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North Mississippi Startup WISPR Making Headlines

This past week, Magnolia Report’s Frank Corder offered WISPR some great coverage, detailing the success of the drone-building startup as it expanded into various markets and commercial applications. CEO Connor Ferguson and COO Austin…

RFI for SSBCI in Mississippi is Now Open

Innovate Mississippi is pleased to announce that the Request for Information (RFI) period is now open to express an interest in Mississippi’s potential new SSBCI Venture Capital Program.  Investment funds or potential investment funds…

EDA Awards over $600k to Innovate Mississippi

Innovate Mississippi is proud to announce that we’ve won two “Build to Scale” federal grants from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. The EDA awarded a $263,617 Capital Challenge Grant to help Innovate Mississippi encourage…

Narratrip and ppx-TEC Receive Mississippi Seed Fund Awards

Innovate Mississippi is excited to announce two new Mississippi Seed Fund award recipients this Fall. Narratrip, LLC plans to work with state travel departments and other tourism bureaus to build mobile apps geared explicitly to…

Microsoft launches TechSpark in Jackson

Microsoft is bringing TechSpark to Mississippi, and Jackson resident JJ Townsend will lead the tech giant, according to reporting by Sara DiNatale with Mississippi Today. TechSpark aids communities that usually don’t get many tech…