Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

The annual “Startup of the Year” competition is underway with Established, the organizer, soliciting applications to determine the top 100 semi-finalists. Eligibility criteria include: Having raised les than $5 million…

By Kailyn Lamb, Marketing Content Writer and Editor, PYA Launch Tennessee has announced the recipients of this year’s “Tennessee Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Matching Fund Grant…

Corporate support for entrepreneurship is so important. A new program is being developed at the University of Arkansas (O of A) that will train and support regional entrepreneurs focused on…

Chapel Hill, NC-based TrueBridge Capital Partners has announced the close of its first venture capital “fund-of-funds” focused solely on seed and micro-venture capital firms. With $170 million in limited partner…

Clinical trials are underway at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) involving the use of immersive virtual reality games as a rehabilitation tool to help people with Parkinson’s disease, the progressive nervous…

Bloomberg Law reports that the lack of a permanent Director for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is having a negative impact, particularly in terms of some key decisions. According…

Atlanta Tech Village published an interesting post that originated at The Farm Soho in New York City. Titled “Why Building Workplace Community Matters,” the focus is on ways to retain…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Michaela Barnett is another one of those individuals who is helping enhance Knoxville’s reputation as a Maker City thanks to KnoxFill, her less…