The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) is joining technology transfer offices across all 14 SEC schools to address a common challenge: building strong startup management teams that attract the eye of early-stage investors. Together the universities are launching the Southeast Executives-on-Roster (XOR) platform, which matches experienced entrepreneurial talent with university-affiliated startups in need of (read more)
Accelerators
KEC Launches AgWorks with Key Partners
AgWorks, the 12-week program builds on a relationship between KEC and Sizzle TechStart that was announced about 18 months ago and an emerging alliance with AgLaunch, the statewide agricultural innovation partnership that is a joint effort of Memphis Bioworks Foundation and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.