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Brian Fox: Taking Confirmation global like launching series of startups

Feb 05, 2020 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

BRIAN FOX, whose Brentwood-based Capital Confirmation Inc. sold last year to Thomson Reuters for a reported $430MM, told Venture Nashville that expanding the company's busines.... Read More

Nashville Bitcoin execs ramp $10MM raise with eye on crypto market cycle

Jan 28, 2020 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: March 18, 2021: 210K Capital on March 5, 2021 raised its target to $30MM, showing $18MM in from 64 investors in on that date. Our original 28 Jan. 2020 story follows b.... Read More

Beachy CEO vows to keep finger off cap-raise trigger until late 2020

Jan 27, 2020 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

DAVID STANGE, who's been CEO of startup Beachy since September, says he vowed when he stepped into that role that he would not push to raise further capital until he'd spent a.... Read More

CEO Dolan: LaunchTN aims for authentic partnerships,<br>while blazing paths to capital, investors, corporates

Jan 23, 2020 at 02:34 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE CEO Margaret Dolan on Jan. 16 received unanimous approval from her board of directors to commence full-tilt its "audacious pursuit of entrepreneurship," using.... Read More

Tennessee capital formation back on front burner, says LaunchTN CEO

Jan 23, 2020 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

INADEQUATE pools of risk capital are widely viewed as an impediment to maturation of the Tennessee entrepreneurial ecosystem. Though cautiously avoiding predictions, Launch Te.... Read More

Venture Notes -- January 21, 2020

Jan 21, 2020 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Mental healthtech startup eyes Series A for Happego cognition-priming

Jan 21, 2020 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

KNOXVILLE-based Lindsey Lieb's Happego LLC, which offers a cognition-priming app, is preparing for a Series A raise of $2MM-$2.5MM. Lieb said her goal is to "Put a personal em.... Read More

COPILOT TRAVEL in Seed raise, eyeing Series A<br>to drive ticketing from any website or device

Jan 21, 2020 at 11:10 am by miltcapps

COPILOT TRAVEL INC. says its new software platform enables most website owners to monetize their traffic by enabling their visitors to book price-optimized travel via their pr.... Read More

Venture Notes - January 16, 2020

Jan 16, 2020 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

New in Town: Kansas City's Bungii thinks Music City likes Pickup Trucks

Jan 16, 2020 at 06:30 am by miltcapps

BUNGII LLC, the Kansas City startup that has a last-mile app to help us crowdsearch for a pickup for an occasional chore or to help us get our bigscreen TV home after it would.... Read More

Launch Tennessee names Van Tucker to strategic COO role

Jan 14, 2020 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Launch Tennessee today announced the appointment of Van Tucker as its chief operating officer, working alongside CEO Margaret Dolan. Tucker, a native Tennessean who grew up in.... Read More

Cofounders: Startup ObjectiveGI is ramping-up ahead of Series B raise

Jan 13, 2020 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: See more recent updates here. The company changed its name to ObjectiveHealth Inc. on Sept. 14, 2021. Our Jan. 13, 2020 story is below.-Editor. NASHVILLE's ObjectiveGI.... Read More

Exploring an Alt-scenario for Bill Frist's filings for $40MM RSV QOZB LTSS

Jan 09, 2020 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

UPDATES: FORBES reported Oct. 17, 2024, Elevance Health (fka Anthem) adding Carebridge to its Carelon portfolio. Today, Nashville Business Journal said Carebridge's valuation.... Read More

Belmont Dean Gardial expands Massey College business, campus outreach

Jan 09, 2020 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

SARAH FISHER GARDIAL PhD told Venture Nashville that expanding outreach on campus and in the Nashville business community will be among her highest priorities, beginning March.... Read More

StartupEquity: Shani Dowell on lessons honed during Possip's rise

Jan 07, 2020 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

CEO SHANI DOWELL, the black female edtech entrepreneur who founded Possip in Nashville, is naturally proud of having become one of the few black women in the U.S. to have recr.... Read More

Intelligent Systems wins Sohr Grant at VU Owen GSM, eyes Seed raise

Jan 07, 2020 at 11:44 am by miltcapps

TIMOTHY DARRAH'S Intelligent Systems LLC, which offers a machine-learning and predictive solution for monitoring and management of indoor air quality and related HVAC equipmen.... Read More

Tennessee's innovation, econ-dev allies again free to pursue US EDA grants

Jan 03, 2020 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated, Feb. 29: Applicant webinar here. Feb. 19, 2020: A Two-step grants app process is mandatory, deadlines and other details are here. Feb. 13, 2020 - US EDA announ.... Read More

LaunchTN confirms former Chief Program Officer Van Beke has exited

Jan 02, 2020 at 03:57 pm by miltcapps

FORMER Launch Tennessee Chief Program Officer Jill Van Beke exited her role with the Nashville-based nonprofit Dec. 13, after more than seven years service. Those facts were c.... Read More

Nashville's Crom Carmichael, TJ Wilt pursue Opportunity Zone strategies

Jan 02, 2020 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE investor and advisor Crom Carmichael and entrepreneur TJ Wilt are among Nashvillians involved with a pair of Opportunity Zone-linked capital raises that may ultimate.... Read More

Venture Calendar - 2019 - Updated

Dec 31, 2019 at 06:00 am by miltcapps

Scroll down or Jump to this week's or later 2019 events. Also : 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2020 | January 1 - (Tuesday) New Year's Day. January 7 - 9 - JP Morgan Healthcare.... Read More

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