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501.20 Days: Launch Tennessee bets heavily on impact of 36|86 conference
LTN aims to draw 900, including perhaps 100 investors to its 4th annual conclave in Nashville.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, May 17, 2016 4:45 pm

502.Digital Reasoning Systems names new president
Information services exec joins mostly shrouded local firm still seeking to leverage its IP and its government-contracting origins
By Milt Capps Updated / Published Monday, January 11, 2010 2:09 pm

503.Techstars accelerator integrating 10 startups into Oak Ridge-Knoxville
AI is a dominant theme among Industries of the Future Accelerator team members landing in Tennessee from other states and nations.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, February 7, 2022 6:15 am

504.UK exec views Nashville's 'unrivalled' pool of health execs
Briton observes Nashville healthcare execs as they contemplate their fates, amid an uncertain economy
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:29 pm

505.Hollis: RoI for AI: Optura's $6.5M+ Seed spurs AI Ops orchestration
With fresh capital, startup is hiring, signing customers and eyeing sector for M&A.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, June 11, 2025 12:56 pm

506.VNC Member News: Nashville's Nexus Group launches new Data Center
Tech company's Nashville Regional Exchange Point now resides in 19,000 sq. ft. facility that's hub for lines of business
Published Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:39 am

507.'Creative Nashville' may lure high-growth ventures
Tonight, NBC provides another test of Nashville's brand-image -- while the Entrepreneur Project confronts 'lagging innovative capacity', inadequate capital and slow tech commercialization.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, June 9, 2008 6:46 am

508.NewsBits, April 25, 2011
JumpStart's 'brightest'... EmergeMemphis' 45 startups.. Haslam-Hagerty gameplan... David Wilds in cap raise.. Blackstone venture aid...
By Milt Capps Updated 3:14 p.m. / Published Monday, April 25, 2011 8:56 am

509.Venture Notes - 28 November 2016
A fresh dozen items from around the state of interest to the venture sector.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, November 28, 2016 8:30 am

510.Growing TN: Hagerty chairs ECD-funded TTDC development group
Leadership shift was accomplished August 19, with Hagerty now chairman of TTDC
By Milt Capps Updated August 19, 2011 3:38 p.m. / Published Thursday, August 18, 2011 2:24 pm

511.Venture Notes - June 12, 2020
New Angel fund, resource for family offices, OZ fund, Innova bets, Techstars eyes Knox, batch of raises, exec moves + more.
By Milt Capps / Published Friday, June 12, 2020 3:16 pm

512.Center for Entrepreneurship staffs-up within
VU Owen Graduate School of Management

Less than a month into the mission, new Center director targets numerous objectives.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, April 4, 2017 4:55 pm

513.State of the Startups: Tennessee Technology Development Corporation,
aka Launch Tennessee, wants to shed some commercialization emphasis

Gov. Bill Haslam delivers his State of the State Address this evening.
By Milt Capps SoS Transcript added 31 Jan 0726 / Published Monday, January 30, 2017 9:30 am

514.'Person First Alliance' emerges in response to Brookings' HealthIT challenge
Designation of leader for coalition's next phase of work may bring acceleration.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, October 16, 2017 5:15 pm

515.GrowthX partners eye $50MM fund, visit Nashville startups, investors
[updated] Fledgling SFO VC and angel ties could be put to work in Tennessee.
Milt Capps updated 16 Nov. 2015 / Published Tuesday, November 10, 2015 3:15 pm

516.PEOPLE: Anand Sanwal's CB Insights has eyes on Nashville + Tennessee
A keen observer of America's startup and Venture landscape took a few minutes with VNC.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, December 8, 2014 1:30 pm

517.Venture Notes - Kentucky ventures - December 4, 2020
20 pieces of evidence that startup-, innovation- and deal-oriented folks find plenty to like in Kentucky.
By Milt Capps / Published Friday, December 4, 2020 3:58 pm

518.Venture Notes 15 August 2016
Frontier Capital, Petra Capital, TextRequest, CEAdvisory raise, Pharos Cap, VU Med Innovators, MDSave.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, August 15, 2016 4:53 pm

519.Company Lab, TennSmart to sort Sustainable Mobility Reverse Pitch innovators to confront Challenges during EXPO in Nashville
Deadline Nov. 20, 2023 - Q&A session just ahead, Pitches Dec. 5-6 as part of Expo in Nashville.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 16, 2023 1:49 pm

520.Gem founder ranks NVille Healthcare sector as a key Blockchain market
CEO Winkelspecht is working with HC customers on proof of concept technologies.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, March 31, 2016 9:30 am

