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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

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

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

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

Venture Notes - July 18, 2023

Jul 17, 2023 at 04:58 pm by miltcapps

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 - 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

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

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

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

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

VU Engineering alum helms new Engage VC with Atlanta corporate impetus

May 24, 2017 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Note: Olson's continually updated LinkedIn here.-Ed. THIAGO OLSON, a graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Engineering and former entrepreneur in residence at the Atlant.... Read More

Venture Notes -- August 21, 2019

Aug 21, 2019 at 02:42 pm by miltcapps

Lamp Post Group advances incubation in Chattanooga

Apr 25, 2011 at 08:56 am by miltcapps

The Lamp Post Group, which aims to leverage Chattanooga's high-speed Internet access and the River City's whitewater and hang-gliding amenities, is quietly gathering momentum..... Read More

Covenant College influences Chattanooga entrepreneurial scene

Mar 19, 2015 at 02:00 am by miltcapps

Covenant College COVENANT COLLEGE is likely within the next 30 days to burnish further its reputation for producing entrepreneurs for the Chattanooga.... Read More

TNInvestco funds stay busy with further tech-sector investments

Jan 04, 2012 at 08:35 am by miltcapps

AT LEAST SIX of the state's 10 TNInvestco funds have recently reported transactions with early-stage companies. TriStar Technology Fund invested $1MM in Montara, Calif.-.... Read More

LaunchTN Regional Seed Fund eyes startup investments in 82 of 95 TN counties

Jan 23, 2025 at 11:18 am by miltcapps

Investment requests from TN regions other than Nashville have priority Impact of preferences for 82 counties' startups to be assessed by early April Nashville opportunity bul.... Read More

Brain Gain: Bio Business Plan deadline to be extended

Jan 18, 2009 at 04:25 pm by miltcapps

To attract more student entrants, Tennessee Biotechnology Association is extending the deadline for entries in TBA's 2nd Annual Student/PostDoc Business Plan Competition. Eric.... Read More

For the record:<br>Nashville and other TN cities gain roles in workforce, innovation initiatives

Mar 09, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA today announced his TechHire initiative, in which Nashville and Memphis are involved, details of which are here. A complementary fact sheet is located h.... Read More

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