Bunker Labs Nashville startups on firing line in June 28 event

Jun 21, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated: An additional startup, Menud led by Neil Whitney, is also to present. JPMorgan Chase and Bunkerlabs announced JPM will provide a $100K grant to the Nashville bunker.-.... Read More

Galante, Trahern, Artists & Allies take Music issues to nation's capital

Jun 21, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

TODAY is "Make Music Day" in Nashville and elsewhere. Coincidentally or not, the day of observance provides a grassroots backdrop for Music advocates' efforts to affect legisl.... Read More

Venture Notes, 17 June 2016

Jun 17, 2016 at 04:32 pm by miltcapps

Today: Chamber entrepreneurial strategy 2.0? - Krajicek tips - MotusPro capraise - JPJ Holdings Tech play - Eventa Global raise - CULER-Auramist changes TANTALIZING:.... Read More

Prominently backed YouScience startup sets $2.5MM capital raise

Jun 17, 2016 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 18 April 2017: YouScience reported 17 April it had raised about $2MM of a roughly $3.75MM target raise.-Ed. YouScience, the East Nashville-based startup that helps yo.... Read More

Nanomechanics gets investor-bidder approaches, eyes valuation and growth

Jun 15, 2016 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

NANOMECHANICS, the privately held precision-measurement technologies and services company based in Oak Ridge, is weighing growth strategy, as well as valuation, funding and ex.... Read More

Startup capital raises reported for HoneyCo indie-living + Ampersand Health

Jun 14, 2016 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

WHILE executives gathered today in Nashville to hear elite panelists discuss the evolving healthcare delivery continuum, two local startups today filed SEC reports on capital.... Read More

Post-36|86: VC Mitchell seeks dealflow, Nashville affiliate candidates

Jun 13, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

ANDREW Mitchell, the Consumer/Retail-focused founder of Brand Foundry Ventures (BFV), is following two Tennessee startups, scouting for a possible network affiliate here and r.... Read More

Nashville EC Vision2020 suggests global ambitions<br> and quiet building of entrepreneurship warchest

Jun 09, 2016 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

NESTING quietly on the Nashville Entrepreneur Center website is the provocative outline for the nonprofit's VISION 2020 Capital Campaign. The landing page for the campaign sug.... Read More

EC seeks Entrepreneur in Residence, add advisors for Project Healthcare

Jun 09, 2016 at 12:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 14 June 2016: HCA Holdings announced it has picked-up the title sponsorship for the EC's Project Healthcare accelerator, which has set July 7th as the deadline for sta.... Read More

CEO search seeks Huddleston successor at Nashville Technology Council

Jun 08, 2016 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 12 Aug 2016 0652 - NTC announced that Brian Moyer (LinkedIn), a former regional HiMSS President, will succeed Huddleston in September. -Ed. BRYAN HUDDLESTON, a former.... Read More

Down to the Wire for $50K: 5 startup Finalists await 36|86 verdict

Jun 07, 2016 at 01:47 pm by miltcapps

Update: Chattanooga-based Torch was declared prize winner.-Ed. LAUNCH TENNESSEE's 36|86 judges this afternoon brought the field of startups competing for $50K in prize money d.... Read More

Winners announced from Statewide University Pitch Competition

Jun 07, 2016 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH Tennessee on May 26 announced four winners of its Statewide University Venture Challenge, a new initiative launched in March. The programs aims to engage student entrep.... Read More

U-Pitch: Blaque Reily's Portmanteau Jewelry startup is building in layers

Jun 07, 2016 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

Portmanteau Jewelry Collection is the startup of Blaque Reily, a Fairbanks, Alaska native and freshly minted MBA out of the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt Un.... Read More

Knoxville Entrepreneur Center's CodeWorks startup concepts noted

Jun 07, 2016 at 07:00 am by miltcapps

KNOXVILLE Entrepreneur Center (KEC) today announced four business concepts selected for CodeWorks, a 12-week startup-counseling program that begins June 13. KEC said the.... Read More

AeroWALL Dynamics: NVille startup to leverage TN's transportation sector

Jun 06, 2016 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

THOUGH it's preparing for a long journey, AeroWALL Dynamics might instead gain enough traction among trucking operators to make the Nashville startup's trip to an exit a very.... Read More

AegleGear healthcare apparel startup nears launch in Chattanooga

Jun 06, 2016 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

CHATTANOOGA-based Aegle Gear LLC, a true startup producing healthcare apparel with proprietary anti-microbial properties and athletic styling, has raised $750K in Seed funding.... Read More

Startup retention: Will edtech entrant Coursicle be a Tennessee keeper?

May 20, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE accelerators attract interest from startups nationally and internationally, but after graduating from an accelerator those imported companies too often return home o.... Read More

June 14, Oct. 3 events target Blockchain adoption<br>in Healthcare, Supply Chain, Financial Services

May 20, 2016 at 03:29 pm by miltcapps

Update: The organizers have shifted the Distributed:Health event to Oct. 3rd, and this story has been amended accordingly.-Ed. HEALTHCARE industry adoption of blockchain techn.... Read More

Soundways 1st Music startup funded via Consortium/StartCo partnership

May 20, 2016 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Memphis-based Soundways Inc. has gotten the initial accelerator investment through the Start MMT (Memphis Music Town) program created by nonprofit Consortium MMT and.... Read More

HealthX3: Jumpstart cohort, GfE HealthTech, EC Project Healthcare

May 19, 2016 at 06:45 pm by miltcapps

FROM SUNDAY onward, 24 Healthcare startups will be living in a special Heaven or Hell for early-stage ventures. Jumpstart Foundry Chairman Vic Gatto said Jumpstart will gathe.... Read More

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