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BioMimetic CEO urges 'build on Bredesen's start', plus greater Vanderbilt role in life-sciences ventures

Feb 24, 2010 at 01:23 pm by miltcapps

BioMimetic Therapeutics CEO Sam Lynch said development of the life-sciences industry in Nashville demands a greater role by Vanderbilt University and the focusing of the regio.... Read More

Launch Tennessee names Van Tucker to strategic COO role

Jan 14, 2020 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Launch Tennessee today announced the appointment of Van Tucker as its chief operating officer, working alongside CEO Margaret Dolan. Tucker, a native Tennessean who grew up in.... Read More

Margaret Dolan says TN startup funding lags, state should weigh tax credit

Apr 09, 2021 at 02:05 pm by miltcapps

Update 5 Feb. 2022: New Markets Tax Credit SB0900 legislation is to be on the Feb. 8, 2022 agenda of TN Senate Commerce-Labor Committee. Dolan said today she's doing some work.... Read More

Venture Notes - August 3, 2020

Aug 03, 2020 at 03:25 pm by miltcapps

Venture Notes - 10 August 2016

Aug 10, 2016 at 06:10 pm by miltcapps

Today: NTC CEO - Noro Moseley exec - VC motivation - Women Angels - VU EdTech NASHVILLE Technology Council is ready to make some news. VNC understands the successor to.... Read More

Nashville's Axios LLC builds platform for Tech, Logistics companies

Jul 22, 2014 at 07:44 pm by miltcapps

AXIOS LLC, a Nashville company with a backbone of U.S. military veterans, is likely to seek $2MM in Series A investment for its Tech, Logistics, Services and Sensor-solutions.... Read More

Post-Dart Music, HAAWK CEO mulls capraise, nourishing ties to hometown

Jun 21, 2017 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated 26 Sept. 2017 - Haawk announced Sept. 21 it secured a $2.5m Series Seed round involving VCs Rincon Venture Partners, Wavemaker Partners, Frontier Venture Capital, and.... Read More

CEO departs, TN's nationally ranked ZeroTo510 accelerator charts journey

Sep 05, 2017 at 04:26 pm by miltcapps

MEMPHIS' ZeroTo510 medical-device accelerator -- which has ranked among the best U.S. accelerators, three years running -- is looking for new leadership and considering adopti.... Read More

Nashville robots: Tailwind likely for startup Hirebotics after NBC-News story

Aug 07, 2018 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

ROB GOLDIEZ, co-founder and manager of Hirebotics LLC, says his robots-for-hire startup is likely to get a further boost from last weekend's NBC Nightly News coverage of his f.... Read More

ThriveAP investor's $3MM bet focuses on Advanced Practice Provider needs

Feb 12, 2024 at 07:08 am by miltcapps

TWELVE-year-old MidlevelU Inc., which offers accredited ThriveAP education and training programs for the healthcare sector's Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) and the.... Read More

Tom Ballard still failing to retire from business and economic development

Apr 20, 2017 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

Tom Ballard Updated 21 Oct 2025 - Tom Ballard is now supposedly retiring from PYA on Dec. 31, 2025, while retaining many of his advisory roles.... Read More

Accelerators: Boring, Rip-roaring or somewhere in between?

Jan 22, 2016 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

VENTURE Nashville asked seven people familiar with the Vic Gatto's statement on accelerators (related story here) for their thoughts on Vic Gatto's comments on the 'boring' Ac.... Read More

Policy: Innovation & Startups Equity Investment Program draws TN interest

Jun 09, 2020 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Former Gov. Bill Haslam MANY Tennessee entrepreneurs, policy-makers and their allies and advisors have hoped that Congress, The White House, the U.S. Treasury Departm.... Read More

LaunchTN: Van Tucker steps down as CEO, Abby Trotter to serve interimly

Aug 06, 2021 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe announced today that CEO Van Tucker will step down from her role as president and CEO of Laun.... Read More

King: FCA Venture Partners now follows more 'ideas' for possible investment

Jan 19, 2012 at 09:51 am by miltcapps

FCA VENTURE PARTNERS' intense observation of companies in which it might invest has more than doubled, said FCA Managing Partner Matt King. Previously, FCA typically monitore.... Read More

Bares to lead LifeScience Tennessee toward advocacy, capital objectives

Oct 22, 2014 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

STEVE BARES, Ph.D., president and executive director of Memphis Bioworks Foundation, yesterday became chairman of the Life Science Tennessee (LSTN) board of directors, and its.... Read More

Aegis Health Security, Global Action eye impact-investment partnership

Nov 18, 2015 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

GLOBAL Action Platform (GAP), an international development program led by Nashville social entrepreneur Scott Massey, Ph.D., is exploring a strategic partnership that could ea.... Read More

$20MM in techdev lets startup VortexT Analytics deliver Big-Data insights

Mar 10, 2016 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

VORTEXT ANALYTICS, the Oak Ridge startup that uses machine-learning technologies to generate intelligence and insights from Big Data, is heading rapidly into the commercial He.... Read More

Startup Tennessee launch to draw Gov. Haslam,<br>Startup America CEO to Entrepreneur Center

Jun 27, 2011 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

UPDATE 1:14 P.M. 28 June: ECD issued a request for information (RFI here) from potential bidders representing regional business accelerators, with responses due by July 1.... 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

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