Landrace Bioscience was named the winner of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce’s “2020 Spirit of Innovation Award” at an event Wednesday night during “Startup Week Chattanooga.” Founded a little more than two years ago, the company has developed unique technologies to extract cannabinoids from hemp. It bested two other

Columbus, OH-headquartered LOUD Capital has opened its fifth office in Raleigh. It is also the first dedicated office in the South. According to this article in WRAL TechWire, the company said it sees the Triangle region as a “prime spot,” and its office will serve as a base for outreach

One of Chattanooga’s newest start-up success stories is FreightWaves, the rapidly growing company that was designated as a “soonicorn” earlier this year. The term means “Soon to be a Unicorn,” a play on the “unicorn” description for a privately-held start-up company valued at a billion dollars or more. During a

The 2020 “Greater Nashville IT Summit,” hosted by the Greater Nashville Technology Council (GNTC), is set for November 17 with all virtual programming.  from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Under the theme of “Leading into the World That is Becoming,” the event that begins at 7:30 a.m. CST will feature

Tampa Bay Inno recently spotlighted Alex Abell and his Knoxville-based Lunchpool start-up. “Why,” you might ask? Alex got started with the concept while based in the city. We have spotlighted the company in several posts on teknovation.biz, and you have no doubt participated in events such as the recent “Innov865 Week” that were

Nashville-based HealthStream has acquired ShiftWizard, a web-based workforce scheduling solution developed by nurses, for $32 million. This is the latest in a series of transactions to grow a more robust portfolio of solutions for nurse and staff scheduling. It began earlier this year with the acquisition of NurseGrid. Click here

The South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) has announced the appointment of Sohail Malik as the Director of SC Academic Innovations. In his new role, Malik will be responsible for leading the strategic direction of the program that works with academic institutions and their affiliated start-ups to help advance research capabilities

What do drones and disinfectants have in common? It’s a delivery mechanism. Charlotte start-up Lucid Drone Technologies has leased its drone technology to the Atlanta Falcons for use in disinfecting Mercedes-Benz Stadium after games. The drones use electrostatic sprayers to evenly distribute hypochlorous, a medical-grade disinfecting chemical that is nontoxic to

More than 200 individuals, plus a small on-site group, participated in yesterday afternoon’s virtual “Science and the Community” conversation featuring Chris Fall, Director of the Office of Science in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The event was held at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). In his introduction of Fall,

Twelve started earlier, and three companies competed late yesterday in the finals of the Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union’s “Virtual Idea Leap Grant Pitch Night” competition hosted as part of “Startup Week Chattanooga.” A total of $20,000 in grants was up for grabs – $10,000 to the first-place winner, $7,000