Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced plans to invest $30 million over the next three years in early stage start-ups founded by underrepresented entrepreneurs, and recruitment is already underway for…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Durham, NC-headquartered Heat Biologics Inc., which will officially change its name to NightHawk Biosciences Inc. on May 3, has announced plans to construct a…

New Hires Radio Systems Corporation has hired Rob Candelino as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Candelino will replace Willie Wallace, who retired after 27 years with the company. Candelino…

Thanks to several generous lead gifts from forward-thinking philanthropists, the Tulane Innovation Institute has announced plans to launch operations from its downtown headquarters later this year. The institute’s top mission will…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Yesterday was the finale for the “Spring 2022 Super Regional Cohort” of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded I-Corps South initiative. It also marked…

The former Chief Operating Officer of Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, part of OhioHealth, has been named President of the West Virginia University Innovation Corporation. The appointment was announced by…

SkyNano Technologies, a Knoxville start-up and developer of a manufacturing technique for the capture and conversion of CO2 from various sources into valuable carbon-based materials, has been named a top…

The latest issue of the Eagle’s Nest Newsletter from Knoxville-headquartered Veteran Ventures Capital (VVC) spotlights several of the fund’s portfolio companies. Those are on top of the recent announcement of VVC’s…