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VNC's March 2025 Venture Calendar

Mar 02, 2025 at 05:32 pm by miltcapps

Comments welcomed via Milt@VentureNashville.com or LinkedIn. AHEAD: MARCH 2025 3 Epicenter, Alchemist Accelerator Hub and Memphis supply-chain industry invite startups and oth.... Read More

Mobius-AI taps CEO Westenberg, advances electrified transportation fleet management platform

Aug 18, 2024 at 02:41 pm by miltcapps

Abhishek Dubey PhD VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY-spawned Mobius.AI Inc. Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer Abhishek Dubey PhD confirmed the startup has chosen Callan "Cal".... Read More

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee pilots statewide TTAC consortium

Sep 08, 2023 at 09:38 am by miltcapps

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC) dba Launch Tennessee today announced initial steps toward creation of the Tennessee Technology Advancement Consortium (TTAC.... Read More

Tennessee's innovators rally toward NSF Regional Innovation Engines

Aug 11, 2022 at 02:23 pm by miltcapps

THERE ARE AT LEAST 10 teams with strong Tennessee roots that have signaled they are prepared to compete for major, potentially transformative grant funding through the Nationa.... Read More

Tech Commercialization Notes - April 28, 2021

Apr 28, 2021 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

HUMAN + FINANCIAL CAPITAL: SSTI reports on an NBER study that shows that for those attempting to commercialize technology, "a munificent environment" and proximity to s.... Read More

Venture Notes -- June 18, 2019

Jun 18, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

. Today: Ross' AlienFast & AdvisoryIntake | Miller's Everyday Esports Kevin Ross KEVIN ROSS, now 45, is coming out of near-stealth with a debut proof-of-c.... Read More

Startup bio-dyemaker Stony Creek Colors closes Series A, eyes B-round

Jun 13, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

FIVE years ago, Sarah Bellos, the founder and CEO of Stony Creek Colors had gathered just over $500K to fund Stony Creek Colors Inc., the Springfield, Tenn.-based maker of pla.... Read More

Venture Notes - 12 June 2017

Jun 12, 2017 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Today: LaunchTN | Widen | Zacharia | Maxwell | Hashed Health | healthIT | Salerno | VUBOT | SBIR | TheHouse | Leaders LAUNCH Tennessee is designing a standardized te.... Read More

Clayton Associates' McWhorter increases stake in Clemson University

Jun 12, 2017 at 07:15 am by miltcapps

Updated 8 May 2020 - McWhorter, who recently chaired Gov. Bill Lee's Unified Command Group, tasked with addressing urgent Covid19 requirements, announced he's taking a strateg.... Read More

Memphis Agritech: The Seam launches blockchain venture,<br>considers capital strategy for product roadmap, global footprint

May 11, 2017 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

Update: March 10, 2020 - The Seam unveiled its Trust Protocol for sustainability, press release here. May 3, 2018 - Pryor announced the company has joined the Enterprise Ether.... Read More

BizFoundry CEO: Entrepreneur centers must<br>'meet entrepreneurs where they are'

May 08, 2017 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

JEFF BROWN, president and executive director of The Biz Foundry in Cookeville, listed several big lessons he's learned during five years cultivating entrepreneurship in the Up.... Read More

Venture Notes - Sept. 29, 2016

Sep 29, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

PredictGov | Clayton Associates | REDCap Cloud raise ahead | Angel Tax Credits | Project Health | The TENN | More.. J.B. Ruhl LAWTECH: Startup PredictGov.com has i.... Read More

Venture Notes - 23 September 2016

Sep 23, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

► YOU SNOOZE, you lose. See Venture Calendar for the next 2 weeks. Trainer ► ANALYZE THIS! New Constructs fintechie Founder/CEO David Trainer, an awfully tight-lipped.... Read More

Smartvue receives suitors, next raise likely a multiple of $15MM Series B

Apr 05, 2016 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 2 April 2018 - Smartvue has been acquired by Johnson Controls on undisclosed terms, release here. 10 Oct. 2017 - Smartvue named one of Top 20 Smart City IoT Video prov.... Read More

$5MM NSF grant supports Fisk University Center<br>for Biological Signatures and Sensing

Mar 31, 2016 at 06:15 am by miltcapps

FISK University has been awarded the Center of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Center for Biolo.... Read More

Centerstone Research Institute eyes capital for healthcare analytics spin-out

Jul 28, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

CENTERSTONE Research Institute (CRI) looks to raise $2.2MM in capital for a predictive-analytics spin-out that will serve the behavioral healthcare market. CRI CEO Tom Doub, P.... Read More

Vanderbilt University commercialization team tallies spin-outs, startups

Jul 27, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

AT LEAST 16 startups in the past 24 months were launched toward their markets with Vanderbilt University intellectual property licenses aboard, via a process managed by VU's C.... Read More

TNInvestco 2.0 prospects uncertain, entrepreneurs<br> and investors begin charting path forward

Oct 15, 2014 at 02:03 pm by miltcapps

TNInvestco, the State of Tennessee's unprecedented capital-formation program, is perhaps mostly widely appreciated for the buzz it created for the state upon its debut in 2009.... Read More

VU prof's Maize Analytics targets health-info breaches, mulls capital raise

Oct 13, 2014 at 03:37 pm by miltcapps

Updated: In July 2022, Maize buyer SecureLink was acquired by Thoma Bravo-backed Imprivata. In 2021: VU Profile of Fabbri, founder of Maize, which was acquired in May this yea.... Read More

'New Economy' analysis shows Tennessee lagging 39 other states

Jul 07, 2014 at 11:28 am by miltcapps

Updated Oct. 27, 2016: ITIF said its next report will be in Fall 2017. LaunchTN's July 7, 2014 statement in response to the earlier ITIF report is posted in full at this link..... Read More

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