Founder Program

The Founder Program is a six month to year long support program for newly founded ventures and their founding team. Founders accepted into the program will work with dedicated mentors, in a fully furnished office space, our Launch Incubator Space, located in the Loews Office Tower at 2100 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN.

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About the Founder Program

Applications are open year-round, and selected teams are invited to join as space becomes available. Invited ventures are required to sign a participation agreement before move-in and provide proof of liability insurance. Resources are available to assist with obtaining the required insurance, if needed.

Launch Incubator Space

After the successful grand opening of Launch, the Wond’ry’s incubator space for startups, in 2022, the Wond’ry’s Founder program has continued to provide ventures with resources, connections, mentorship, and funding opportunities for entrepreneurs. With support and access to top-quality resources including mentorship, a dedicated workspace, opportunities to participate in investor events, invitations to start-up workshops and exclusive speaker series, Founder intends to prepare ventures to contribute to the growth and climate of the Nashville entrepreneurial ecosystem.

 

Highlights from Launch Grand Opening
Highlights from Launch Incubator Space Grand Opening

Current Ventures:

Affinity Entertainment

Affinity Entertainment

Affinity is an industry-leading entertainment management group with over 4 years of experience in the Nashville market. Affinity is a talented unit comprised of music lovers, musicians, and industry professionals. They are a family centered around this simple idea: Music Matters.

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Augment Health

Augment Health

Augment Health's diagnostic monitoring platform focuses on treating 7 million US patients with urinary issues following neurologic injury or disease. Their platform addresses issues with access to care and diagnostic reliability facing urology clinics today.

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Bloom

Bloom

Founded by a doctor-patient duo, Bloom Birth Control is a natural birth control app that identifies a woman’s unique fertile window through tracking a biomarker. Bloom is based on a clinically proven, scientific method which has been found to have similar efficacy to the birth control pill (99% effective with perfect use). 

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Brace Cap

Brace Cap

Revolutionizing care and comfort in the orthodontic industry, Brace Cap's patented covered ligature ties prevent common orthodontic injuries and wounds. The innovative approach reduces the risk of injury and the frequency of unscheduled emergency visits, improving patient retention and scheduling capabilities for orthodontic clinics.

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Clab AI

Clab AI

Clab AI is designed to empower students and counselors with personalized, AI-driven guidance through the college application process, ensuring each student maximizes their potential and opportunities for higher education success. 

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Couture Technologies

Couture Technologies provides AI-powered solutions that empower brands to provide memorable, engaging customer experiences, including a virtual try on experience, a body measurement service, an interactive lookbook, and 3D product visualizations at scale.

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Diatech Diabetes

Diatech Diabetes

Diatech Diabetes is a medical device company addressing the need for infusion set failure detection with their SmartFusion™ system.

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Eupalinos Innovations

Eupalinos, Inc.

Eupalinos, Inc. is a medical device company specializing in bioengineering polymer-based materials for restoring blood flow. The company’s core technology is patented hydrogel that facilitates the rapid growth of new blood vessels after injection, with sufficient speed and concentration to prevent limb loss in critical ischemia models.

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Fathom

Fathom

Fathom is a blockchain-enabled startup that removes barriers to employment by making it easy to prove what you know and can do in the world of work.

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Happenstance

Happenstance

Happenstance is a contemporary bourbon brand that speaks to the modern consumer. Double-distilled and aged four years in New American Oak Barrels, the Founder’s Edition straight bourbon whiskey incorporates today’s most sought out flavors, including a complex combination of vanilla, hazelnut, toasted oak, honey, and toffee notes.

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Phase Capital

Phase Capital

Phase Capital is elevating the Nashville biotech ecosystem by addressing the gaps of access to capital, deal flow, and lab space with the goal of transforming both Nashville's biotech ecosystem and the broader biotech investment landscape.

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Radical Shoots

Radical Shoots

Radical Shoots provides high-quality, locally grown microgreens to the Nashville market including 50+ local restaurants. Radical Shoots is committed to advancing sustainable agricultural practices and increasing consistent access to local, nutritious foods in Middle Tennessee.

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TuneHatch

TuneHatch

TuneHatch is a web-based platform that uses predictive analytics and streamlined processes to help independent venues and music artists book more profitable shows and help fans find the shows they’ll love.

