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TCRS PE commitments hit $424 Million with nods to Khosla Ventures IV, Berkshire Partners fund

May 26, 2011 at 09:50 am by miltcapps

THE Tennessee Consolidated Retirement Systems (TCRS) board of trustees' investment committee has committed a total $75 million to two funds, bringing the pension fund's c.... Read More

Healthbox grad Axial Healthcare completes $8MM equity raise

Jul 14, 2015 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

AXIAL Healthcare, the healthcare analytics and pain-care startup based in Nashville, today reported to the SEC it has raised $8MM in equity capital. The company says on its we.... Read More

Venture Notes - May 13, 2022

May 13, 2022 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

CEO Tasia Malakasis ramps-up The Company Lab in Chattanooga

Jul 19, 2022 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

FOOD-sector entrepreneur, tech-industry sales and marketing veteran, and cookbook author Tasia Malakasis has begun her second week in her role as CEO of Chattanooga's Company.... Read More

Kickoff: VentureSouth Chattanooga investor forum possible model for Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville

Jul 18, 2022 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

EXECUTIVES with Greenville, S.C.-based VentureSouth are scheduled to launch on July 21 the firm's Venture South Chattanooga (VSC) membership forum, into which individual accre.... 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

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

TN ECD, LaunchTN, allies await $117M SSBCI impact-funding call

Aug 08, 2022 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Treasury funding could lead to $1BN-plus decade impact in Tennessee Initiatives span Equity and Debt capital recruitment, could mobilize Angels Elements include largely unpre.... Read More

Innovator AgLaunch seeks EDA grant for agrifood value-chain disruption

Aug 17, 2022 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Grant funding win could help draw 12 startups yearly into Ag365 accelerator Data Commons, Smart Contracts, Trust Protocol will be put to work Partners to spin-up tech trainin.... Read More

Ferdowsi's latest venture was obvious path<br>after his Austin Ventures gig ended

Jun 06, 2011 at 06:25 am by miltcapps

Farsheed Ferdowsi, now 56, was failing at retirement even more miserably than we realized. For several months in 2010, the founder and successfully exited CEO of Paymaxx quie.... Read More

Tennessee VCs and institutional partners ask opinions on ecosystem

Jul 20, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

VNC's previous reporting on exploration of the concept of the TennesSeed POC Fund is located here. Release below provided July 15, 2015, by Grady Vanderhoofven of Meritus Ven.... Read More

i24 SupplyCo paves innovation path alongside Soldiers at Ft. Campbell

Aug 18, 2022 at 11:53 am by miltcapps

KEVIN GALLOWAY, the chief executive of i24 Supply Company LLC, is so committed to developing and commercializing user-inspired engineered products for Soldiers who need them,.... Read More

Monique Villa Capra holds pivotal role in ECD-LaunchTN $1BN SSBCI vision

Aug 29, 2022 at 03:14 pm by miltcapps

MONIQUE VILLA CAPRA, who became Launch Tennessee's chief investment officer 60 days ago, is to play pivotal roles in helping to fulfill many of the promises that the nonprofit.... Read More

Angels gas-up Iridium's SmartFuel,<br>but the venture's trip has just begun

Jun 19, 2011 at 10:49 pm by miltcapps

George Sibble, the 28-year-old founder, president and CEO of Iridium Development, got about 24 friends and Angels to put $500,000 into his startup's gas tank to launch its Sma.... Read More

Adam Boehler-led Rubicon hits $471MM in Opp Fund I for HC investments

Aug 30, 2022 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Rubicon Founders Opportunity Fund I, led by CEO Adam Boehler of Rubicon Founders LLC, has thus far raised $471,075,000 in sales of equity securities for health.... Read More

Fintech founder-CEO Marcus Cobb raises capital for Mozaic platform

Sep 02, 2022 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

-Seed-2 raise bridges to Series A (done)-Early-growthco eyes global payments-CEO taps advisors here, Chicago, NY-Music-Entertainment first, then 'heavy compliance' sectors UP.... Read More

ECD-LaunchTN's 3686 could spike capital, entrepreneurial velocity

Sep 27, 2022 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Alto Solutions CEO Eric Satz ERIC SATZ, co-founder and CEO of Nashville's early-growth fintech AltoIRA (Alto Solutions Inc.), hopes that the LaunchTN 3686 Festival pa.... Read More

Chattanooga's Brickyard VC's startup 'insulator' eyes $20MM Fund I

Oct 07, 2022 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

16 startups are listed in this story, with 10 likely added in next 12 months Each resident founder gets initial $250,000 investment Radical focus is maintained on reaching pr.... Read More

TN ECD today may announce innovative investment in Clarksville area

Nov 09, 2022 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 21 November 2022: Gov. Lee and ECD Commissioner McWhorter announced LG Chem plans to invest about $3.2BN in a new cathode manufacturing facility in Clarksville, which.... Read More

Venture Notes - Nov. 15, 2022

Nov 15, 2022 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

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