Matt Thackston

Emma, Inc. provides email marketing software and services for businesses, non-profits, organizations, and agencies around the world. It helps small and midsize businesses, nonprofits, and agencies create, send, and track stylish e-mail newsletters, surveys, and campaigns through a do-it-yourself web-based interface. The firm’s services include mobile-ready design templates, email automation, audience segmenting and dynamic content, plus integration with top CRM solutions, ecommerce platforms and social networks. The company was founded in 2003 by Clinton Smith and William Weaver and headquartered in Nashville, TN.

The Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA) is the state professional organization for certified public accountants. The society's membership is comprised of members in industry, government, business, education and public accounting. It acts on behalf of its members and provides support, enabling its members to perform quality professional services while serving the public interest. The company was founded in 1924 and is located in Brentwood, TN.

The Enterprise Center, Inc. is a Chattanooga-based organization that unites people, organizations, and technology to build an advanced and inclusive future for the community. The American company serves as the front door of the innovation district, with the Edney Innovation Center as a welcoming and shared space. The fifth floor of the center is a multi-purpose, free, public event space. The Enterprise Center also partners with schools to provide no-cost home internet to qualifying students through the HCS EdConnect program. The innovation district of Chattanooga, established in 2014, is a quarter-mile radius from downtown's Miller Park, where established businesses and startups cluster with educational and cultural institutions.

Chattanooga Renaissance Fund (Chattanooga Renaissance Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Roddy Bailey and David A. Belitz. The firm is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Advanced Catheter Therapies, Inc. operates as an early stage research and development medical device company. It develops a catheter technologies targeting vascular disease including thrombosis, inflammation, occlusions and restenosis. The company was founded by C. Rex Teeslink, Paul J. Fitzpatrick, and Dirk V. Hoyns in 2008 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, TN.

XMi High Growth Development LLC is a venture capital firm located in Nashville, Tennessee. The firm is the investment arm of XMi Holdings, Inc. XMi offers full service outsourcing and entrepreneurial support to business throughout the Tennessee area.

Jurassic Capital (Jurassic Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC provides legal services. Its practice areas include litigation, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, labor and employment, real estate, bankruptcy, health law, intellectual property, and tax law. The company was founded by James F. Baker in 1888 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Solas BioVentures (mayfield) LLC (Solas BioVentures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by David Adair and Mark Hackett JD. The firm is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee.