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Greater Louisville courts talented International professionals

Nov 29, 2013 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

GREATER LOUISVILLE INC. saw that few U.S. cities are persistently leveraging talented executives who immigrate to their communities. Now the Kentucky city is pursuing leadersh.... Read More

Blockchain startup <i>The Opinion Economy</i> maps token, ICO, equity offerings

Jun 21, 2018 at 11:29 am by miltcapps

TED WAZ, the Nashville-based CEO of The Opinion Economy Inc., is moving steadily along his blockchain startup's roadmap, the milestones of which include a utility token offeri.... Read More

Axial Healthcare sees Series B, tech buys, deeper-risk role within 24 months

Aug 25, 2015 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated 19 March 2019 - Donahue is moving to executive chairman and Carter Paine coming in from NaviHealth as CEO, NashvillePost reported. 24 Oct 2016 - Axial Form D says rais.... Read More

TNInvestco: Welcome to the 'Messy World' of Capitalism

Mar 14, 2011 at 08:38 am by miltcapps

TNInvestco, the capital-formation and jobs-creation initiative crafted by a momentarily bi-partisan Tennessee General Assembly and the Administration of then-Gov. Phil Bredese.... Read More

Managers see TNInvestco benefits, Sen. Kyle restates case for outreach

Mar 05, 2012 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

TNINVESTCO fund managers are invariably cautious when commenting in public on the prospects for further rounds of TNInvestco funding. Nonetheless, the atmosphere was decidedl.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 27, 2024

Mar 27, 2024 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Judith Byrd to be GNVCA chief Whistler Capital Partners' new raise Ricketts' Agyle AI at work on Seed raise - updated Shannon Terry's On3 funds growth Sifford's Lasso advance.... Read More

36|86: Getting tech to market with max partnerships, with or without grants

Aug 05, 2019 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

EARLY ON THE SECOND DAY of the 36|86 Entrepreneurship Festival, four lab-to-market veterans from Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee will presumably have nothing in their cup.... Read More

Bottorff: TNInvestco shows 'creativity' in TN capital-formation;<br>entrepreneurial sector is an American source of strength

Aug 08, 2011 at 02:58 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee cannot rely today on the economic tide that was rising before the recession, and must be creative in fostering capital formation and ultimately jobs, Dennis Bottorff.... Read More

Oak Ridge: Tech2020 nears selection of Interim chief, ahead of CEO search

Nov 10, 2014 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

Update 11 Nov. 2014 1810 - Knoxville-based entrepreneur mentor and management consultant Kevin Kragenbrink was selected to serve six months as Interim Executive.... Read More

Venture Notes - November 17, 2022

Nov 17, 2022 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Jumpstart Foundry fund eyes $6.5M via general solicitation

Mar 16, 2023 at 05:17 pm by miltcapps

JUMPSTART Health Investors in Nashville today reported some progress in raising funds from accredited investors for Jumpstart 2023 LLC, the ninth fund supporting the Jumpstart.... Read More

Dan Hammond's American Hometown Media cooks-up $5MM Series B raise

Aug 04, 2014 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Updates 20 Oct. 2015: On 19 Oct., AHM reported a $2.3MM capital raise.-Ed. AMERICAN Hometown Media, parent of Just A Pinch Recipe Club, will have all the lip-smacking ingredi.... Read More

Gov. Haslam's INCITE program stirs to life via 'Venture Incite' A-round

May 14, 2012 at 10:08 am by miltcapps

VENTURE INCITE, the Oak Ridge-based company founded by Nashville-based Solidus and its TNInvestco fund, will use recent A-round funding to "attract the best regional and natio.... Read More

Steve Case: Nashville entrepreneurial scene can be 'better still'

Jul 20, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

THOUGH the national startup scene has gotten "a little hypey some places," Nashville's entrepreneurial arena doesn't seem overly burdened by hype, said Steve Case, the AOL co-.... Read More

Boon, not gloom? MB Ventures chief looks forward to '09

Dec 30, 2008 at 08:22 am by miltcapps

These are times that try fund-managers' souls, but 2009 could still produce "a legendary vintage year for venture capital." Or, so it seems to Gary Stevenson, manag.... Read More

TNInvestco Tri-Star principals now 'on leave' from VU

Nov 11, 2009 at 02:16 pm by miltcapps

Reflecting an apparent abundance of caution, two Vanderbilt University technology-transfer executives have been placed on leave, in the wake of their new venture winning a rol.... Read More

Confluence Solar is landing in TN with 250 jobs and raising Venture capital for new operations

Jan 20, 2010 at 04:38 pm by miltcapps

This story updated Jan. 21, 2010, 11:50 a.m..: Employee target number is 250, instead of 400, which was an earlier reported figure. Also, Confluence is employee owne.... Read More

Venture Notes - November 29, 2018

Nov 29, 2018 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Energy Targets: TCRS PE program makes $50MM commitment to Denham

Dec 28, 2011 at 09:05 am by miltcapps

THE PRIVATE-EQUITY investment program of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) has made a $50 million commitment to Denham Capital Fund VI, an affiliate of Denha.... Read More

VoicesHeard Media ends A-round, eyes TNInvestco funds

Mar 30, 2010 at 02:02 pm by miltcapps

Update 13 July 2015: CrunchBase says VoicesHeard raised $2.9MM through 8/2012.-Ed. Voices Heard Media management is meeting with TNInvestco funds in Nashville today, having ju.... Read More

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