# Innovation Catalyst

> Innovation Catalyst is a VC fund in Baton Rouge backing Software and Mobile. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Baton Rouge, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovation-catalyst
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/icatalystla
- Website: http://innovationcatalyst.us
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InnovationCatalyst

Innovation Catalyst is a non-profit venture development organization, formed by community leaders to strengthen and broaden the entrepreneurial ecosystem and drive new high-tech company formation through coaching, connections, and capital. They collaborate with existing resources throughout the state to identify, engage, educate and connectentrepreneurs to the right resources to accelerate their business.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 19% |
| Mobile | 3 | 12% |
| Education | 3 | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 3 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 12% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 46% |
| Series A | 4 | 15% |
| Convertible Note | 4 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| William Ellison | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-ellison |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plan A Games | Plan A Games is a company that provides growth funding and strategic partnerships exclusively for mobile free-to-play game creators who want to scale player acquisition. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 25, 2025 | https://planagames.com |
| Campusknot | Campusknot is a participaton tool that bridges the gap between faculty and students to create an active learning environment inside the classroom. Campusknot Inc. was founded in 2015 by three Mississippi State University students to solve a fundamental problem: lack of engagement in classrooms. Present-day students have shorter attention spans andexchange information very differently. The lack of engagement and complexity of current technology has made it difficult to implement in a classroom setting. We want to change that. Campusknot enhances student-centered learning and collaboration by utilizing technology that provides a modern teaching and learning experience. | $1.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 23, 2025 | https://www.campusknot.com |
| QiMana | QiMana offers complete business assistance, utilizing AI, human mentorship, and strategic frameworks to guide companies through all phases of growth. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 26, 2025 | https://qimana.ai/ |
| Glass Half Full | Glass Half aims to make glass recycling a transparent and accessible procedure that results in a product that can be used in our state. | $6.5M | Seed | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| OfficerReports.com | 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 softwarefeatures 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. | $430K | Seed | Dec 14, 2022 | http://www.officerreports.com |
| Cura OS | Cura OS develops business management software for care providers. It works to develop and refine an all-in-one, custom software solution that would finally offer the functionality and efficiency that waiver services and ICF/IDD clients desperately need. | $700K | Seed | Dec 31, 2021 | https://www.curaos.com |
| Embera NeuroTherapeutics | Embera NeuroTherapeutics is a development stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for smoking cessation and other addictions, for which there are a limited range of effective drug therapies or have no approved treatments. Embera is developing a novel addiction treatment (EMB-001) that targets specific and complementary brainfunctions that drive the craving and relapse associated with these disorders, an approach based on breakthrough discoveries of the scientific founder. | $1.3M | Series A | Feb 12, 2021 | http://www.emberaneuro.com |
| TrayAway | TrayAway is a room service tray and trolley tracking and retrieval app. | $318K | Seed | Oct 01, 2020 | https://www.trayaway.com/ |
| Omnidek | Omnidek is an enterprise smart data content management platform designed for companies of any size to build corporate forms, portals, workflows, and analytics in a single mobile/web platform. Omnidek offers an enterprise ecosystem to consolidate all third party application and simplify enterprise roll out of technology. | $1.6M | Series A | May 22, 2020 | http://www.Omnidek.com |
| MasteryPrep | MasteryPrep offers a college and career readiness preparation program to fit its client’s school’s needs and schedule. It is a provider of professional development for the ACT and has helped hundreds of thousands of educators, administrators, and students improve their schools’ standardized test outcomes.MasteryPrep’s program focuses particularlyon students who are scoring below an 18 on the ACT. It was launched in 2013 and is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. | $2.7M | Series A | Oct 31, 2019 | http://masteryprep.com/ |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Boot64 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boot64-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Idea Village](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idea-village) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amcref Community Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amcref-community-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Benson Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benson-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innovate Mississippi / MS Angel Network/ MS Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovate-mississippi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [James River Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-river-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Innovation Catalyst invest in?

Innovation Catalyst invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Education startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Innovation Catalyst?

Public channels for Innovation Catalyst include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Innovation Catalyst?

The team at Innovation Catalyst includes William Ellison (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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