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LaunchTN sets Startup Policy Workshops to boost regional entrepreneurship

Oct 07, 2019 at 01:05 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE is scheduling at least seven policy-oriented regional workshops this autumn, ahead of its next "Day on the Hill," which is set for Feb. 25, 2020. The eight or.... Read More

Launch Tennessee launches Virtual Entrepreneurship Program

Oct 04, 2019 at 02:07 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE, the state-chartered nonprofit that supports entrepreneurs and technology commercialization, has launched a Virtual Entrepreneurship Program (VEP) serving Ten.... Read More

Entrepreneur Jane Allen to be CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Oct 02, 2019 at 02:03 pm by miltcapps

JANE HANNER ALLEN, the Brentwood-based entrepreneur and founder of Counsel on Call and Hanner Clarke handbags, as well as business adviser to Connecticut-based Gridiron Capita.... Read More

Venture Notes -- September 30, 2019

Sep 30, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

TennesSeed Partners to ally with nonprofit to fuel TN seed-stage businesses

Sep 27, 2019 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

A FEW venture capitalists' diligence in recent years seems to have paid-off in the creation of a new Seed-stage fund, managed by a VC firm allied with a nonprofit group of con.... Read More

Series A ahead, Tammy Hawes has always seen Virsys12 as scalable venture

Sep 24, 2019 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

TAMMY HAWES, CEO of Virsys12, says that from the moment she founded her company eight years ago, she's always seen it as a scalable SaaS business and has never seen it as a li.... Read More

Enexor BioEnergy taps Wond'ry's Grajewski as SVP ahead of Series A

Sep 24, 2019 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

ROBERT GRAJEWSKI, who previously served three years as founding executive director of The Wond'ry Innovation Center at Vanderbilt University, has been named SVP for New Market.... Read More

Capraises filed by Council Capital, Music City Baseball,<br>Revolution Partners, Dynamo, SweetBio

Sep 18, 2019 at 01:57 pm by miltcapps

Grant Jackson COUNCIL CAPITAL IV LP and parallel fund Council Capital IV NQP LP of Nashville filed yesterday, Sept. 17, for a planned $200MM pooled investment fund, w.... Read More

StudioNow spinning-out Octerra marcom startup, conference debut ahead

Sep 16, 2019 at 03:53 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 17 Sept. 2020: Corts departed Octerra for Fresh Technology. 27 Jan 2020: NBJ reported today Octerra will raise $3MM-$5MM this year. VNC's 9/19 story is below. - Ed..... Read More

Embold Health files on $22MM+ capital raise

Sep 12, 2019 at 11:57 am by miltcapps

Update: On March 17, 2022, Embold amended an earlier Series B filing to show a total $23MM raised, up from the earlier reported $20MM. Industry media reported this week that a.... Read More

JourneyPure preps $20MM raise ahead of larger private equity round

Sep 11, 2019 at 04:17 pm by miltcapps

JOURNEYPURE LLC, the five-year-old addiction treatment and support services company with corporate offices in Nashville and Murfreesboro, is raising up to $20MM equity and deb.... Read More

Sopris' Quovant has access to capital, is opportunistic on buys or merger

Sep 09, 2019 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 - Sopris exited via sale of Quovant to Austin-based Mitratech, release here.-Ed. QUOVANT, the Nashville-based legal-spend management software, analytics.... Read More

Nashville EC tells 2019 NEXT Awards finalists + Hall of Fame inductees

Sep 06, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

[Updated 7 Nov 2019 scroll down for winners] THE Nashville Entrepreneur Center this week publicly disclosed its 2019 NEXT Awards Finalists and its latest Entrepreneurs.... Read More

Nashville fintech: Waud-backed SphereCommerce eyes M&A opportunities

Aug 26, 2019 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

SPHERECOMMERCE LLC, the integrated payments technology and security software provider, won't be deterred in its role as M&A consolidator by the frothy valuations it often.... Read More

Entrepreneur Gold

Aug 26, 2019 at 09:46 am by miltcapps

Scott Ewing By Scott Ewing Ewing is the Knoxville-based principal business analyst at Appalachian Investors Alliance and is principal of Nodachi Group LLC management.... Read More

Venture Notes -- August 21, 2019

Aug 21, 2019 at 02:42 pm by miltcapps

Nashville Mayoral Candidates reply to questions posed by <i>Venture Nashville</i>

Aug 21, 2019 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

Below are links to verbatim responses to questions posed by Venture Nashville via respective campaign staff for the candidates seeking election as Mayor of the Metropolitan Go.... Read More

2019 Mayoral Candidate Cooper on questions posed by Venture Nashville

Aug 21, 2019 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

Below are verbatim responses to questions posed by Venture Nashville via respective campaign staff for the candidates seeking election as Mayor of the Metropolitan Government.... Read More

2019 Mayoral Candidate Briley on questions posed by Venture Nashville

Aug 21, 2019 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

Below are verbatim responses to questions posed by Venture Nashville via respective campaign staff for the candidates seeking election as Mayor of the Metropolitan Government.... Read More

HRtech: XOi Technologies' founder aims for 'optionality' at inflection points

Aug 08, 2019 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

AARON SALOW, Co-Founder and CEO of XOi Technologies, told Venture Nashville he isn't naive about the need for a liquidity event of some type after a startup begins accepting v.... Read More

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