The Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ACEI) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville welcomed 20 student- and alumni-led businesses spanning technology, healthcare, logistics, education, consumer products and professional services.
The Innovation Crossroads program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Spark Accelerator at UT Research Park have a close working relationship, dating back to 2021. Both cohorts of hardtech founders will undergo Spark's fall programming.
ACME is headquartered in Kingston, Tennessee and now has locations across middle and eastern Tennessee, northern Georgia and southern Kentucky.
The $11 million grant comes from the State of Tennessee's Nuclear Energy Supply Chain Investment Fund, which was established by Governor Bill Lee in 2023.
Hickory Construction marked the opening of its new Workforce Development Center with a ribbon cutting and open house Tuesday, June 30. Hickory Construction’s offices are at 124 Kent Place; its new Workforce Development Center sits next door at 125 Kent Place.
“My goal was to make better use of healthcare dollars and continue to find a pathway for novel technologies,” O’Dell said. “I think we’re on that pathway.”
UTC has made an initial institutional investment of $130,000 to support the initiative’s startup efforts.
The collaborative initiative will generate millions of dollars in additional annual income for Tennessee farmers and create thousands of jobs across the state.
