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CEO: The Company Lab taking fast lane to Sustainable Mobility leadership

Jan 23, 2023 at 12:50 pm by miltcapps

Major SM kickoff conference in Chattanooga, May 9-11 2023 Capital-sourcing facility may emerge Parent CoLab continues as regional EC in LaunchTN net GigTank program ending af.... Read More

LaunchTN leverages State, EDA funding to spark Nashville EC and Proof Programs industry networks for Fintech, Consumer Products

Jan 30, 2023 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated Feb. 6, 2023: Nashville EC CEO Jane Allen announced that fintech veteran Joe Maxwell of FINTOP Capital and Lee Farabaugh, cofounder and president of CORE10, a FINTOP.... Read More

RFP details for funding TN Fintech, Consumer Products networks

Jan 30, 2023 at 02:17 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee said Jan. 30, 2023, it had selected two nonprofit applicants for contracts from TTDC-LaunchTN t.... Read More

Claritas Capital invests alongside Emerald Plus ally in Web3.0-M&E

Feb 02, 2023 at 02:46 pm by miltcapps

CLARITAS Capital, the 22-year-old Nashville PE/VC investment firm, is raising more capital for further healthcare plays via its Claritas Health Ventures, but it's also.... Read More

Alchemist Accelerator propels Memphis Hub alongside Epicenter, Ridgeline

Mar 06, 2023 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Alchemist's next accelerator deadline: April 14, 2023 with August start. Memphis Hub Accelerator allies Epicenter, Ridgeline may reap gains. Ridgeline VC previously registere.... Read More

Launch Tennessee recruiting Director of Commercialization

Feb 21, 2023 at 07:12 am by miltcapps

[This posting originally appeared on the Launch Tennessee site here. Other LaunchTN jobs posted here. VNC's coverage of LaunchTN is here.-Editor] LaunchTN Job Opening -- Direc.... Read More

Update: Martin-, Heritage-backed Wellvana files further $10MM capraise

Jul 21, 2023 at 04:33 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Wellvana filed July 21, 2023 with SEC on a further $10MM raise. (This brings total-in since inception to at least $150M). 27 March 2023: Martin Ventures announced in.... Read More

TNInvestco data flows, funds mull providing more updates

Mar 28, 2011 at 03:25 pm by miltcapps

Updated: March 31, 10:08 a.m.: Cook explained today the quarterly update will be a high-level summary updating TNInvestcos' results on an aggregated basis. Original repor.... Read More

Governor proposes funds for TN GO push by TN ECD, UT, TVA, ORNL, VU

Mar 13, 2023 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

GOVERNOR BILL LEE'S initial FYI 2024 state budget proposal is said to include a non-recurring $5MM allocation to support the emerging Tennessee Network Growth and Oppor.... Read More

Fintech: Sonata Financial raising capital to leverage market-proven solutions

Mar 22, 2023 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

SONATA Financial Holdings, which recapitalized a legacy Kentucky bank and then established Sonata Bank executive offices in Brentwood, is raising capital and assigning priorit.... Read More

CEO: Qualle logistics startup secures runway, eyes 2H23 Seed capital raise

Mar 29, 2023 at 01:56 pm by miltcapps

TYLER SELLERS, the co-founder and CEO of Qualle Inc., told Venture Nashville that his marketplace for empty shipping containers for steamship lines has gained both a market fo.... Read More

Bullpen Ventures preps for pitches, aims for the fence

Apr 04, 2011 at 08:11 am by miltcapps

Bullpen Ventures is warming-up to fund up to 12 start-ups per year, said the VC-backed incubator's co-founder, Stuart McWhorter. Bullpen's home plate is within the Nashville E.... Read More

CEO McDaniel: S3 Recycling Sols eyes growth, draws interest, mulls capraise

Apr 03, 2023 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

S3 Recycling Solutions, based in Springfield outside Nashville, receives approaches from potential investors and bidders, but S3RS owners are currently focused on organically.... Read More

Techstars Industries of the Future has drawn 20 deeptechies to Tennessee

Apr 06, 2023 at 02:41 pm by miltcapps

TECHSTARS Industries of the Future Accelerator (TIFA), which is led in Knoxville by Managing Director Tricia Martinez-Saab, has now inducted a total 20 companies into t.... Read More

Founder of local $95MM Hope Investments fund<br>aims to support Just Hope global relief work

Apr 04, 2011 at 08:11 am by miltcapps

Updated 15 January 2017 - Brentwood fund manager Karen Bruton filed Jan. 13 on a $238.5MM raise. Our original April 4, 2011 story is below.-Ed. Karen Bruton, a Brentwood fund.... Read More

Tennessee VCs and institutional partners ask opinions on ecosystem

Jul 20, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

VNC's previous reporting on exploration of the concept of the TennesSeed POC Fund is located here. Release below provided July 15, 2015, by Grady Vanderhoofven of Meritus Ven.... Read More

Obit: Nashville's Ed Braswell, 65, serial fintech-payments entrepreneur

Apr 16, 2023 at 04:26 pm by miltcapps

Nashville fintech and regtech entrepreneur and investor Edward Wardlaw "Ed" Braswell died April 9 at age 65, more than two years after a glioblastoma diagnosis. For roughly fo.... Read More

Tennessee plans new entrepreneur centers, RFP proposals due NLT May 22

Apr 18, 2023 at 09:02 am by miltcapps

Updated: LaunchTN extended app deadline til May 22, 2023.-Ed. TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION dba Launch Tennessee's press release dated April 17, 2023, announced.... Read More

TNInvestco pace mounts; Consensus Point next up?

Apr 04, 2011 at 08:11 am by miltcapps

CONSENSUS POINT, the Nashville-based predictive markets provider, is believed close to securing a $1 million investment from TNInvestco NEST-TN, according to VNC sources..... Read More

TN GenAssembly slashes LaunchTN SBIR-STTR matching request

Apr 20, 2023 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Members of the Tennessee General Assembly have rejected half the funding proposed by Gov. Bill Lee for improving the competitiveness of Tennessee startups and other businesses.... Read More

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