Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

This initiative from the Appalachian Regional Commission funds multi-state collaborations.

The event is scheduled for June 23 for one of three components of the "InvestTN" program.

Crunchbase data from 2012 to 2023 shows that the median time between a Series A and Series B is just under two years and just under 18 months for the speediest quartile of start-ups. Now it's noticeably longer.

Joe Procopio writes in this column for WRAL TechWire that "all the wrong reasons to seek investment are rooted in starting the fundraising process before the business is ready to capitalize on the use of funds."

Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Virginia have one semifinalist, North Carolina claims two.

Launch Tennessee says start-ups and venture capital firms can start the online application process.

Tennessee is the third-highest ranked state in the Southeast overall, trailing Georgia and Florida but ahead of the others.

Like Cohort 2 of the Industries of the Future Accelerator, it will be a mostly virtual 13-week program.