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Venture Notes - 12 April 2016

Apr 12, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

ROUNDUP: Nashville Edge - Amplion CEO - HCCA Kudos! - Council Capital Pilot/Flying J Health:Further - John Murdock - Joe Kustelski - EdTech - Proton capraise - LaunchTN.... Read More

Tennessee Venture Challenge Competition announces winners

Apr 06, 2016 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

PEROXYGEN Systems won top prize during the 2016 Tennessee Venture Challenge (TVC) today at The Foundry, World's Fair Park in Knoxville. Ming Qi, of Peroxy.... Read More

Zycron CEO Freeman says Nashville Tech-talent shortage real and worsening

Apr 06, 2016 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

Updated: Zycron sold to BG Staffing for north of $20MM, 6 April 17 press release here. -Ed. DARRELL FREEMAN, founder and executive chairman of information technology and solut.... Read More

Gem founder ranks NVille Healthcare sector as a key Blockchain market

Mar 31, 2016 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

Gem, the Venice, Calif.-based provider of enterprise blockchain development and operations tools, aims to build broad relationships within Nashville's Healthcare sector, Found.... Read More

BeachyApp: Nashville's Beach Chairs pursues $2MM Angel raise

Mar 31, 2016 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

BEACHYapp, the e-concierge startup based in Nashville, is pursuing a $2MM Angel-investor round ahead of its Florida launch in May. Co-founder/CEO Matt Houston yesterday told V.... Read More

Venture money: 'Access to capital' to be sole focus of Tech2020 successor

Mar 30, 2016 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Update: In August 2016, Tech2020 was renamed Three Roots Capital, led by Vanderhoofven. It apparently retains the Center for Entrepreneurial Growth brand, as well. -.... Read More

New Chattanooga accelerator, $12MM Fund target Logistics, Drones, Software

Mar 29, 2016 at 05:30 am by miltcapps

Stony Creek Colors eyes $8.6MM capital raises now thru 2018

Mar 28, 2016 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

STONY CREEK COLORS based here has raised more than $600K toward a $1.6MM round and projects raising a further $7MM in equity and debt financing, in steps between now and 2018..... Read More

Chattanooga accelerator, $12MM Fund target Logistics, Drones, Software

Mar 28, 2016 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Sept. 13, 2016 - TFP reported the raise came in at $18MM. Earlier: The first 10-team cohort for Dynamo was announced July 8, 2016, here. Our.... Read More

Randy Boyd increases Radio Systems control, TSG Consumer again at table

Mar 17, 2016 at 04:41 pm by miltcapps

RANDY BOYD, founder and chairman of Knoxville-based Radio Systems Corporation, has solidified his control of the company, which reported to the SEC yesterday com.... Read More

Update: Launch Tennessee presses forward on Commercialization

Mar 14, 2016 at 11:26 am by miltcapps

LAUNCH Tennessee's staff and a board-level Innovation and Commercialization committee are moving stepwise toward defining new programmatic initiatives. In 2H 2015, the committ.... Read More

Diversity: Nashville Entrepreneur Center to add Entrepreneur in Residence

Mar 11, 2016 at 03:51 pm by miltcapps

Updated March 12, 2016 1400. Last edited 3/12 @ 1726: Google for Entrepreneurs announced that Nashville's Code2040 Residency will be held by Leshane Greenhill of the Sagents s.... Read More

LaunchTN selects partners for Statewide University Pitch Competition

Mar 11, 2016 at 03:31 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE (LaunchTN) announced today it has selected 17 entrepreneurially focused business competitions supported by ten host universities as partners in its statewide.... Read More

Baker Donelson programs advance Atlanta Cybersec accelerator + HealthIT

Mar 11, 2016 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 25 May 2016 Baker announces cyberpitch winners here. 19 April 2016: Deadline for applying for Southeastern Capital Connections event is April 29, 2016. Today, the only.... Read More

Startups: TN's autoXLR8R up for adoption by UT Institute for Public Service

Mar 09, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

AutoXLR8R, the automotive-sector startup accelerator that moved last year to Knoxville-Oak Ridge from Middle Tennessee, has apparently found its third owner in the Institute f.... Read More

Carmichael-backed Tandum LLC's extended Seed round approaches $2MM

Mar 08, 2016 at 04:47 pm by miltcapps

Update: VNC learned that in 4Q16 the owners exited the business through a sale to one or more parties.-Ed. TANDUM LLC, the Nashville startup that offers mobile consumer ticket.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 7, 2016

Mar 07, 2016 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Updates on Angel tax credit, dev fund, EC emissaries, JourneyPure,Martin Ventures, IMAC, Healthcare raises, LaunchTN and more Update 10 March 2016: Both House & Senate com.... Read More

March 18 app deadline for EPIcenter Logistics Innovation Accelerator

Feb 17, 2016 at 06:30 pm by miltcapps

     THE APPLICATIONS window for the 2016 EPIcenter Logistics Innovation Accelerator in Memphis is to close March 18. The 15-week accel.... Read More

LaunchTN details INCITE investment tallies, investors, portfolio companies

Feb 17, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE recently reported that since the INCITE program's inception, its staff have administered 86 transactions involving 42 eligible early-stage companies, consumin.... Read More

SIIA: C-levels eye Software-cos' finance, performance 3/16 at the EC

Feb 17, 2016 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

SPEAKERS have been added for SIIA's daylong 'Deciphering Finance' conference March 16 at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. The Software and Information Industry Association e.... Read More

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