Tennessee-based company closes financing for its first Earthable® fiber products manufacturing facility VONORE, Tenn. – July 17, 2019 – Genera announced today it has secured more than $118 million in new investment for its first manufacturing facility to produce its Earthable® line of sustainable agricultural fiber products. Genera will use locally grown grasses and other (read more)
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Tennesseans Reaping Benefits of Novel Clinical Trials Network in Year One of Operation
Tennessee’s innovative clinical trials network is soaring just one year into operations, bringing growing benefits for Tennesseans and the advancement of health care across the state. The Clinical Trials Network of Tennessee (CTN2), a research enterprise that operates as a subsidiary of UTRF, has already secured contracts to work with more than six medical institutions (read more)
UTRF Joins SEC Collaboration to Match Entrepreneurial Talent with University Startups
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)