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McWhorter-led TNECD, LaunchTN aim to elevate two entrepreneurship, innovation ecosystems

Mar 31, 2023 at 07:45 pm by miltcapps

TNECD chief brings entrepreneurial chops to improving state's ecosystems Status of potentially pivotal FY24 State budget becomes clearer next week UT System may have expanded.... Read More

Techstars Industries of the Future has drawn 20 deeptechies to Tennessee

Apr 06, 2023 at 02:41 pm by miltcapps

TECHSTARS Industries of the Future Accelerator (TIFA), which is led in Knoxville by Managing Director Tricia Martinez-Saab, has now inducted a total 20 companies into t.... Read More

Commercialization: UTSC's Dale reviews Vaxent's progress on Strep-A vaccine

Nov 06, 2011 at 02:25 pm by miltcapps

Memphis-based Vaxent, the vaccine-development company focused on Group A streptococcus (GAS), is likely to seek a commercialization partner or raise capital by 2014, said co-f.... Read More

Obit: Nashville's Ed Braswell, 65, serial fintech-payments entrepreneur

Apr 16, 2023 at 04:26 pm by miltcapps

Nashville fintech and regtech entrepreneur and investor Edward Wardlaw "Ed" Braswell died April 9 at age 65, more than two years after a glioblastoma diagnosis. For roughly fo.... Read More

Nashville EC Chair, CEO tell Jane Allen's exit plans, launch successor search

Apr 28, 2023 at 01:56 pm by miltcapps

JANE ALLEN JD, the successful lawtech/HRtech entrepreneur who became president and CEO of Nashville Entrepreneur Center nearly four years ago, today joined NEC Chair Janet Mil.... Read More

OtherLeft Ventures joins 'driven innovators' to co-create health tech businesses

May 02, 2023 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

FOUNDERS of OtherLeft Ventures LLC, a venture studio based in Brentwood, plan during the next 12 months to join with healthtech entrepreneurs as co-founder and investor in "2.... Read More

Nashville startup Time Miner pursues B2B platform ties, maps capital raises

Jun 20, 2023 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE Time Miner LLC -- mostly bootstrapped since its 2016 founding in Nashville -- is raising outside capital for its cloud-based platform, which enables professionals.... Read More

'Bama-based Angel Investor Management Group may seek Tennessee dealflow

Nov 21, 2011 at 12:34 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee entrepreneurs may have a shot at 200 or more Alabama angels in 2012 if Angel Investor Management Group (AIMG) expands as planned. Auburn-based AIMG is being develop.... Read More

Petra Capital files for $150 Million Growth Fund IV

May 30, 2018 at 05:20 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Petra announced June 4, 2020, its completion of Fund IV, leaving it with $208MM to invest; and, Petra said it had joined other investors both to form Three Oaks Hospi.... Read More

Rabbit Hole Creative projects disruptive video, with more to be revealed

Dec 01, 2011 at 10:11 am by miltcapps

Note 22 Sept. 2016: Rabbit Hole was acquired by Nashville/Boston-based Ovation. founded by Clay Sifford. Former Rabbit Hole Operations Director Mark Eicher remains with Ovatio.... Read More

Managers see TNInvestco benefits, Sen. Kyle restates case for outreach

Mar 05, 2012 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

TNINVESTCO fund managers are invariably cautious when commenting in public on the prospects for further rounds of TNInvestco funding. Nonetheless, the atmosphere was decidedl.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 11, 2023

Jul 11, 2023 at 04:28 pm by miltcapps

Shore Capital makes waves raising $640MM+ for industrial, healthcare funds

Jul 13, 2023 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

CHICAGO-based Shore Capital Partners, a microcap-oriented PE that has also been steadily growing its Nashville presence, today announced the closing of both its inaugural Indu.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 18, 2023

Jul 17, 2023 at 04:58 pm by miltcapps

Tech consolidator Blattner acquires DevDigital from Peter Marcum

Jul 27, 2023 at 07:53 am by miltcapps

Russ Blattner NASHVILLE-based tech-firm consolidator Russ Blattner's platform firm -- Blattner Technologies -- announced today its acquisition of DevDigital, the 15-y.... Read More

Healthcare disruptors: Jacobson's Healthcare Investment Group<br>adds MK-ShattuckHammond's Dashiff to create innovative businesses

Dec 02, 2011 at 05:32 pm by miltcapps

Healthcare Investment Group, the Nashville-based investment consortium lead by Harry Jacobson, M.D., announced today adding another disruptive element to its arsenal. The Heal.... Read More