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SpecialOps: ExBellum combat veterans target business imperatives

May 06, 2013 at 09:59 am by miltcapps

Updated: In 2018, the now Texas-based founders exited Exbellum and cofounded Terradepth, a data-as-a-service company focused on actionable knowledge about oceans, according to.... Read More

Local Rivals.com CEO faced only 'one jackass'

May 27, 2008 at 09:26 am by miltcapps

Just a year ago, Brentwood-based Rivals.com was acquired by Yahoo! Inc. in a deal valued by some observers at about $100 million -- or, what Founder-CEO Shannon Terry, tongue.... Read More

Mind2Marketplace seeks its own nonprofit charter,<br>will offer Tech-sector content and meetings

May 13, 2013 at 06:41 am by miltcapps

MIND2MARKETPLACE (M2M), the Murfreesboro-based entrepreneurial education group, seeks to become a nonprofit focused on complementing the region's business accelerators by offe.... Read More

Aquation hopes Angels bless bottled water for competitive beverage sector

Jun 05, 2013 at 11:28 am by miltcapps

AQUATION LLC, a Nashville startup with a hydration and hygiene pitch, is tapping into America's reportedly growing thirst for bottled water and its owners hope local Angels wi.... Read More

Funding Ballparc: ParkIT Ventures jumpstarts alongside Bullpen Ventures

Jun 09, 2013 at 10:38 pm by miltcapps

BALLPARC LLC, the Nashville startup offering software for small parking businesses, has raised $275,000 and may be able to scale-up entirely by bootstrapping, said Taylor Chap.... Read More

Shareable Ink names McGraw CEO, succeeding Founder Steve Hau

Jun 11, 2013 at 12:20 pm by miltcapps

Hal Andrews Update: Sept. 3, 2015 - The company announced shortening its name to Shareable. May 15, 2015 - Shareable Ink filed for a $4MM raise, with about $3MM in, i.... Read More

New owner TJ Wilt pushes Cumberland Transit along e-commerce trail

Oct 21, 2013 at 07:07 pm by miltcapps

LOCAL INVESTOR TJ Wilt is now majority owner of Cumberland Transit (CT), and is pushing the West End retailer deeper into both e-commerce and East Nashville. CEO Wilt, age 37,.... Read More

Angel Capital Group criteria and deal flow

Jun 18, 2014 at 12:28 pm by miltcapps

Go to: Criteria | Recent investments Return to Main Article Investment criteria: 1. Companies with unique or protectable products or services (see 10, below) with large market.... Read More

Nashville loyalty-rewards startup textLIVING says $1MM raise wrapping-up

Jul 07, 2014 at 10:04 am by miltcapps

OLD-FASHIONED connections and shoe leather seem to have netted loyalty-rewards startup textLIVING an expanding customer base and nearly $1MM in investment. According to Co-Fo.... 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

Petra Capital Partners nails fundraising on $270MM Petra Growth Fund V

Jan 30, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Petra Capital Partners announced completing fund-raising for Petra Growth Fund V at its hardcap and now has $270MM Fund V capital available to invest. The firm.... 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

LogoGarden says $2MM B-raise underway,<br>Brentwood firm vamps as strategic target

Jul 23, 2014 at 08:04 am by miltcapps

Update: Founder John Williams disclosed this afternoon that FCA has invested $750K in the Series B underway. Williams invested $100K, and the balance sought is about $1.15MM.-.... Read More

Checkd.in's rapid evolution, Case award spur launch of Affinity Exchange

Jul 28, 2014 at 09:55 am by miltcapps

Update: As rumored likely for many weeks, once high-profile Checkd.in is apparently ceasing business. Nashville Business Journal's Eleanor Kennedy reported earlier this aftern.... Read More

Startups, Buyouts: TNCRS nears $2BN PE mark<br>with Charlesbank, Khosla commitments

Aug 04, 2014 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

PRIVATE EQUITY commitments now total nearly $2BN via the alternative assets investment program of Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS). TCRS recently opted to comm.... Read More

Aug. 11, 2015: Knoxville's MediaWorks announces presenters

Aug 11, 2015 at 01:01 pm by miltcapps

The 2015 MediaWorks Summer Cohort present Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. Start-time and.... Read More

Gold Mobile seeks Nashville customers and capital for GoMo Health platform

Aug 11, 2014 at 08:13 am by miltcapps

GOLD MOBILE has targeted Nashville and the Mid-South for introduction of its GoMo Health patient-engagement offering and has a pilot program underway with an undisclosed healt.... Read More

Chattanooga Startup Awards winners 2016

Oct 07, 2016 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

adapted from submitted release As part of Chattanooga Startup Week 2016, the Chattanooga Startup Awards event Oct. 6 was presided over by Bellhops' Co-founder and P.... Read More

Nashville's women-owned Collegiate Sports Data considers partnerships

Aug 13, 2014 at 10:37 am by miltcapps

BECKY SHARPE has "trouble imagining" exiting either of her two Nashville businesses, Collegiate Sports Data (CSD) and International Scholarship and Tuition Services, (ISTS), s.... Read More

Chattanooga JumpFund makes 1st investment in Woman-owned startup company

Aug 13, 2014 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

Kristina Montague Update: October 19, 2016 - JumpFund announces it'll raise $5MM-$7MM for Fund II, Nooga has it her.... Read More

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