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Now in its landmark 13th year, 3686 is Tennessee’s largest gathering of entrepreneurs, founders, investors, service providers, and ecosystem supporters in Tennessee and a cornerstone of the innovation ecosystem in the Southeast. The multi-day conference, hosted in Nashville and reflecting the geographic coordinates of the city in its name, is hosted and powered by Launch Tennessee and widely acclaimed for timely panels and thought leader speakers exploring the top issues and pressing challenges shaping the landscape.
Now in its landmark 13th year, 3686 is Tennessee’s largest gathering of entrepreneurs, founders, investors, service providers, and ecosystem supporters in Tennessee and a cornerstone of the innovation ecosystem in the Southeast. The multi-day conference, hosted in Nashville and reflecting the geographic coordinates of the city in its name, is hosted and powered by Launch Tennessee and widely acclaimed for timely panels and thought leader speakers exploring the top issues and pressing challenges shaping the landscape.
Now in its landmark 13th year, 3686 is Tennessee’s largest gathering of entrepreneurs, founders, investors, service providers, and ecosystem supporters in Tennessee and a cornerstone of the innovation ecosystem in the Southeast. The multi-day conference, hosted in Nashville and reflecting the geographic coordinates of the city in its name, is hosted and powered by Launch Tennessee and widely acclaimed for timely panels and thought leader speakers exploring the top issues and pressing challenges shaping the landscape.
Activate your biggest year yet.
Activate your
biggest year yet.
Activate your biggest year yet.
In 2026, we’re doubling down on everything you love about the 3686 experience: thoughtful panels, in-person conversations with industry leaders, and plenty of opportunities for the high-impact networking and heartfelt community that have made the event truly unmissable for innovators and entrepreneurs across the state.
But that’s not all! Alongside a brand-new, highly walkable Germantown conference campus, we’re expanding the week’s programming with a slate of new can’t-miss events. Connect with Tennessee’s top talent at our Tech & Startup Job Fair, where dynamic startups and corporate leaders meet the state’s next-gen innovators. Cheer on the Volunteer State as our hometown Minor League Baseball team, the Nashville Sounds, face the Memphis Redbirds at First Horizon Park. And close out the week at Startup Homecoming—an unforgettable 3686 celebration packed with capital, corsages, cover bands… and plenty of surprises!
In 2026, we’re doubling down on everything you love about the 3686 experience: thoughtful panels, in-person conversations with industry leaders, and plenty of opportunities for the high-impact networking and heartfelt community that have made the event truly unmissable for innovators and entrepreneurs across the state.
But that’s not all! Alongside a brand-new, highly walkable Germantown conference campus, we’re expanding the week’s programming with a slate of new can’t-miss events. Connect with Tennessee’s top talent at our Tech & Startup Job Fair, where dynamic startups and corporate leaders meet the state’s next-gen innovators. Cheer on the Volunteer State as our hometown Minor League Baseball team, the Nashville Sounds, face the Memphis Redbirds at First Horizon Park. And close out the week at Startup Homecoming—an unforgettable 3686 celebration packed with capital, corsages, cover bands… and plenty of surprises!
In 2026, we’re doubling down on everything you love about the 3686 experience: thoughtful panels, in-person conversations with industry leaders, and plenty of opportunities for the high-impact networking and heartfelt community that have made the event truly unmissable for innovators and entrepreneurs across the state.
But that’s not all! Alongside a brand-new, highly walkable Germantown conference campus, we’re expanding the week’s programming with a slate of new can’t-miss events. Connect with Tennessee’s top talent at our Tech & Startup Job Fair, where dynamic startups and corporate leaders meet the state’s next-gen innovators. Cheer on the Volunteer State as our hometown Minor League Baseball team, the Nashville Sounds, face the Memphis Redbirds at First Horizon Park. And close out the week at Startup Homecoming—an unforgettable 3686 celebration packed with capital, corsages, cover bands… and plenty of surprises!
We always say, 3686 is the best way to get to know Tennessee startups.
We always say, 3686
is the best way to get to know Tennessee startups.
