Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

This week’s “News & Notes” feature includes a number of events and recognitions plus a good deal of announcements out of Music City. They include everything from appointments to mergers…

Alexandra Kelley writes in this article in Nextgov that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new request for information (RFI) in the Federal Register seeking input that would fortify the…

By Shannon Smith, Teknovation Assistant Editor, PYA When disaster strikes, time is of the essence. Safety messages and calls to evacuate need to be made quickly and loudly before someone gets hurt. But…

The Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC) is launching a “Small Town Entrepreneurship” initiative and has hired a local entrepreneur to spearhead the effort. Amelia Bartlett, whom we spotlighted in this recent…

Launch Tennessee has released the second edition of its “Tennessee Deal Report” that captures all venture capital (VC) funding raised by Volunteer State-based start-ups in Q3 of 2022. Compiled and…

More good news for technology-focused start-ups in Arkansas, thanks to support from the Walton Family Foundation. Roughly two years after Science Venture Studio (SVS) was launched with support from the foundation…

Amazon and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are launching a public-private partnership to address the gender inequities that exist for women in the climate finance ecosystem and to…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs described Wednesday morning’s announcement by Hitachi Zosen Inova USA LLC (HZI USA) as not just about the 90…