Marcus Whitney

Update: Oasis Venture youth social-enterprise program nears launch

Jan 27, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

OASIS VENTURE, the new social-enterprise program for youth formed by a partnership between Oasis Center and Marcus Whitney of The Unlikely Company, will soon launch a pilot co.... Read More

Media: NVille's Ayumi Bennett preps launch of regional Startup Southerner

Jan 27, 2016 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

AYUMI Fukuda Bennett plans to go-live Feb. 1 with Startup Southerners, a site devoted to the Southeast's tech and entrepreneurial scene. Founder and Editor-in-Chief Bennett, 3.... Read More

LaunchTN grapples with robust agenda of opportunities, challenges

Jan 25, 2016 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

ROBUST discussion may prove the new hallmark of LaunchTN, if last week's quarterly meeting of the nonprofit's board of directors is any indication. Here's a partial collection.... Read More

Monsor: Statewide Mentor Net has traction with early-stage companies

Jan 25, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

LIFE SCIENCE Tennessee's (LSTN) Statewide Mentors Network has about 40 mentors, is actively engaged with a half-dozen companies and is recruiting further mentors. Program Dire.... Read More

CEO: Entrepreneur Center views Jumpstart accelerator exit as opportunity

Jan 22, 2016 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

STUART MCWHORTER, CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, sees the exit of for-profit Jumpstart Foundry from the accelerator business as "an opportunity for us to make sure.... Read More

Jumpstart Foundry creates Healthcare fund, knocks accelerator model

Jan 22, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

SINCE they were going to pivot from the Jumpstart Foundry accelerator to a fund that would operate akin to a VC, JSF owners reasoned that they could best inform the public and.... Read More

Joe Maxwell & partners launch Cultivation Capital Fintech Growth Fund

Jan 08, 2016 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE serial FinTech entrepreneur Joe Maxwell and St. Louis-based partners are launching the Cultivation Capital Fintech Growth Fund. Managing Partner Maxwell confirmed he.... Read More

First startup taking TN for-profit benefit option is Style-oriented

Jan 04, 2016 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

NEWLY INC., which will launch this spring in the home goods sector, has not only become the first company to register under the State's new for-profit benefit corporation (FPB.... Read More

People: EC President Sam Lingo has a heart for economic empowerment

Dec 15, 2015 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

SAM LINGO, the newly appointed president of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, cares enough about economic empowerment and alleviating poverty to declare that on his LinkedIn..... Read More

VU Innovation Center chief selection nears, VUSE Maker outreach expands

Dec 14, 2015 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

VANDERBILT University is likely within six weeks to announce the new executive director of its planned Innovation Center. The field of about 70 applicants has been narrowed to.... Read More

Gov. Haslam's evolving performance dashboard<br>gains heft and sheds some graphic impact</center>

Nov 16, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Update 16 Dec. 2015: UnitedHealth Foundation ranking: Tennesseans' Health dropped further to 43rd among states.-Ed. GOV. BILL HASLAM's online performance dashboard was at firs.... Read More

SouthernAlpha changes afoot, as Ayumi Bennett charts new course

Nov 12, 2015 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

AYUMI FUKUDA BENNETT, who for about six months was the prolific lead editor/writer for Southern Alpha (SA), is aggressively pursuing other plans, having parted ways with SA an.... Read More

Nashville Edtech veteran to lead eRepublic's Center for Digital Education

Jul 06, 2015 at 03:46 pm by miltcapps

KECIA RAY, Ed.D., a veteran of Nashville education technology space, has been chosen to lead the Center for Digital Education (CDE) unit of e.Republic. Ray takes-up her new ex.... Read More

Innertainment Delivery Systems broadens footprint, mulls capital needs

Jul 03, 2015 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Update: 23 Feb 2017 - Reston, Va.-based GTL today announced its acquisition of IDS on undisclosed terms. Nashe told VNC he expects to be with GTL for 24 months.-Ed. INNERTAINM.... Read More

'Proudly capitalist' Jumpstart Foundry unfurls<br>plan for its U.S. and regional ascendancy

Aug 25, 2014 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

ANYONE not familiar with the bluntness and dark humor that sometimes accompany Vic Gatto's impromptu remarks, might have been discomfited when at the end of Jumpstart Foundry'.... Read More

VTC: Money flows: DataFlyte raise embraced by Blank Slate Ventures

Aug 25, 2014 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

2014 Jumpstart Foundry cohort directory

Aug 25, 2014 at 05:30 am by miltcapps

Parkes See Related JSF14 Investor Day story here. Aloncii - $200K. Founder/CEO Ashley Parkes. Aloncii utilizes 3D imaging technology for production of fashion-forward.... Read More

'Proudly capitalist' Jumpstart Foundry unfurls<br>plan for its U.S. and regional ascendancy

Aug 23, 2014 at 02:14 pm by miltcapps

ANYONE not familiar with the bluntness and dark humor that sometimes accompany Vic Gatto's impromptu remarks, might have been discomfited when at the end of Jumpstart Foundry'.... Read More

LogoGarden says $2MM B-raise underway,<br>Brentwood firm vamps as strategic target

Jul 23, 2014 at 08:04 am by miltcapps

Update: Founder John Williams disclosed this afternoon that FCA has invested $750K in the Series B underway. Williams invested $100K, and the balance sought is about $1.15MM.-.... Read More

Nashville's Axios LLC builds platform for Tech, Logistics companies

Jul 22, 2014 at 07:44 pm by miltcapps

AXIOS LLC, a Nashville company with a backbone of U.S. military veterans, is likely to seek $2MM in Series A investment for its Tech, Logistics, Services and Sensor-solutions.... Read More

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