Recently funded science companies in Tennessee
30 companies in Tennessee closed federal SBIR/STTR awards in the last two years, newest first. The funding event is the signal — small companies grow right after the award lands.
APPLIED 2D MATERIALS, INC.
KNOXVILLE, TN · 1 employee
“Enhancing Rotary Engine Performance with Hexagonal Boron Nitride Coatings”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
WHISPER AERO INC
Crossville, TN · 50 employees
“Inertial Scaling for Derisking Stability and Control of Tightly Coupled Aeropropulsive Aircraft Configurations”
Department of Defense · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I/Phase II
PANGEA LLC
NASHVILLE, TN · 5 employees
“SBIR Phase I: Cloud-Based Platform for Comprehensive AI Robustness Assessment with Dual Optimization for Accuracy and Robustness”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase I
INTERNATIONAL FEMTOSCIENCE, INCORPORATED
NASHVILLE, TN · 7 employees
“High-Temperature, Substrate-Agnostic Fine-Line Additive Metallization with Advanced Interconnects”
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I
VERACITY NUCLEAR, LLC
LENOIR CITY, TN · 5 employees
“Methodology for Improving Accuracy of Nuclear Industry Codes based on VERA”
Department of Energy · Phase Phase I
ENDEAVOR COMPOSITES, INC.
KNOXVILLE, TN · 11 employees
“VORTEX-C: Versatile Out-of-Clave Reinforcement Technology for Expeditionary Composites”
Department of Defense · National Science Foundation · Phase Phase I/Phase II
SEAK Therapeutics, LLC
Memphis, TN · 4 employees
“Development of a potent and highly brain-penetrable antimitotic agent SEAK193 to treat breast cancer brain metastasis”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I
Fibarcode, LLC
Knoxville, TN · 1 employee
“STTR Fast-Track: Photonic Particles and Fibers for Textile Tracing”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase I/Phase II
ORION THERAPEUTICS INC.
KNOXVILLE, TN · 1 employee
“STTR Phase II: Multifunctional Lipid Nanoparticle Delivery System for Targeted Delivery of Vascular RNA Therapeutics”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase II
FC RENEW, LLC
Knoxville, TN · 6 employees
“SBIR Phase II: Renewable Platinum Catalyst for Fuel Cell Applications”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase II
METAMORPHIX, INC.
COLLIERVILLE, TN · 3 employees
“Mental Health Early Detection Platform”
Department of Education · Phase Phase II
Zigguratum, Inc.
Chattanooga, TN · 13 employees
“ESCAPE - Enhancing Security Capabilities through an Analytic Platform Ecosystem - Schema and Entity Resolution Phase 2”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase II
Foundation Instruments, Inc.
Collierville, TN · 4 employees
“SBIR Phase I: Evaluating the Feasibility of a HAA-Meter for Affordable, Onsite Monitoring of Haloacetic Acids in Drinking Water Plants with ”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I
Corami Biotech
Memphis, TN · 2 employees · woman-owned
“Minimally Invasive Local Delivery of Cardiac Gene Therapy”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase II
SPEAR LABS LLC
CHARLOTTE, TN · 4 employees
“SKYLAR™ Canine Cranial System”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
RELIABLE MICROSYSTEMS LLC
FRANKLIN, TN · 12 employees
“Radiation Hardened Gallium Nitride Electronics”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
DECODE HEALTH, INC.
Nashville, TN · 14 employees
“Multivariate machine learning analysis of blood-based RNA expression profiles to distinguish relapsing-remitting and progressive forms of mu”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase II
BRANCH TECHNOLOGY, INC.
CHATTANOOGA, TN · 30 employees
“Freeform 3D Printing of a Tall Lunar Tower”
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase II
HEROWEAR LLC
NASHVILLE, TN · 25 employees
“Multipurpose Enhanced Safety Harness (MESH) to Assist Lifting, Reduce Injuries, and Improve Inventory Management and Emergency Response”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
VEXTEC Corporation
BRENTWOOD, TN · 6 employees
“Limited-Life Probabilistic Performance Prediction of Metallic Materials”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II
TERRA WATTS INC.
COOKEVILLE, TN · 2 employees · woman-owned
“STTR Phase I: Development of Earth-Based, Long-Range Wireless Power Transfer for Subsurface IoT Systems”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase I
DYNAMIC STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS, LLC
FRANKLIN, TN · 24 employees
“High-Capacity Balance with Tailored Compliance”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
AVIATION RESOURCES AND CONSULTING SERVICES, LLC
COOKEVILLE, TN · 10 employees
“Battle-Damage Data Recording System (BDDRS)”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase II
GLOYER-TAYLOR LABORATORIES INC
TULLAHOMA, TN · 20 employees
“Compact Neon Recovery, Purification, and Liquefaction System”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
MINCO TECHNOLOGIES LLC
COOKEVILLE, TN · 2 employees
“High Energy Density Logistics Fueled Power System”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
DUET BIOSYSTEMS, INC
NASHVILLE, TN · 4 employees
“STTR Phase I: New Paradigm for Combination Drug Optimization and Discovery”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase I
RJ MATTHEWS LLC
Brentwood, TN · 2 employees
“Multimodal Image Fusion with 3dIV/Fusion”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase II
ARENA LABS, INC
NASHVILLE, TN · 16 employees
“Empowering Provider Well-being: A Holistic Approach with Arena Strive, Integrating Insights, Coaching, and Biometric Feedback for Optimal Pe”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
TensorX, Inc.
NASHVILLE, TN · 5 employees
“Exploring PWSA to Optimize Transport Layer Networking”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II
STATHEROS LLC
KNOXVILLE, TN · 6 employees
“SIDIOUS: Synthetic Intelligence for a Dynamically Interactive Operational User Surrogate”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase II
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