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Venture Notes - March 19, 2021

Mar 19, 2021 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

Venture People - March 19, 2021

Mar 19, 2021 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Signals: Media veterans Dobie, Davis pursue debt raise for Power Poll LLC

Mar 15, 2021 at 05:28 pm by miltcapps

NEWSMEDIA Founder-CEO Bruce Dobie and Executive Chairman Kirk Davis have filed for a crowdfunded debt raise that could bring $500K for their Power Poll startup, based in Nashv.... Read More

Relevance Ventures seeks 'first-call' from Technology entrepreneurs

Mar 08, 2021 at 10:12 am by miltcapps

RELEVANCE Ventures recently pulled the trigger on three investments, is advancing its Fund IV raise, and is working to become the "first call" for capital for early-s.... Read More

Sarah Bellos, Lewis + Clark AgriFood chart Stony Creek Colors' Indigo path

Mar 01, 2021 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Update: Dec. 15, 2022: Related SEC filing dropped here. Dec. 2, 2022: The company announced in a press release here the closing a Series B2 round at $4.8 million co-led by gro.... Read More

LaunchTN eyes capital access, SBIR matches, possible renewed Fed funding

Feb 26, 2021 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Update March 11, 2021: The $1.9TN American Rescue Plan signed today funds the renewed State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI). SSTI summary here. and separate US Senate.... Read More

Venture Notes - February 24, 2021

Feb 24, 2021 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee economy tied to cities' tech-weighted industry expansion

Feb 19, 2021 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

TWO handfuls of Tennessee cities saw their rankings rise up or down in the Milken Institute's Best Performing Cities (BPC) report on U.S. metropolitan regions. The BPC report.... Read More

Memphis Regional Megasite awaits 'honest' report<br>on potential users, programs, development

Feb 10, 2021 at 04:05 pm by miltcapps

A FRESH ASSESSMENT of the roughly 4,000-acre Memphis Regional Megasite's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT), as well as comments on the long-running proje.... Read More

Hodges exits, Caldwell named interim CEO for CarePayment Technologies

Feb 08, 2021 at 03:51 pm by miltcapps

Leadership change 4 years after Cedar Springs, Crestline recap Team, directors, advisors have numerous ties to Nashville healthcare Previous CEO was getting approaches from.... Read More

Growthco: CarSaver, a Walmart ally, mulls IPO or other capital raises

Feb 03, 2021 at 04:40 pm by miltcapps

CARSAVER INC., the 6-year old company that moved its HQ offices to the Nashville area from Miami in 2019, is reviewing growth-funding options, including a traditional or spac.... Read More

CEO preps $1MM Seed raise, sees Titans package burnishing CPRWrap brand

Feb 03, 2021 at 02:12 pm by miltcapps

Updated June 29, 2021 - CPRwrap, has a StartEngine crowd-raise running, has met Founder-CEO Felicia Jackson's threshold minimum raise, has a roughly $3MM valuation and seeks a.... Read More

Venture Notes - February 1, 2021

Feb 01, 2021 at 03:54 pm by miltcapps

Venture Notes - January 25, 2021

Jan 25, 2021 at 02:24 pm by miltcapps

IPO: Nashville regulars aboard $160MM shelf filing for EQ Health SPAC

Jan 15, 2021 at 01:13 pm by miltcapps

AUSTIN, Texas-based EQ Health Acquisition Corp., a new blank check company organized for M&A or similar transactions, this week filed its preliminary S-1 for a $160MM init.... Read More

Gut check: Van Tucker tells 'What drives her' as Launch Tennessee CEO

Jan 14, 2021 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

Note: Venture Nashville asked Van Tucker, MBA, a native Nashvillian who is CEO of Launch Tennessee (Tennessee Technology Development Corp.), 'What drives you - at a gut person.... Read More

Startup 'Hypersence' seeks $2.5M to advance MemorySPEX + its platform

Jan 14, 2021 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

FOUNDER and CEO Kim Lavine is working to raise $2.5MM in Seed funding to develop and advance the planned MemorySPEX™ product and platform from her startup, Heugenis Inc., whic.... Read More

Beacon CEO: Tennessee 'Innovation Fast Track' is goal in General Assembly

Jan 08, 2021 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

Innovation Fast Track Act eyes regulatory licenses CEO scouts for legislative sponsors, grassroots allies Sandbox results could lighten venture drag Beacon abhors economic de.... Read More

Jeremy Bolls' FINTOP-backed Kindful sells to JMI-backed Bloomerang

Jan 08, 2021 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

KINDFUL, the 9-year-old Nashville-based nonprofit donor-management software as a service (SaaS) company founded by Founder and CEO Jeremy Bolls, has sold to Indianapolis-based.... Read More

Cleantech: TN's Shoals Technologies + PE Oaktree prep public stock offering

Jan 05, 2021 at 08:52 am by miltcapps

Updated: 27 April 2023: Shoals and announced strategic partnership with Brookfield Renewable for EV charging as a solution (CaaS) development, release here. Jan. 29, 2021: Sho.... Read More

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