as well as varying levels of experience, to access personalized and affordable sex education and coaching. The platform addresses a wide range of topics, including intimacy, erectile dysfunction, dating, and orgasms, allowing users to seek advice and support for emotional and physical concerns. By facilitating consultations in a secure and convenient environment, Juicebox aims to enhance personal wellness and promote informed discussions about sexual health and relationships.

Something Borrowed Blooms is a floral boutique specializing in the rental of premium silk wedding flower collections. The company operates a rent-and-return system that allows clients to access elegant floral arrangements without the high costs typically associated with traditional wedding flowers. Through its mobile-friendly platform, brides can conveniently order and pay for their wedding flowers directly from their smartphones, with deliveries made directly to their doorsteps. This innovative approach enables customers to enjoy beautiful, well-designed floral decor while maintaining budgetary considerations, making it an attractive option for weddings nationwide.

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Kinesics is a musculoskeletal health management company that specializes in health technology and data analytics software solutions. The company aims to be a leading platform for organizations, corporations, and institutions to effectively manage risk and enhance performance among their patients, athletes, clients, and employees. Kinesics has developed a risk management platform specifically designed to mitigate the risk and costs associated with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) across various sectors, including medical, athletic, fitness, wellness, and occupational environments. This platform utilizes objective data from range of motion measurements to create tailored flexibility programs, helping to reduce the likelihood of injuries and improve overall health outcomes.

MobileQubes Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, specializes in providing on-the-go charging solutions for smartphone and tablet users. The company operates self-service kiosks installed in high-traffic locations such as airports, hotels, hospitals, and sports venues. These kiosks allow users to rent or purchase external battery packs, known as 'Qubes', to charge their devices conveniently while away from power outlets. MobileQubes also offers its products for sale online.

ASAP is an app based restaurant platform that connects restaurants and guests. Guests scroll restaurant menus, customize an order, modify any item, add people to a group order, split the check, choose delivery or carryout, and with the push of a button, have an order in their hands. ASAP has transformed the way restaurants reach people & the way people choose restaurants. The ASAP delivery team & on-demand delivery platform differentiates itself from the pack by being built by hospitality professionals for hospitality professionals. ASAP (formerly known as Waitr) began in late 2013 and started in Chris Meaux's home office and moved into the SEED Center, a Lake Charles, Louisiana business incubator near McNeese State University's campus on Ryan Street. In late 2015, by the end of the first year of operations, 57,000 food delivery orders had been placed on the Waitr app. That was when the decision was made by then CEO Chris Meaux to begin to amp up the digital marketing & operations efforts in addition to the engineering and administrative efforts to guide the company. In marketing, Patrick Hardey was added to the team to take over founder Addison Killebrew's marketing role alongside Katie Davis & Chloe Friend. For operations, Matt Sarradet, Charity Grandchampt, and Crystal Day were hired. As they grew quickly, several months into 2016 their first acquisition took place when they bought GoGoGrocer and then a competitor called Requested out of Northern California founded by San Francisco's Jeff Bolante, & Sacramento's Sonny Mayugba, two seasoned marketing veterans who dropped out of Facebook's Global Marketing Team responsible for developing and growing the Facebook Blueprint. With Sonny Mayugba and Jeff Bolante at the helm in combination with an already successful marketing effort they were able to mentor Patrick Hardey into becoming a customer acquisition professional on Facebook rapidly, which was alluded to by CEO Chris Meaux in a 2017 YouTube video. Some time later Patrick Hardey spearheaded an internal business unit embedded in the marketing department called Partner Marketing (premium digital marketing service), and also cofounded the Waitr Impact corporate social responsibility program after a pitch to executives and board members, and afterward was invited to join the operations stewardship council. Subsequently, through their teamwork with operations, HR, sales, and service they posted a 20%+ month-to-month growth rate average for roughly 3 consecutive years before going public through a strategic partner in the world's wealthiest restauranteur who was impressed with their ability to bring in and keep customers happy on the B2B and B2C fronts. Through a SPAC led by Tilman Fertitta (who is the Billion Dollar Buyer (CNBC), owner of Landry's, the Houston Rockets (NBA), and the entire Golden Nugget casino resort franchise) they exited onto the Nasdaq in November 2018 at $308M, Louisiana history's largest tech exit valuation, and the world's second publicly traded food delivery company beating Uber to the public markets.

