John Roberts and Mickal Adler, who formed the Metairie-based private equity and venture capital fund Boot64 in 2023, are among the state’s most active investors. Over the past three years, they’ve written 51 checks approaching $7.5 million to 40 different startup companies around Louisiana — and a few elsewhere.
Several more deals are scheduled to close over the next two months.
The partners are participating in a state-run program that supplies federal matching dollars for private investment in early-stage companies that have the potential to grow. A few companies in their portfolio have doubled or more than doubled in value…