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Maxwell's interests go beyond Venture to Banking, bank-embedded fintech

May 11, 2021 at 05:01 pm by miltcapps

IN ROUGHLY the past 15 months, Nashville investor and serial fintech entrepreneur Joe Maxwell has further expanded the portfolio of his FINTOP Capital and completed its $125MM.... Read More

Startup brewer Pure Land Sake eyes capital raises, Nashville entry

May 11, 2021 at 11:16 am by miltcapps

CO-FOUNDER and CEO Rick Margaritov, an entrepreneur who moved to Nashville from Los Angeles in summer 2019, is preparing to raise Seed capital for Pure Land LLC, which plans a.... Read More

RoundingWell capraise decision ahead for workflow orchestration platform

May 07, 2021 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

WILL WEAVER, the cofounder, president and CTO of RoundingWell LLC, told Venture Nashville that a decision regarding the form, magnitude and timing of the company's next capita.... Read More

NEC's Project Music & Entertainment inducts 14 teams for latest cohort

May 04, 2021 at 12:55 pm by miltcapps

THE NASHVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER (NEC) today announced induction of 14 companies -- including 4 Tennessee companies -- into its 2021-2022 Project Music & Entertainment (P.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 28, 2021

Apr 28, 2021 at 04:36 pm by miltcapps

Dealflow update: Kentucky and Alabama - April 28, 2021

Apr 28, 2021 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

► PE: Arlington Private Equity Fund V LLC filed with nearly $4MM in on a targeted $100MM raise, with Birmingham-based Ken Polk leading, as CEO of Arlington Family Offic.... Read More

Tech Commercialization Notes - April 28, 2021

Apr 28, 2021 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

HUMAN + FINANCIAL CAPITAL: SSTI reports on an NBER study that shows that for those attempting to commercialize technology, "a munificent environment" and proximity to s.... Read More

Rick Kushel: FINTOP Capital a disciplined investor amid Fintech surge

Apr 23, 2021 at 10:13 am by miltcapps

CLOSE on the heels of leading a $6MM Series A round for Snappy Kraken Inc., FINTOP Capital General Partner Rick Kushel paused to discuss that deal as an example of the kind of.... Read More

Vaden Landers' Paymogy takes Invoice Stream helm after buying Linvio

Apr 22, 2021 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

SERIAL tech entrepreneur Vaden Landers has in the past three weeks announced his formation of Paymogy LLC, a SaaS investment, operations and advisory firm; disclosed that Paym.... Read More

Endeavor Business Media opportunistic buyer, ramps events, mulls capital

Apr 20, 2021 at 10:06 am by miltcapps

THREE-year-old Endeavor Business Media LLC receives periodic interest from potential investors, but its current owners are likely to wait til the company has had "four good no.... Read More

NOHO DENTAL INC. in Nashville filed Friday on a $124.9M raise

Apr 12, 2021 at 08:17 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE dental entrant TEND (legally Noho Dental Inc.), based in the oneC1TY Business Center off Charlotte, filed Friday for completion of its $124.5M raise. Updated: After.... Read More

Margaret Dolan says TN startup funding lags, state should weigh tax credit

Apr 09, 2021 at 02:05 pm by miltcapps

Update 5 Feb. 2022: New Markets Tax Credit SB0900 legislation is to be on the Feb. 8, 2022 agenda of TN Senate Commerce-Labor Committee. Dolan said today she's doing some work.... Read More

Tennessee $65.4M share in nation's $10BN SSBCI initiative confirmed

Apr 08, 2021 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Treasury has allocated $65.4MM for Tennessee under the SSBCI - word out today, April 9, 2021.-Editor. TENNESSEE's potential share of the the $10BN State Small Busines.... Read More

Garrabrant's SMTI maps Series A, preps heat-pump debut in OEM markets

Apr 05, 2021 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee heat-tech startup raising capital with strategics aboard SMTI prioritizes OEM markets, foresees hundreds of jobs in E.TN Founder says TN mentors accelerated progres.... Read More

Tom Bancroft sees Pencilish Animation Studios as industry disruptor

Apr 02, 2021 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Update 27 April 2021: On 4/25, Pencilish raised the target on its WeFunder campaign to $5M.-Ed.A DISNEY ANIMATION VETERAN with a career spanning the creative arts, entrepreneu.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 2, 2021

Apr 02, 2021 at 01:56 pm by miltcapps

Jumpstart Health principals file for $30MM Jumpstart Nova Fund I raise

Apr 01, 2021 at 05:08 pm by miltcapps

JUMPSTART Health Investors, whose principals have been among the pioneers of modern Nashville entrepreneurship and venture investing, have raised more than $18.7MM toward thei.... Read More

General Assembly leader, advocates keep LaunchTN SBIR fund hopes alive

Mar 30, 2021 at 05:47 pm by miltcapps

Update: May 12, 2021: LifeScienceTN's press release says the State is funding the SBIR-STTR program with $7MM for matching grants. April 13, 2021: In Gov. Lee's amended budget.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 29, 2021

Mar 29, 2021 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Director: Gen Cap America discipline, portfolio teams rise to pandemic test

Mar 22, 2021 at 01:01 pm by miltcapps

Updated 22 April 2022: Lead Capital Partners announced Lamar Stanley has joined Nashville-based Lead, release here.-Ed. GEN CAP AMERICA Inc. (GCA), the PE based in Nashville's.... Read More

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