LaunchTN Commercialization Grants
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Launch Tennessee has awarded commercialisation grants to Tennessee companies moving university or federal-lab technology toward market. Award sizes are set per round and have run in the tens of thousands to low hundreds of thousands.
Launch Tennessee (Tennessee Technology Development Corporation)
ppp · regional
Deadline: One call a year
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- micro enterprises
- Sectors: deeptech, health, ai, manufacturing
- Stage: idea stage and pre-seed
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
Company must be based in Tennessee. Some rounds require a licence to technology from a Tennessee research institution or national laboratory (Oak Ridge).
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Source. https://launchtn.org/ · not human-checked
Verified on 14 August 2026
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