8 out of 37 companies that received SBIR and STTR Matching Funds are Spark and UT Research Park Affiliated

Thirty-seven companies have received funding thus far this year under the State of Tennessee’s matching program for recipients of federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards. In an announcement yesterday, Launch Tennessee, which administers the program, said that 15 East Tennessee-based companies, 16 from Middle Tennessee, and six who call West Tennessee home received … Read More

RegScale completes a $20 million Series A round led by SYN Ventures

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Just a few days after announcing a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX program (see Friday’s teknovation.biz article here), RegScale made an even bigger announcement yesterday – more than 20x in terms of dollar value. The leading continuous compliance automation software company with headquarters in Tysons Corner, VA and its research and … Read More

RegScale Announces $20 Million Series A Funding Round

“At RegScale we believe that maintaining compliance as a business should be affordable, transparent, and easy” TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 2, 2022 – RegScale, a leading continuous compliance automation software company with headquarters in Tysons Corner, VA and research and development in Knoxville, TN, today announced the completion of a $20 million Series A funding round. This funding round was … Read More

RegScale completes a $20 million Series A round led by SYN Ventures

“RegScale is leading the way in ‘shifting left’ compliance to accelerate digital transformation programs, reduce risk, and lower the costs of manual compliance documentation while delivering rapid time-to-value which our customers are demanding,”.. Just a few days after announcing a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX program (see Friday’s teknovation.biz article here), RegScale made an even bigger announcement … Read More

Four winners of “Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Awards” have East TN ties

“Imagine if we could capture the carbon dioxide that power plants put into the air and make it into something useful. One East Tennessee start-up, SkyNano, is trying to make that possible” SkyNano Technologies, the City of Maryville’s Water and Sewer Department, a company spun out of Technology 2020, and a long-time Northeast Tennessee environmental leader are four of the … Read More

RegScale secures Phase II SBIR award from AFWERX

“RegScale was second runner-up in the 2022 edition of the PYA-sponsored “Ballard Innovation Award” that recognizes the region’s most promising new innovation companies.” Following its previous selection for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX program, RegScalehas announced that the start-up has been selected for a follow on Phase II SBIR Award for up to … Read More