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Fintech: Thoma Bravo bets $100MM+ on McGowan's HubSync platform

May 06, 2025 at 04:55 pm by miltcapps

FRANKLIN, Tenn.-based HubSync, an "all-in-one tax and accounting platform" for CPA firms yesterday announced it has secured investment of somewhere north of $100MM from Chicag.... Read More

Frist Cressey Ventures pursues $400MM Fund IV, plans next exec Forum

May 16, 2025 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

FRIST CRESSEY VENTURES of Nashville filed May 15 for its $400MM parallel Fund IV QP LP and Fund IV LP, showing 115 investors aboard and $169.7MM-in, at that point. The firm al.... Read More

Warner Music Group, Bain Capital JV could invest $1.2BN in music catalogs

Jul 03, 2025 at 08:23 am by miltcapps

WMG-Bain's 1 July 2025 press release is below. VNC reached-out to WMG and its PR representative to explore what, if any, impact this could have on Warner Chappell Music and an.... Read More

Obituary: Fred Goad, 84, Nashville entrepreneur and investor has died

Jul 15, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

FRED CURTIS GOAD JR., a widely respected Nashville-area private investor, entrepreneur and advisor, died June 4, at age 84. Goad's healthcare-weighted career most recently inc.... Read More

Nelson joins Memphis Bioworks Foundation as VP-Agriculture Innovation

Dec 15, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

PETER NELSON, co-founder and CEO of Ag Innovation Development Group (AgIDG), recently joined Memphis Bioworks Foundation as VP for Agriculture Innovation. Nelson's AgIDG.... Read More

Gov. Bill Lee: ECD's Stuart McWhorter to succeed Deputy Gov Butch Eley Oct. 15

Sep 17, 2025 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee today announced fellow Cabinet member Stuart McWhorter will succeed Deputy Governor Butch Eley as Deputy Governor of Tennessee, effective Oct. 15..... Read More

Douglas Grindstaff Sr., executive, investor, civic partisan, dies at 85

Oct 05, 2025 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Corporate executive, Angel startup investor and prominent Williamson County Republican Edward Douglas Grindstaff Sr. of Brentwood died October 2 at age 85. He was born in Kno.... Read More

Dig!entertainment: Street Jelly Media raises capital to spread Jelly footprint

Sep 29, 2014 at 06:29 am by miltcapps

STREET JELLY knew it had a sticky Music brand that brings a smile, even before it got to the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC) MediaWorks Demo Day this summer, said Frank Po.... Read More

The TENN: LaunchTN master accelerator 2014 Class members named

Oct 03, 2014 at 06:00 am by miltcapps

Release submitted Oct. 2, 2014, by LaunchTN (Tennessee Technology Development Corp.) Launch Tennessee on Oct. 2 announced the 10 companies chosen to participate in this.... Read More

Destiny? Pro-gamer PHASE seeks TN Seed capital, has backup ideas

Oct 06, 2014 at 06:45 am by miltcapps

PHASE, the Memphis-born app that gives multiplayer gamers easy ways to schedule competition 24/7 online, has set a $300K goal for its Seed rais.... Read More

Life Science Tennessee announces Venture Forum presenting companies

Oct 07, 2014 at 07:00 am by miltcapps

Life Science Tennessee (LifeSciTN) today announced the five companies chosen to present Oct. 21 during the LifeSciTN Conference and Venture Forum, during its annual confe.... Read More

Bootstrapped Fiveworx eyes capital raise among growth-finance options

Nov 10, 2014 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Update: Jan. 22, 2015 - Knoxville-based Angel Capital Group announced it made an investment of undisclosed nature and magnitude in Fiveworx.-Ed. FIVEWORX, the Knoxville-.... Read More

JumpFund updates investments in women-owned startups

Nov 24, 2014 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

THE JUMP FUND in Chattanooga recapped its recent investments in a release Nov. 24, 2014. The Fund said in a release it had invested more than $500K total via investments of u.... Read More

FedEx pledges $750K for logistics accelerator in Memphis EPICenter

Dec 15, 2014 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

FEDEX Corporation and the leadership of Memphis' new EPICenter innovation initiative are expected to provide further details soon regarding a new logistics startup accelerator.... Read More

Memphis StartCo CEO updates Angel, Accelerator plans

Dec 18, 2014 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

ERIC MATHEWS told VTC the StartCo Angels group he leads has 10 Angels actively engaged, after adding "three or four" in the past year, through a deliberately "slow a.... Read More

Inner Circle: Executives aboard for IdleAir Technologies' 2008 Chapter 11

Feb 06, 2015 at 10:43 am by miltcapps

PROTECTIONS sought in 2008 by IdleAire Technologies Corporation through the Chapter 11 process led to the emergence of a second company, IdleAire Inc., the assets of whic.... Read More

Memphis readies ZeroTo510 medical-device accelerator cohort for 2015

May 12, 2015 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Release submitted by Jessica Taveau, director-marketing, Memphis Bioworks Foundation Four entrepreneurial teams have been selected for the 2015 ZeroTo510 Medical Device Accel.... Read More

Update: DataFlyte reviews bridge-round checklist, charts Series A

May 27, 2015 at 01:10 pm by miltcapps

Updated May 5, 2016: DataFlyte confirmed it has obtained a $100K portion of the Series A raise it seeks from Angel Capital Group.-Ed. DATAFLYTE, the Knoxville startup th.... Read More

Former Chattem execs, Entrepreneur launch Focus Consumer Health, file plan for $20MM capraise for portfolio push this year

Nov 04, 2015 at 02:13 pm by miltcapps

ENTREPRENEURS who previously served with Chattanooga-based Chattem are launching a consumer-health products company and have reported undertaking a $20MM capital rai.... Read More

Eight entrepreneurs compete in 'Will This Float?' pitch event

Nov 29, 2016 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

adapted from submitted release Eight finalists have been selected to pitch their business ideas during The Company Lab's (CO.LAB) 'Will This Float?' competition. The pre.... Read More

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