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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

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

36|86 startups: BrewFund ready to blow the head off craft beer market

May 17, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

BREWFUND, the Johnson City startup with an app that helps you give, receive or trade gifts of beer from your favorite local breweries, is one of the Village 36 startups headed.... Read More

NeighborMD's $2.5MM raise attracts Nashville Capital Network

Jan 09, 2012 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 7 Feb. 11:56 a.m.: NeighborMD today announced the successful closing of this round. The story as it appeared Jan. 9, 2012, follows. NeighborMD Management, the.... Read More

AgLaunch accelerator launches, powered by Memphis Bioworks, TNDA allies

May 16, 2016 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Updated: June 22, 2018 - AgLaunch became AgLaunch Initiative.-Ed. AGLAUNCH Accelerator launches this week under co-sponsorship of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.... Read More

VC moves Directed Sensing startup from Knoxville to Austin

Jul 07, 2016 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

STARTUP Directed Sensing has obtained $2MM in fresh capital and is being moved from Knoxville to Austin by its majority owner, New York-based VC New Science Ventures. CE.... Read More

VC Innova Memphis ignites $31MM RBIC fund, projects 20 transactions by year-end 2018

May 15, 2017 at 11:11 am by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE VC Innova Memphis announced today the closing of its $31MM Innova Ag Innovation Fund IV, which brings Innova's firmwide uncommitted capital to $41MM and total asse.... Read More

Memphis Agritech: The Seam launches blockchain venture,<br>considers capital strategy for product roadmap, global footprint

May 11, 2017 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

Update: March 10, 2020 - The Seam unveiled its Trust Protocol for sustainability, press release here. May 3, 2018 - Pryor announced the company has joined the Enterprise Ether.... Read More

Gov. Bredesen spies more Energy jobs after Hemlock

Dec 16, 2008 at 01:07 pm by miltcapps

In the wake of yesterday's Hemlock Semiconductor investment news, Gov. Phil Bredesen this morning asked a task force of volunteers to focus more of its energy on landing more.... Read More

Rosen's Atiba creates SLK Digital for acquisitions, starting with FiledBy

Dec 18, 2011 at 06:52 pm by miltcapps

ATIBA Software is the majority owner of newly formed SLK Digital LLC, which seeks to buy digital businesses and assets, Atiba founder-owner JJ Rosen confirmed for VNC. FiledB.... Read More

Reg A+ candidate? Franklin startup Grabbr<br>eyes Publishing, Music, Med, Financial

Oct 24, 2017 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 12 March 2019: Further SEC filings for Grabbr, right here. June 2018: Founder David W. Dunham, 65, passed away. 14 May 2018: VNC learned Grabbr recently closed a capit.... Read More

Southland Update: Pitch winner Sr.Pago in Bay Area this week

Jul 21, 2014 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

SR.PAGO co-founder Pablo Gonzalez Vargas, who won the Southland pitch-off in June in Nashville, is in San Francisco and Palo Alto this week, recruiting investors, he told VNC.... Read More

Moyer-led Innovation Studio raising $2.5MM to advance Industry AI mission

Dec 13, 2023 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

FRANKLIN-based The Innovation Studio filed yesterday for its Innovation Studio Fund I raise, providing fresh evidence of Studio's progress in its campaign to create and grow a.... Read More

VC: Innova Memphis RBIC pursues $75MM Ag Innovation Fund VI

Mar 20, 2023 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

INNOVA Ag Innovation VI, overseen by general partner Innova Memphis RBIC LLC, has filed a placeholder with the SEC for a planned $75MM raise. That $75MM Fund VI target, if att.... Read More

LaunchTN designates attorney Bruce Doeg vice chairman

Oct 27, 2015 at 05:20 pm by miltcapps

Update 21 April 2016: In a recent special called meeting by telephone, LaunchTN's board established a quorum for its vote affirming Doeg's role, according to CEO Charlie Brock.... Read More

Tech consolidator Blattner acquires DevDigital from Peter Marcum

Jul 27, 2023 at 07:53 am by miltcapps

Russ Blattner NASHVILLE-based tech-firm consolidator Russ Blattner's platform firm -- Blattner Technologies -- announced today its acquisition of DevDigital, the 15-y.... Read More

New board member McCormick sees Emma's<br> upside prospects and its requirements

Aug 23, 2016 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

[Updated: Emma announced 12 Oct. 2016 that former Salesforce exec Jeff Middlesworth has joined as chief of product and engineering.-Ed.] PETER MCCORMICK, recently appointed to.... Read More

Nashville Entrepreneur Center appointments heavy with longtime advocates

Oct 27, 2015 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Entrepreneur Center, the nonprofit chartered six years ago to cultivate Music City innovation, entrepreneurship and investable businesses, has completed a periodic r.... Read More

TN's AgLaunch entrepreneurship event to mark progress toward activation

Aug 10, 2015 at 03:38 pm by miltcapps

AGLAUNCH, the State of Tennessee's agriculture-sector entrepreneurship and business-acceleration push, will mark a milestone Aug. 20 and then push onward. On that date, Ag-se.... Read More

Sohr-backed MEDarchon taps CEO, puts growth ahead of any capital raise

May 08, 2017 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

THIS might have been 'just another healthIT startup story', if the grave harm often caused by medical errors wasn't so shocking and if MEDarchon was not making some very strik.... Read More

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