521.'Pinky Gonzales' meets the digital Age of Fanatics
Operating under a brand name for a decade or more, this Nashville marketing and innovation guru seems to have earned his spurs
By Milt Capps Updated 7:07 a.m., Jan. 18, 2011 / Published Monday, January 17, 2011 6:01 pm

522.CEO: Nashville Fashion Alliance may pivot into strategic relationship
With a merger or other transition afoot, NFA chief and Mayor Briley restate value of supporting Creatives, Fashion entrepreneurs.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2:07 pm

523.Venture Notes - March 29, 2021
Today: ObjectiveGI | AgAdvisory | EPI Capital | TechTrans | IPE | Lemonade | IMAC | SESAC | Agilon | Nikola
By Milt Capps - Updated Sept. 15, 2021 / Published Monday, March 29, 2021 5:30 pm

524.Gordon-Wamp give fresh push to Mid-TN Tech consortium
Although slow to crystallize, the Mind2Marketplace technology initiative has won support from a growing number of participants, as it attempts to become a formal organization
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, September 2, 2008 6:57 am

525.Relay Life Science commercial development startup raising capital
Entrepreneur who also leads mentor network says his new firm is operational.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, April 20, 2017 3:00 pm

526.Jim Phillips CEO of relaunched XMI backed by Engelbrecht's SCI of Evansville
[updated] Former XMi executive holds minority stake, in wake of entrepreneur Shmerling's peel-off.
Milt Capps updated 4:55pm 2 May 2017 / Published Tuesday, May 2, 2017 9:56 am

527.LifeScience Tennessee Venture Forum taps four startups
The association's annual convention convenes today.
Submitted / Published Monday, September 28, 2015 11:15 am

528.emids Technologies gets suitors, eyes M&A, plus IoT and Blockchain plays
[updated] Healthcare IT, solutions and consulting provider has apparently passed a revenue milestone.
Milt Capps updated 10 March 2020 / Published Tuesday, August 15, 2017 4:15 pm

529.Centerstone Research Institute eyes capital for healthcare analytics spin-out
Centerstone of America seeks commercial prowess to get technologies to market.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, July 28, 2015 3:15 pm

530.Startup Stroll preps $1.5MM Seed raise to catch destination-marketing wave
Eberhardt & Bell press forward with tech solution developed in Nashville for global market.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, October 9, 2019 2:00 pm

531.Pathway Lending, UT Research Foundation have intersecting commercialization interests
This economic-development lender is deepening its footprint statewide
By Milt Capps Updated 12:30 p.m. / Published Tuesday, May 3, 2011 8:07 am

532.VC Martin Ventures in capital raise for Shulkin-led Global Pain Center
Chicago VC 7wireVentures led the round for startup's virtual-only offering of support for chronic-pain sufferers.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, March 17, 2022 4:45 pm

533.Leader-designee bound for UTC Research Institute's Quantum Center
Dr. Rick Mukhurjee relocating from Germany to Chattanooga to lead UTC Quantum Center initiatives.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, April 29, 2024 10:30 am

534.Venture Notes -- June 25, 2019
The startup/venture cauldron bubbles across Tennessee. 40 abstracts here.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, June 25, 2019 5:00 pm

535.Venture Notes - March 21, 2024
Updates: Accelerator revival, Lodestone Advisory, Homeware, We Are Nations, Mamaya Health
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, March 21, 2024 5:15 pm

536.NBIC: Nashville incubator seeks next executive director, while strategy unfolds
With seeds planted and a new strategy coming, NBIC chief steps down
By Milt Capps updated 1:35 p.m. / Published Wednesday, June 6, 2012 11:43 am

537.CEO: The Company Lab taking fast lane to Sustainable Mobility leadership
[updated] CoLab CEO Tasia Malakasis drives plans for SM leadership from Chattanooga epicenter.
By Milt Capps updated / Published Monday, January 23, 2023 12:50 pm

538.Strategic hire: LaunchTN communications chief now in place
[Updated] Director joins from PwC as tech development and entrepreneurship nonprofit pursues FY20 funding, strategic objectives.
By Milt Capps updated / Published Wednesday, March 6, 2019 10:45 am

539.Vanderbilt University picks Cleveland Clinic exec
to drive transfer and commercialization of IP

' Overhaul and investment ' could lead to accelerated enterprise development from VU research and development
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, April 27, 2011 11:00 am

540.Startup Tennessee to cultivate more Angel investors, among other goals
Michael Burcham-led StartupTN may cut a broad swath through the state'e entrepreneurial ecosystem
By Milt Capps Updated 6:43 a.m. Dec. 29, 2011 / Published Wednesday, December 28, 2011 11:50 am

