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Quantum Lock: June 2021 Update
This has been an exciting few months for Quantum Lock Technologies. In June 2020, we were accepted into the Innovation Crossroads program...
Erica Grant
Jun 21, 20211 min read
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Erica Grant is named Forbes Next 1000
We are excited to celebrate the selection of our founder, Erica Grant, as one of the 2021 Forbes Next 1000. The Next 1000 was created to...
Erica Grant
Jun 15, 20211 min read
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Quantum Lock Receives Second Patent from the US Patent Office
We are excited to announce the second patent for Quantum Lock Technologies entitled "Tamper-Resistant Smart Factory" with the USPTO under...
Erica Grant
Apr 27, 20211 min read
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Quantum Lock wins 1st Place at Stu Clark New Venture Championship
The Stu Clark New Venture Championship is an annual international business plan competition hosted by the Stu Clark Center for...
Erica Grant
Mar 14, 20211 min read
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Quantum Lock accepted as finalist in Collegiate Investors Competition
Every year, the Inventors Hall of Fame at the US patent and trademark office hold a competition for student inventors. Quantum Lock was...
Erica Grant
Oct 15, 20201 min read
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Quantum Lock is awarded first patent
We are happy to announce that Quantum Lock's first patent, "Quantum Random Number Generator Lock", has been approved by the US patent...
Erica Grant
Oct 6, 20201 min read
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Quantum Lock Accepted into Cohort 4 of Innovation Crossroads
The Innovation Crossroads program accepts between four and six PhD founders from all over the US every year into their Department of...
Erica Grant
Jul 1, 20201 min read
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Quantum Lock is Semi-finalist in Rice Business Plan Competition
The Rice Business Plan Competition is considered to be the largest and richest student business plan competition in the world. Investors...
Erica Grant
Jun 19, 20201 min read
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Quantum Lock is in Semifinals for the Heartland Challenge
The Heartland Challenge is hosted by the University of Arkansas' Sam M. Walton College of Business via Zoom on May 28-29, 2020. Twelve...
Erica Grant
Apr 2, 20201 min read
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Quantum Lock wins "What's the Big Idea"
Every year, the Knoxville Entrepreneurship Center hosts a 48 pitch competition where entrepreneurs team up with local experts to build...
Erica Grant
Mar 17, 20191 min read
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Quantum Lock Receives Funding from Boyd Venture Challenge
Every semester at the University of Tennessee, a panel of judges hand-pick student entrepreneurs who submit a business plan to compete in...
Erica Grant
Mar 6, 20191 min read
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Quantum Lock wins Vol Court
Every semester, the Anderson Center at the University of Tennessee launches a 6 week lecture series which ends in a 90 second pitch...
Erica Grant
Mar 3, 20191 min read
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