Callais Capital

What is Callais Capital?

Callais Capital operates as a venture capital firm focusing on supporting regional startups that are positioned to benefit from long-term inevitable trends and operate in large markets. They highlight a commitment to fostering diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams within their investment portfolio.

Callais Capital, based in Thibodaux, Louisiana, embraces a venture strategy that leverages four generations of entrepreneurial experience from the Callais family. Having successfully started, scaled, and exited businesses across various industries, the firm lends not just capital, but also operational support and an extensive professional network to early-stage companies to enhance their growth.

Specializing in Seed and Series A funding rounds, they offer financial commitments ranging from $500,000 to $3,000,000. Their investment approach includes a significant alignment of interests with external partners, as the Callais family and team invest 10% of the funds alongside investors.

Callais Capital positions itself as a premier regional venture capital platform in Louisiana, with best-in-class expertise to source, vet, and structure deals.

This VC firm also provides a robust resource base for entrepreneurs, thereby acting as a catalyst for business development and economic prosperity along the Gulf Coast. They are tempered by a rich past and driven to build a future that supports and enhances the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Southeastern Louisiana and beyond.

What they say:

We invest in regional startups benefiting from long-term inevitable trends, in big markets, with diverse, equitable and inclusive teams.