News & Notes | City of Knoxville wins Department of Energy grant
The Greater Nashville Venture Capital Association expands its board.
From Knoxville:
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced its latest round of awards under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, and the City of Knoxville is one of the winners.
According to the announcement last week, the program will distribute $12.62 million to 32 local governments, two states, and one Tribe to improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and lower overall energy use. Funding comes from the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.” Knoxville’s allocation is $239,720.
From Nashville:
The Greater Nashville Venture Capital Association (GNVCA), a new industry association dedicated to foster and grow the region’s venture capital investment ecosystem, has announced the appointment of three leading venture capitalists to its board of directors. They are:
- Joe Maxwell, Managing Partner at Fintop Capital;
- Chris Sugden, Managing Partner at Edison Partners; and
- Navid Farzad, Managing Partner at Frist Cressey Ventures.
They join existing board members Bruce Evans, President of Evans Capital and Chair of the board; Anders Hall, Vice Chancellor for
Investments and Chief Investment Officer at Vanderbilt University; Hunter Hillenmeyer, Investment Partner with Company Ventures; Padma Raghavan, Vice Provost for Research and Innovation at Vanderbilt; and Marcus Whitney, Co-Founder and Partner with Jumpstart Health Investors.
From Johnson City and Chattanooga:
Life Science Tennessee’s final two “Beer & Biotech” events will be held this month in Johnson City and Chattanooga.
- From 5 to 7 p.m. EDT on September 17, those interested will gather at Crown Laboratories’ offices in Johnson City. To register, click here.
- Then, from 5 to 7 p.m. EDT on September 19, the focus shifts to Chattanooga where Miller & Martin is hosting the event. To register, click here.
Another from Nashville:
In conjunction with next week’s “3686” event, Kelly Griggs and the StartupNash organization are hosting a happy hour from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. CDT on September 10 at East Nashville Beer Works, 320 East Trinity Lane. To register, click here.
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