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Nashville Capital Network says Fund IV commitments pass $70MM

Apr 13, 2022 at 02:49 pm by miltcapps

Update: On April 23, 2023, NCN observed the 20-year milestone since its founding, press release here. In August 2022, NCN reported NCN Fund IV had raised $77.3MM, filings here.... Read More

HRtech: Memphis Meats veteran Will Clem's Bite Ninja raises hit $15MM+

May 09, 2022 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

COFOUNDER William "Will" Clem and his team have now raised more than $15MM in outside capital for Bite Ninja Inc., their Memphis-based tech startup that enables staffing of re.... Read More

Launch Tennessee seeks US EDA funding to expand Industry Networks

Aug 16, 2022 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

RFP for (2) Fintech and Consumer Products industry networks disclosed Nov. 14, 2022, documentation begins here. - Editor LAUNCH TENNESSEE has requested roughly $1.99MM federal.... Read More

State-backed LaunchTN Awards $7MM in matching funds to 37 TN firms

Oct 05, 2022 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

Launch Tennessee (LaunchTN) today unveiled the full list of this year's SBIR/STTR Matching Fund grant recipients. Developed and administered by LaunchTN, the SBIR/STTR Matchin.... Read More

FINTOP CEO: SV Bank vibrations are 'wake-up call' for venture-sector actors

Mar 14, 2023 at 12:23 pm by miltcapps

JOE MAXWELL, managing partner of FINTOP Capital in Nashville says that, beyond the inherent stress of the situation, the FDIC becoming the receiver of Silicon Valley Bank and.... Read More

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

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