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John Liu stealthy about startup Intelluron,<br> but vocal about 2020 Sci-Engineering event

John Liu stealthy about startup Intelluron,
but vocal about 2020 Sci-Engineering event

Digital Reasoning exec felt called to pursue ML venture, extols Nashville and its STEM-oriented youth.

Alpha Investing: VU alumni lead capital network focused on real estate

Nashville entrant aims to connect accredited investors with institutional-caliber deals, at attractive minimums.

Gibran Ameer PharmD

Venture Notes - October 24, 2019

A new healthtech spinout, capraises, M&A, people moves, advisors, key events and a couple dozen more nuggets.

Venture Notes -- October 18, 2019

Launch Tennessee, Electro-Active, Dynamo, CET, EPIcenter, and more updated in today's roundup.

CEO Michael Berman JD

Fintech CEO: Mainsale-backed Ncontracts has pipeline of M&A 'discussions'

Nashville has proven a 'phenomenal', 'fabulous' place for VC-backed fintech-regtech co's launch.

CEO Will Norton JD

CEO: SimplyAgree could trigger Series A after 'right partner' emerges

Conversations continue as startup mulls investment terms, milestones, and preps for hiring and dev.

Venture Calendar - 2019 - Updated

[Updated] Entrepreneurial, startup and capital events and activities around Tennessee.

Pharos Capital Partners Fund IV-A filing eyes $250M healthcare investing

Healthcare specialists file on Fund IV affiliate.

Founder-CEO Al Ganier

Empower Health sets $12M raise for push into self-pay NAD infusion space

CEO Al Ganier says startup exhaustively considered market priority, and might later address opioid users' risk of pregnancy.

Oasis Venture entrepreneurship program for 'often marginalized'<br>Nashville teens folds after budget review

Oasis Venture entrepreneurship program for 'often marginalized'
Nashville teens folds after budget review

Realities of youth services and the breeding of entrepreneurs bring abrupt changes in local programs.

Startup Stroll preps $1.5MM Seed raise to catch destination-marketing wave

Eberhardt & Bell press forward with tech solution developed in Nashville for global market.

CEO Carson Ward

Skoller files for $2MM raise, steps-up pace to expand platform offering

CEO says social-media spend for student assignments, tests, grades users prompts accelerating employer recruitment support.

Tennessee Capitol

LaunchTN sets Startup Policy Workshops to boost regional entrepreneurship

Meetups blend LaunchTN mission, Kauffman funding, Engine advocate, constituents getting to know legislators.

Virtual Entrepreneurship Program

Launch Tennessee launches Virtual Entrepreneurship Program

Startup and growth-oriented entrepreneurship program taking 2020 applications now, through Dec. 15, 2019.

CEO-designate Jane Allen Esq.

Entrepreneur Jane Allen to be CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center

New CEO will rely on a lawyerly eye and entrepreneurial chops as she begins fresh assessment of the EC.

Jim Lackey

Venture Notes -- September 30, 2019

Lackey's latest, Music tech, OZ players, VU Ventures Group, LaunchTN, DRS CMO, Jumpstart Foundry and more.

TennesSeed Partners to ally with nonprofit to fuel TN seed-stage businesses

VCs team with TennesSeed Funders to create momentum to feed flywheel effect in TN economy.

CEO Tammy Hawes

Series A ahead, Tammy Hawes has always seen Virsys12 as scalable venture

With Salesforce Ventures as a shareholder, longtime healthtechie sees running room in cloud-apps sector.

Robert Grajewski

Enexor BioEnergy taps Wond'ry's Grajewski as SVP ahead of Series A

CEO Lee Jestings confirms appointment and continued focus on capital-raising, advisor-selection planning.

Capraises filed by Council Capital, Music City Baseball,<br>Revolution Partners, Dynamo, SweetBio

Capraises filed by Council Capital, Music City Baseball,
Revolution Partners, Dynamo, SweetBio

Signs of the season? SEC filings pop up in Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga.

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