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Update: Innova Memphis seeks Fed'l certification ahead of new fund raise

Apr 15, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Jan Bouten INNOVA MEMPHIS, the venture capital firm owned by Memphis Bioworks Foundation, has taken further steps toward gaining Federal sanction and, ultim.... Read More

Cliff Hawks: Cherokee Farm Innovation Campus not idling, but stealthy

Sep 19, 2014 at 05:34 am by miltcapps

CEO CLIFF HAWKS of Cherokee Farm Development Corp. in Knoxville previously spent more than a decade as general manager of the Nashville Superspeedway, where racecar pit c.... Read More

VC Innova Memphis ignites $31MM RBIC fund, projects 20 transactions by year-end 2018

May 15, 2017 at 11:11 am by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE VC Innova Memphis announced today the closing of its $31MM Innova Ag Innovation Fund IV, which brings Innova's firmwide uncommitted capital to $41MM and total asse.... Read More

Tennessee Venture Challenge Competition announces winners

Apr 06, 2016 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

PEROXYGEN Systems won top prize during the 2016 Tennessee Venture Challenge (TVC) today at The Foundry, World's Fair Park in Knoxville. Ming Qi, of Peroxy.... Read More

Stuart McWhorter unveils 400-acre Rolling Hills Retreat on Lewisburg Pike

Mar 27, 2018 at 07:15 am by miltcapps

After nearly two years of quiet planning and development, entrepreneur Stuart McWhorter's 400-acre Rolling Hills Retreat on Lewisburg Pike is projected to open soon for smalle.... Read More

Feds greenlight VCs Meritus Kirchner & Innova Memphis to pursue $125MM+ for new rural-oriented funds

Dec 05, 2015 at 12:15 am by miltcapps

RURAL America probably got a boost today, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Meritus Kirchner Capital and Innova Memphis have been certified under a Federal pro.... Read More

State venture-capital incentive gains traction in Gen. Assembly

May 01, 2009 at 08:37 am by miltcapps

A House subcommittee voted earlier this week to support increasing venture-capital investment in Tennessee businesses. On Tuesday, after a series of pointed questions from an.... Read More

IRON Solutions' VC in Nashville, sparks HQ talk

Dec 15, 2008 at 10:19 pm by miltcapps

IRON Solutions and StarVest Partners, a VC with a new warchest, seem to have found more than they bargained for in Nashville. IRON Solutions, a leading data-services provider.... Read More

Digital Reasoning Systems secures $24MM GS + Credit Suisse NEXT capital

Oct 09, 2014 at 11:55 am by miltcapps

Digital Reasoning Systems, a leader in cognitive computing, today announced that it has raised $24 million in Series C funding led by Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse.... Read More

General Assembly endorses Haslam 'Angel Tax Credit', passes commercialization and rural-development measures

Apr 21, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

BOTH Chambers of the Tennessee General Assembly yesterday passed legislation creating an Angel Tax Credit in Tennessee, allowing taxpayers to offset some of their obligations.... Read More

TNInvestco finalists named by ECD-Revenue

Oct 07, 2009 at 09:53 am by miltcapps

TNInvestco announced its ten semi-finalists earlier today: • Council & Enhanced Tennessee Fund, LLC• Innova Fund II, LP• Limestone Fund, LLC• Memphis.... Read More

VU Notebook: Stoll's Markets center will honor Dewey Daane

Oct 07, 2008 at 07:06 am by miltcapps

The Financial Markets Research Center at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management will honor J. Dewey Daane during the FMRC's annual conference, April 17-18,.... Read More

People: Martha Stamps has new venue, focused mission

Feb 08, 2010 at 11:44 am by miltcapps

Martha Stamps, synonymous for a decade with Martha's at the Belle Meade Plantation, cheerily told VNC that this morning she served her first offering in her new venue. To the.... Read More

Bottorff: TNInvestco shows 'creativity' in TN capital-formation;<br>entrepreneurial sector is an American source of strength

Aug 08, 2011 at 02:58 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee cannot rely today on the economic tide that was rising before the recession, and must be creative in fostering capital formation and ultimately jobs, Dennis Bottorff.... Read More

Startup bio-dyemaker Stony Creek Colors closes Series A, eyes B-round

Jun 13, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

FIVE years ago, Sarah Bellos, the founder and CEO of Stony Creek Colors had gathered just over $500K to fund Stony Creek Colors Inc., the Springfield, Tenn.-based maker of pla.... Read More

Haslam Admin asks GenAssembly for Angel Tax Credit to mobilize early-stage investors and energize Tennessee 'Angel ecosystem'

Jan 15, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: April 14, 2016: Credit bill deferred in both chambers til week of April 18. March 2, 2016 1:57pm - The companion bill introduced by Sen. Norris is SB2539. Bills are wo.... Read More