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NewsBits, February 7, 2011

Feb 07, 2011 at 07:53 am by miltcapps

Bill Evans Bill Evans, CEO and director of St. Jude Children Research Hospital in Memphis, and chairman of the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC) boa.... Read More

Owners of TNInvestco-backed Hubble Telemedical exit in sale to Welch Ally

Jan 21, 2015 at 06:00 am by miltcapps

Larisa Brass, Correspondent Updated 10:16 a.m. Chuck Wit.... Read More

LaunchTN swings SXSW Fest spotlight onto TN startups, tech, brands

Feb 24, 2025 at 02:54 pm by miltcapps

ON MARCH 7-9, Launch Tennessee will re-activate "Tennessee House" in Austin within the city's massive South by Southwest Festival. A year ago, in spring 2024, invitations to S.... Read More

First startup taking TN for-profit benefit option is Style-oriented

Jan 04, 2016 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

NEWLY INC., which will launch this spring in the home goods sector, has not only become the first company to register under the State's new for-profit benefit corporation (FPB.... Read More

Quick Take: TN VCs comment on Private-Company Exchanges

Feb 11, 2010 at 12:37 pm by miltcapps

Some Tennessee VCs say they see merit in the exit options provided by a batch of new private-company exchanges, including Portal Alliance and Second Market. In a Jan. 25 repo.... Read More

TTDC grants $100K to Nashville Entrepreneur Center, names two board leaders

Jan 21, 2010 at 04:34 pm by miltcapps

The board of directors of Tennessee Technology Development Corporation today decided to provide a $100,000 grant to the new Nashville Entrepreneur Center and reaffirmed plans.... Read More

Angels' complaint to Corker may precede stepped-up TN efforts

Mar 22, 2010 at 08:31 am by miltcapps

Updated 5:56 a.m., March 25.: A portion of our March 22 story was inadvertently omitted, previously. It is now restored (italicized portion). The NCN letter to Sen..... Read More

VU Institute of National Security adds Innovation Director Trish Puttmann

Apr 25, 2026 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

VANDERBILT University Institute of National Security within the VU School of Engineering has named Trish Puttmann its director of innovation -- a fact we offer as ye.... Read More

VentureNVTN Calendar March 2026 and Beyond

Feb 27, 2026 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

UPDATED: TN REGIONS • West | • Central | • Eastern | • Other Updated March 31, 2026 1504 CT- Send eve.... Read More

Venture Notes - 21 July 2016

Jul 21, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

RESOLUTE Capital Partners Fund III topped-out at $170MM, and the firm is said to be recruiting LPs for a roughly $250MM Fund IV. Fund III check sizes have ranged from $1.5MM-$.... Read More

General Assembly spotlights venture investing

Apr 06, 2009 at 12:22 am by miltcapps

Tennessee private-equity and early-stage venture investment may soon get another boost from the General Assembly. During a meeting Thursday, venture-capital executives who are.... Read More

Update: FinTech accelerator initiative in Nashville+Tennessee

Mar 16, 2015 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

FINTECH NASHVILLE at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center on Feb. 13 featured an executive panel that seemed to galvanize an audience of roughly 120, and set the stage for cultiv.... Read More

Wearables: Mark Harris-led HeroWear raising Seed, maps Series A round

Mar 05, 2020 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

CEO Mark Harris PhD confirmed for Venture Nashville that HeroWear, the manufacturer of an "exosuit" lift-assistance device that fits like clothing and offloads some energy fro.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 18, 2023

Jul 17, 2023 at 04:58 pm by miltcapps

BizFoundry CEO: Entrepreneur centers must<br>'meet entrepreneurs where they are'

May 08, 2017 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

JEFF BROWN, president and executive director of The Biz Foundry in Cookeville, listed several big lessons he's learned during five years cultivating entrepreneurship in the Up.... Read More

Obit: Nashville's Ed Braswell, 65, serial fintech-payments entrepreneur

Apr 16, 2023 at 04:26 pm by miltcapps

Nashville fintech and regtech entrepreneur and investor Edward Wardlaw "Ed" Braswell died April 9 at age 65, more than two years after a glioblastoma diagnosis. For roughly fo.... Read More

NewsBits, January 10, 2011

Jan 10, 2011 at 02:27 pm by miltcapps

Gina Ashe Eric Satz KRUSH: Local entrepreneur and VC Eric Satz may have "spotted the next new thing" in Boston. XconomyBoston, citing an SEC filing, recently.... Read More

People: LaunchTN's Denenberg preps NourishWise startup

Jul 21, 2014 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

JASON DENENBERG, entrepreneurship programs director for LaunchTN, is standing-up NourishWise, a startup that aims to offer diners online nutrition data from participating rest.... Read More

Oak Ridge: Tech2020 nears selection of Interim chief, ahead of CEO search

Nov 10, 2014 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

Update 11 Nov. 2014 1810 - Knoxville-based entrepreneur mentor and management consultant Kevin Kragenbrink was selected to serve six months as Interim Executive.... Read More

Venture Notes -- August 21, 2019

Aug 21, 2019 at 02:42 pm by miltcapps

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