The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is proud to support a culture of entrepreneurship across the University of Tennessee System. In keeping with its mission, UTRF wants to help move ideas to the marketplace to benefit the people of Tennessee and beyond. UTRF is a Founding Member of the Innov865 Alliance, a coalition dedicated to (read more)
Pitch Competitions
Startups based on UT technologies well represented in Startup Day 2021 pitch competition
UTRF congratulates all six startups that participated in Startup Day, a pitch competition held during Innov865 Week 2021. UTRF is proud to be a founding member of the Innov865 Alliance, a collaborative effort for developing, supporting, and promoting Knoxville’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Startup Day is an annual event organized by the Innov865 Alliance that displays the (read more)
490 BioTech wins Innov865 Alliance’s Startup Day; Dr. Peter Tsai is Recognized for Global Pandemic Support
Innov865 Week Ends with a Virtual Celebration of Trailblazing Entrepreneurs and Life-changing Impact KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The startup 490 BioTech, which developed bioluminescent human cells to show changes in cellular health, won the Innov865 Judges’ Choice Award at Startup Day 2020 with a pitch that explained how its technology can improve development of pharmaceuticals. “Healthy (read more)