(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth and final article in a series spotlighting the start-ups that participated in the latest “What’s the Big Idea 48-Hour Pitch Competition” organized by the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center and held on March 1 at Knoxville’s Scruffy City Hall. Today’s spotlight is James Senter and LaunchWhenReady.)

Registration for Knoxville’s annual “Startup Day” is now open. As noted in this recent teknovation.biz article, it and all other activities during “Innov865 Week” will be virtual. “Startup Day,” set for September 29, is being shortened to a two-hour event beginning at 2 p.m. and delivered via the Lunchpool platform. The annual

Launch Tennessee announced yesterday that it is seeking proposals to expand the Mentor Network that it supports beyond the existing two – life science sector operated by Life Science Tennessee and energy operated by the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council. Plans are to double the number of programs by adding

A Tullahoma company was the only Tennessee entity to successfully compete in the latest round of NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) solicitation. The federal agency selected 409 technology proposals for the first phase of funding from the agency’s two programs targeted at small

As noted in this post from last month, Lia Winter of Winter Innovations LLC, developer of the EasyWhipTM stitching needle, is participating in the “Tampa Bay Wave TechDiversity Accelerator.” Our June article referenced the pitch event that is now available for viewing on YouTube at this link.

As COVID-19 began to sweep across the country in March, the Chief Executive Officer of one of Knoxville’s life science companies shared with us the team’s initial thoughts about how it might help in the response. “We are exploring ways that we can use our facility (which is biosafety level

Add Knoxville’s “Maker City Summit” to the list of events that is going virtual. The organizers announced yesterday that the annual event will be held September 12 and 13. As noted on the organization’s webpage,”This year, through a virtual conferencing platform, you will have the unprecedented opportunity to interact with

Good news for female-led start-ups. Washington, DC-based Rethink Impact announced last week that it has closed a new $182 million fund — bringing its total assets under management to $300 million. The venture capital firm was founded five years ago and describes itself as the country’s largest venture capital firm

Nashville-based Pinnacle Bank’s Co-Founder and Chief Administrative Officer is taking a position on the Board of Directors of Apiture after the digital banking experience company completed a $20 million fundraising round. The funding will accelerate development of transformative digital banking technologies at the Wilmington, NC-based start-up. The transaction includes investments

UC Berkeley SkyDeck, the global start-up accelerator of the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), has opened the application period for its upcoming Fall 2020 cohort program. Applications are available now and will be accepted through August 8. Being selected would clearly be a feather in one’s cap. Forbes