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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

Indigo Woman: CEO says Stony Creek Colors' capraise awaits pilot results

Apr 07, 2015 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

STONY CREEK COLORS' decision on a capital raise awaits results from Indigo crop-production scale-up tests this summer, said Sarah Bellos, the company's founder, CEO and majori.... Read More

'Corner man' Forrest Shoaf joins Dobie Media as advisor

Apr 30, 2012 at 09:02 am by miltcapps

FORREST SHOAF, formerly Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's chief financial officer, has joined Dobie Media as advisor and investor, founder Bruce Dobie confirmed for VNC. Wor.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 28, 2021

Apr 28, 2021 at 04:36 pm by miltcapps

Sidebar: Opinions on CAPCO vary among VCs

May 01, 2009 at 08:35 am by miltcapps

As previously reported by VNC, venture capitalists, particularly those who want state incentives managed by Tennessee firms, have differing opinions on the legislative proposa.... Read More

TTDC-as-LaunchTN gets vital runway extension from Haslam Administration

Jun 07, 2012 at 02:55 pm by miltcapps

OPTIMISM and concern, alike, have arisen in the wake of the most recent slow-motion shakeup at Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC). TTDC, which now uses the st.... Read More

TN's AgLaunch entrepreneurship event to mark progress toward activation

Aug 10, 2015 at 03:38 pm by miltcapps

AGLAUNCH, the State of Tennessee's agriculture-sector entrepreneurship and business-acceleration push, will mark a milestone Aug. 20 and then push onward. On that date, Ag-se.... Read More

Vanderbilt University's West Palm Beach development scenario unfurls

Aug 19, 2024 at 09:38 am by miltcapps

Updated Sept. 27, 2024: Vanderbilt announced it has leased land in the Chelsea district of New York City for a new campus, release here. Update Aug. 22, 2026: Florida media (s.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 7, 2020

Jul 07, 2020 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

. Today: ATC | UMG | VENO | AB | SOP | RAN | EVI | BEAST | SYNC | NEMZ | FRY | AI | SPH | RESOURCES TENNESSEE's Angel Tax Credit (ATC) was a 'positive policy shift for.... Read More

VCs hope to avoid 'smoking holes', look for passion<br>and aim for 'great companies' over jobs-creation

Mar 07, 2011 at 08:04 am by miltcapps

Solidus Co. Managing Partner Townes Duncan apparently shares a fear common among Ace fighter pilots: He really doesn't want to end-up being part of a "smokin' hole" in the gro.... Read More

NewsBits, April 18, 2011

Apr 18, 2011 at 09:38 am by miltcapps

Commercialization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Center for Intelligent Mechatronics (CIM): Irvine, Calif.-based Freedom Innovations announced worldwide l.... Read More

State-backed Launch Tennessee puts total $626K+ into startups<br>in Healing Innovations, Hera Health, Hytch, Possip

Nov 21, 2019 at 04:44 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE today announced investing an aggregate of at least $626K via its Innovation Capital Continuum program in startups Healing Innovations, Hera Health, Hytch and.... Read More

VNC's Top 25 Reads for 2010

Jan 10, 2011 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Top 25 Venture Nashville reports in 2010, 1-25, Most Read at top: ► Consensus Point sets B-round, reveals Euro partnership.... Read More

NEWSBITS, March 18, 2010

Mar 18, 2010 at 12:19 pm by miltcapps

David Mason (left), who was CEO of Nashville-based StudioNow before its sale in January to AOL for $36.5 million, is now SVP of the AOL Content Platform, reporting to former G.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 24, 2019

Apr 24, 2019 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Entrepreneurs welcomed at Southeast Community Capital

Sep 06, 2008 at 04:09 pm by miltcapps

Note: SECC rebranded as Pathway Lending-27 October 2010.-Ed. For entrepreneurs facing tougher lending criteria from banks, Pathway Lending (fka Southeast Community Capital) ma.... Read More

HealthTeacher reaches venture's 'inflection point';<br>backer Chrysalis joined by SSM as Petra exits

Jun 28, 2011 at 08:31 am by miltcapps

HealthTeacher may have reached a veritable "inflection point" in its 12-year campaign to make a growth business out of improving the health, fitness and physical and emotional.... Read More

Venture Notes -- May 13, 2020

May 13, 2020 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

VC Coleman demands access to TNInvestco records

Jan 28, 2010 at 10:43 am by miltcapps

Updated 2:45 p.m.: State. Sen. Doug Overbey told VNC he will file a "caption bill" this afternoon to "reserve a space" for legislation advocated by the Bredesen Administ.... Read More

Ingram Content Group ends 1440 accelerator gambit, keeps innovation focus

Oct 24, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

INGRAM Content Group (ICG), a unit of Nashville-based Ingram Industries, has confirmed that the first cohort of its once unique 1440 publishing-startup accelerator is its last.... Read More

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