Venture Capital Fund Fills Void in Financing for Louisiana Startups
Companies that took advantage of the Capital Tax Credit Program agree that the Louisiana CAPCO Program should be re-instated:
When business leaders gathered Monday to announce the creation of a venture capital fund to help entrepreneurs at the very earliest stages of business development, they took a small step toward filling a funding gap that has persisted in New Orleans and Louisiana for decades.
‘We’ve gone from being like Estonia to people saying maybe this is the next major hot spot,’ said Matthew Wisdom, who founded the technology company TurboSquid in 2000.