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VC: Innova Memphis RBIC pursues $75MM Ag Innovation Fund VI

Mar 20, 2023 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

INNOVA Ag Innovation VI, overseen by general partner Innova Memphis RBIC LLC, has filed a placeholder with the SEC for a planned $75MM raise. That $75MM Fund VI target, if att.... Read More

Year-old Nashville-Seattle platform startup Goodship raised at least $7.4M

Apr 14, 2023 at 03:37 pm by miltcapps

Update: This story amended due to uncertainty regarding the type of the earlier funding.-Ed. GOODSHIP Inc., a trucking analytics platform startup created by Nashville and Seat.... Read More

Discovery Vanderbilt gives nod to startups HeroWear, IDBiologics, Virtuoso

May 23, 2023 at 05:23 pm by miltcapps

THREE startups co-founded by Vanderbilt University faculty are targeted for investments from the university's Discovery Vanderbilt program. The University today announced appr.... Read More

Innova Memphis's $75MM farmtech raise advances to first-close at $40MM

Jun 28, 2023 at 07:05 am by miltcapps

MEMPHIS-based VC Innova Memphis this morning announced having reached a first close at the $40 MM mark in its planned $75MM campaign for its farmtech-focused Innova Ag Innovat.... Read More

Meharry Medical College's MMC Ventures names Reginald Holt its CEO

Jun 28, 2023 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE today announced the appointment of Reginald Holt as CEO of MMC Ventures (MMCV Inc.). Holt is quoted on the Meharry website this afternoon as saying, "M.... Read More

Tom Noser: 'When to broaden product offerings at early-stage companies'

Aug 05, 2023 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

There are five instances in which leaders of an early-stage company should expand their product offerings: ❶ When an outside factor produces a remarkable opportunity or threat.... Read More

DigitalSelf eyes $300MM raise, has 'major' focus here + fan of Nashville SC

Nov 20, 2023 at 03:47 pm by miltcapps

CRAIG MUIR, the New York-based founder and CEO of DigitalSelf Inc., confirmed today that Nashville is "a major focus" of his firm, which offers the DigitalSelf (Live) dentrali.... Read More

Erstwhile Nashville change-agent Ratliff leads AdaptX amid capraises

Nov 21, 2023 at 04:44 pm by miltcapps

IN THE LATE 1990s, Warren Ratliff JD, played a key role in defining and mobilizing Greater Nashville's digital and biopharma technology space. In addition to practicing intell.... Read More

Altitude Ventures taps Deshpande, eyes Fund III-driven portfolio expansion

Nov 30, 2023 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Altitude Ventures today announced its appointment of Amol Deshpande as a strategic limited partner and senior advisor to the firm and affirmed its expectations.... Read More

Carbon Conversion Group S1 may prove R&D, commercialization venture's step toward scaleup

Feb 14, 2024 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

CARBON Conversion Group Inc. (CCG), which on Jan. 18 filed its draft S-1 registration statement with the SEC, is adding senior staff for its principal office in Murfreesboro a.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 21, 2024

Mar 21, 2024 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Today: ZeroTo510 | Mamaya | We Are Nations | Lodestone | Homeware LARGELY inactive the past two years or so, the Memphis-based ZeroTo510 accelerator is due to open the.... Read More

Guest Column: Don't risk demoting your brand with Artificial Intelligence

Aug 06, 2024 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

"Content is King" remains a business axiom, but overreliance on artificial intelligence in communications for marketing and customer experience is already undermining some bra.... Read More

FBT's Bennett: AI Governance is scalable at all startup or venture stages

Aug 12, 2024 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

At some level, every tech-forward entrepreneur, venture portfolio manager and alternative-assets investor knows that -- from "Day One" - governance of artificial intelligence.... Read More

Advocates steady, Darrell Freeman-inspired Center departs Fisk, eyes trajectory

Aug 16, 2024 at 06:03 pm by miltcapps

Despite the recent ending of operational and financial ties with Fisk University, advocates for pursuit of goals at the heart of the original Darrell S. Freeman Sr. Incubation.... Read More

CEO search at Nashville Technology Council as Cambournac departs EOY24

Oct 24, 2024 at 09:25 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL today announced it will form a search committee to recruit a successor to current CEO Elise Cambournac, whose departure, effective Dec. 31, 2024,.... Read More

CEO: TTDC-LaunchTN 'not anticipating' SSBCI funding changes under Trump Administration

Nov 20, 2024 at 05:01 pm by miltcapps

LINDSEY COX MBA, CEO of Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee, said today that contracts previously executed between the State of Tennessee.... Read More

Innovation, threats and more at core of US Financial Stability report

Dec 06, 2024 at 01:40 pm by miltcapps

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today issued the nation's Annual Report of the The Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council). Also, earlier today, a fresh job.... Read More

Keckley Health System Manifesto, December 18, 2024

Dec 18, 2024 at 11:11 am by miltcapps

Context: The U.S. Health industry is big business -- $4.8 trillion in 2023. It accounts for 17.6% of the GDP and employs 18.3 million -- the biggest private employer in the ec.... Read More

Incoming Chair McDaniel leads CEO search for Nashville Technology Council

Dec 20, 2024 at 04:48 pm by miltcapps

Update: NTC announced May 1, 2025, that Mark Blaze has been selected NTC's next CEO, beginning duty May 12, 2025. Release. -Editor NASHVILLE TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL today released.... Read More

LaunchTN CIO Kelliher says LaunchTN investment bench full after hires

Jan 08, 2025 at 09:25 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Technology Development Corporation (TTDC) dba Launch Tennessee -- grappling with deployment and management of inherently challenging programs -- has in recent months.... Read More

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