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Venture Notes - Dec. 17, 2021

Dec 17, 2021 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

TN Sports-wagering startup WAGR's $12MM raise a launch harbinger?

Jan 10, 2022 at 02:47 pm by miltcapps

WAGR INC., which will offer Tennesseans an app for sports-wagering and peer-to-peer smack-talk, has raised $9.99MM against an $11.99MM goal, according to the Nashville startup.... Read More

Whitney unmasks Jumpstart Nova VC focused on Black-led HC companies

Jan 12, 2022 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

MARCUS WHITNEY, the Black 46-year-old founder and managing partner of Jumpstart Nova, today revealed the venture capital firm has surpassed its recruitment goals for Fund I, h.... Read More

Pandemic tailwind? Lake Hop startup raises capital for boating marketplace

Jan 13, 2022 at 02:13 pm by miltcapps

DANNY 'D.J.' BOGGS' growth plans for his new company may give a lift to COVID-weary Americans who want to spend more time with friends and family boating upon U.S. lakes, by h.... Read More

A-round ahead? LeanKit's Hefley visualizes future for local software venture

Sep 27, 2011 at 09:40 am by miltcapps

CHRIS HEFLEY, the co-founder and CEO of LeanKit, recently told VNC the Brentwood software startup is likely by the end of 2012 to quintuple its 2011 revenue -- moving from a p.... Read More

Techstars accelerator integrating 10 startups into Oak Ridge-Knoxville

Feb 07, 2022 at 06:15 am by miltcapps

TECHSTARS, the global seed-investor network that helps advance scalable startups, today announced the 10 tech-heavy members of the first Industries of the Future Accelerator c.... Read More

Twende: Black execs see entrepreneurship opportunities beyond hurdles

Feb 25, 2022 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

THE TRIO OF BLACK startup and investment executives who assembled last week for the "Twende" program at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center spoke of business lessons lear.... Read More

Angel Capital Group chapter fate uncertain in Memphis

Oct 03, 2011 at 08:19 am by miltcapps

The fate of the infant Memphis Chapter of the Nashville-based Angel Capital Group (ACG) is uncertain and the group has been closed, at least temporarily. ACG founder and Presi.... Read More

CEO: Nashville 'center of gravity' for BehaVR's Virtual Reality in HC push

Mar 03, 2022 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: Dec. 23, 2022 - BehaVR today filed with the SEC here for a target-$20MM Series B raise, which includes the previously reported first close. Dec. 13, 2022 - BehaVR anno.... Read More

VentureNotes: Change|Healthcare, XMi High Growth,<br>Shareable Ink, StreamWeaver

Oct 19, 2011 at 10:32 am by miltcapps

Update: Nov. 19, 2014 11:15 a.m. - Emdeon announced it has acquired Change|Healthcare for $135MM+. Our October 2011 item is below.-Ed. CHANGE|HEALTHCARE, which provides consum.... Read More

COPILOT TRAVEL remaps capital, pursues pent-up leisure-trip surge

Apr 05, 2022 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

Capital remapped to reach $2MM or more before A-round Local B2B2C platform eyes global leisure-travel industry LeanKit entrepreneur Hefley, pacesetter Jones are aboard Startu.... Read More

Venture Notes - May 13, 2022

May 13, 2022 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

ORNL's Ballard joins PYA, hands-off portfolio to scientist Roberto

Oct 31, 2011 at 06:40 am by miltcapps

OAK RIDGE National Laboratory partnerships director Tom Ballard's duties will be assumed Jan. 1 by ORNL Associate Director James Roberto, Ph.D., as Ballard joins management at.... Read More

CivicEye's $12.4MM A-round fuels US growth and team-building

Aug 03, 2022 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

Awareness of safety-security factors grows, CivicEye deepens US presence Founders, VC, Angels, TNInvestco, INCITE, SSBCI initiative sustained vision VC Cercano has phase-gate.... Read More

TN ECD, LaunchTN, allies await $117M SSBCI impact-funding call

Aug 08, 2022 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Treasury funding could lead to $1BN-plus decade impact in Tennessee Initiatives span Equity and Debt capital recruitment, could mobilize Angels Elements include largely unpre.... Read More

Commercialization: UTSC's Dale reviews Vaxent's progress on Strep-A vaccine

Nov 06, 2011 at 02:25 pm by miltcapps

Memphis-based Vaxent, the vaccine-development company focused on Group A streptococcus (GAS), is likely to seek a commercialization partner or raise capital by 2014, said co-f.... Read More

Tennessee's innovators rally toward NSF Regional Innovation Engines

Aug 11, 2022 at 02:23 pm by miltcapps

THERE ARE AT LEAST 10 teams with strong Tennessee roots that have signaled they are prepared to compete for major, potentially transformative grant funding through the Nationa.... Read More

Adam Boehler-led Rubicon hits $471MM in Opp Fund I for HC investments

Aug 30, 2022 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Rubicon Founders Opportunity Fund I, led by CEO Adam Boehler of Rubicon Founders LLC, has thus far raised $471,075,000 in sales of equity securities for health.... Read More

Venture Notes - Nov. 15, 2022

Nov 15, 2022 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Lifestyle startups are focus for Lipscomb Center for Entrepreneurship;<br>Joe Ivey prepares to recruit leaders, mentors and internships

Nov 21, 2011 at 03:45 am by miltcapps

Family-owned and "lifestyle" businesses that seek organic growth, rather than rapid scale-up and entrepreneurial exits are the focus of Lipscomb University's Center for Entrep.... Read More

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