PatentDive, Inc. is a company based in New Orleans, Louisiana, that specializes in developing visual patent drafting software aimed at enhancing communication in the patent process. Founded in 2013, the company offers tools for assisted invention disclosure and rapid patent drafting, enabling users to effectively translate their ideas into patent applications. Its software features a visual interface that simplifies complex concepts, making it accessible for a wide range of users, including patent professionals, inventors, entrepreneurs, and educational institutions. Additionally, PatentDive incorporates gamified elements into its application to facilitate understanding of patent education, helping users make informed decisions throughout the patenting process.

Kinesics is a musculoskeletal health management company that specializes in health technology and data analytics software solutions. The company aims to be a leading platform for organizations, corporations, and institutions to effectively manage risk and enhance performance among their patients, athletes, clients, and employees. Kinesics has developed a risk management platform specifically designed to mitigate the risk and costs associated with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) across various sectors, including medical, athletic, fitness, wellness, and occupational environments. This platform utilizes objective data from range of motion measurements to create tailored flexibility programs, helping to reduce the likelihood of injuries and improve overall health outcomes.

Juicebox is a digital health company that provides an anonymous platform for users to engage in meaningful conversations with certified sex and relationship coaches. Founded by Brianna Rader, Juicebox's mission is to create a safe space for individuals of all sexual and gender identities, as well as varying levels of experience, to access personalized and affordable sex education and coaching. The platform addresses a wide range of topics, including intimacy, erectile dysfunction, dating, and orgasms, allowing users to seek advice and support for emotional and physical concerns. By facilitating consultations in a secure and convenient environment, Juicebox aims to enhance personal wellness and promote informed discussions about sexual health and relationships.

MasteryPrep provides college and career readiness programs and ACT test preparation services for schools and districts. It offers an online platform and professional development for educators and administrators to support in-class ACT preparation, focusing on helping students with lower ACT scores improve their results, gain college admissions, and pursue brighter futures. The company collaborates with schools to align readiness curricula with schedules and needs. Founded in 2013 and based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, MasteryPrep aims to improve standardized test outcomes by delivering targeted instruction and support to students and districts.

Omnidek is an enterprise smart data content management platform that provides businesses of all sizes with tools to create corporate forms, portals, workflows, and analytics within a unified mobile and web interface. The platform aims to streamline operations by eliminating the need for paper, files, and spreadsheets, thereby enhancing efficiency and organization. It features a chat-style inbox that integrates messaging with workflows, simplifying communication and collaboration among teams. By consolidating third-party applications, Omnidek offers an ecosystem that facilitates the seamless rollout of technology across organizations, enabling data-driven decision-making and smart insights for improved business processes.

