Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

Thirty-seven companies have received funding thus far this year under the State of Tennessee’s matching program for recipients of federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer…

The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly believes a Chattanooga-centered innovation hub could be a possibility under the recently passed “Chips and Science Act.” Among other…

Louisville, KY has eight more start-ups that have a reason to grow in the city, and the five that are not already located there will move their headquarters to the…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) have announced a collaboration intended to help accelerate American medical device innovation to further improve and benefit public…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Alex Weber and his D3D LLC start-up focused on extended reality captured third place earlier this week in the annual “SEC (Southeastern Conference)…

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the final article in a series spotlighting participants in Cohort 4 of “100Knoxville,” an initiative from the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center. The program aims to help Black-owned businesses…

A large crowd of current and former employees of the University of Tennessee (UT) joined with others from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, East Tennessee Economic Council, and the broader community…

Just Her Rideshare is a Charlotte-based start-up that has launched in nearly 10 markets in North and South Carolina with its new app. As reported in Charlotte Inno (subscription required), the…