2017 Project Music selects 4 startups from 120+ accelerator applicants

Feb 06, 2017 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

PROJECT Music, the year-round accelerator and mentoring program resident in the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC), has recruited its smallest batch of startups yet: Four, inc.... Read More

Project Music gains Entrepreneur in Residence Stephen Linn

Feb 06, 2017 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

STEPHEN LINN, founder of AmpliFLY Entertainment and a mentor the past year within the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, was recently named Music industry entrepreneur in residenc.... Read More

State of the Startups: Tennessee Technology Development Corporation,<br>aka Launch Tennessee, wants to shed some commercialization emphasis

Jan 30, 2017 at 09:18 am by miltcapps

IN JUNE 2011, months into his first term, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) told attendees at a venture-capital conference that Tennessee institutions and private companies must.... Read More

Capital Confirmation tops Nashville Technology Council Awards roster

Jan 27, 2017 at 08:22 am by miltcapps

RESULTS of Nashville Technology Council's (NTC) 8th Annual Awards, last night are below. NTC's CEO is Brian Moyer and its board is chaired by Nicole Tremblett of HCA;.... Read More

Augmented Reality startup Oshien eyes Kickstarter, then $750K Seed

Jan 23, 2017 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

AR/VR entrepreneur Paden Pierry, co-founder and CTO of Nashville-based Oshien, said the startup aims to hit Kickstarter in March with a $50K target, then follow that with a $7.... Read More

Nashville startup PredictGov joins Duke Law Tech Lab, eyes capital raises

Jan 23, 2017 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

VANDERBILT Ph.D. candidate John Nay has won admittance for his PredictGov lawtech startup in the inaugural class of the Duke Law Tech Lab at Duke University. Nay told Venture.... Read More

iCitizen eyes $5MM-$10MM Series A, cites increased traction

Jan 22, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

22 January 2017: Joel Lee, who had served earlier as president and chief marketing officer of iCitizen, returned within the past week. The company is moving into the Center615.... Read More

Dashiff departs MedCare Investments to head<br>Healthcare Services at Cannaccord Genuity

Jan 20, 2017 at 12:53 pm by miltcapps

DUNCAN DASHIFF has been named managing director and head of Canaccord Genuity Healthcare services in Nashville, where his investment-banking role also spans HealthIT, accordin.... Read More

Outgrowing startup ranks, Confirmation.com keeps pushing its envelope

Jan 17, 2017 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated 21 June 2019: Capital Confirmation has agreed to sell on undisclosed terms to Thomson Reuters, release here. Overall coverage of the company here. Update: 18 Aug. 2017.... Read More

Venture Notes - 17 January 2017

Jan 17, 2017 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

Claritas | InitialState | LaunchTN | HashedHealth | Jammber | JSF:HF | ScaleUP | Veterans | EPILogistics | AgTech | Z510 | Dynamo | Resolute | CET | Hope | RentRules | SiRanch.... Read More

Nashville cryptocurrency founder adopts 'open kimono' for disclosure

Jan 17, 2017 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 22 Aug. 2017 - UR Technology was apparently reconstituted as Kowala KUSD LLC (Dela.) in June 2017.-Ed. ACKNOWLEDGING both the interest and wariness that surround the.... Read More

Gov. Haslam says ECD Commissioner Randy Boyd returning to private sector

Jan 09, 2017 at 03:52 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) Commissioner Randy Boyd will return to the private sector February 1, serving.... Read More

Angel Capital Group eyes creating microfund focused on Nashville HealthIT

Jan 09, 2017 at 09:12 am by miltcapps

ANGEL CAPITAL GROUP, the Maryville, Tenn.-based syndicate of Angel clubs and funds, looks to create a Nashville micro-venture fund to gain greater access to "the healthIT expl.... Read More

B2B: Chalkline Sports in $1MM Seed raise for bettor-content platform

Jan 09, 2017 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

CHALKLINE Sports, a Nashville startup mobile media technology company that powers platforms for online communities and marketplaces of sports bettors, is coming out of stealth.... Read More

Maptic eyes capital raise for mapping, analytics platform<br>targeting the Consumer Packaged Goods industry

Jan 03, 2017 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

BY February, Nashville-based Maptic LLC plans to move its mapping, analytics and visualization platform for the Consumer Packaged Goods sector into private-beta mode. By mid-y.... Read More

Venture Notes - 3 January 2017

Jan 03, 2017 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

TODAY: Techstars | Vireo | Marijuana | LifeSci | Dynamo | Memphis Logistics | Nudge | Leankit | Discovery | Booze | Lighthouse Michael Cohn TECHSTARS Atlanta Managin.... Read More

InSage's 2nd Data Monetization event Feb. 1 at Loews Vanderbilt Hotel

Jan 03, 2017 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 5 Jan. 2017 - InSage announced a speaker addition: Brian Jelenek, executive director of JP Morgan Intelligent Solutions. Prior to JPM, he served in UBS and Boston Cons.... Read More

VendEngine passes $20MM revenue, eyes advisory board, capital needs

Dec 19, 2016 at 06:24 am by miltcapps

Updated: 3 June 2021: VendEngine sold for $84MM cash to Plano, Texas-based Tyler Technology release here. 22 Aug 2018 - Deane announced acquiring kiosk hardware and tech integ.... Read More

Nashville Mayor Barry names Kelsey Metro's first Chief Strategy Officer

Dec 14, 2016 at 03:53 pm by miltcapps

Dec. 13, 2016 - Starting in January, Brian Kelsey will become Metro Nashville's first Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) focused on ensuring the government is delivering the very be.... Read More

Venture Notes - 12 December 2016

Dec 12, 2016 at 07:35 am by miltcapps

Today: Diversified PE | HoneyCo A | Rezli | Disruption Labs | Volpara | Keiretsu Angels Carol Womack DIVERSIFIED Trust, the employee-owned wealth management firm, is.... Read More

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