Thank you, New Orleans!
2026 was one for the books!
Antigravity • Aubrey Avocado • Batter Bakery • Bea's Bayou • bEHR Health • Beyond Bourbon • Boot64 • Camel Back Ventures • Corridor Ventures • Crescent Canna • Delta Utilities • DVx Ventures • El Guapo • Flamingo Funders • Fried Chicken Fest • Fringe & Co • Gamarra Media • Gate52 • GNO, Inc. • Gulf South Angels • Hogs for the Cause • The Idea Village • Imprinted • Ingest • Jelly Joseph • Jones Walker • JPMorgan Chase • Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans • LeBlanc & Smith• Lee Martin • Lou Hill (Waterseed) • Louie Louie • Move Ya Brass • Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center • NewLab • Nicholls State University • NOAI • Ochsner Health • Oyster Sunday • Pass the Everything • Propeller • R-Coast • Red Bull • Robert Mercurio (Galactic, Tipitina's) • Super Witch Ice Cream Co. • TrayAway • Viva NOLA • + Many More
Antigravity • Aubrey Avocado • Batter Bakery • Bea's Bayou • bEHR Health • Beyond Bourbon • Boot64 • Camel Back Ventures • Corridor Ventures • Crescent Canna • Delta Utilities • DVx Ventures • El Guapo • Flamingo Funders • Fried Chicken Fest • Fringe & Co • Gamarra Media • Gate52 • GNO, Inc. • Gulf South Angels • Hogs for the Cause • The Idea Village • Imprinted • Ingest • Jelly Joseph • Jones Walker • JPMorgan Chase • Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans • LeBlanc & Smith• Lee Martin • Lou Hill (Waterseed) • Louie Louie • Move Ya Brass • Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center • NewLab • Nicholls State University • NOAI • Ochsner Health • Oyster Sunday • Pass the Everything • Propeller • R-Coast • Red Bull • Robert Mercurio (Galactic, Tipitina's) • Super Witch Ice Cream Co. • TrayAway • Viva NOLA • + Many More
NOEW 2026 is 7 days across New Orleans.
Keynotes. Workshops. Pitch competitions. Founder stories.
Capital conversations. Mental breaks. Karaoke. Live Fire.
And one big closing celebration at Gasa Gasa.
100+ sessions. 12+ citywide events.
2026 THEMES
START IT HERE, SCALE IT ANYWHERE
Access, infrastructure, and proof you can launch locally and compete globally.
BUILT DIFFERENT: THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS
What New Orleans builds that no one else can. From food tech to climate resilience to culture-driven brands.
COMMUNITY AS OUR SUPERPOWER
This is where business find their people, support each other, and build something bigger than a cap table.