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Whitney to lead Jumpstart fund investing in Black-owned Health startups

Oct 12, 2020 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: March 17, 2021 - See Whitney/Buckner podcast for more context for this initiative. Jan. 21, 2021 - Whitney said the firm will be known as 'Jumpstart Nova', rather than.... Read More

Venture Notes - Sept. 15, 2020

Sep 15, 2020 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Launch Tennessee 36|86 capital-centric sessions, Pitch finalists listed

Aug 05, 2020 at 05:02 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE has announced the six startup finalists that will vie for LTN Impact Fund investment during this month's entirely virtual 36|86 Festival, for which registrati.... Read More

Milken Institute says Tennessee advances, yet struggles with tech commercialization and venture funding

Dec 18, 2018 at 11:42 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE ranks 39th among the Fifty States in a new Science & Technology Index out today from the Milken Institute, up one notch from two years ago but still well within.... Read More

Nashville's Black tech entrepreneurs sometimes weigh locating elsewhere

Dec 11, 2018 at 09:43 am by miltcapps

Updated 21 Dec 2018: Coko Eason's Milk the Moment has been inducted into the 2019 cohort of Velocity Accelerator in Birmingham, she told VNC today. BBJ coverage. -Ed. COURTNEY.... Read More