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VP-Ag Innovation named for Memphis Bioworks Foundation

Dec 15, 2015 at 05:10 pm by miltcapps

Innova Fund II, LP

Nov 05, 2009 at 10:29 am by miltcapps

Innova Fund II, LP -- The fund is managed by Ken Woody, the general partner of Innova Memphis Inc., a for-profit subsidiary of Memphis Bioworks Foundation, which aims to make.... 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

HeadsUp: TN CRS private equity, Bioworks, Startup TN>Chile

Oct 06, 2014 at 06:30 am by miltcapps

BARTERSUGAR, the Memphis Upstart-powered business that supports mainly B2B trading, won't be pursuing its planned capraise, immediately, because Founder Layla T.... 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

Leslie Lynn Smith: Detroit transformer hired to lead EPICenter in Memphis

Feb 17, 2015 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

Press Release MEMPHIS -- Nationally recognized entrepreneurial and business development leader Leslie Lynn Smith has been selected as president of the Entrepreneurs.... Read More

Update: Innova Memphis seeks Fed'l certification ahead of new fund raise

Apr 15, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Jan Bouten INNOVA MEMPHIS, the venture capital firm owned by Memphis Bioworks Foundation, has taken further steps toward gaining Federal sanction and, ultim.... Read More

Tennessee VCs and institutional partners ask opinions on ecosystem

Jul 20, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

VNC's previous reporting on exploration of the concept of the TennesSeed POC Fund is located here. Release below provided July 15, 2015, by Grady Vanderhoofven of Meritus Ven.... Read More

EPIcenter: Entrepreneurial 7.0 Quake in Memphis as accelerators erupt

Apr 19, 2016 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

EPICENTER, serving as ground zero for unification of the Memphis startup-accelerator community, has joined with six other accelerator programs to accomplish a feat that defies.... Read More

Governor, ECD Commissioner announce rural development task force

Aug 17, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: Aug. 19, 2015 10:08am - A source confirmed Memphis Bioworks Foundation will lead efforts to identify investable agri-tech companies, inline with the Haslam-Boyd push..... Read More

Innova Memphis: Innova Fund III announced $20MM first close

Sep 08, 2014 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 10 Sept.: Innova told the Commercial Appeal that Fund III could go as high as $35MM; also, Innova could explore creating an Agriculture-oriented fund, report.... Read More

Tennessee State University to lead business-academe consortium

Feb 01, 2010 at 12:19 pm by miltcapps

A source says Tennessee State University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and other Nashville businesses and institutions are forming a Capital City Research Consortium..... Read More

MB Ventures' 3rd fund emerging in time to reap 'Vintage 2009' values

Nov 25, 2008 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

Visiting Nashville last week, Gary Stevenson was tight-lipped about plans for MB Venture Partners' rumored third fund. The only comment the MBVP managing partner would utter i.... 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

Feds greenlight VCs Meritus Kirchner & Innova Memphis to pursue $125MM+ for new rural-oriented funds

Dec 05, 2015 at 12:15 am by miltcapps

RURAL America probably got a boost today, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Meritus Kirchner Capital and Innova Memphis have been certified under a Federal pro.... Read More

TTDC funds bioscience entrepreneurship initiative

Feb 10, 2009 at 09:39 am by miltcapps

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation has awarded a $270,000 grant to support biotech entrepreneurs and commercialization of technologies. Grant recipient Memphis Biowo.... Read More

Venture Notes - 8 September 2016

Sep 08, 2016 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

► AGLAUNCH Accelerator at Memphis Bioworks announced four startup companies were selected from a field of 17 to receive a $50,000 investment and participate in the 3-month pro.... Read More

Memphis entrepreneurship plans surge, as Bioworks Foundation ends run

Jul 07, 2021 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 30 Sept. 2021: EDA announced no winners in Tennessee in the latest round. See who got shares of the program's $36.5MM outlays right here.-Ed. THREE NEW MEMPHIS entrep.... 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

Mercury Tech and allies incubate entrepreneurial city

Jan 07, 2009 at 11:42 am by miltcapps

Three hours down I-40 from Nashville, Eric Mathews has carved a niche he intends to own within the Memphis venture scene. Two years after its creation by Mathews and co-found.... Read More

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