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Memphis's ESO Fund files for $150MM Fund V to back venture option moves

May 02, 2022 at 04:03 pm by miltcapps

MEMPHIS-based The Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund) filed on a $150MM venture-capital raise for ESO Venture Fund V LP (Delaware). Fund V's general partner is ESO GP V LLC,.... Read More

TN General Assembly urged to de-couple state R&D tax deductions rule

Jan 25, 2022 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

Updated: Feb. 2, 2022: SB 2397 (Johnson), HB 2144 (Lamberth) enrolled, bills here.-Ed. BEACON IMPACT, a policy- and regulation-oriented nonprofit organization based in Nashvil.... Read More

Reality check: Memphis Regional Megasite faces Sunset timer

Jun 15, 2021 at 03:27 pm by miltcapps

FIFTEEN years after the proposed 4,100-acre Memphis Regional Megasite (MRM) development project was approved by the state, an economic boon anchored in West Tennessee has yet.... Read More

Venture Notes - May 19, 2021

May 19, 2021 at 04:29 pm by miltcapps

Margaret Dolan says TN startup funding lags, state should weigh tax credit

Apr 09, 2021 at 02:05 pm by miltcapps

Update 5 Feb. 2022: New Markets Tax Credit SB0900 legislation is to be on the Feb. 8, 2022 agenda of TN Senate Commerce-Labor Committee. Dolan said today she's doing some work.... Read More

Coronavirus, tornados lead LaunchTN 36|86, NVille Entrepreneur Week to weigh options

Mar 09, 2020 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: On March 17, Nashville Entrepreneur Week postponed indefinitely, rescheduling contingent on COVID situation improvement. On March 12, 2020, DIG SOUTH announced postpon.... Read More

Wearables: Mark Harris-led HeroWear raising Seed, maps Series A round

Mar 05, 2020 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

CEO Mark Harris PhD confirmed for Venture Nashville that HeroWear, the manufacturer of an "exosuit" lift-assistance device that fits like clothing and offloads some energy fro.... Read More

Modeling TNINVESTCO 'fraught' with challenges, but maybe worthwhile

Mar 02, 2020 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

MATTHEW MURRAY PhD, one of Tennessee's go-to economists at the University of Tennessee, has, albeit with qualifications, affirmed that it could be worthwhile to do some modeli.... Read More

TN ECD + Opportunity Zone allies convene OZ briefing in Nashville

Feb 26, 2020 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: Some registrants to this event received a storm-related cancellation notice, but the event, in fact, merely started late, according to TN ECD staff.-Ed. OPPORTUNITY ZO.... Read More

Fintech: Maxwell leads FINTOP II fund raise

Mar 15, 2019 at 03:16 pm by miltcapps

UPDATED: Fintop II closed at $126MM, with six portfolio investments at the outset. Press Release May 14, 2020.-Ed. FINTECH serial entrepreneur Joe Maxwell filed yesterday on h.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 13, 2019

Mar 13, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Studio Bank's Shmerling offers reality check for Nashville entrepreneurs

Feb 06, 2019 at 03:36 pm by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE Studio Bank brands itself with an iconic French bulldog and aims to serve entrepreneurs and other Creatives in Nashville and beyond. The de novo bank recently adde.... Read More

TN General Assembly, Lobbyists + Clients engage on ed, tech, medicine, taxes, myriad other issues

Feb 04, 2019 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

DREW Rawlins, the executive director of the Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance -- where he has served 28 years in one role or another -- told Venture Nashville la.... Read More

TN startup formation, market entries may rise with SE XOR platform launch

Aug 10, 2018 at 04:31 pm by miltcapps

Update: As of July 29, 2019, SE/MW XOR were supporting a total 72 regional startups, with 81 entrepreneurs enlisted.-Ed. THE RANKS of viable startups spawned through commercia.... Read More

U.S. Marine Veteran forms ECD Capital Partners, Opportunity Zone Fund in Nashville

Aug 07, 2018 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

ROAD AMMONS, who spent much of his youth here before serving a decade as a U.S. Marine Corps officer and fighter pilot, is now managing director of social impact private equit.... Read More

Healthy Eating: Jumpstart Capital takes a taste of startup Menud

Dec 18, 2017 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE's Jumpstart Capital has subscribed to the thesis that Menud Co. has honed through two pivots, which have left the startup positioned at the intersection of Celebrity.... Read More

Beacon Center poll says State incentive wasteful, while Entertainment, Blockchain, other industries mobilize for Capitol Hill action

Dec 12, 2017 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

CEO Justin Owen JD BEACON Center of Tennessee, the "free market" think tank that regularly accuses state and local governments of wasting taxpayer dollars, today rele.... 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

State of the Startups: Tennessee Technology Development Corporation, 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

Maptic eyes capital raise for mapping, analytics platform targeting the Consumer Packaged Goods industry

Jan 03, 2017 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

BY February, Nashville-based Maptic LLC plans to move its mapping, analytics and visualization platform for the Consumer Packaged Goods sector into private-beta mode. By mid-y.... Read More