Tennessee VCs and institutional partners ask opinions on ecosystem

Jul 20, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

VNC's previous reporting on exploration of the concept of the TennesSeed POC Fund is located here. Release below provided July 15, 2015, by Grady Vanderhoofven of Meritus Ven.... Read More

LeanKit's $16MM raise shows resolve to grow local techco 'that matters'

Jul 15, 2015 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Dec. 11, 2017 - Austin, Texas-based Planview, backed by PE Thoma Bravo, announced it bought LeanKit on undisclosed terms, with undisclosed plans for the company. Nov..... Read More

Escape velocity for Watershed LRS spin-out calls for $3MM-$5MM capraise

Jul 15, 2015 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated 16 June 2016 0718: Watershed announced 6/15 the closing of a $4MM Series A round that included participation from the LaunchTN-administered INCITE fund and Learning Te.... Read More

Healthbox grad Axial Healthcare completes $8MM equity raise

Jul 14, 2015 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

AXIAL Healthcare, the healthcare analytics and pain-care startup based in Nashville, today reported to the SEC it has raised $8MM in equity capital. The company says on its we.... Read More

Grants: Kauffman Foundation scouting Nashville/VU entrepreneur scene?

Jul 14, 2015 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 17 Nov. 2015: Story updated here.-Ed. KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION representatives were recently in Nashville for discussions with folks at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (.... Read More

People: First EPIcenter Memphis President now deep in community engagement

Jul 14, 2015 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

EPIcenter Memphis President Leslie Lynn Smith is having "real, honest conversations" with Memphians about strengths and gaps within the city's business ecosystem, and before L.... Read More

Ingram Content's 1440 Accelerator may drive 10 startups

Jul 14, 2015 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

INGRAM CONTENT Group (ICG) today announced the launch of its new 1440 accelerator program, named for the year Johannes Gutenberg perfected his printing press technology. Appli.... Read More

Carmichael reveals he's founding investor with Seraph super-Angel group

Jul 09, 2015 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

UBIQUITOUS Nashville Angel Crom Carmichael has confirmed he's been a founding investor in the Bay Area-based Seraph Group since its inception. Carmichael revealed today he inv.... Read More

LaunchTN 36:86: Partpic eyes Series A in 2016, focuses on growth after wins

Jul 09, 2015 at 04:42 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Partpic was acquired by Amazon in 2HCY16.-Ed. PARTPIC, the platform for online visual search of replacement parts, is all about supplier ties, revenue growth and key.... Read More

FinTech: Iroquois Capital's payments startup doesn't rule-out capraise

Jul 09, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

IROQUOIS Merchant Services LLC, an Iroquois Capital Group startup, has strong access to a network of investors, but after 2015 larger asset-acquisition opportunities may call.... Read More

Gambit: E-mail player Emma sees NCN, Square1 capital as bridge to future

Jul 08, 2015 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

EMMA INC., the 13-year-old e-mail marketing platform based in Nashville, has accepted $5MM in funding from a Nashville Capital Network (NCN) affiliate and Square1 Bank, a capi.... Read More

Nashville Edtech veteran to lead eRepublic's Center for Digital Education

Jul 06, 2015 at 03:46 pm by miltcapps

KECIA RAY, Ed.D., a veteran of Nashville education technology space, has been chosen to lead the Center for Digital Education (CDE) unit of e.Republic. Ray takes-up her new ex.... Read More

DivorceSecure raising capital to reduce pains of parting

Jul 06, 2015 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

DIVORCESECURE, a startup in Memphis' SeedHatchery accelerator, is working to raise $275K Seed capital, in hope of supplanting family-law paper-shuffling with smarter, more eff.... Read More

Venture-backed Songkick taps Nashville's JD May for growth push

Jul 03, 2015 at 02:50 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE entrepreneur JD May has left his EVP-bizdev role at Nashville's FLO.CO to become international startup SongKick's VP for growth. May, 44, has many prior venture notc.... Read More

Innertainment Delivery Systems broadens footprint, mulls capital needs

Jul 03, 2015 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Update: 23 Feb 2017 - Reston, Va.-based GTL today announced its acquisition of IDS on undisclosed terms. Nashe told VNC he expects to be with GTL for 24 months.-Ed. INNERTAINM.... Read More

FinTech: St. Louis' SixThirty accelerator beckons Nashville startups

Jul 01, 2015 at 03:33 pm by miltcapps

THE DEADLINE is July 10 for applying for the SixThirty accelerator in St. Louis -- which has quietly become Nashville's sister city for all things FinTech. SixThirty Managing.... Read More

Mobile: EnhanceWorks eyes capraises for Expo totaling $2.0MM-3.5MM

Jul 01, 2015 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

ENHANCEWORKS, creator of the Expo mobile app for digital-content aggregation, plans within 18 months both to complete its current $500K convertible round, and pursue a further.... Read More

ProjectMusic: EVAmore in business/platform dev push + pursuing capraise

Jun 25, 2015 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Update Sept. 8, 2016 10:21a: Evamore announced it has completed a Series A round of undisclosed amount, and a spokeswoman for the firm said the lead investor in the company is.... Read More

Center for Entrepreneurship preps 2015-16 programs at Belmont University

Jun 25, 2015 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Update 26 September 2019: Belmont announced the CE is now named for its benefactor Thomas F. Cone Sr.-Ed. BELMONT UNIVERSITY's Center for Entrepreneurship (CE) has an ambitiou.... Read More

Charlotte's Frontier Capital eyes Nashville market for investments

Jun 24, 2015 at 12:30 am by miltcapps

FRONTIER CAPITAL, based in Charlotte, N.C., may invest in "one or two" Tennessee companies via its recently closed Fund IV, and those targets are likely to be based in Nashvil.... Read More

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