541.Monique Villa Capra holds pivotal role in ECD-LaunchTN $1BN SSBCI vision
U.S. Treasury verdict still out, but more staff being recruited for developing TN ecosystem's capital stack.
By Milt Capps updated / Published Monday, August 29, 2022 3:14 pm

542.Silicon Ranch reports $838MM capraise as investors double-down
[Updated 5 Jan 2023] Largest raise to-date follows project proliferation, Clearloop buy, Canadian market entry, continued support from global Shell.
By Milt Capps updated Jan. 5, 2023 / Published Monday, January 3, 2022 9:01 am

543.Briefing: Hashed Health to convene blockchain consortium in Nashville
Converging activities could raise Nashville profile on global blockchain map.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 13, 2017 4:30 pm

544.CEO Steph Disher in Nashville would lead Atmus split-off from Cummins
CEO is 'Champion of mission' with vision, and a leader with 'caring nature'.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, April 12, 2023 1:15 pm

545.VUMC scientists seek partners for neuro-drug discovery
Two pharmas are already aboard and other allies for accelerating drug development may be in-the-offing
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 21, 2011 8:07 am

546.2019 Mayoral Candidate Cooper on questions posed by Venture Nashville
Early voting begins Aug. 23, ahead of the Sept. 12, 2019 Runoff General Election.
Published Wednesday, August 21, 2019 9:30 am

547.Pathfinder's Stefansic comments on Nashville leverage, challenges
Quiet figure behind the scenes of a Vanderbilt-spawned startup steps forward with observations and appreciation
By Milt Capps Last updated 9:52 a.m. Feb. 9, 2010 / Published Monday, February 8, 2010 11:05 am

548.'We are Music City' Entrepreneur Campaign launches
[Updated] The Nashville Area Chamber and its allies are unleashing an Entrepreneur Center, brand and marketing campaign
By Milt Capps Updated 10:20 a.m., Sept. 26, 2009 / Published Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:49 pm

549.NewsBits, May 23, 2011
New VC council forming, less TNInvestco info, Marcums' Tullhoma venture Launch Pad and news here and elsewhere
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, May 23, 2011 8:29 am

550.Project Music: RootNote capital raises may lift Music venture hub
While Austin and London loom large on horizon, founders anchor network in Music City.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, April 10, 2018 1:49 pm

551.Venture Notes - September 26, 2018
Latest updates on capital raises, partners, advisors and more.
By Milt Capps updated 26 Oct 2018 / Published Wednesday, September 26, 2018 8:45 am

552.Venture Notes - Aug. 2, 2018
[updated] 36 alerts in today's summary as mid-summer Venture energy brings multiple new funds, capraises, and more.
By Milt Capps updated 17 Sept. 2018 / Published Thursday, August 2, 2018 4:45 pm

553.Fintech entrepreneur McGugin expands CoreCommerce role in payments
Payments veteran eyes market opportunities, strategic capital and M&A options after acquiring company entering growth mode.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, July 16, 2020 5:04 pm

554.Venture Notes - 22 January 2018
17 updates ranging from Fintech, Soccer and Patient warming, to new platforms, VCs and more.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, January 22, 2018 4:30 pm

555.NEWSBITS, Feb. 18, 2010
TTDC forum, TNInvestco website, VU tech transfer, PureSafety, Tricycle, Memphis leadership, and more...
By Milt Capps Last updated 8:52 a.m. / Published Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:15 am

556.Jumpstart Foundry seeks greater mindshare among U.S. HC entrepreneurs
'We're not shy about our ambitions' as they eye tips of entrepreneurs' tongues.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, May 24, 2017 12:45 pm

557.Memphis: VC Ridgeline Ventures Fund II reports raising $28MM+
Targets businesses with solutions for complex enterprises.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, September 19, 2024 8:46 am

558.FINTOP Capital Fund III eyes $250MM, Joe Maxwell active on multi-fronts
Fund Close Updated: This fintech VC's execs are involved not only in deals, but in potentially industry-transforming efforts.
By Milt Capps Updated / Published Friday, January 14, 2022 4:51 pm

559.Update: Martin-, Heritage-backed Wellvana files further $10MM capraise
[updated] Amid sector consolidation, Wellvana financings now total at least $150MM.
By Milt Capps with updates / Published Friday, July 21, 2023 4:33 pm

560.Advisors: Jack Waddey says 'Nashville still needs major research park'
Years after his initial appeal, Waller IP attorney sticks to his guns.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, May 24, 2017 12:00 pm

561.BullVC eyes $75MM raise, aims to help founders, teams sell startup shares
[Updated] New firm seems industry agnostic, tech-oriented, with entrepreneurial, financial and related experience.
By Milt Capps updated / Published Monday, November 30, 2020 4:30 pm

