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LaunchTN appoints commercialization director from Nashville startup ranks

Mar 05, 2013 at 09:54 am by miltcapps

JIM STEFANSIC, Ph.D., an entrepreneur and biomedical engineer, has taken point as commercialization director for LaunchTN, officially the state-sponsored Tennessee Technology.... Read More

Brody-Waite: EC won't sub 'vaporware' or coffee for sustainability + value

Jun 01, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Entrepreneur Center CEO Michael Brody-Waite said he is convinced Nashville entrepreneurship can "leapfrog" and surpass that of a number of peer cities in coming year.... Read More

Nashville EC tells 2019 NEXT Awards finalists + Hall of Fame inductees

Sep 06, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

[Updated 7 Nov 2019 scroll down for winners] THE Nashville Entrepreneur Center this week publicly disclosed its 2019 NEXT Awards Finalists and its latest Entre.... Read More

VCs: Waiting for 'The Big One' and bridging the 'Confidence Gap'

May 30, 2008 at 09:54 am by miltcapps

Many Nashvillians feel that local science, technology and life-sciences sectors are on the brink of booming, while some others worry we have a dud on our hands. Savvy local ob.... Read More

Startups: TN's autoXLR8R up for adoption by UT Institute for Public Service

Mar 09, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

AutoXLR8R, the automotive-sector startup accelerator that moved last year to Knoxville-Oak Ridge from Middle Tennessee, has apparently found its third owner in the Institute f.... Read More

Vaden Landers' Paymogy takes Invoice Stream helm after buying Linvio

Apr 22, 2021 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

SERIAL tech entrepreneur Vaden Landers has in the past three weeks announced his formation of Paymogy LLC, a SaaS investment, operations and advisory firm; disclosed that Paym.... Read More

EC CEO Allen seeks state direct-appropriation grant for Twende program

Aug 18, 2021 at 04:23 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Gov. Bill Lee incorporated in the State's final FY 2022 budget a provision for a non-recurring $450,000 direct appropriation to support taking to Tennessee communiti.... Read More

Rick Oliver's American Sentinel launches D-Round capital raise

Dec 03, 2008 at 10:49 am by miltcapps

American Sentinel University, the online university that includes prominent Nashville investors among its leadership, has launched its fourth capital raise, with a goal in the.... Read More

Innova Memphis: Innova Fund III announced $20MM first close

Sep 08, 2014 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 10 Sept.: Innova told the Commercial Appeal that Fund III could go as high as $35MM; also, Innova could explore creating an Agriculture-oriented fund, report.... Read More

LifeScienceTN report bolsters case for more 'intentional' industry strategy

Nov 19, 2019 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

TED TOWNSEND, who is now in his second term as chairman of the board of Life Science Tennessee Inc., recently told Venture Nashville that the time is ripe for new plans for th.... Read More

Venture Notes - 19 October 2016

Oct 19, 2016 at 11:42 am by miltcapps

Health IT Roundup: Executives comment on Nashville's leadership options

Jan 25, 2010 at 03:31 pm by miltcapps

As reported in today's accompanying article, Nashville is mobilizing to strengthen its leading role in healthcare information technology and related domains. Here are excerp.... Read More

NVille's InCrowd Capital adds Angels + investments, seeks SE partners

Nov 10, 2014 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 15 June 2015 6:36 a.m.- InCrowd filed with SEC for open-ended Healthcare fund-of-funds fund raise here. 17 Nov. 2014 - InCrowd and Global Action Platform announced th.... Read More

Cook: Nashville must create culture of 'True Innovation'

Feb 24, 2010 at 11:43 am by miltcapps

Joe Cook has great hopes for Nashville, but sees impediments to overcome for the region's life-sciences industry and for the innovation community, generally. Cook is co-founde.... Read More

NashvilleEC President-COO search afoot as Murdock moves to Shore Capital

Jul 23, 2022 at 03:04 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER is searching for both a president/COO to succeed out-bound John Murdock MBA, as well as for an Operations director. Murdock announced yesterday v.... Read More

Minding the Gap: Re:Generate funds grants for Black, Hispanic founders

Dec 20, 2023 at 01:55 pm by miltcapps

VOLUNTEERS rallying under the "Re:Generate" banner and closely allied with the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (NEC) are redoubling their efforts to recruit timely philanthropic.... Read More

2010 Economy: Kisber, Cromwell both face reckoning

Jan 06, 2010 at 02:47 pm by miltcapps

The leaders of two platoons of State economic-development professionals will each face a reckoning in 2010. Matt Kisber, Gov. Phil Bredesen's commissioner of economic and comm.... Read More

VCs hope to avoid 'smoking holes', look for passion<br>and aim for 'great companies' over jobs-creation

Mar 07, 2011 at 08:04 am by miltcapps

Solidus Co. Managing Partner Townes Duncan apparently shares a fear common among Ace fighter pilots: He really doesn't want to end-up being part of a "smokin' hole" in the gro.... Read More

Venture Notes - December 18, 2020

Dec 18, 2020 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Today: EC | ACG | CoLab | CP | Cicayda | Levo | Curex | 3R | Innova | JSF | JSCap | VRH | PEN | Ed | Sabil | HBR | OR | Equi | Lepi | Hemp | Seiko | SRC | HCap | BU | Equity |.... Read More

NewsBits, April 18, 2011

Apr 18, 2011 at 09:38 am by miltcapps

Commercialization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Center for Intelligent Mechatronics (CIM): Irvine, Calif.-based Freedom Innovations announced worldwide l.... Read More

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