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Capital raises to advance Smart-RIA platform among investment advisor

Feb 24, 2017 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Street Jelly Media hits pavement for capital raise for B2B+B2C growth

Feb 24, 2017 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

Gov. Haslam names entrepreneur Bob Rolfe to head TN ECD

Feb 16, 2017 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Gov. Bill Haslam today announced Nashville business executive Bob Rolfe as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD). Rolf.... Read More

Event: BTC Media offers VNC readers access to Distributed: Markets

Feb 13, 2017 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

BTC Inc., the tech publishing company that relocated here from Huntsville in 2015, this morning approved a Venture Nashville request to allow VNC readers a savings on tickets.... Read More

Gov. Haslam senses Tennessee 'making headway' in tech commercialization

Feb 13, 2017 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE companies and research institutions might be stepping-up efforts to secure patents, licensing intellectual assets and ensuring that such knowledge is commercialized.... Read More

More LaunchTN commercialization comments and notes

Feb 13, 2017 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

Please see Venture Nashville's accompanying story today on Tennessee tech transfer and commercialization activities, with additional comments from Gov. Haslam and Launch Tenne.... Read More

CEO: Dozen Software in stealth regarding new venture idea, capital raise

Feb 06, 2017 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

DOZEN Software majority owner and CEO Chris Downs says his company may soon pull the trigger on an undisclosed new venture the company is exploring with a prominent, but as-ye.... Read More

2017 Project Music selects 4 startups from 120+ accelerator applicants

Feb 06, 2017 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

PROJECT Music, the year-round accelerator and mentoring program resident in the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC), has recruited its smallest batch of startups yet: Four, inc.... Read More

Project Music gains Entrepreneur in Residence Stephen Linn

Feb 06, 2017 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

STEPHEN LINN, founder of AmpliFLY Entertainment and a mentor the past year within the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, was recently named Music industry entrepreneur in residenc.... Read More

State of the Startups: Tennessee Technology Development Corporation,<br>aka Launch Tennessee, wants to shed some commercialization emphasis

Jan 30, 2017 at 09:18 am by miltcapps

IN JUNE 2011, months into his first term, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) told attendees at a venture-capital conference that Tennessee institutions and private companies must.... Read More

Capital Confirmation tops Nashville Technology Council Awards roster

Jan 27, 2017 at 08:22 am by miltcapps

RESULTS of Nashville Technology Council's (NTC) 8th Annual Awards, last night are below. NTC's CEO is Brian Moyer and its board is chaired by Nicole Tremblett of HCA;.... Read More

Augmented Reality startup Oshien eyes Kickstarter, then $750K Seed

Jan 23, 2017 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

AR/VR entrepreneur Paden Pierry, co-founder and CTO of Nashville-based Oshien, said the startup aims to hit Kickstarter in March with a $50K target, then follow that with a $7.... Read More

Nashville startup PredictGov joins Duke Law Tech Lab, eyes capital raises

Jan 23, 2017 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

VANDERBILT Ph.D. candidate John Nay has won admittance for his PredictGov lawtech startup in the inaugural class of the Duke Law Tech Lab at Duke University. Nay told Venture.... Read More

iCitizen eyes $5MM-$10MM Series A, cites increased traction

Jan 22, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

22 January 2017: Joel Lee, who had served earlier as president and chief marketing officer of iCitizen, returned within the past week. The company is moving into the Center615.... Read More

Dashiff departs MedCare Investments to head<br>Healthcare Services at Cannaccord Genuity

Jan 20, 2017 at 12:53 pm by miltcapps

DUNCAN DASHIFF has been named managing director and head of Canaccord Genuity Healthcare services in Nashville, where his investment-banking role also spans HealthIT, accordin.... Read More

Outgrowing startup ranks, Confirmation.com keeps pushing its envelope

Jan 17, 2017 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated 21 June 2019: Capital Confirmation has agreed to sell on undisclosed terms to Thomson Reuters, release here. Overall coverage of the company here. Update: 18 Aug. 2017.... Read More

Venture Notes - 17 January 2017

Jan 17, 2017 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

Nashville cryptocurrency founder adopts 'open kimono' for disclosure

Jan 17, 2017 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 22 Aug. 2017 - UR Technology was apparently reconstituted as Kowala KUSD LLC (Dela.) in June 2017.-Ed. ACKNOWLEDGING both the interest and wariness that surround the ".... Read More

Gov. Haslam says ECD Commissioner Randy Boyd returning to private sector

Jan 09, 2017 at 03:52 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) Commissioner Randy Boyd will return to the private sector February 1, serving.... Read More

Angel Capital Group eyes creating microfund focused on Nashville HealthIT

Jan 09, 2017 at 09:12 am by miltcapps

ANGEL CAPITAL GROUP, the Maryville, Tenn.-based syndicate of Angel clubs and funds, looks to create a Nashville micro-venture fund to gain greater access to "the healthIT expl.... Read More

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