562.Greater Nashville Venture Capital Association advances toward kickoff
[updated] Nashville advocates prepare potentially unprecedented stimulus for expansion of the region's capital stack.
By Milt Capps - updated / Published Friday, October 13, 2023 2:32 pm

563.LaunchTN taps 13 potential startups from campus entrepreneurship pipeline
Finalists are to pitch Aug. 28 during 36|86 event in Nashville.
By Milt Capps updated 5 July 2018 / Published Monday, July 2, 2018 6:00 pm

564.CEOs of Titans, Nashville SC likely fans of Music City entrepreneurship
Longer term, CEOs Ayre and Nihill seem positioned to create sparks off the pitch, as well as on.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, June 27, 2024 3:44 pm

565.FinTech Nashville: Bitcoin, Blockchain at center of BTCMedia event plans
[updated] Advocates believe Healthcare could be linchpin in new cyberindustrial role for Nashville.
Milt Capps Updated 25 March 2016 / Published Monday, February 1, 2016 11:30 am

566.SCHERMERLAND: 36:86 Speakers, celebration draw entrepreneurs, investors
LaunchTN has upped the ante, producing a cohesive package of certain fun and likely wisdom.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, May 17, 2016 5:00 pm

567.Life Sciences: VC-backed Nodality opens Franklin lab
By enlisting a squad of scientists based here, this California firm has created a pathway of its own into Nashville's fledgling biotechnology community
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, February 3, 2009 8:55 am

568.Nashville investors with hospital savvy eyed by Patientory PHM startup
[updated] Grad of Boomtown, StartupHealth accelerators presses forward.
Milt Capps updated April 25, 2017 / Published Monday, March 6, 2017 1:15 pm

569.Khosla-backed Brentwood youth takes Strut to SiValley,
yet thinks Nashville could become a true 'startup hub'

[updated] 20-year-old entrepreneur surrounded by quite a roster of investors, advisors
Milt Capps Updated / Published Tuesday, September 2, 2014 12:22 pm

570.TTDC grants $100K to Nashville Entrepreneur Center, names two board leaders
Tech economic development group also funds entrepreneurs network and appoints vice chairperson as it heads into legislative fray
By Milt Capps Updated 3:44 a.m. Jan. 22, 2010 / Published Thursday, January 21, 2010 4:34 pm

571.Capital: Tarby Bryant summons Gathering of Angels from Chattanooga
Four startups -- including one led by a co-founder of Ancestry.com and one by a Chattanooga entrepreneur -- will appear in person.
By Milt Capps updated / Published Tuesday, September 5, 2023 4:30 pm

572.Caduceus Capital's LAUNCH accelerator eyes pre-Seed digital health startups
With applications deadline in 78 days, VC execs prep for first 'AcceleratorPlus' cohort, to be followed this fall by a second.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, January 9, 2025 3:16 pm

573.Boon, not gloom? MB Ventures chief looks forward to '09
With a nod to Nashville VCs, this Memphis fund manager sees plenty of targets of opportunity
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:22 am

574.Whitney to lead Jumpstart fund investing in Black-owned Health startups
Jumpstart Health Investors deploys new VC to pursue compelling opportunities among Black-owned firms.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, October 12, 2020 12:15 pm

575.The VNC Reader's Guide to the Best of 2008
'Respect must be paid' to 2008, with a sample drawn from nearly 200 VNC stories, setting the stage for 2009
Milt Capps / Published Friday, January 2, 2009 2:15 pm

576.NewsBits, August 1, 2011
Watching a TNInvestco watcher, Scripps Interactive, Harbert, Solidus, Fresenius, key hires and more.
By Milt Capps Updated 6:54 a.m. Aug. 3, 2011 / Published Monday, August 1, 2011 7:59 am

577.Venture Notes - May 19, 2021
Couple-dozen bulletins on spacs, letter rounds, startups, innovators, execs in motion, resources from around the ecosystem
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, May 19, 2021 4:29 pm

578.Allison Duke to take helm of Lipscomb University College of Business
VNC updates impending shifts, updates campus entrepreneurship, pitch contest and more
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, December 16, 2024 4:26 pm

579.Economy: Nashville Business Outlook Summit set for Winter '09
Rippee leads monitoring group; Chamber helps local businesses survive and thrive, despite the plummeting economy
Milt Capps UPDATED 10:45 A.M. / Published Sunday, December 7, 2008 7:31 pm

580.Wearables: Mark Harris-led HeroWear raising Seed, maps Series A round
Serial entrepreneur leverages technology create by Vanderbilt University investigators.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, March 5, 2020 11:15 am

