Good news for the region, its farmers and an investment the State of Tennessee made a decade ago. Genera, a Tennessee-based biomass solutions company, announced this week that it has secured more than $118 million in new investment for its first manufacturing facility that will produce its Earthable® line of

It’s Friday and, if you are a member of the East Tennessee Economic Council, chances are you are sitting in the meeting room where there’s an informative speaker or two every week at 7:30 a.m. and a great chance to network. Last week was no exception as Tom Drye, Techmer

CPRWrap, the Chattanooga start-up founded by Felicia Jackson, is one of the 14 start-ups in the Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s latest “Project Healthcare” cohort. Originally known as CPR LifeWrap when we posted this article in early 2017, CPRWrap most recently participated in the “Techstars Austin Accelerator.” She and the other 13

WeWork Labs , a program for early stage start-ups the real estate unicorn launched last year, has come to the Southeast. The first location is in Durham, NC’s Innovation District. According to this article, WeWork Labs is essentially an extension of the community benefits offered to WeWork members, providing tailored offerings

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the final article in a two-part series describing Mac5 Technical Services in Oak Ridge and the way it is addressing client needs by engaging a team of seasoned Oak Ridge researchers.) By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA “We have essentially become the R&D department for

Blühen Botanicals, a fast-growing less than one-year old Knoxville start-up, and the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) have announced an agreement to conduct hemp production research. The “UTIA/Blühen Hemp Agronomic Research Program,” valued by Blühen Botanicals at more than $350,000, is a four-year commitment for graduate-level research focused

The Georgia Institute of Technology and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) have announced the launch of a new initiative that will support MSM’s commercialization efforts to create health technology start-ups. The effort brings Georgia Tech’s globally recognized technology incubator – the Advanced Technology Development Center – to the MSM campus,

A Raleigh-based investment firm focused on growing life sciences and healthcare companies is more than halfway to its $1.5 billion goal with its latest announcement. The NovaQuest Pharma Opportunities Fund V has reported raising an additional $146 million, bringing its total to $892.75 million. Read more here.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first article in a two-part series describing Mac5 Technical Services in Oak Ridge and the way it is addressing client needs by engaging a team of seasoned Oak Ridge researchers.) By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA The camaraderie is distinctive as these colleagues, all

The Appalachian Region Commission serves parts of 13 states, starting in New York and ending in Mississippi. With such a large footprint, the organization’s annual conference is not always as convenient for Tennesseans as the 2019 event is. Under the banner of “Appalachia Strong,” the annual event is set for September