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VenoDynamics

VenoDynamics

VenoDynamics is developing a temporary balloon catheter designed to optimize hemodynamics in patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure. The device aims to improve patient symptoms, reduce hospital duration, and decrease hospital readmissions. Additionally, they are actively working on the development of software and a monitoring system for future clinical trials.  

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With The Band

With the Band

With the Band is a premiere fan engagement company that enables every artist to fully engage with their fan base through the use of the company's app and website. 

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Alumni Ventures:

Arms Cyber

Arms Cyber

ARMS Cyber provides cybersecurity for the U.S. Department of Defense and large enterprises. Their proprietary technology offers moving target defense techniques to mitigate the damage from zero-day cyber attacks.

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Atmos

Atmos (Acquired by WAP Sustainability)

Atmos is a software solution that empowers ESG reporting, disclosure, and improvement at the corporate and board level. They work with Public Small Caps and Large Private companies to help them begin their ESG/Sustainability journey, maintain compliance with vendors, and develop strategies around their data. This company was acquired by WAP Sustainability in Spring 2024. 

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Baseline

Baseline

Baseline is a journaling and mood tracking platform designed to assist the user to better understand their brains and improve their mental health.

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Endoshunt

EndoShunt

EndoShunt is developing a life-saving traumatic hemorrhage control shunt which allows trauma surgeons to pause the clock on their patients bleeding out.

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Finally Skincare

Finally Skincare

Finally is developing a skin assessment platform that analyzes the molecular makeup of an individual’s skin to match them to ideal products and/or ingredients for their skin’s unique biochemical makeup.

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Leddin Group

Leddin Group

Leddin Group has developed the comprehensive Leadership Lab Learning System. At the heart of the Leadership Lab Learning System is the 5 Practices of Impactful Leaders course, popularized by Dr. Patrick Leddin’s book, The Five-Week Leadership Challenge, a Wall Street Journal best seller. 

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resera

Resera

Resera is a social enterprise symbolic jewelry manufacturer and brand that employs survivors of domestic violence and homelessness to craft each piece. Their unique combination of mission and technology makes it possible to deliver powerful stories of impact and transformation customers want without compromising design and quality.  

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Zeno Power

Zeno Power

Zeno Power is on a mission to provide clean, plug-and-play power anywhere in the universe. To do that, they are commercializing next-generation radioisotope power systems that convert the heat from recycled nuclear waste into a years-long supply of clean power.

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Venture Highlights

Venture Highlight

Vanderbilt-initiated startup Zeno Power receives $15M

Zeno Power, a startup initiated through the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, is one of 11 American companies to receive funding from NASA to develop technologies that could support long-term exploration on the Moon and in space for the benefit of all.

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Venture Highlight

TuneHatch Inc. named among 2023 NEXT Award Finalists

The 2023 NEXT Awards was be hosted at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Monday, October 23. There were three winners in each category, and TuneHatch Inc., was nominated and won within the Sports, Music, and Entertainment Startup Category. 

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Venture Highlight

Fathom Partners with the Department of Labor and National Science Foundation

In a groundbreaking collaboration, Fathom aligns with the Department of Labor's Chief Evaluation Office (CEO), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to participate in the Analytics for Equity Initiative.
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Venture Highlight

Techstars Workforce Development Announces 2024 Class of Pioneering Startups

Fathom PBC is a workforce innovation company that connects talent to the world of work. The team, the technology and the timing made the company a very attractive applicant for the very prestigious and highly selective Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator based in Denver, CO.
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Venture Highlight

EndoShunt receives prestigious recognition at Harvard President's Innovation Challenge

EndoShunt was recently recognized as Harvard’s most impactful life sciences innovation in the Harvard President's Innovation Challenge. EndoShunt is a novel surgical tool for controlling abdominal bleeding, allowing surgeons to place a temporary, length-adjustable shunt within the major abdominal vessels. 

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Venture Highlight

EndoShunt places in Rice Business Plan Competition

EndoShunt receives 5,000 prize, sponsored Chevron Technology Ventures + $25,000 Investment, provided by Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship.

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Supported by the Cynthia cohen 2040 IMPACT Fund