The InvestTN Impact Digest is designed to showcase milestones and wins from our InvestTN portfolio companies.

Unified Track (7/22/25)

• Closed our pre-seed round
• Acquired 10 new school districts in the past 30 days
• Finalist in PYA Innovation Award competition

Aquatrino, Inc. (7/23/25)

• Aquatrino was founded based on decade-long university invention/work that enables complete, cost-effective destruction of the family of forever chemicals known as PFAS.

• Backed by LaunchTN and private investors, Aquatrino launched in Nashville in early 2025.

• We are now well engaged with customers/partners. Utilizing our patented/tunable/scalable chemistry we are already demonstrating 99%+ PFAS destruction of customer samples, which is generating meaningful interest.
• We are looking to raise another tranche of investment to enable us to move into PoC stage engagements with potential customers/partners.

Daily Crunch (11/7/25)

• Daily Crunch Lands on Alberson’s Shelves!  Daily Crunch, the women-owned brand known for its Uniquely Crunchy sprouted nut snacks, is expanding into 2,000 Albertsons stores this month. The expansion catapults the brand into conventional grocery, bringing its signature crunch to new snackers nationwide, the brand says. Albertsons selected three of Daily Crunch’s flavors for its snack set: Cocoa + Sea Salt Sprouted Almonds, Dill Pickle Sprouted Almonds, and Sweet & Spicy Sichuan Sprouted Nut Medley, all in four-ounce pantry-size bags. This launch follows Daily Crunch’s first-place win at the 3rd Annual Albertsons Innovation Launchpad Competition at Expo West earlier this year, where the brand beat out more than 500 applicants for the $198,000 grand prize.

• The brand celebrated its fifth birthday earlier this year. “We know the statistics—that only about 10% of companies make it through the first five years, and only 10% of those will continue to make it five years after that,” Orley said. “We want to be here for the long run. Slow and steady wins the race.”  

• With this launch, Daily Crunch is now in over 10,000 doors nationwide—including Whole Foods, Wegmans, Fresh Thyme, The Fresh Market and HEB—and are available directly to consumers on platforms like Amazon, Thrive Market and TikTok Shop. “Our mission is simple: snacks that taste as good as they make you feel. That means no seed oils, no gluten, no GMOs, and never any gums, palm oils, processed sugars, artificial flavors, or coloring,” says Co-Founder and CEO Laurel Orley. “Landing in Albertsons is a dream come true for our team. We can’t wait for shoppers across the country to experience the Daily Crunch difference.”  

Metamorphix, Inc (11/7/25)

• Metamorphix, Inc won the SBIR Direct 2 Phase II award for $1M from the Institute of Education Sciences at the Department of Education. The award will support building a psychometrically validated mental health universal screener into Cascades, the whole child MTSS platform. School districts will have an enhanced ability to identify students at-risk for mental wellbeing and refer them to tiered interventions, monitor student progress and improve fidelity and efficacy of seamless tiered supports. 

ATS Innovations, Inc. (11/7/25)

• MetaFlex Pro is launching Nov 14th! 

inSearchX (11/8/25)

• AskOtto.ai licensed by USA Today to engage readers within automotive content

Third Person (11/8/25)

• Third Person launched new subscription tiers for 3PLs after helping over 1,000 brands connect with logistics partners and generating over $25 million in new business in just 18 months. These new paid plans offer market intelligence, pricing benchmarking, and competitive insights, shifting Third Person towards becoming the marketing infrastructure 3PLs need to stay ahead in the market. 

Healing Innovations, Inc. (11/10/25)

• Officially started the peer-review process for our first study with our Rise&Walk technology. It should clear superiority to standard of care.
• Hopefully, we will complete the peer review process in early Q1. Here is a one-pager highlighting this. This study won “best poster” at AMRPA, a national conference for rehab leaders. 

Winter Innovations (11/12/25)

• Selected for the highly competitive MedTech Innovator 2025 Accelerator Cohort
• Named a Finalist for MedTech Innovator’s 2025 Best Video and Value Award
• Awarded $200,000 NSF Technology Enhancement for Commercial Partnerships (TECP) Grant
• Research on EasyWhip’s biomechanical performance benefits published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine

Unified Track (11/12/25)

• Closed pre-seed round
• Accepted into Fall 2025 Techstars NYC – Economic Mobility Accelerator
• Completed SOC2 Audit
• Hired Sales Development Representative

Whitecoat Technologies (11/12/25)

• Tennessee and Virginia hospital associations select Whitecoat as the unified platform supporting statewide residency, apprenticeship, preceptor incentive, and community health worker programs.
• Whitecoat launches an agentic AI tool that delivers instant, actionable insights and customizable reports to help leaders make evidence-based decisions.

Orion Therapeutics, inc. (12/5/25)

• Awarded NSF Phase II STTR to advance our restenosis asset.
• Secured LaunchTN FY26 SBIR/STTR Matching Fund ($300K)—press slated for Dec 8.
• Selected to present at Biotech Showcase (JPM Week) 2026 for the second year in a row.

CircumFix Solutions, Inc. (1/20/26)

• Memphis Based Med Device Startup Improving Outcomes for Open Heart Surgery Patients

Aquatrino, Inc. (1/20/26)

• Raised $500k in December to bring our SAFE to $840k
• Hired our chief engineer to oversee the design, build, operation, and maintenance of our units
• Completed a desalination unit for the UAE’s XPRIZE Water Scarcity Competition

New Day Diagnostics (1/20/26)

• Signed research collaboration with Daisy Genomics and UT / East Tennessee Health Innovation Alliance to improve cancer screening in the region and beyond!

inSearchX (AskOtto) (1/22/26)

• Revenue grew 6X Yr over year, with growth in all verticals and new verticals like real estate, home services and medical.

Third Person (1/25/26)

• 2025 was a breakout year for Third Person. When we launched, the hypothesis was that brands needed a “decision engine” for logistics. Looking back at the last 12 months, the data is clear: the market was starving for this. We ended the year profitably, with nearly 1,300 brands on the platform, over 300 3PLs, and a clear path to becoming the “Nerd Wallet for Logistics”.

Unified Track (1/29/26)

• Top-0.1% Selection: Chosen for Techstars NYC (Economic Mobility) — 5 companies selected from 5,000+ applicants
• Accelerated by Harvard i-lab Alumni Accelerator

• Pre-seed Closed: Backed by one of the largest EdTech VCs
• Measured Impact: Delivering at-scale student support and driving millions back to school districts

Giggs (2/5/26)

• Giggs surpasses 40,000 live event professionals and 2,000 hiring companies on the platform
• Giggs media reaches 120,000+ followers and drives 30M views in 2025
• Giggs fills thousands of live event jobs across touring, production, and events nationwide
• Giggs expands from hiring platform into a scaled media and community brand for live events
• Giggs named Forbes 30 Under 30–led company driving workforce innovation in live events
• Giggs enters strategic acquisition discussions with a partner positioned to accelerate national scale