About
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that promotes the commercialization of UT intellectual property, encourages an entrepreneurial culture, contributes to state and regional economic development, and promotes research and education to benefit the people of Tennessee and beyond. The UT Research Foundation is believed to be the second-oldest university research foundation in the country. Originally created in 1935 as the UT Research Corporation, and reorganized in 2003 as the UT Research Foundation, the organization has expanded from primarily promoting agricultural inventions in the 1930s to a broad range of modern research, including biology, chemistry, pharmaceuticals and alternative energy.
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- • 4,523 investors in VCSift focus on the edtech sector.
- • 34 investors are based in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
Investment Focus
- Sectors
- edtech
- Location
- Knoxville, US
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