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We asked TN Gubernatorial aspirants about State industry incentives, risk-capital formation, tech commercialization and more

Aug 13, 2018 at 10:29 am by miltcapps

VENTURE NASHVILLE on Aug. 6, 2018 simultaneously posed five economic-development issues to Tennessee gubernatorial candidates Bill Lee (R-Franklin) and Karl Dean (D-Nashville).... Read More

Zycron CEO Freeman says Nashville Tech-talent shortage real and worsening

Apr 06, 2016 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

Updated: Zycron sold to BG Staffing for north of $20MM, 6 April 17 press release here. -Ed. DARRELL FREEMAN, founder and executive chairman of information technology and solut.... Read More

Tour of Duty: Hogan leads Bunker Labs for veterans marching into business

Dec 02, 2020 at 04:57 pm by miltcapps

BLAKE HOGAN and his wife, Colbi Layne Hogan, arrived Music City from Austin in the dog days of summer 2015, just two years into their marriage. Five years on, Hogan now should.... Read More

BioMimetic shakes-off FDA bruise,<Br> carves-out Biotechnology niche

May 16, 2008 at 12:53 am by miltcapps

Updated March 1, 2013: Wright Medical completed its acquisition of BioMimetic, in a transaction valued at $190MM or more. Release here.-Ed. BioMimetic Therapeutics provides a.... Read More

Venture Notes - Oct. 16, 2025

Oct 16, 2025 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

GNPCA 2025 Impact Report offers market-grade view of TN private capital

Mar 05, 2026 at 11:49 am by miltcapps

Submitted release, edited and augmented. The Greater Nashville Private Capital Association (GNPCA), in partnership with PitchBook and the Tennessee Department of Economi.... Read More

LaunchTN WIP: Exploring state Angel network, policy options and rankings

Jul 21, 2014 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE plans to mobilize more Angel investors, influence public-policy on capital formation and achieve higher economic rankings for Tennessee. And that's just part.... Read More

Surgiorithm among 5 Startups pitching LaunchTn-LSTN Venture Match

Nov 02, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Update 17 March 2017 Surgiorithm won the NSW pitch competition. 5 Nov 2016 0858: Surgiorithm placed 1st in the VentureMatch competition, earning $5K bestowed by Waller Lansden.... Read More

Venture Notes - October 24, 2019

Oct 24, 2019 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

Tennessee CRS private-equity Venrock play<br>weighted toward Technology, Healthcare

Jun 30, 2014 at 01:29 pm by miltcapps

TECHNOLOGY and Healthcare are the priorities of Venrock VII, which recently received a commitment of up to $35 million via the private-equity investment program of the Tenness.... Read More

Sopris' Quovant has access to capital, is opportunistic on buys or merger

Sep 09, 2019 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 - Sopris exited via sale of Quovant to Austin-based Mitratech, release here.-Ed. QUOVANT, the Nashville-based legal-spend management software, analytics.... Read More

Venture Notes - 8 June 2017

Jun 08, 2017 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Nashville's Bitetime Kitchens reenters Atlanta, maps growth + capital

Jun 10, 2025 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Founder-CEO and Majority Owner Jason Gries's Bitetime Kitchens LLC produces and delivers 18 core-brand meal cuisines from its own kitchens for corporate and industri.... Read More

Venture Voices: Julie Samuels of TECH:NYC shares views with Nashville

Aug 14, 2018 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

JULIE SAMUELS JD is 2.5 years into her job as executive director of TECH:NYC and 13 years out of Vanderbilt University Law School. Samuels works to build relationships between.... Read More

American Hometown Publishing to 'saturate' mid-TN with Rover media

Apr 30, 2018 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 5 Feb 2019: Sic transit: NBJ reports Rover sold to Texas-based Community Impact. THE FIRST iteration of Rover hyperlocal media has been unveiled in affluent Green Hil.... Read More

Venture Notes - February 24, 2021

Feb 24, 2021 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Off-script: Project Music's Heather McBee joins Pandoland moderators

Jun 13, 2015 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 2:11pm June 15, 2015: The EC announced today McBee has been promoted to Program Director of Project Music.-Ed. HEATHER MCBEE, the industry lead for Project Music at th.... Read More

Cumberland IPO now active: 10-year journey with Vanderbilt reaches milestone

Aug 07, 2009 at 09:51 am by miltcapps

UPDATED Aug. 11, 6:45 a.m.: Cumberland Pharmaceuticals [NASDAQ:CPIX] went effective 3 p.m. Aug. 10 and is listed this morning as CPIX on NASDAQ. The share price was set.... Read More

Innovators and allies seek $20MM to improve Tennessee research, economy and culture

Nov 04, 2009 at 01:33 pm by miltcapps

Update: UTRF Partnerships Director Stacey Patterson said after publication that "more than half" of UT's 58 percent of the grant amount "goes back out to other institutions an.... Read More

New entrepreneur-in-res at EC, launches 'Milk the Moment' startup

May 02, 2017 at 03:57 pm by miltcapps

COURTNEY 'Coko' Eason has launched into her role as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center while simultaneously advancing her mobile app toward the mar.... Read More

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