ASAP is an app based restaurant platform that connects restaurants and guests. Guests scroll restaurant menus, customize an order, modify any item, add people to a group order, split the check, choose delivery or carryout, and with the push of a button, have an order in their hands. ASAP has transformed the way restaurants reach people & the way people choose restaurants. The ASAP delivery team & on-demand delivery platform differentiates itself from the pack by being built by hospitality professionals for hospitality professionals. ASAP (formerly known as Waitr) began in late 2013 and started in Chris Meaux's home office and moved into the SEED Center, a Lake Charles, Louisiana business incubator near McNeese State University's campus on Ryan Street. In late 2015, by the end of the first year of operations, 57,000 food delivery orders had been placed on the Waitr app. That was when the decision was made by then CEO Chris Meaux to begin to amp up the digital marketing & operations efforts in addition to the engineering and administrative efforts to guide the company. In marketing, Patrick Hardey was added to the team to take over founder Addison Killebrew's marketing role alongside Katie Davis & Chloe Friend. For operations, Matt Sarradet, Charity Grandchampt, and Crystal Day were hired. As they grew quickly, several months into 2016 their first acquisition took place when they bought GoGoGrocer and then a competitor called Requested out of Northern California founded by San Francisco's Jeff Bolante, & Sacramento's Sonny Mayugba, two seasoned marketing veterans who dropped out of Facebook's Global Marketing Team responsible for developing and growing the Facebook Blueprint. With Sonny Mayugba and Jeff Bolante at the helm in combination with an already successful marketing effort they were able to mentor Patrick Hardey into becoming a customer acquisition professional on Facebook rapidly, which was alluded to by CEO Chris Meaux in a 2017 YouTube video. Some time later Patrick Hardey spearheaded an internal business unit embedded in the marketing department called Partner Marketing (premium digital marketing service), and also cofounded the Waitr Impact corporate social responsibility program after a pitch to executives and board members, and afterward was invited to join the operations stewardship council. Subsequently, through their teamwork with operations, HR, sales, and service they posted a 20%+ month-to-month growth rate average for roughly 3 consecutive years before going public through a strategic partner in the world's wealthiest restauranteur who was impressed with their ability to bring in and keep customers happy on the B2B and B2C fronts. Through a SPAC led by Tilman Fertitta (who is the Billion Dollar Buyer (CNBC), owner of Landry's, the Houston Rockets (NBA), and the entire Golden Nugget casino resort franchise) they exited onto the Nasdaq in November 2018 at $308M, Louisiana history's largest tech exit valuation, and the world's second publicly traded food delivery company beating Uber to the public markets.

Quarrio is a developer of a conversational analytics platform that aims to simplify data access for business users and enhance decision-making. The company has created an Automated Data Analyst in a Box, allowing users to inquire about data in ordinary English and receive answers alongside auto-generated charts and graphs. This innovation addresses the challenges faced by enterprises, where users often struggle to access stored data for decision-making and lack personal data mining tools. By providing each business user with their own data analyst, Quarrio empowers mid-sized and large organizations to retrieve accurate information from their data sources and convert it into actionable insights, ultimately improving performance and streamlining processes.

MobileQubes Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, specializes in providing on-the-go charging solutions for smartphone and tablet users. The company operates self-service kiosks installed in high-traffic locations such as airports, hotels, hospitals, and sports venues. These kiosks allow users to rent or purchase external battery packs, known as 'Qubes', to charge their devices conveniently while away from power outlets. MobileQubes also offers its products for sale online.

MobileQubes Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, specializes in providing on-the-go charging solutions for smartphone and tablet users. The company operates self-service kiosks installed in high-traffic locations such as airports, hotels, hospitals, and sports venues. These kiosks allow users to rent or purchase external battery packs, known as 'Qubes', to charge their devices conveniently while away from power outlets. MobileQubes also offers its products for sale online.

Dinner Lab is a membership-based dining club that connects undiscovered chefs with adventurous diners seeking unique culinary experiences beyond traditional restaurants. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, the company hosts events in unconventional venues, such as rooftops, industrial spaces, and various creative locations. By focusing on the combination of good people, quality food, and enjoyable drinks, Dinner Lab aims to create memorable meals that foster social interaction and exploration of diverse cuisines.

MasteryPrep provides college and career readiness programs and ACT test preparation services for schools and districts. It offers an online platform and professional development for educators and administrators to support in-class ACT preparation, focusing on helping students with lower ACT scores improve their results, gain college admissions, and pursue brighter futures. The company collaborates with schools to align readiness curricula with schedules and needs. Founded in 2013 and based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, MasteryPrep aims to improve standardized test outcomes by delivering targeted instruction and support to students and districts.