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Vanderbilt's $50M discovery fund, TTDC's signal event

Sep 04, 2008 at 07:56 am by miltcapps

Scholarly inquiry, scientific research and risk capital are in the spotlight this fall in Nashville, thanks to two distinct events: Vanderbilt University's latest investment.... Read More

EPIcenter: Entrepreneurial 7.0 Quake in Memphis as accelerators erupt

Apr 19, 2016 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

EPICENTER, serving as ground zero for unification of the Memphis startup-accelerator community, has joined with six other accelerator programs to accomplish a feat that defies.... Read More

Gov. Bredesen OK's fight-game overseers; Incubator CEO aims for martial-arts debut this fall

Jun 16, 2008 at 12:08 am by miltcapps

On Friday, Gov. Phil Bredesen signed into law a measure that creates a state commission to oversee boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts. The new law expands state o.... Read More

Lipscomb University's Leadership Tennessee initiative gets $750,000 Gates Foundation grant to expand programs

Aug 03, 2015 at 01:41 pm by miltcapps

from submitted press release LEADERSHIP TENNESSEE, a leadership education initiative of Lipscomb University's Nelson & Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership, has rec.... Read More

Memphis StartCo CEO updates Angel, Accelerator plans

Dec 18, 2014 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

ERIC MATHEWS told VTC the StartCo Angels group he leads has 10 Angels actively engaged, after adding "three or four" in the past year, through a deliberately "slow a.... Read More

Against clock, Bredesen pushes Green jobs, innovation

Nov 11, 2009 at 02:17 pm by miltcapps

Gov. Phil Bredesen and his allies tried again yesterday to imprint on Tennesseans the "reality" of Solar and other renewable-energy opportunities. Bredesen told his Tennessee.... Read More

Frist Cressey Ventures pursues $400MM Fund IV, plans next exec Forum

May 16, 2025 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

FRIST CRESSEY VENTURES of Nashville filed May 15 for its $400MM parallel Fund IV QP LP and Fund IV LP, showing 115 investors aboard and $169.7MM-in, at that point. The firm al.... Read More

VentureNVTN: VNC's August 2025 Venture Calendar

Jul 31, 2025 at 03:40 pm by miltcapps

•West | •Central | •Eastern | •Other Includes events into 2026. Latest update 1500 29 Aug. 2025 - Updated continually in current mon.... Read More

Raghavan to drive Vanderbilt 'vision as catalyst + incubator of innovation'

Jun 27, 2025 at 08:25 am by miltcapps

VANDERBILT University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier plans July 1 to make current Vice Provost for Research and Innovation Padma Raghavan his office's first executive director fo.... Read More

Memphis-based StartCo, EPICenter run 2015 squad of accelerators

Aug 19, 2015 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

Five Memphis-based accelerators have an aggregate 19 startups in 2015. They are: EPICenter Logistics Innovation Accelerator (EPICenter; 2015 Sponsor: FedEx) Burro&nbs.... Read More

NEST-TN, LLC

Nov 05, 2009 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

NEST-TN, LLC -- The NEST acronym stands for Networking, Entrepreneurs, Seed capital, and Technology. The new vehicle was founded by Frances Folk Marcum, a member of the Tenn.... Read More

Chancellor: UT Southern pro-entrepreneurship serves region and beyond

Aug 01, 2025 at 03:43 pm by miltcapps

Update: LaunchTN announced Sept. 23, 2025, that the new Pulaski regional network member is the New Opportunities Venture & Advancement (NOVA) Entrepreneur Center.-Ed. UNI.... Read More

Tech-talented VU School of Engineering alumni quickly spread afar

Feb 05, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE has a major concentration of Vanderbilt University alumni, generally. But, samplings of the whereabouts of recent School of Engineering (VUSE) undergraduates and do.... Read More

People: Martha Stamps has new venue, focused mission

Feb 08, 2010 at 11:44 am by miltcapps

Martha Stamps, synonymous for a decade with Martha's at the Belle Meade Plantation, cheerily told VNC that this morning she served her first offering in her new venue. To the.... Read More

Ralph Schulz joins LipscombU as EIR, College of Leadership + Public Service

Mar 31, 2025 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

RALPH SCHULZ, a former president and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, is to take-up new duties as executive in residence (EIR) within Lipscomb University's Colle.... Read More

Update: FinTech accelerator initiative in Nashville+Tennessee

Mar 16, 2015 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

FINTECH NASHVILLE at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center on Feb. 13 featured an executive panel that seemed to galvanize an audience of roughly 120, and set the stage for cultiv.... Read More

LaunchTN and allies pick startups for 36|86 Pitch & Demo events Aug. 28-29

Jul 21, 2019 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE is fielding more than a dozen Tennessee-based startups to present for cash and-or kudos! during its 36|86 Entrepreneurship Festival, which is be.... Read More

Centerstone Research Institute eyes capital for healthcare analytics spin-out

Jul 28, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

CENTERSTONE Research Institute (CRI) looks to raise $2.2MM in capital for a predictive-analytics spin-out that will serve the behavioral healthcare market. CRI CEO Tom Doub, P.... Read More

Gordon-Wamp give fresh push to Mid-TN Tech consortium

Sep 02, 2008 at 06:57 am by miltcapps

A fledgling Middle Tennessee advocate for technology-driven growth got fresh bipartisan impetus yesterday, when the Tennessee Valley Corridor, a multistate economic and tech-d.... Read More

TN ECD, LaunchTN, allies await $117M SSBCI impact-funding call

Aug 08, 2022 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Treasury funding could lead to $1BN-plus decade impact in Tennessee Initiatives span Equity and Debt capital recruitment, could mobilize Angels Elements include largely unpre.... Read More

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