Six finalists selected to compete for $10,000 in East Tennessee’s premiere pitch competition
SkyNano was selected as a finalist to compete at Startup Day 2021, a shark-tank style pitch competition highlighting East Tennessee’s most investable startups, all vying for the $10,000 cash prize. Sky Nano will be featuring our patent-pending technology that utilizes a low cost manufacturing technique of high value carbon materials – using only inexpensive materials, […]
SkyNano awarded $50,000 DoD SBIR Phase I contract
SkyNano was awarded a $50K Phase I AFWERX SBIR contract to find a product-demand fit within the Department of the Air Force throughout the short 12-week period of performance. SkyNano will focus on identifying Air Force customers in operational capacities who’s technical devices and components can be improved from the performance-enhancing properties of SkyNano’s carbon […]
Anna Douglas pitches at inaugural DepTechU Conference
SkyNano was nominated by Innovation Crossroads to pitch at the inaugural DeepTechU Conference – showcasing 48 investor-ready companies in energy, hardware/software, industrial, and life sciences. The team will showcase under the hardware and software category to promote our low-cost, electrochemistry technique of high value carbon materials, using only inexpensive materials, electricity, and carbon dioxide as […]
Governor’s amended budget recommends restoration of state matching funds for SBIR and STTR grants
Yesterday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the priorities for his amended budget – a major win for SkyNano! Of particular importance to technology-based start-ups was the restoration of $3 million to match federal funds awarded to companies under the Small Business Innovation (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. https://www.teknovation.biz/governors-amended-budget-recommends-restoration-of-state-matching-funds-for-sbir-and-sttr-grants/
Tennessee must restore matching funds to grow innovation economy
Anna Douglas, CEO of SkyNano, served as a guest columnist for Knox News to discuss how SBIR/STTR funds and matching dollars from the state fuel the growth of tech-based small businesses such as her own. In 2019, SkyNano received an SBIR matching grant from the state to support the development of our technology and cover […]
SkyNano Technologies welcomes Director of Engineering
Expert engineer and ORNL veteran, David Wood, will advance scaling efforts for SkyNano’s novel nanotube technology Contact: Hannah Whitson hannah@piper-communications.com I 423-408-4203 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — SkyNano Technologies, developer of an electrochemical manufacturing technique for the production of carbon-based nanomaterials using carbon dioxide and electricity, announced Dr. David L. Wood III will be assuming the new […]
SkyNano Awarded $2.5M to Partner with NREL & TVA
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 11 projects to receive approximately $17 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects for carbon utilization. The projects will develop and test technologies that can utilize carbon dioxide (CO2) from power systems or other industrial sources as the primary […]
SkyNano Moves into New Lab at University of Tennessee’s Spark Innovation Center
The Spark Innovation Center assists early stage technology companies gain their footing. It is currently physically housed at the Joint Institute for Advanced Materials, located at the University of Tennessee’s Cherokee Farms Research Park. SkyNano is honored to be in the first cohort of companies in the Spark Innovation Center, where we will be able […]
SkyNano Granted DOE STTR PI Award to Partner with ORNL’s Battery Manufacturing Group
SkyNano has been awarded a DOE STTR PI award through the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office to partner with ORNL on integrating SkyNano carbon nanotubes into high rate battery electrodes. The STTR award is titled “Conductive Carbons by Design: Electrochemically Tailored Carbon Nanotube Conductive Additives for High Rate Battery Electrodes.” Working with David Wood […]
SkyNano is a R&D100 Award WINNER
SkyNano is honored to announce that we have been recognized with an R&D100 award in the mechanics and materials category! The R&D100 awards, organized by R&D Magazine, recognize the top 100 innovations each year with the potential to meaningfully impact society. The award has often been called the “Oscars of Innovation,” and is in it’s […]