581.NEWSBITS, Feb. 11, 2010
Carried-interest threat to VCs' takehome..VU on entrepreneurship..Microloans in the Boro..Solar investment and more...
By Milt Capps Updated 4:40 p.m. / Published Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:38 pm

582.TNECD's LaunchTN reports gains, spotlights startups Whisper Aero + Shappi
TTDC-LaunchTN board gets earful on importance of prepping + retaining vital talent in TN.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, January 16, 2025 3:00 pm

583.VU Wond'ry PreLaunch ideas target travel,
autonomous tech, visual empowerment

A sample of what VU student and faculty ideas for producing better life experiences.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, February 25, 2020 2:30 pm

584.NewsBits, March 28, 2011
Get that extra cup o' coffee, you'll need it for news from McWhorter, Council Ventures, Vaden Landers and more.
By Milt Capps updated 3:38 p.m. / Published Monday, March 28, 2011 3:25 pm

585.Brody-Waite: EC won't sub 'vaporware' or coffee for sustainability + value
Nashville Entrepreneur Center's third chief seems opportunity to 'leapfrog' some other cities.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, June 1, 2017 4:00 pm

586.VU inventors' Adaptive Technology startup faces IntelliCane funding hurdles
Startup commercializing VU IP to reduce injury, death and mitigate $50BN annual medical spend.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 19, 2018 10:45 am

587.Fintech founder-CEO Marcus Cobb raises capital for Mozaic platform
Updated - Incumbent investor Joe Galante among those paving further runway for split-payments platform.
By Milt Capps updated 27 November 2023 / Published Friday, September 2, 2022 5:00 pm

588.Venture Notes - November 29, 2018
HealthIT startup winds-down, VC tags talent for Nashville, Angels raising, and more.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 29, 2018 4:00 pm

589.NW TN's Donaldson leads The Mill's emergence as LaunchTN regional EC
After 7 years without a formal regional entrepreneurship partner in NW Tennessee, The Mill contracts for the work.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, October 10, 2023 11:25 am

590.Regional Roundup, Nov. 7, 2011
Streamweaver 'stealth' no more...Unconference events... ECD budget comments... much more in this regional roundup
By Milt Capps updated 1:55 p.m. / Published Monday, November 7, 2011 5:48 am

591.NEWSBITS May 1, 2009
Digital Reasoning, tech transfer, Metro development, Innotec, nTelagent, Memphis venture forum, ICA, M&A, bankruptcies and more...
By Milt Capps / Published Friday, May 1, 2009 8:35 am

592.CivicEye's $12.4MM A-round fuels US growth and team-building
Backed by Cercano Management, Relevance Ventures, Angels, TNInvestco, INCITE, et al, its team shifts principal office.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, August 3, 2022 8:00 am

593.Monsor: Statewide Mentor Net has traction with early-stage companies
LifeSci Network seeks mentors and mentee companies, eyes event on Capital.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, January 25, 2016 4:30 pm

594.Nashville EC's Music-Tech accelerator
to debut with Investors at-the-ready

[Updated] With plans to cue-up Seed money, the Entrepreneur Center heavies-up its Music-industry offerings.
Milt Capps Updated Nov. 27, 2014 / Published Thursday, September 11, 2014 8:15 am

595.Venture Notes - 19 October 2016
Boyd & Brock of LaunchTN respond on sustainability, Healthcare, Rural Metrics and more.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, October 19, 2016 11:42 am

596.Claritas Capital: Montgomery is now resident entrepreneur
Digital branding and marketing pioneer will help herd dealflow, counsel startups and lend hand at raising funds
By Milt Capps Last updated 3:11 p.m. / Published Monday, March 1, 2010 8:53 am

597.Venture Notes - January 25, 2021
TN IPO enlarges, Pharos and other VC updates, plus action in spacs, fintech, insuretech, sports odds and more.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, January 25, 2021 2:24 pm

598.Milken Institute says Tennessee advances, yet struggles with tech commercialization and venture funding
Biannual Science & Technology Index shows some TN gains, but weakspots among growth factors
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, December 18, 2018 11:42 am

599.A-round ahead? LeanKit's Hefley visualizes future for local software venture
It's more mature than many EC-linked ventures and its techie team is getting traction, eyeing new sectors
By Milt Capps Updated 4:35 p.m. / Published Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:40 am

600.TCRS private-equity commitments reach $900MM as Villere departs
[updated] Crews PE role formalized after months as interim at TCRS.
By Milt Capps Updated 28 January 2014 / Published Monday, May 13, 2013 6:44 am

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