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Venture Notes - April 22, 2024

Apr 22, 2024 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

Today: Wicked | Heritage | Bunches | Peridio | Eventshop | Caduceus | BuildWitt | SageHill | Omnigenics | Wayspring | MerchantE | BeeKids | Regent | Arena | AB | Zapata | Vete.... Read More

Innova Memphis's $75MM farmtech raise advances to first-close at $40MM

Jun 28, 2023 at 07:05 am by miltcapps

MEMPHIS-based VC Innova Memphis this morning announced having reached a first close at the $40 MM mark in its planned $75MM campaign for its farmtech-focused Innova Ag Innovat.... Read More

VC: Innova Memphis RBIC pursues $75MM Ag Innovation Fund VI

Mar 20, 2023 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

INNOVA Ag Innovation VI, overseen by general partner Innova Memphis RBIC LLC, has filed a placeholder with the SEC for a planned $75MM raise. That $75MM Fund VI target, if att.... Read More

Venture Notes - December 7, 2022

Dec 07, 2022 at 02:57 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: DARVIS | Dropper | SeeSnap | Rockmont | Simple Solutions | AngelEye | Hot Poppy | Campus Protein | ObjectiveHealth | AgLaunch | SmartRIA COO Jan Schlueter ► D.... Read More

Innovator AgLaunch seeks EDA grant for agrifood value-chain disruption

Aug 17, 2022 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Grant funding win could help draw 12 startups yearly into Ag365 accelerator Data Commons, Smart Contracts, Trust Protocol will be put to work Partners to spin-up tech trainin.... Read More

Launch Tennessee seeks US EDA funding to expand Industry Networks

Aug 16, 2022 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

RFP for (2) Fintech and Consumer Products industry networks disclosed Nov. 14, 2022, documentation begins here. - Editor LAUNCH TENNESSEE has requested roughly $1.99MM federal.... Read More

Tennessee's innovators rally toward NSF Regional Innovation Engines

Aug 11, 2022 at 02:23 pm by miltcapps

THERE ARE AT LEAST 10 teams with strong Tennessee roots that have signaled they are prepared to compete for major, potentially transformative grant funding through the Nationa.... Read More

HRtech: Memphis Meats veteran Will Clem's Bite Ninja raises hit $15MM+

May 09, 2022 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

COFOUNDER William "Will" Clem and his team have now raised more than $15MM in outside capital for Bite Ninja Inc., their Memphis-based tech startup that enables staffing of re.... Read More

Venture Notes - August 23, 2021

Aug 23, 2021 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Today: Park | Launch | Techcos | Enexor | LPNT | Strumn | RV | Cast21 | PWR | Policy | Hapten | UV | BioR | CNXT | GT | HARB | DDT | Banc | LEGD | FG | GSV | Red | CP | Prop |.... Read More

Venture Notes - Aug. 5, 2021

Aug 05, 2021 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

TODAY: 3686 | Whisper | Capital | Vision | CopyAI | Inno | Galileo | Solo | Relatient | RediVet | PrePaid | Qler | Heritage | Piermont | Maybe | NX | Radian | TrakRef | IntelS.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 14, 2021

Jul 14, 2021 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: OrcoGuard | MBV | AgLaunch | AccelUp | Courseflow | Opya | Harbert | Claritas | 1stAve | Wendal | Vets | Paper | MSRural | Resources | Twende Laurence Zwiebel Ph.... Read More

Venture Notes - June 18, 2021

Jun 18, 2021 at 03:41 pm by miltcapps

Today: Politics | Nearest | Adair | Vesalio | JSF | PhosCyber | Fast | SurgePays | Ditto | River | SouthPoint | TPG | TSIAF | RISE | 5X5X5 | FwDyn | Concert | ICX | EIR | Ange.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 29, 2021

Mar 29, 2021 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Today: ObjectiveGI | AgAdvisory | 180Health | EPI Capital | TechTrans | IPE | Lemonade | IMAC | SESAC | Agilon | Nikola CEO Colleen Hoke STARTUP ObjectiveGI Inc. of.... Read More

Sarah Bellos, Lewis + Clark AgriFood chart Stony Creek Colors' Indigo path

Mar 01, 2021 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Update: Dec. 15, 2022: Related SEC filing dropped here. Dec. 2, 2022: The company announced in a press release here the closing a Series B2 round at $4.8 million co-led by gro.... Read More

Venture Notes - January 25, 2021

Jan 25, 2021 at 02:24 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: Shoals | Pharos | BehaVR | Flisk | Soundways | Spacs | Spoken | DPL | ALTO | Brown | Vitro | Martin | CBD | Strike | Thrive | Select | Edj | Brew | ► UPDATE: Th.... Read More

Venture Notes - December 18, 2020

Dec 18, 2020 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Today: EC | ACG | CoLab | CP | Cicayda | Levo | Curex | 3R | Innova | JSF | JSCap | VRH | PEN | Ed | Sabil | HBR | OR | Equi | Lepi | Hemp | Seiko | SRC | HCap | BU | Equity |.... Read More

Tennessee's scitech industry mentor networks finalize LaunchTN grants

Sep 24, 2020 at 03:42 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE has finalized grant contracts for four state-supported mentorship networks focused respectively on intelligent mobility, agriculture and food, energy innovati.... Read More

Launch Tennessee 36|86 capital-centric sessions, Pitch finalists listed

Aug 05, 2020 at 05:02 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE has announced the six startup finalists that will vie for LTN Impact Fund investment during this month's entirely virtual 36|86 Festival, for which registrati.... Read More

'Build To Scale' entries target TN entrepreneurial pipeline, capital, rural

Aug 04, 2020 at 03:24 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE: US Commerce EDA announced Sept. 16, 2020, that the CoLab proposal below was a WINNER. Scroll down.-Ed. THREE NEW proposals from Tennessee ask the federal Economic Deve.... Read More

LaunchTN, UpSkill 901 seek grants for innovation marketplace, talent

Jul 29, 2020 at 09:07 am by miltcapps

IN MAY, the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) revised one of its notices of funding opportunities to expand economic development and adjust.... Read More

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