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Quick Take: New Seed fund may be on RightSide

Mar 01, 2010 at 10:50 am by miltcapps

Some experts say the "seed-stage" venture model is broken and even Angels are seed-averse. Meanwhile, here in Tennessee the new TNInvestco funds have been encourage.... Read More

Wink! Vanderbilt Owen grad's Georgie Beauty venture is NY-LA-focused

Nov 20, 2012 at 11:42 am by miltcapps

MEGAN ALLEN didn't seem to bat an eye when asked whether her Georgie Beauty cosmetics venture will ever headquarter in Nashville. Georgie's lead offering is its Winks by Georg.... Read More

Nashville Entrepreneur Week Pitch winner's Seed raise well underway

May 24, 2018 at 04:52 pm by miltcapps

Update June 5: Please Assist Me has received investment of undisclosed magnitude from LA-based Backstage Capital.-Ed. IN A FIELD OF 10 STARTUPS, Co-Founder and CEO Stephanie C.... Read More

TennSMART Consortium eyes bigger TN role in 'intelligent mobility' industry

Jan 03, 2018 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated Jan. 11, 2018 - Vanderbilt outlines its role in TennSMART, story here.-Ed. OAK RIDGE-based TennSMART Consortium, a nonprofit startup that is still refining its.... Read More

Monique Villa Capra's Daytrip Ventures eyes pre-scale startups in South

Oct 13, 2025 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Monique Villa Capra has launched Daytrip Ventures LLC to pursue opportunities in "the New American South," where "pre-scale (pre-Series A)" startups are in sea.... Read More

LaunchTN: McWhorter board resignation adds to agency's to-do's

Jan 27, 2015 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: See ECD comment added below.-Ed. LAUNCHTN, led by CEO Charlie Brock and new Chairman and State Economic Development Commissioner Randy Boyd, has an ample list of to-d.... Read More

UT-C's Quantum Center awaits chief, as EPB, ORNL, QT partnerships grow

Jan 25, 2024 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

THE UNIVERSITY of Tennessee at Chattanooga is said to be "finalizing" its search for the inaugural leader of its rapidly maturing Quantum Center. According to a detaile.... Read More

Epicenter Memphis's ZeroTo510 accelerator builds on fresh momentum

Jan 01, 2025 at 04:14 pm by miltcapps

VNC offers this heads-up to med-device and other med-tech innovators contemplating applying for the next cohort of the Epicenter Memphis's ZeroTo510 accelerator program. Appli.... 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

VNC Venture Calendar November 2025

Nov 05, 2025 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

• West | • Central | • Eastern | • Other Updated 30 Nov. 2025 - Send events info to Milt Capps via LinkedIn.  NOVEMBER N.... Read More

VU alum Megan Feely raises capital, preps EDDY Aesthetic's market entries

Jun 14, 2024 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

SINCE MAY 2022, Bay Area-based Founder-CEO and sole designer Megan Eddings Feely has been selling her startup EDDY Aesthetic's elevated-bohemian outfits and accessories for wo.... Read More

Fabbri's Brim Analytics has VUHealth, Brock Family Center, ARPA-H support

Dec 24, 2024 at 08:42 am by miltcapps

DANIEL FABBRI PHD, a 39-year-old serial founder and associate professor of Biomedical Informatics and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, told Venture Nashville he beli.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 11, 2023

Jul 11, 2023 at 04:28 pm by miltcapps

Today: DynamoVC | WavMaker | Artist Growth | Relode | GTCR | Bambu | FCV | NKore | AgLaunch | Angels | EVA | LaunchTN | Ferdowsi | Caduceus | Payments | Datadose |Haslams | Th.... Read More

CEO: 'Pass It Down' gets strategic interest, eyes Seed, Series A capraises

Aug 04, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

PASS IT DOWN, the Chattanooga startup that's about to launch a platform for storytelling and other knowledge transfer, is preparing to raise capital, with an eye toward both C.... Read More

Reporter's Notebook:<br>VU Music, Mind & Society Program may feed Nashville innovation

Aug 15, 2016 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

THE PROGRAM for Music, Mind and Society at Vanderbilt University will on Sept. 12 convene its Annual Symposium, "Science of Song," at the Blair School of Music. Tech innovator.... Read More

Foundation Instruments, Stony Creek Colors receive SBIR grants

Sep 08, 2016 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE startups Foundation Instruments (FI) and Stony Creek Colors (SCC), which have both gained early traction in eco-oriented tech, goods and services, have received rese.... Read More

TNInvestco 2.0 prospects uncertain, entrepreneurs and investors begin charting path forward

Oct 15, 2014 at 02:03 pm by miltcapps

TNInvestco, the State of Tennessee's unprecedented capital-formation program, is perhaps mostly widely appreciated for the buzz it created for the state upon its debut in 2009.... Read More

Venture Notes - May 13, 2022

May 13, 2022 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: PathGroup | Lirio | Ursa Health | Thynk Health | Unity Wellness | EasyVet | Artemis | Iron Path | TSG.Mammoth Ben Davis ► RECAP: PE MAJOR GTCR ann.... Read More

Angel-backed CareEco expands Provider-RCM optimization business

Dec 17, 2025 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

LEADERS of Care Eco Corp, the Brentwood-based specialist in optimizing healthcare providers' revenue-cycle management operations (RCM), gathered last week in Nashville to fine.... Read More

Eleven9's Mixtroz founders pitch Creative Startups, pursue $600K capraise

Sep 14, 2017 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated 21 June 2018: Mixtroz won $100K prize from Rise of the Rest after joining B'ham's Velocity accelerator at Innovation Depot. 17 Nov 2017: Mixtroz won the top prize in C.... Read More
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