Inaugural effort in new #615TechDrive underway in Music City

This post originally appeared courtesy of our friends at Teknovation. You can read the full story published on February 17, 2021 here.

Yesterday marked the launch of a new initiative in Music City named “Nashville Tech Gives Back (#615TechDrive).”

Powered by AllianceBernstein and organized by two entities – Build In SE and the Nashville Entrepreneurship Week, the effort is designed to leverage Nashville’s growing tech community – start-up Chief Executive Officers, Founders, Venture Capitalists and ecosystem executives – to support local non-profits doing important work in the community. Starting yesterday and continuing through Saturday, the organizers are asking those in the Nashville tech community to participate in #615TechDrive’s first effort by making a donation (monetary, tangible goods, or time) to one of 15 selected non-profit partners.

Monique Villa, one of the Founders of Build In SE, explained the initiative this way: “2020 was hard for Nashville with the March tornado, COVID-19 closures, then Christmas Day bombing right as we found ourselves on the home stretch looking ahead to 2021. Each of these devastating events made headlines while having a lasting impact locally, as our neighbors and friends lost homes, businesses, jobs and loved ones.”

More details can be found here.