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VentureNotes: Tennessee Venture Council moving to starting-blocks?

Nov 01, 2012 at 12:14 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE VENTURE COUNCIL, a proposed nonprofit organization for VC's, seems to have moved closer to becoming operational. According to a new website that purports to represe.... Read More

CPG Brief: Woman-owned Daily Crunch Snacks busts a move on Series A

Feb 14, 2024 at 04:40 pm by miltcapps

Update - Forbes reports Sept. 17, 2024, on completion of Daily Crunch Series A. Our original Feb. 14, 2024, story below. - Ed. DAILY CRUNCH INC., a Nashville startup with a "b.... Read More

Startup POPVOX could double as case study for LaunchTN tech-venture push

Nov 01, 2012 at 12:02 pm by miltcapps

POPVOX, the California-, DC- and Jackson, Tennessee-based legislative-action platform created by a Tennessean and her co-founder, could prove to be a case study for the state'.... Read More

Tennessee Comptroller reports flaws in TNInvestco

Nov 13, 2012 at 11:03 am by miltcapps

Update: 14 Nov. 12:51 p.m.-Following its Sunset Law study, a subcommittee of the General Assembly's joint government-operations committee voted today in favor of ext.... Read More

Bizplans: Churchill asks no equity from Young Entrepreneur Contest entrants

Dec 20, 2012 at 12:22 pm by miltcapps

Updated 12 March 2013: Churchill announced its winners, 11 March, in a release here. The original VNC story appears below.-Ed. MIDSTATE ENTREPRENEURS under age 30 still have.... Read More

New LaunchTN CEO Brock cites innovation 'momentum', surveys challenges

Jan 08, 2013 at 11:11 am by miltcapps

CHARLIE BROCK'S widely anticipated appointment as CEO of LaunchTN was confirmed today by the high-growth advocate's board of directors. Brock, 48, takes-up his duties later t.... Read More

LaunchTN appoints commercialization director from Nashville startup ranks

Mar 05, 2013 at 09:54 am by miltcapps

JIM STEFANSIC, Ph.D., an entrepreneur and biomedical engineer, has taken point as commercialization director for LaunchTN, officially the state-sponsored Tennessee Technology.... Read More

Mentor Capitalist: Gary Peat reboots after Council Capital

Apr 09, 2013 at 05:10 pm by miltcapps

GARY PEAT, the Nashville venture-capital executive known for his acumen and his patented intensity, has relaunched as an independent "mentor capitalist," after nearly 13 years.... Read More

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

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