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We Back Passionate Entrepreneurs As They Turn Exciting Ideas Into Profitable Businesses. Innovation Catalyst is a nonprofit venture development organization formed by community leaders to strengthen and broaden Louisianas entrepreneurial ecosystem and to drive new highgrowth scalable company formation by providing Louisiana based earlystage companies with capital coaching and connections. Our organization manages The Catalyst Fund the Red Stick Angel Network the Venture Capital Apprentice Program the Baton Rouge Entrepreneurial Weeks BREW HighStakes Pitch Competition and is the General Partner for the Greaux Innovation Ventures fund. Through our funds and programs Innovation Catalyst is seeking to create a capital continuum by funding companies and providing them with support throughout their early to growth stages.