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Venture Notes - September 26, 2018

Sep 26, 2018 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

High on Nashville, tech startups 24/7 Sports, Comicbook.com mull growth strategies

Jun 23, 2014 at 12:55 pm by miltcapps

[May 24, 2016 - Terry et al in $1.7MM raise for ComicBook.com. Cites Terry, Bill King, Stuart McWhorter, et al. Filing here. Dec. 16, 2015: 24/7 Announced it's been sold on un.... Read More

Nashville's Black tech entrepreneurs sometimes weigh locating elsewhere

Dec 11, 2018 at 09:43 am by miltcapps

Updated 21 Dec 2018: Coko Eason's Milk the Moment has been inducted into the 2019 cohort of Velocity Accelerator in Birmingham, she told VNC today. BBJ coverage. -Ed. COURTNEY.... Read More

VenturePeople, June 20, 2011

Jun 20, 2011 at 08:19 am by miltcapps

TopSpin's Ian Rogers IAN ROGERS, a frequent Nashville visitor and the Los Angeles-based CEO of TopSpin Media, will soon take.... 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

Venture People - March 19, 2021

Mar 19, 2021 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Rep. Mark White: GOP West TN Economic Caucus should push region's economic development

Dec 04, 2017 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

GOP Members of the Tennessee General Assembly are likely to meet in January to consider how best to advocate for further economic development in the state's Western Grand Divi.... Read More

Techstars Industries of the Future has drawn 20 deeptechies to Tennessee

Apr 06, 2023 at 02:41 pm by miltcapps

TECHSTARS Industries of the Future Accelerator (TIFA), which is led in Knoxville by Managing Director Tricia Martinez-Saab, has now inducted a total 20 companies into t.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 22, 2024

Apr 22, 2024 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

Jammber CEO eyes capital raises, confirms buyout approaches

Nov 01, 2017 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Update 3 July 2019: Steve Case's Rise of the Rest and other undisclosed investors put $2.2MM into Jammber, bringing total capital raised to $5.5MM, according to Chicago Inno t.... Read More

Jason Kyle's Pro Player Connect has TNCV backing -- plus a $3MM C-round in its playbook

Feb 16, 2012 at 10:19 am by miltcapps

Updates: Nov. 21, 2014: Pitchbook shows round closed at $1.8MM, with Atlas and United Talent now also aboard. Oct. 21, 2014: Overdog files for $2MM raise. LimeStone Fund (a TN.... Read More

Scott Boruff-led startup Healthcare Integrated Technologies eyes capraise

Jul 14, 2020 at 03:58 pm by miltcapps

SCOTT BORUFF, the Knoxville entrepreneur with hard-won experience in Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors, expects to raise more funding for expansion of Healthcare Integrate.... Read More

Legacies & Leadership: Nashville Technology Council Awards unveiled

Jan 23, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Update: Brian Moyer became CEO of NTC in September 2016.-Ed. NASHVILLE Technology Council (NTC) last night unveiled winners of the 2014 NTC Awards during its 6th Annual event,.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 19, 2021

Mar 19, 2021 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

Long Haul: With $5MM capraise, Knoxville's IdleAir may shift to higher gear

Feb 06, 2015 at 10:59 am by miltcapps

By Larisa Brass and Milt Capps IDLEAIR, the Knoxville company that helps reduce truck idling and traffic congestion, and offers over-the-road truckers safe resting sp.... Read More

Venture People - Sept. 21, 2020

Sep 21, 2020 at 12:27 pm by miltcapps

Venture Notes -- March 13, 2020

Mar 13, 2020 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

CivicEye's $12.4MM A-round fuels US growth and team-building

Aug 03, 2022 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

Awareness of safety-security factors grows, CivicEye deepens US presence Founders, VC, Angels, TNInvestco, INCITE, SSBCI initiative sustained vision VC Cercano has phase-gate.... Read More

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 General Assembly, Lobbyists + Clients engage on ed, tech, medicine, taxes, myriad other issues

Feb 04, 2019 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

DREW Rawlins, the executive director of the Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance -- where he has served 28 years in one role or another -- told Venture Nashville la.... Read More