We always say, 3686 is the best way to get to know Tennessee startups.
WHAT TO EXPECT
WHAT TO EXPECT
WHAT TO EXPECT
Hundreds of promising connections, electrifying your impact and scaling your network across Tennessee and beyond.
AI-powered 1-on-networking, on-site and afterwards.
Pitch competitions, happy hours, community programming, and more!
Hundreds of promising connections, electrifying your impact and scaling your network across Tennessee and beyond.
AI-powered 1-on-networking, on-site and afterwards.
Pitch competitions, happy hours, community programming, and more!
Hundreds of promising connections, electrifying your impact and scaling your network across Tennessee and beyond.
AI-powered 1-on-networking, on-site and afterwards.
Pitch competitions, happy hours, community programming, and more!
OUR PARTNERS
OUR PARTNERS
Meet the folks who support 3686 and the Volunteer State’s startup ecosystem.
Don’t just take our word for it.
Don’t just take our word for it.
“This was BY FAR the best conference I've ever attended, for sooooo many reasons. Things were just done well. The attendees were all great people too.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“Friendlier and more welcoming than other events… a stronger sense of community, with people genuinely uplifting & supporting each other.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“It was great! In terms of Nashville startup ecosystem events I attend, this one is always the best.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“I just love the 1-on-1 connections - the ability to see such a great cross section of people, early stage founders to ecosystem leaders, is great.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“This was BY FAR the best conference I've ever attended, for sooooo many reasons. Things were just done well. The attendees were all great people too.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“Friendlier and more welcoming than other events… a stronger sense of community, with people genuinely uplifting & supporting each other.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“It was great! In terms of Nashville startup ecosystem events I attend, this one is always the best.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“I just love the 1-on-1 connections - the ability to see such a great cross section of people, early stage founders to ecosystem leaders, is great.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“This was BY FAR the best conference I've ever attended, for sooooo many reasons. Things were just done well. The attendees were all great people too.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“Friendlier and more welcoming than other events… a stronger sense of community, with people genuinely uplifting & supporting each other.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“It was great! In terms of Nashville startup ecosystem events I attend, this one is always the best.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“I just love the 1-on-1 connections - the ability to see such a great cross section of people, early stage founders to ecosystem leaders, is great.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“This was BY FAR the best conference I've ever attended, for sooooo many reasons. Things were just done well. The attendees were all great people too.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“Friendlier and more welcoming than other events… a stronger sense of community, with people genuinely uplifting & supporting each other.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“It was great! In terms of Nashville startup ecosystem events I attend, this one is always the best.”
2025 ATTENDEE
“I just love the 1-on-1 connections - the ability to see such a great cross section of people, early stage founders to ecosystem leaders, is great.”
2025 ATTENDEE
MEET YOUR HOST
MEET YOUR HOST
We’re Launch Tennessee, a 501c3 nonprofit that supports entrepreneurship and innovation all across the state. Our InvestTN fund makes early-stage equity investments in Tennessee-located startup companies. Our Network Partners include nine entrepreneur centers and five statewide industry-specific organizations. And the Tennessee Technology Advancement Consortium is a statewide technology transfer and commercialization support network for innovators at Tennessee higher education institutions to bring their groundbreaking research to market.
We’re Launch Tennessee, a 501c3 nonprofit that supports entrepreneurship and innovation all across the state. Our InvestTN fund makes early-stage equity investments in Tennessee-located startup companies. Our Network Partners include nine entrepreneur centers and five statewide industry-specific organizations. And the Tennessee Technology Advancement Consortium is a statewide technology transfer and commercialization support network for innovators at Tennessee higher education institutions to bring their groundbreaking research to market.
We’re Launch Tennessee, a 501c3 nonprofit that supports entrepreneurship and innovation all across the state. Our InvestTN fund makes early-stage equity investments in Tennessee-located startup companies. Our Network Partners include nine entrepreneur centers and five statewide industry-specific organizations. And the Tennessee Technology Advancement Consortium is a statewide technology transfer and commercialization support network for innovators at Tennessee higher education institutions to bring their groundbreaking research to market.
