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Startup brewer Pure Land Sake eyes capital raises, Nashville entry

May 11, 2021 at 11:16 am by miltcapps

CO-FOUNDER and CEO Rick Margaritov, an entrepreneur who moved to Nashville from Los Angeles in summer 2019, is preparing to raise Seed capital for Pure Land LLC, which plans a.... Read More

Mountain Group affiliate targets raising $125MM in venture capital funds

Jul 13, 2018 at 08:12 am by miltcapps

Updated 2:37pm see notes in story.-Ed. MGC Venture Partners 2018 LP, an affiliate of Nashville-based Mountain Group Partners (MGP), has filed to raise $125MM and on July 11 it.... Read More

Cleantech startup Active Energy Systems maps path toward market

Jul 06, 2018 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

MITCH ISHMAEL PhD and his colleagues at Active Energy Systems are working to solve one of the world's biggest energy problems in a lab space so small that one can nearly touch.... Read More

Nashville investors with hospital savvy eyed by Patientory PHM startup

Mar 06, 2017 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

[Updated] June 7, 2017: Patientory announced raising $7.2MM in ETH in 3 days from about 1,730 ICO investors who'll convert to its PTOY native token, details here. April 25, 20.... Read More

For the record: Launch Tennessee aims to revise statutory charter

Mar 06, 2017 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE, the assumed name of the nonprofit officially chartered as Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), seeks to amend its statement of objectives. It.... Read More

Nashville's Roger Brown sells Segway, but continues M&A

Apr 15, 2015 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

ROGER BROWN, the 45-year-old Brentwood entrepreneur and investor, has sold his Segway scooter business, but is still buying companies that are "asset rich, with anemic cash fl.... Read More

Noted: Bootstrap Nashville 2015 plans under review

Apr 13, 2015 at 04:06 pm by miltcapps

BOOTSTRAP Nashville 2015, which has been quietly touted as a collaboration between TalkApolis and The Entrepreneurial Mind, is being rescheduled. Kane Harrison, identified as.... Read More

Pet health: Vet on Demand telemed startup to raise capital

Apr 13, 2015 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

VET ON DEMAND, the first digital startup by the Revelette brothers, who cut their entrepreneurial teeth in family businesses, is eyeing a capital raise. Co-founders Curt, 33,.... Read More

Indigo Woman: CEO says Stony Creek Colors' capraise awaits pilot results

Apr 07, 2015 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

STONY CREEK COLORS' decision on a capital raise awaits results from Indigo crop-production scale-up tests this summer, said Sarah Bellos, the company's founder, CEO and majori.... Read More

U.S. economy in 'depression', says prominent former TN official

Jul 22, 2009 at 01:25 pm by miltcapps

The nation is in an economic 'depression', says economist Pat Choate, the prominent Washington, D.C.-based author and former Tennessee government official. While some call th.... Read More

Waddey Patterson IP lawyer ranks rising

Jul 22, 2009 at 01:24 pm by miltcapps

The lawyers at Waddey & Patterson PC, the Roundabout Plaza law firm that focuses on intellectual property, will soon number a baker's dozen. The firm recently hired Rebec.... Read More

Frontier Capital pushes West toward Nashville

Dec 30, 2008 at 08:23 am by miltcapps

Charlotte, N.C.-based Frontier Capital, a private-equity investor, is stepping-up its scouting of Middle Tennessee opportunities. Frontier's deal-flow developer, Seth Harward,.... Read More

Vanderbilt CFO retires, Zeppos names interims

Dec 29, 2008 at 06:53 am by miltcapps

Late Friday afternoon, Vanderbilt University announced the retirement of Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chancellor Lauren J. Brisky. Brisky has overseen Vanderbilt's $3.1 b.... Read More

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