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LaunchTN: Randy Boyd accepts baton from Hagerty, who returns to PE firm

Jan 27, 2015 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE is now overseen by Chairman Randy Boyd, who is also Gov. Bill Haslam's newly appointed commissioner of economic and community development. Boyd, 55, is best k.... Read More

Launch Tennessee gameplan may eventually include $50MM Fund of Funds

Jan 26, 2018 at 05:21 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH Tennessee is considering a wide range of tactics to make Tennessee a preferred state for startups, and among them is the notion of creating a Fund of Funds (FoF).... Read More

Memphis Makers: Data Released from Major Survey of More than 300 Creative Entrepreneurs

Feb 07, 2017 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

adapted from submitted press release MEMPHIS MAKER advocates Monday (Feb. 6) released findings from an unprecedented local survey of more than 300 makers, artisans and m.... Read More

Gov. Bill Lee: ECD's Stuart McWhorter to succeed Deputy Gov Butch Eley Oct. 15

Sep 17, 2025 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee today announced fellow Cabinet member Stuart McWhorter will succeed Deputy Governor Butch Eley as Deputy Governor of Tennessee, effective Oct. 15..... Read More

Studio Bank's Shmerling offers reality check for Nashville entrepreneurs

Feb 06, 2019 at 03:36 pm by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE Studio Bank brands itself with an iconic French bulldog and aims to serve entrepreneurs and other Creatives in Nashville and beyond. The de novo bank recently adde.... Read More

Pandoland June 15-17: Tennessee startups among festival's $100K seekers

May 26, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 11 June 2015: Pando announced FREE admission for Women, using promo code 'Nobro' at this signup page.-Ed. PANDOLAND, the entrepreneurship and technology festival in Na.... Read More

Headsup: Sponsored tickets gratis for 1st CoMobility Summit this week

May 08, 2023 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

SOME SPONSORED tickets remain available without charge for individual attendees of the inaugural CO.MOBILITY Summit, which convenes this week in Chattanooga. The host -- The C.... Read More

Governor, ECD Commissioner announce rural development task force

Aug 17, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: Aug. 19, 2015 10:08am - A source confirmed Memphis Bioworks Foundation will lead efforts to identify investable agri-tech companies, inline with the Haslam-Boyd push..... Read More

People: Local Angel Capital Group names chief for Knoxville

Jun 25, 2009 at 09:31 am by miltcapps

The Hendersonville-based Angel Capital Group has named Roger Kiger, CFP, managing director of ACG's Knoxville office. Apart from his ACG role as an equity owner of ACG, its.... Read More

CEO Sinead Miller charts PATH EX course to capital, partner & market

Mar 29, 2018 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

PATH EX Inc., the Nashville startup built around blood-cleansing technology created at Vanderbilt University, has amassed an enviable network of advisors, grantors and industr.... Read More

Dart Music pivots to deeper water as Dart Data, pursues $2MM Series A

Jul 26, 2016 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated: April 10, 2017: Dart submitted to the Court its proposed auction plan today. Dart Music, aka Dart Data, issued a statement Feb. 28, 2017, saying that it had filed for.... Read More

20 Days: Launch Tennessee bets heavily on impact of 36|86 conference

May 17, 2016 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

THE NON-PROFIT formed 18 years ago to raise the value of technology enterprise in Tennessee remains strategically aggressive on many fronts, since regaining its footing in the.... Read More

Bizplans: Churchill asks no equity from Young Entrepreneur Contest entrants

Dec 20, 2012 at 12:22 pm by miltcapps

Updated 12 March 2013: Churchill announced its winners, 11 March, in a release here. The original VNC story appears below.-Ed. MIDSTATE ENTREPRENEURS under age 30 still have.... Read More

NCN-NHCC reports Startup surge and growing venture-capital gap for Nashville

Aug 09, 2012 at 08:31 am by miltcapps

TNInvestco has recently been among the drivers in a sharp uptick in Nashville-area venture capital investment and startup activity, according to a report released early this m.... Read More

Nashville + the World eye Music-Entertainment innovation + impact

Mar 05, 2025 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE investors, top executives, performers, technologists and entrepreneurs are not alone in celebrating this city's Music legacy. Neither are they alone in wondering ho.... Read More

Venture Notes - June 12, 2020

Jun 12, 2020 at 03:16 pm by miltcapps

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

Sep 02, 2014 at 12:22 pm by miltcapps

Updated 27 April 2023: In 2021, Mark Daniel, now 29, co-founded investment firm DIGITAL with Benjamin Milstein. Daniel's LinkedIn profile here. Original 9/2/2014 story below.-.... Read More

Health Velocity Capital's $185MM Fund I invests solely in HC tech + services

Nov 08, 2018 at 09:48 am by miltcapps

SAN FRANCISCO- and Brentwood-based Health Velocity Capital is likely to do "three or four" healthcare technology or services transactions each year, now that it's closed its e.... Read More

Growing TN: Hagerty chairs ECD-funded TTDC development group

Aug 18, 2011 at 02:24 pm by miltcapps

Update Aug. 19: The TTDC Board voted at 3:15 p.m. August 19, 2011, to name Bill Hagerty its chairman. The continued service of Leslie Wisner-Lynch as president, on a month to.... Read More

NewsBits, April 25, 2011

Apr 25, 2011 at 08:56 am by miltcapps

Gov. Haslam Gov. Bill Haslam's move to shift some Tennessee Economic and Community Development resources toward helping existing TN businesses grow profitably has bee.... Read More

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