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Project Music Showcase: EarIQ leverages IP, charts B2Consumer push

Apr 23, 2015 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

Update: Davis confirmed for VNC 27 April that the company's raise target is $480K. Also, he revealed during the Showcase that's its Auto-sector letter of intent (LOI) is with.... Read More

TN General Assembly devises For-Profit Benefit Corp. option

Apr 23, 2015 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

ENTREPRENEURS who want to keep public benefits as part of their companies' missions may soon be at less risk of shareholder complaints about creating a drag on profits. Short.... Read More

Local investors said acquiring Nashville exec-search business<br>as Salt Lake firm drops Nashville from Tech-city list

Apr 29, 2015 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

Update 8 Jan. 2016 - NY-based MTS Health Advisors said they made a strategic investment in HCCA of undislosed magnitude.-Ed. NASHVILLE doesn't yet fit the mold of cities with.... Read More

XMi Holdings' XMi High Growth & Opportunity Fund sets $20MM fund raise

Apr 30, 2015 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

XMi High Growth & Opportunity Fund LP, affiliated with Nashville-based XMi Holdings, yesterday reported to the SEC that it is pursuing a $20MM fund raise, and as of April.... Read More

Internet of Things: BKON Connect tacks toward Seed and Series A raises

May 06, 2015 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: BKON reported to SEC 2 Nov. 2015 that it's raised nearly $1MM capital. The original VNC story of May 6, 2015, is below-Ed. BKON Connect is crossing that ocean known as.... Read More

Mainsail Group capraise funds contract-marketing, alt-revenue startup

May 13, 2015 at 11:27 am by miltcapps

MAINSAIL GROUP, the Franklin-based contract brand-marketing and placement company, has completed a $650K Series A raise, said Co-Founder and President Wes Sellers. Positioned.... Read More

NuSirt BioPharma has $6MM commitment from Hatteras, other investors

May 13, 2015 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 14 October 2015: NuSirt 10/13 reported raising $4MM toward an $8MM goal. May 13, 2015: Earlier media reports indicate that NuSirt was founded in 2010 and, as of Summer.... Read More

JusticeXL startup accelerator program debuts in Tullahoma at Southern Middle Tennessee Entrepreneur Centers

May 18, 2015 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: The applications deadline of Aug. 14 was announced 20 July 2015. See story below.-Ed. JusticeXL, the new Tennessee accelerator for startups in the law-enforceme.... Read More

Tailwind: Snaproll Media pursues UAV growth, mulls smart-capital raise

May 20, 2015 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

SNAPROLL Media, a Franklin unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services startup, isn't TRYing to be stealthy. They're just busy. CEO Steve Brugman told VNC the company has played a.... Read More

Eastate: Venture advisor offers updates on Angel Roundtable, FundingSage

May 13, 2015 at 12:53 pm by miltcapps

TONY LETTICH says The Angel Roundtable in the Tri-Cities area has 27 investors after just over two years in operation, and it has joined an Angel network. The Roundtable, bas.... Read More

ProjectMusic: EVAmore in business/platform dev push + pursuing capraise

Jun 25, 2015 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Update Sept. 8, 2016 10:21a: Evamore announced it has completed a Series A round of undisclosed amount, and a spokeswoman for the firm said the lead investor in the company is.... Read More

Mobile: EnhanceWorks eyes capraises for Expo totaling $2.0MM-3.5MM

Jul 01, 2015 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

ENHANCEWORKS, creator of the Expo mobile app for digital-content aggregation, plans within 18 months both to complete its current $500K convertible round, and pursue a further.... Read More

FinTech: Iroquois Capital's payments startup doesn't rule-out capraise

Jul 09, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

IROQUOIS Merchant Services LLC, an Iroquois Capital Group startup, has strong access to a network of investors, but after 2015 larger asset-acquisition opportunities may call.... Read More

LaunchTN 36:86: Partpic eyes Series A in 2016, focuses on growth after wins

Jul 09, 2015 at 04:42 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Partpic was acquired by Amazon in 2HCY16.-Ed. PARTPIC, the platform for online visual search of replacement parts, is all about supplier ties, revenue growth and key.... Read More

LeanKit's $16MM raise shows resolve to grow local techco 'that matters'

Jul 15, 2015 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Dec. 11, 2017 - Austin, Texas-based Planview, backed by PE Thoma Bravo, announced it bought LeanKit on undisclosed terms, with undisclosed plans for the company. Nov..... Read More

After Ipreo, Maxwell will shift to raising a Nashville-based FinTech fund

Jul 23, 2015 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

JOE MAXWELL, the Nashville-based financial-technologies entrepreneur, says he'll next raise a specialized FinTech venture fund. In November 2014, Maxwell, now 47, sold to Ipre.... Read More

Nashville Technology Council a step closer to policy-advocacy role

Jul 23, 2015 at 11:27 am by miltcapps

Update: Sept. 28, 2015 - Former DC open-Internet advocate, wonk and communicator Alex Curtis has become NTC's director of communications and public affairs.-Ed. NASHVILLE TECH.... Read More

TN State Treasurer demurs on petition of SEC on PE fees transparency

Jul 28, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Treasurer David Lillard did not join a coalition of some of his state and city peers, when in a letter July 21 they petitioned the Securities & Exchange Commissi.... Read More

Centerstone Research Institute eyes capital for healthcare analytics spin-out

Jul 28, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

CENTERSTONE Research Institute (CRI) looks to raise $2.2MM in capital for a predictive-analytics spin-out that will serve the behavioral healthcare market. CRI CEO Tom Doub, P.... Read More

Belmont bootstrapping advocate Jeff Cornwall unveils family business

Aug 10, 2015 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

JEFF CORNWALL, the Belmont University entrepreneurship professor who far more often favors bootstrapping over taking outside capital, now has a family-owned business he's quie.... Read More

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