36|86: Village 36 startup presenters

May 24, 2015 at 01:28 pm by miltcapps

Note: For discount and conference details for the 36|86 conference in Nashville, visit here now.-Ed. LAUNCHTN, the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), a.... Read More

CEO McWhorter names Julia Polk program officer at Entrepreneur Center

May 21, 2015 at 09:21 am by miltcapps

Stuart McWhorter, president and CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, announced today that Julia Polk [LinkedIn] will be the EC's new chief program officer effective June.... Read More

edo Interactive: $20MM Series E, Badran CEO, Braswell exec chairman

May 20, 2015 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

The following is an edo Interactive press release, May 20, 2015. On May 26, an edo spokesman said the company has 92 employees, including 38 in Chicago, 39 (including remote w.... Read More

Venture fusion: LaunchTN's 36|86 attracts People, Ideas, Capital

May 20, 2015 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

LAUNCHTN's 36|86 conference June 8-10 is arguably the most visible stratagem in Tennessee's campaign to establish the state as "the best place in the Southeast to start and gr.... Read More

Scorebird mobile sports-data startup preps $1MM-plus Series A raise

May 20, 2015 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

SCOREBIRD LLC, the mobile sports-data startup based in Nashville, is preparing to pursue a Series A capital round of $1MM or more. Scorebird Co-Founder and CEO Jason Damewood.... Read More

Tailwind: Snaproll Media pursues UAV growth, mulls smart-capital raise

May 20, 2015 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

SNAPROLL Media, a Franklin unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services startup, isn't TRYing to be stealthy. They're just busy. CEO Steve Brugman told VNC the company has played a.... Read More

Amplion Clinical Comms builds value before considering capital or exit

May 18, 2015 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

Updates: January 2019: Lee Clark, former CTO, named president/CEO. May 2017: Frank Grant elevated to company's president. 12 April 2016 1228: Amplion announced promoting Tom S.... Read More

JusticeXL startup accelerator program debuts in Tullahoma at Southern Middle Tennessee Entrepreneur Centers

May 18, 2015 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: The applications deadline of Aug. 14 was announced 20 July 2015. See story below.-Ed. JusticeXL, the new Tennessee accelerator for startups in the law-enforceme.... Read More

Expansion-minded Addiction Campuses has raised $20MM -- and it's early

May 15, 2015 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

FREEDOM HEALTHCARE OF AMERICA LLC has raised $20MM since inception for its Addiction Campuses business and related real-estate, and it may consider a Series B raise within 12.... Read More

Health:Further - Jumpstart Foundry taps 9 of 240 app's for 2015 cohort

May 14, 2015 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

Jumpstart Foundry, the now-healthcare-centric accelerator based in Nashville, had 240 applicants for this year's 14-week endurance test -- and they picked nine (four of them f.... Read More

Eastate: Venture advisor offers updates on Angel Roundtable, FundingSage

May 13, 2015 at 12:53 pm by miltcapps

TONY LETTICH says The Angel Roundtable in the Tri-Cities area has 27 investors after just over two years in operation, and it has joined an Angel network. The Roundtable, bas.... Read More

NuSirt BioPharma has $6MM commitment from Hatteras, other investors

May 13, 2015 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 14 October 2015: NuSirt 10/13 reported raising $4MM toward an $8MM goal. May 13, 2015: Earlier media reports indicate that NuSirt was founded in 2010 and, as of Summer.... Read More

Mainsail Group capraise funds contract-marketing, alt-revenue startup

May 13, 2015 at 11:27 am by miltcapps

MAINSAIL GROUP, the Franklin-based contract brand-marketing and placement company, has completed a $650K Series A raise, said Co-Founder and President Wes Sellers. Positioned.... Read More

Memphis readies ZeroTo510 medical-device accelerator cohort for 2015

May 12, 2015 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Release submitted by Jessica Taveau, director-marketing, Memphis Bioworks Foundation Four entrepreneurial teams have been selected for the 2015 ZeroTo510 Medical Device Accel.... Read More

Civic engagement: iCitizen adds mathematicians,<br>CS experts to advance political transparency

May 12, 2015 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

iCitizen, a Nashville startup, has added to its team a talented mathematician and has acquired GovGraph interactive data-visualization technology to support civic engagement a.... Read More

Assets of Franklin-based StyleNet.com acquired by Co-Founder Reader

May 11, 2015 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

STYLENET.COM, the Franklin-based website and interactive services provider to the salon and spa industry, is now under control of majority owner Michael Reader and newly forme.... Read More

Venture Notes, May 11, 2015

May 11, 2015 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Today: Steve Case gambit? | TN private equity contract | Sal Novin of Trizetto | Jim Lackey | Marc Guthrie | Dave Chapman STEVE CASE is preparing to relaunch StartupAmerica as.... Read More

VentureNVTN: Tennessee happily braces for Entrepreneurial avalanche

May 08, 2015 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

THANK YOU for your readership of Venture Nashville Connections, founded seven years ago this spring, and its sibling Venture Tennessee Connections. An avalanche of busines.... Read More

Update: Nashville BLEON IoT startup names Interim CEO

May 06, 2015 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

BLEON Co-founder Mark Filaroski has taken-up fulltime business development duties and former advisor Gaurav Khanna, Ph.D., is now the startup's Interim CEO, the two men confir.... Read More

Internet of Things: BKON Connect tacks toward Seed and Series A raises

May 06, 2015 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: BKON reported to SEC 2 Nov. 2015 that it's raised nearly $1MM capital. The original VNC story of May 6, 2015, is below-Ed. BKON Connect is crossing that ocean known as.... Read More

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