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Startup: Arcivr finds Nashville Tech talent issue manageable, sets 2.0 launch

Sep 19, 2014 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

"I STRUGGLE to understand this idea that there's a shortage of Tech talent in Nashville," said Chris Korbey, founder and CEO of Arcivr, the Cloud-based photo-sharing and colla.... Read More

VentureNotes: Jumpstart Foundry, TNovation initiative

Sep 19, 2014 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

Updated 27 Oct. 2014: Jumpstart confirmed its shift to Healthcare-only, at least for the 2015 cohort, because JSF's had best success in that vertical.-Ed. JUMPS.... Read More

Cliff Hawks: Cherokee Farm Innovation Campus not idling, but stealthy

Sep 19, 2014 at 05:34 am by miltcapps

CEO CLIFF HAWKS of Cherokee Farm Development Corp. in Knoxville previously spent more than a decade as general manager of the Nashville Superspeedway, where racecar pit c.... Read More

Crews Center for Entrepreneurship focus on startup talent development

Sep 18, 2014 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

Updated: Aug. 24, 2015 - Memphis Daily News reported Crews Center has launched a micro-Seed fund. Our 9/2014 story on the Center is below-Ed. TIGER STARTUP SCHOOL,.... Read More

Technology Entrepreneurship Task Force<br> advances at VU School of Engineering

Sep 15, 2014 at 03:46 pm by miltcapps

BEDROCK blasting is set to begin Wednesday morning for construction of the new Engineering and Science Building of the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering (VUSE), whic.... Read More

VentureNotes: Consensus Point, Tandum, PinPtr, HouseLens

Sep 15, 2014 at 03:37 pm by miltcapps

Brad Wilson Linda Rebrovick CONSENSUS POINT President and CEO Linda Rebrovick is unlikely to retain those duties while simultaneously running for Mayor of Me.... Read More

KnoxEC: Vuture looks to wrap some VC money around Angels

Sep 14, 2014 at 05:18 am by miltcapps

VUTURE, the startup with plans for a platform for storing, prior scheduling and custom-sending video messages, says it's hovering with Angel investors while seeking a venture-.... Read More

Renewables: ETN's Genera Energy has Series B capital raise underway

Sep 11, 2014 at 03:27 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Dec. 11, 2014 - Genera announced it had arranged $4MM growth financing from Boston-based WindSail Capital Group.-Ed. GENERA ENERGY, the bioma.... Read More

Nashville EC's Music-Tech accelerator<br> to debut with Investors at-the-ready

Sep 11, 2014 at 08:15 am by miltcapps

Updated: 21 Oct. 2014 - The Music accelerator, now dubbed Project Music, indeed has a Seed investors at the ready, the EC announced today: The founding investors are Creative.... Read More

HealthTech: Stratasan sharpens messages ahead of capital-raise decision

Sep 11, 2014 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

STRATASAN, the healthcare intelligence data management company based in Nashville, is putting fresh emphasis on sharpening its communications and is considering raising.... Read More

KVL's ParOneTV hopes capital raise takes it all way to the Green

Sep 11, 2014 at 05:00 am by miltcapps

ParOneTV, the emerging Knoxville-based digital-ad offering for the golf industry, hopes that its imminent website launch helps attract investors to its $300K Seed capital roun.... Read More

Bredesen-backed Silicon Ranch accepts<br> Greystone Infrastructure investment

Sep 08, 2014 at 03:17 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE 20 Oct. 2014: The Greystone investment was revealed ina press release today as $140MM. CEO Kisber told VNC the Greystone stake is a minority holding and former Gov. Phi.... Read More

With major partners, Tech startup LeanKit expects to 'make a lot of noise'

Sep 08, 2014 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

FULLY ENGAGED, yet seemingly at-ease during an interview for this story, LeanKit Co-founder and CEO Chris Hefley said his five-year-old software company is, at least figurativ.... Read More

TN CRS: Hellman & Friedman VIII gets $80MM<br> PE commitment from TN retirement system

Sep 08, 2014 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

Updated 16 Sept. 6:50pm: PEHub reported today that H&F is likely to close HFCPVIII at its $10.25BN hard cap.-Ed. HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN Capital Partners (HFCP) VIII recen.... Read More

SeedHatchery: eDivv eyes Big Apple for beauty-barter startup

Sep 08, 2014 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

Updated Dec. 18, 2014 - StartCo announced that eDivv has thus far raised a total $242K, including earlier debt, now converted.-Ed. EDIVV INC., an online marketplace for.... Read More

Innova Memphis: Innova Fund III announced $20MM first close

Sep 08, 2014 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 10 Sept.: Innova told the Commercial Appeal that Fund III could go as high as $35MM; also, Innova could explore creating an Agriculture-oriented fund, report.... Read More

Nashville: INVEST-TN Sept. 18 spotlights C-level execs addressing critical business issues, updating companies' stories

Sep 07, 2014 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

THE 3rd INVEST-TN Conference is in Nashville on Sept. 18, with C-level speakers from eight Tennessee public companies and a private held company that is raising capital. The.... Read More

JSF startup CEO: E-language Boomalang a 'dream come true, already'

Sep 04, 2014 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated June 7, 2016 - Gerding, now 29, said today management is in conversations with Angels ahead of an anticipated capital raise toward yearend 2016. Oct. 23, 2015 - Gerdin.... Read More

ETN's Cathedral Innovation Group may be buttressed<br> by Charlotte-SanFran accelerators ahead of Seed raise

Sep 04, 2014 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

ETN's Cathedral Innovation Group may be buttressed<br> by Charlotte-SanFran acce

Sep 04, 2014 at 12:45 am by miltcapps

DOUG SPEIGHT is exploring joining a financial-technology accelerator to ensure his advanced-manufacturing equipment-leasing startup gains traction before the niche becomes too.... Read More

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