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Feds greenlight VCs Meritus Kirchner & Innova Memphis to pursue $125MM+ for new rural-oriented funds

Dec 05, 2015 at 12:15 am by miltcapps

RURAL America probably got a boost today, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Meritus Kirchner Capital and Innova Memphis have been certified under a Federal pro.... Read More

Spinout COO: Beam Mobile 'bringing Griffin Technology band back together'

Nov 18, 2020 at 02:32 pm by miltcapps

THE co-founders of corporate spinoff Beam Mobile in Nashville have drawn together former teammates and advisors from their days at Griffin Technology to accelerate Beam's pene.... Read More

BullVC eyes $75MM raise, aims to help founders, teams sell startup shares

Nov 30, 2020 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated: BullVC Fund LLC reported in April 2021 that to that point $6.3MM had been raised. Our original Nov. 30, 2020 story is below. -Ed. FRANKLIN-based BullVC Fund Managemen.... Read More

Branch Technology secured patents, files on a nearly $12MM capital raise

Dec 10, 2020 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

BRANCH TECHNOLOGY INC., the oft-celebrated Chattanooga-based company that fabricates architectual components with large-scale 3D printing, has filed with the SEC for an $11.7M.... Read More

Heritage Group affiliates report $315 Million Fund III progress

Dec 14, 2020 at 05:41 pm by miltcapps

HERITAGE GROUP affiliates today reported $306,689,985 raised toward an offering totaling $315MM. The issuers are Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund III LP and Heritage Execut.... Read More

Jeremy Bolls' FINTOP-backed Kindful sells to JMI-backed Bloomerang

Jan 08, 2021 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

KINDFUL, the 9-year-old Nashville-based nonprofit donor-management software as a service (SaaS) company founded by Founder and CEO Jeremy Bolls, has sold to Indianapolis-based.... Read More

Gut check: Van Tucker tells 'What drives her' as Launch Tennessee CEO

Jan 14, 2021 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

Note: Venture Nashville asked Van Tucker, MBA, a native Nashvillian who is CEO of Launch Tennessee (Tennessee Technology Development Corp.), 'What drives you - at a gut person.... Read More

Shockwave Motors eyes $1.5MM raise for Defiant electric roadster production

Apr 29, 2015 at 01:00 am by miltcapps

SHOCKWAVE MOTORS is preparing to raise $1.5MM Seed capital for pre-production manufacturing of five of its three-wheel electric-powered Defiant roadsters. The s.... Read More

Growthco: CarSaver, a Walmart ally, mulls IPO or other capital raises

Feb 03, 2021 at 04:40 pm by miltcapps

CARSAVER INC., the 6-year old company that moved its HQ offices to the Nashville area from Miami in 2019, is reviewing growth-funding options, including a traditional or spac.... Read More

Tennessee $65.4M share in nation's $10BN SSBCI initiative confirmed

Apr 08, 2021 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Treasury has allocated $65.4MM for Tennessee under the SSBCI - word out today, April 9, 2021.-Editor. TENNESSEE's potential share of the the $10BN State Small Busines.... Read More

NOHO DENTAL INC. in Nashville filed Friday on a $124.9M raise

Apr 12, 2021 at 08:17 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE dental entrant TEND (legally Noho Dental Inc.), based in the oneC1TY Business Center off Charlotte, filed Friday for completion of its $124.5M raise. Updated: After.... 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

Maxwell's interests go beyond Venture to Banking, bank-embedded fintech

May 11, 2021 at 05:01 pm by miltcapps

IN ROUGHLY the past 15 months, Nashville investor and serial fintech entrepreneur Joe Maxwell has further expanded the portfolio of his FINTOP Capital and completed its $125MM.... Read More

Gov. Lee opens Memphis Regional Megasite study, vows to advance project

Jun 08, 2021 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

GOV. BILL LEE today released findings from a recent study of strengths, weaknesses and potential prospects for success on the 4,100 acres of the long-planned Memphis Regional.... Read More

Nashville ECD Director Pogue reaches out, preps plan, mulls target options

Jun 09, 2021 at 01:37 pm by miltcapps

COURTNEY POGUE, six weeks into his job as director of economic and community development for Metro Nashville Davidson County, is prioritizing community engagement and strategi.... Read More

Dynamo Ventures $43.2M Fund II eyes global Supply Chain, Mobility bets

Jun 24, 2021 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

DYNAMO Ventures, a Chattanooga investor with a widening global footprint, today announced completion of its $43.21MM Fund II, which has already deployed money to at least thre.... Read More

Eyeing $65M SSBCI funds, TN-ECD surveys biz, entrepreneurs, DBE execs

Jul 10, 2021 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

THROUGH August 2, 2021, the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) is asking for survey responses from business owners, entrepreneur support workers,.... Read More

McWhorters' CA healthcare innovation impetus reflected in new Fund filings

Jul 16, 2021 at 02:48 pm by miltcapps

IT HAS BEEN just over 25 years since Stuart McWhorter and his father, Clayton McWhorter, co-founded Clayton Associates (CA), a family office that also spawned Seed- and Growth.... Read More

TN entrepreneurship allies launch AIM HIGH for Appalachian Highlands

Jul 29, 2021 at 05:07 pm by miltcapps

JOHNSON CITY-based entrepreneur Heath Guinn, founder of Sync Space, has joined with ETSU Research Corporation and Kingsport-based TSG Innovation Group to launch a broad entrep.... Read More

LaunchTN confirms staff departure as it pushes forward on multiple fronts

Aug 17, 2021 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), dba Launch Tennessee, may be broadly reviewing its priorities and opportunities as it prepares to pursue a potential $65.4.... Read More

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