By Tom Ballard,Chief Alliance Officer, PYA The Innova865 Alliance has announced the finalists for the two top awards that will be given at the end of this year’s Knoxville Startup Day set for September 22 at the Bijou Theater. Three finalists have been named for the “Traction Award,” while six start-ups will present their new companies (read more)
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ORNL and UTRF present 2016 Spark!
Article courtesy of Teknovation Biz Spark! showcases promising technologies, exciting new companies By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA When conversations occur about the uniqueness of the Knoxville-Oak Ridge entrepreneurial ecosystem, they invariably quickly focus on the importance of capitalizing on the research undertaken at the University of Tennessee (UT) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (read more)
Knoxville News Sentinel: Startup Peroxygen Systems claims $20K Venture Challenge prize
Startup Peroxygen Systems Claims $20K Venture Challenge Prize Knoxville News Sentinel article by Ali James Knoxville startup company Peroxygen Systems, Inc., took the top prize of $20,000 Wednesday afternoon in the 2016 Tennessee Venture Challenge competition for budding entrepreneurs. During the event, held at The Foundry in World’s Fair Park, Ming Qi of Peroxygen Systems (read more)