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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

Project Music Showcase: EarIQ leverages IP, charts B2Consumer push

Apr 23, 2015 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

Update: Davis confirmed for VNC 27 April that the company's raise target is $480K. Also, he revealed during the Showcase that's its Auto-sector letter of intent (LOI) is with.... Read More

Ebb & Flow: Former Emdeon SVP relishes growth-oriented CarePayment role

Mar 02, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 7 Dec 2017: Carepayment recruits another $7.5MM SEC filing. 13 March 2017: DFW-area PEs Cedar Springs Capital and Crestline Investors announced that together they acqu.... Read More

TNECD's LaunchTN reports gains, spotlights startups Whisper Aero + Shappi

Jan 16, 2025 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

DURING their 90-minute quarterly meeting this morning, the board of directors of Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee received from CEO Lindsey Co.... 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

Venture Notes - Oct. 7, 2025

Oct 07, 2025 at 04:08 pm by miltcapps

EC says Twende event Feb. 15 coincides with 'Black Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day' proclaimed by Nashville Mayor Cooper

Feb 14, 2022 at 04:44 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE's Mayor John Cooper has declared that February 15 is now Nashville Black Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day here, according to an announcement by Nashville Entrep.... Read More

VoicesHeard Media ends A-round, eyes TNInvestco funds

Mar 30, 2010 at 02:02 pm by miltcapps

Update 13 July 2015: CrunchBase says VoicesHeard raised $2.9MM through 8/2012.-Ed. Voices Heard Media management is meeting with TNInvestco funds in Nashville today, having ju.... Read More

Haslam Family Capital, Ara Partners detail $725MM decarbonization scenario

Sep 26, 2024 at 01:27 pm by miltcapps

HF CAPITAL, the Knoxville-based investment arm of multi-generational Haslam family investors, stands ready to invest up to $725MM to support and help shape the emerging Energy.... Read More

Venture Notes - 27 July 2017

Jul 27, 2017 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

Pass-It-Down eyes $1MM Seed round to 'revolutionize' genealogy biz

Jun 15, 2017 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 22 Jan 2019: PID has been selected for Techstars Austin Accelerator, gaining $120K investment. 18 July 2017: PID announced intro of its consumer-facing story-building.... Read More

A-round ahead? LeanKit's Hefley visualizes future for local software venture

Sep 27, 2011 at 09:40 am by miltcapps

CHRIS HEFLEY, the co-founder and CEO of LeanKit, recently told VNC the Brentwood software startup is likely by the end of 2012 to quintuple its 2011 revenue -- moving from a p.... 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

Digital Reasoning buyer Smarsh 'right-sizing' as DRS layoff rumors rise

Jul 22, 2022 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE 16 March 2023: Lawyers for DRS Founder and former CEO Tim Estes on 14 March 2023 filed an amended complaint (22CV-572) and demand for compensation he asserts remains du.... 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

Venture Calendar - 2016 - Updated

Nov 25, 2016 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Also Visit : 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | January 6 - 9 - CES - Consumer Technology Association re Music-Communications interests, Nashville panelists, details h.... Read More

MedCenterDisplay advances Series B raise, sharpens digital-comm role

Sep 01, 2014 at 10:10 am by miltcapps

Updated: June 2017: Patientpoint raised $140M from investors including Searchlight Capital Partners (London) and Silver Point Capital (Greenwich, Conn.). November 11, 2016 - T.... Read More

NPREX eyes capital raises for direct-licensing performing rights platform

Apr 25, 2017 at 03:41 pm by miltcapps

NPREX LLC, the digital marketplace for direct licensing transactions in the music performing rights industry, is in beta simulation testing with major publishers, has a Seed-2.... Read More

FinTech: Singular Payments CEO says Nashville is Payments hub

Jun 02, 2015 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

VADEN LANDERS, the Brentwood-based payment-processing entrepreneur, was ready to abandon a FinTech sector he saw as crowded with too many bad actors, some employing business m.... Read More

Team at Bredesen-backed Silicon Ranch<br>believes they've caught the Solar wave

Oct 22, 2015 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Updates: Jan. 15, 2018: Shell announced it is on-course to buy controlling interest in Silicon Ranch, release here. Initial price $217MM cash plus other possible gains. Jan. 1.... Read More

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