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ORNL, UT’s Spark Cleantech Accelerator partner to support entrepreneurs
Entrepreneur-fellows in Innovation Crossroads, a Department of Energy Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will complete the Spark Cleantech Accelerator, a 12-week program offered by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Spark Innovation Center at the UT Research Park. “By combining the resources of Innovation Crossroads and the Spark Cleantech Accelerator, we are building a stronger program for
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Two area start-up accelerators announce collaboration
Entrepreneurs in two of the three start-up accelerators in the Knoxville-Oak Ridge region will be attending classes together this fall under a new collaborative effort. In an announcement made on August 7, administrators at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) said that Fellows in Cohort 7 of its “Innovation Crossroads” (IC) will complete the “Spark Cleantech
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Three Knoxville area start-ups join four others in latest “Innovation Crossroads” cohort
Seven entrepreneurs, including three from the Knoxville region, have been selected for Cohort 7 of the “Innovation Crossroads” program operated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
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Engineer wins U.S. Bank Foundation Cleantech award for clean water technology
Tennessee-based entrepreneur is the fourth annual recipient of the Cleantech Inclusion Award, which includes a $25,000 grant and year-long mentorship The amount of animal waste produced in the U.S. every year is more than 1,000 times the weight of the Empire State Building, and the greenhouse gases from that waste can significantly impact the planet.
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African Woman-Owned Agriwater Awarded the U.S. Bank Cleantech Inclusion Award
Evergreen Climate Innovations and the U.S. Bank Foundation announce today Agriwater as the 2023 recipient of the U.S. Bank Foundation Cleantech Inclusion Award. Agriwater is a Tennessee-based company focused on reducing the prevalence of hazardous wastewater lagoons and carbon emissions from agricultural wastewater with their proprietary water treatment system. Agriwater is led by Dr. Bianca Bailey, a University of Illinois
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Pitchers announced for Innov865’s Startup Day 2023 in Knoxville
The Innov865 Alliance has announced the lineup of entrepreneurs who will take the stage at Startup Day, the signature event of Innov865 Week. The event will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the Mill and Mine, showcasing Knoxville’s entrepreneurial spirit and innovation. Innov865 Week runs from September 8-15.
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Half a billion dollars invested in last year in carbon reduction-focused start-ups
One could say that it is a good time to be a start-up in the carbon capture- and storage-focused sector like several Knoxville’s SkyNano Technologies and Holocene Climate Corporation. In a recent article in Crunchbase News, Joanna Glasner writes that more than “half a billion dollars has gone to dozens of upstarts working on technologies to reduce industrial carbon emissions, store captured
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CSIT Awards $3.6M+ Through Pilot Clean Tech Grant Program
The Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology (CSIT) has awarded more than $3.6 million to 14 New Jersey startups through its Pilot Clean Tech Demonstration Grant Program. The competitive program supports clean technology businesses that have existing prototypes and are ready to validate them in a real-world setting.
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Nth Cycle Announces First Nickel & Cobalt Production Facility in US
Nth Cycle, a critical metals extraction and recycling startup, has announced the commissioning of a 21,000-square-foot refining facility in Fairfield, OH. At the heart of the upcoming facility lies Nth Cycle’s groundbreaking electro-extraction technology. This innovative approach enables the recovery of valuable metals from various sources such as metal scrap, electronic waste, untapped mining resources,
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