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TTDC-as-LaunchTN gets vital runway extension from Haslam Administration

Jun 07, 2012 at 02:55 pm by miltcapps

OPTIMISM and concern, alike, have arisen in the wake of the most recent slow-motion shakeup at Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC). TTDC, which now uses the st.... Read More

TN-based Genera Energy raises $118MM to advance Earthable line

Jul 17, 2019 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

Genera Energy Inc., dba Genera, has secured "more than $118MM" in new investment to develop its first manufacturing facility for production of its Earthable® agricultural fibe.... Read More

Harry Jacobson, Tony Harkin advance iCitizen civic-engagement platform

Dec 31, 2021 at 03:43 pm by miltcapps

INVESTOR and entrepreneur Harry Jacobson MD has quietly been backing the new iCitizen civic-tech engagement platform since 2019, the year he and cofounders shuttered a predece.... Read More

Dan Hammond whets VCs' appetites for 'Just A Pinch' media spin-out

May 11, 2011 at 09:22 am by miltcapps

Dan Hammond, the Nashville media-culture entrepreneur, has apparently consulted his heartland gut and decided to keep 'dancing with the one that brung him'. Hammond, the 51-y.... Read More

Vanderbilt University's West Palm Beach development scenario unfurls

Aug 19, 2024 at 09:38 am by miltcapps

Updated Sept. 27, 2024: Vanderbilt announced it has leased land in the Chelsea district of New York City for a new campus, release here. Update Aug. 22, 2026: Florida media (s.... Read More

Nashville Entrepreneur Center's 27 InFlight teams debut Thurs., Dec. 12

Dec 10, 2019 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

THE NASHVILLE Entrepreneur Center's fledgling InFlight program is in its second yearlong operational cycle, and its 2019-20 cohort of 27 young companies will be showcased in a.... Read More

VCs hope to avoid 'smoking holes', look for passion and aim for 'great companies' over jobs-creation

Mar 07, 2011 at 08:04 am by miltcapps

Solidus Co. Managing Partner Townes Duncan apparently shares a fear common among Ace fighter pilots: He really doesn't want to end-up being part of a "smokin' hole" in the gro.... Read More

State-backed Launch Tennessee puts total $626K+ into startups in Healing Innovations, Hera Health, Hytch, Possip

Nov 21, 2019 at 04:44 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE today announced investing an aggregate of at least $626K via its Innovation Capital Continuum program in startups Healing Innovations, Hera Health, Hytch and.... Read More

Venture Notes - 28 November 2016

Nov 28, 2016 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

VNC's Top 25 Reads for 2010

Jan 10, 2011 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Top 25 Venture Nashville reports in 2010, 1-25, Most Read at top: ► Consensus Point sets B-round, reveals Euro partnership.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 24, 2019

Apr 24, 2019 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

From Cicero to Church Street: Startup Contigo Financial challenges payday lending

Aug 27, 2012 at 12:53 pm by miltcapps

[Update: July 1, 2013] Contigo announced it has been merged with San Francisco-based Emerge Financial, following the two companies' restructuring by Serious Change, a social i.... Read More

Entrepreneurs welcomed at Southeast Community Capital

Sep 06, 2008 at 04:09 pm by miltcapps

Note: SECC rebranded as Pathway Lending-27 October 2010.-Ed. For entrepreneurs facing tougher lending criteria from banks, Pathway Lending (fka Southeast Community Capital) ma.... Read More

Tamara Reynolds: Work, Funding, Surviving in Nashville Creative Economy

Apr 20, 2026 at 03:11 pm by miltcapps

Tamara ReynoldsCredit: George Parker BY RHEA PATNEY As cranes continue to reshape the skyline of Nashville, the city’s creative identity is evo.... Read More

HealthTeacher reaches venture's 'inflection point'; backer Chrysalis joined by SSM as Petra exits

Jun 28, 2011 at 08:31 am by miltcapps

HealthTeacher may have reached a veritable "inflection point" in its 12-year campaign to make a growth business out of improving the health, fitness and physical and emotional.... Read More

VC Coleman demands access to TNInvestco records

Jan 28, 2010 at 10:43 am by miltcapps

Updated 2:45 p.m.: State. Sen. Doug Overbey told VNC he will file a "caption bill" this afternoon to "reserve a space" for legislation advocated by the Bredesen Administ.... Read More

Ingram Content Group ends 1440 accelerator gambit, keeps innovation focus

Oct 24, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

INGRAM Content Group (ICG), a unit of Nashville-based Ingram Industries, has confirmed that the first cohort of its once unique 1440 publishing-startup accelerator is its last.... Read More

'Build To Scale' entries target TN entrepreneurial pipeline, capital, rural

Aug 04, 2020 at 03:24 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE: US Commerce EDA announced Sept. 16, 2020, that the CoLab proposal below was a WINNER. Scroll down.-Ed. THREE NEW proposals from Tennessee ask the federal Economic Deve.... Read More

CEO: Essex Technology growth has its eyes on Execution, Tech and Capital

Oct 27, 2014 at 04:24 pm by miltcapps

Update 4 Dec. 2015 - Boston PE Thomas H. Lee announced today its recap of and controlling interest in BargainHunt, with CEO Echols remaining aboard. Terms were not disclosed..... Read More

CEO: Nashville Fashion Alliance may pivot into strategic relationship

Jan 29, 2019 at 02:07 pm by miltcapps

KEEPING its eye firmly on its missionary goal of building this region's fashion industry, the Nashville Fashion Alliance is in serious merger discussions with a prominent indu.... Read More