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Tennessee’s top accelerator program comes to Chattanooga

Charlie Brock, CEO of Launch Tennessee, welcomes all before Branch and Innovasan make their pitches Wednesday at the Company Lab, located on the 5th floor of the Edney Building in Chattanooga.
Charlie Brock, CEO of Launch Tennessee, welcomes all before Branch and Innovasan make their pitches Wednesday at the Company Lab, located on the 5th floor of the Edney Building in Chattanooga. Charlie Brock, CEO of Launch Tennessee, welcomes all before Branch and Innovasan make their pitches Wednesday at the Company Lab, located on the 5th floor of the Edney Building in Chattanooga.

By Mitra Malek 4 min read

photo Jeff Hubrig, of Innovasan in Knoxville, makes his pitch Wednesday at the Company Lab, located on the 5th floor of the Edney Building in Chattanooga.2

The 2015-2016 TENN Master Accelerator startups

* Branch Technology – Chattanooga (Co.Lab GigTank) * DivorceSecure – Memphis (StartCo) * Innovasan – Knoxville (Co.Lab accelerator) * KaraoQ – Nashville (Project Music) * LendMed – Memphis (StartCo) * Preteckt – Memphis (StartCo) * Remix Hits – Nashville (Project Music) * Sing and Spell – Knoxville (MediaWorks)

The state’s top accelerator program rolled through Chattanooga on Wednesday as part of its weeklong “TENN Roadshow” aimed at giving eight participating startups chances to network and find potential investors.

Among the companies: Chattanooga-based Branch Technology and Company Lab “Will This Float” winner Innovasan Corp. of Knoxville.

Branch, which has the world’s largest free-form 3-D printer, plans to build homes and large structures through additive manufacturing.

“Architects are amazingly frustrated” with traditional options, Branch founder Platt Boyd told the audience at the Innovation District’s Edney Building. The new technology allows for customization without extra cost, he said.