Venture Nashville

Nashville answer to Brookings HealthIT challenge to emerge within 120 days

Mar 17, 2017 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

IT'S NEARLY TIME to set direction and priorities: Nashville's industry, tech and civic leaders plan to disclose between now and July 14 their gameplan for securing this region.... Read More

TN ECD grants support downtown co-working, coding, entrepreneurship

Mar 17, 2017 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Chattanoogan is SBA's Tennessee Small Business Person of the Year 2017

Mar 17, 2017 at 08:31 am by miltcapps

Energ3's Dan LeVan DAN LEVAN, founder and CEO of Energ3 (SED, Inc.) in Chattanooga, was recently named 2017 "Tennessee Small Business Person of the Year" by the U.... Read More

TN ECD grants support downtown co-working, coding, entrepreneurship

Mar 17, 2017 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

BOB ROLFE, two weeks into his new role as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, on March 16 announced six new Main Street Entrep.... Read More

Briefing: Hashed Health to convene blockchain consortium in Nashville

Mar 13, 2017 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

HASHED HEALTH, the Nashville startup backed by Martin Ventures and Fenbushi Capital, will in September convene in Music City its growing consortium of healthcare companies int.... Read More

Accelerate Health? With EC & Jumpstart Foundry out of the game,<br>some mull the need for a Healthcare accelerator in Nashville

Mar 06, 2017 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 5:49pm: Stuart McWhorter's earlier response to our query was apparently overlooked in our queue and has been added, below.-Ed. THE Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC).... Read More

Nashville investors with hospital savvy eyed by Patientory PHM startup

Mar 06, 2017 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

[Updated] June 7, 2017: Patientory announced raising $7.2MM in ETH in 3 days from about 1,730 ICO investors who'll convert to its PTOY native token, details here. April 25, 20.... Read More

For the record: Launch Tennessee aims to revise statutory charter

Mar 06, 2017 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE, the assumed name of the nonprofit officially chartered as Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), seeks to amend its statement of objectives. It.... Read More

The TENN startup MomSource charts growth, capital, eventual exit

Mar 06, 2017 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

COURTNEY JONES told Venture Tennessee she plans to exit her MomSource Network startup when she receives a compelling offer from "someone who can further th.... Read More

VC, Techie, Startup speakers pack March 12-17 week<br>with Nashville entrepreneurship at several venues

Mar 04, 2017 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Nashville Startup Week, March 12-17, offers more than 40 speakers, panelists and startup Pitch entrants. The entire schedule and free registration are here. Artiphon's.... Read More

Belmont University Student Business Plan Competition set March 15

Mar 02, 2017 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: On March 15, winners were (1) With the Band (2) Bloom Brightly Paper Co. (3) Gift Box Drop - details here.-Ed. BELMONT University's Center for Entrepreneurship puts t.... Read More

Venture Notes - 24 February 2017

Feb 24, 2017 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Capital raises to advance Smart-RIA platform among investment advisors

Feb 24, 2017 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

MAC BARTINE, president and CEO of Knoxville-based Smart-RIA, said his $250K Seed round is nearing its close and the company plans a further $1MM-$2MM round, commencing later t.... Read More

Street Jelly Media hits pavement for capital raise for B2B+B2C growth

Feb 24, 2017 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

TECH entrepreneur Frank Podlaha may soon have less time to enjoy the panoramic view of the Smokies that he gets from his backporch in Dandridge, 30 miles east of Knoxville. P.... Read More

Gov. Haslam names entrepreneur Bob Rolfe to head TN ECD

Feb 16, 2017 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Gov. Bill Haslam today announced Nashville business executive Bob Rolfe as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD). Rolf.... Read More

Event: BTC Media offers VNC readers access to Distributed: Markets

Feb 13, 2017 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

BTC Inc., the tech publishing company that relocated here from Huntsville in 2015, this morning approved a Venture Nashville request to allow VNC readers a savings on tickets.... Read More

Gov. Haslam senses Tennessee 'making headway' in tech commercialization

Feb 13, 2017 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE companies and research institutions might be stepping-up efforts to secure patents, licensing intellectual assets and ensuring that such knowledge is commercialized.... Read More

More LaunchTN commercialization comments and notes

Feb 13, 2017 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

Please see Venture Nashville's accompanying story today on Tennessee tech transfer and commercialization activities, with additional comments from Gov. Haslam and Launch Tenne.... Read More

Memphis Makers: Data Released from Major Survey of More than 300 Creative Entrepreneurs

Feb 07, 2017 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

adapted from submitted press release MEMPHIS MAKER advocates Monday (Feb. 6) released findings from an unprecedented local survey of more than 300 makers, artisans and m.... Read More

CEO: Dozen Software in stealth regarding new venture idea, capital raise

Feb 06, 2017 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

DOZEN Software majority owner and CEO Chris Downs says his company may soon pull the trigger on an undisclosed new venture the company is exploring with a prominent, but as-ye.... Read More

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