SkyNano won Innovation Award 2021 at TechConnect Conference

SkyNano was invited to pitch at the TechConnect World Conference sprint pitch session based on submission featuring an innovative, collaborative effort between SkyNano and Materials Science professor Dustin Gilbert’s laboratory at the University of Tennessee. The team pitched our CNT materials for its ability to be used as a component of a bio-reactive textile for […]

Anna Douglas Presents at Graphite Symposium

SkyNano was invited to both present our innovations and participate on a panel for the Military Power Sources Committee’s Graphite Symposium, hosted by ForgeNano. Anna Douglas spoke on SkyNano’s electrochemical carbon production technology – our domestic strategy for high energy battery materials which has been identified by the White House as a strategic, critical supply […]

SkyNano receives $100,000 state matching SBIR grant

SkyNano is honored to have received a $100K SBIR/STTR matching award from LaunchTN for our DOE STTR Phase I award that focused on the integration of our CNT materials in Li-ion battery cathodes to improve charging capabilities. SkyNano will use the matching funds to supplement the technical effort funded by the STTR with business development […]

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 […]