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LaunchTN taps 13 potential startups from campus entrepreneurship pipeline

Jul 02, 2018 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE today announced it has picked the next crop of University-based entrepreneurship finalists who will pitch their business ideas to judges Aug. 28, as part of t.... Read More

Whitney: NV techies should 'think', not just 'follow'

Oct 22, 2009 at 11:52 am by miltcapps

On Saturday, Marcus Whitney began his Barcamp Nashville presentation by telling his techie audience, "We better start learning some open source code around here." Okay, so it.... Read More

Digital Nashville launches innovation mentorship service

Oct 26, 2009 at 11:01 am by miltcapps

Digital Nashville has launched a mentorship program for corporate innovators, freelancers, entrepreneurs and others. In an announcement Saturday to the Digital Nashville comm.... Read More

EC's new Project Healthcare model now full-bore with 17 startups

Jul 13, 2018 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

THE NASHVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER announced Thursday evening its enrolment of five Nashville healthcare startups and 12 startups drawn from 11 other states for concentrated su.... Read More

LaunchTN CEO search draws 900 resumes, dozens of qualified candidates

Jul 17, 2018 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

THE nationwide search for a successor to Launch Tennessee CEO Charlie Brock has drawn interest from nearly 900 persons, of which 60 or more have been deemed valid and qualifie.... Read More

Roadtrip! Memphis Demo Day startups beckon entrepreneurs, investors

Jul 18, 2018 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

A DOZEN startups (listed below) are expected to show their wares during an Aug. 16 Demo Day in Memphis, as part of the entrepreneurial community's "Summer of Acceleration," no.... Read More

LaunchTN to ask 5-year, $44MM State support for maturing action plan

Jul 23, 2018 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

CEO Charlie Brock said his goal upon taking the reins of Launch Tennessee in January 2013 was always to "come in sprinting, and go out sprinting." Brock recently announced tha.... Read More

State's TechDevCorp adapting to threats and opportunities

Oct 26, 2009 at 01:50 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation, which augments state government in tech-driven economic development, is demonstrating some agility in the face of adversity. TTD.... Read More

Guest commentary: Growing SaaS requires shift to Account Based Selling

Jul 25, 2018 at 09:14 am by miltcapps

AFTER spending many years growing the revenue and strengthening operations at Borland, Compaq, Art Technology Group (ATG) in the U.S. and abroad, I began developing what I fel.... Read More

HC adaptive learning entrant OnSomble targets Nashville, mulls capraise

Jul 25, 2018 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

ONSOMBLE Inc., the Nashville adaptive-learning platform company serving the healthcare industry, recently booked consecutive profitable quarters and could soon provide a liqui.... Read More

Nashville Tech Council wants more to 'Feel the Beat'

Oct 28, 2009 at 10:08 am by miltcapps

Nashville Technology Council's first annual tech awards were announced yesterday during an event at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Among the first fruits of NTC's "Feel t.... Read More

JumpFund spurs women-led investment,<br>entrepreneurship, economic development

Aug 02, 2018 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

BASED in Chattanooga, Kristina Maurer Montague is a woman using her human and financial capital to use capital to ignite more women-led ventures in the southeastern U.S. and b.... Read More

Vreeland confirms Jumpstart Capital's<br>SimplifyASC and HIGI SH LLC investments

Aug 03, 2018 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated March 11, 2019: SimplifyASC should pass $7MM cap-in milestone soon, full story here. 22 Aug 2018 - CyramedX filed today on a $2MM raise with $1.8MM reported in.-Ed. JU.... Read More

Startup AVVAY taking the Oy! out of briefly using venues, talent, services

Aug 09, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: AVVAY said Sept. 13, 2018 that it's raise is coming in at $1MM, led by Zero G Capital, based in Denver, with participation from Matchstick Ventures, SpringTime Venture.... Read More

TNInvestco: Goldrush underway to fund TN ventures

Nov 05, 2009 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

The State of Tennessee today announced plans to divide $120 million in tax credits among six new TNInvestco investment firms, to spur venture investment in dozens of high-pote.... Read More

TN startup formation, market entries may rise with SE XOR platform launch

Aug 10, 2018 at 04:31 pm by miltcapps

Update: As of July 29, 2019, SE/MW XOR were supporting a total 72 regional startups, with 81 entrepreneurs enlisted.-Ed. THE RANKS of viable startups spawned through commercia.... Read More

We asked TN Gubernatorial aspirants about State industry incentives, risk-capital formation, tech commercialization and more

Aug 13, 2018 at 10:29 am by miltcapps

VENTURE NASHVILLE on Aug. 6, 2018 simultaneously posed five economic-development issues to Tennessee gubernatorial candidates Bill Lee (R-Franklin) and Karl Dean (D-Nashville).... Read More