(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is another article in our series spotlighting some of the teams participating in the 2020 edition of the “AgLaunch Bootcamp.” The program, which concludes tonight {click here to register}, was hosted by the Memphis-based AgLaunch organization in conjunction with the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, The Biz Foundry in Cookeville, and Sync Space in

The Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC) is seeking input from the local start-up community as it develops LEAP 2.0. The acronym stands for “Local Executive Access Program,” and KEC rolled it out a couple of years ago. We described the program in a teknovation.biz article in January 2018. LEAP was designed to

In the latest edition of UTRF News, the University of Tennessee (UT) Research Foundation reports that it assisted in the launch of six start-up companies during FY20. All were based on UT intellectual property and represented industries ranging from drug development and biotechnology to composite manufacturing and artificial intelligence. In

The University of Tennessee’s University Center (UTUC) program has received $300,000 in additional funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the “CARES Act” Recovery Assistance initiative. The grant is one of many that EDA has announced across the country and the Volunteer State. The amount of funding varies.

Seven Virginia-based start-ups have been chosen to participate in the first-ever accelerator program held by the Dominion Energy Innovation Center in Ashland. All seven are working on products or services related to energy and sustainability. The 10-week program starts in September and will provide mentoring and education from the innovation

A week from today, the expanded and virtual “36|86 Entrepreneurship Festival” kicks-off 10 days of programming to share exciting developments underway across the Volunteer State and beyond. Launched in 2013 under the “Southland” name, the annual gathering in Music City was rebranded a couple of years later as “36|86” to

A trio of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) staffers have licensed technology they developed and formed Horizon31 to build a set of products and services that provide customized unmanned vehicle control systems. The Horizon31 team consists of Andrew Harter, Brad Stinson and Bogdan Vacaliuc who conducted their original research and

The next session of “Founders Meetup” from Johnson City-based FoundersForge is set for this Thursday at 12 noon. The topic is “How to Stay Motivated: Defeating Distraction, Stress, Challenges the Idea Stream.” To register, click here.

With the latest edition of the “AgLaunch Bootcamp” wrapping-up its 2020 virtual program tomorrow, we thought this recent post from PitchBook News very timely. It was written by three associates at Finistere Ventures and concludes with some ominous thoughts: “Agtech companies are likely to face a turbulent outlook for 2021. With farming

Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC (CNS), prime contractor for the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge and the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, announced top executive changes Friday that are effective August 14. Michelle Reichert, the current Chief Operating Officer (COO) for CNS, succeeds Morgan Smith as President and Chief Executive