Vibrant Memphis

VNC's February 2025 Venture Calendar

Feb 03, 2025 at 01:59 pm by miltcapps

As my CoPilot sees February '25 OPEN - Taking applications through March 21 for 12-week hybrid Memphis program focused on "Business Essentials for Food and Beverage A.... Read More

LaunchTN Regional Seed Fund eyes startup investments in 82 of 95 TN counties

Jan 23, 2025 at 11:18 am by miltcapps

Investment requests from TN regions other than Nashville have priority Impact of preferences for 82 counties' startups to be assessed by early April Nashville opportunity bul.... Read More

Epicenter Memphis's ZeroTo510 accelerator builds on fresh momentum

Jan 01, 2025 at 04:14 pm by miltcapps

VNC offers this heads-up to med-device and other med-tech innovators contemplating applying for the next cohort of the Epicenter Memphis's ZeroTo510 accelerator program. Appli.... Read More

BioTN Life Science Venture Program now led by Karrie Dudek PhD

Oct 16, 2024 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

BioTN Foundation, which helps propel bioscience entrepreneurship and STEM education in Tennessee, has named Karrie Dudek PhD director of its Life Science Venture Progr.... Read More

Memphis: VC Ridgeline Ventures Fund II reports raising $28MM+

Sep 19, 2024 at 08:46 am by miltcapps

MEMPHIS-based, early-stage-oriented Ridgeline Capital Management's Ridgeline Ventures Fund II has thus far raised nearly $28.8MM, according to its Sept. 18 SEC filing. Record.... Read More

Entrepreneurial deadline looms for Logistics Industry Opportunity Challenge

Sep 04, 2024 at 01:42 pm by miltcapps

ENTREPRENEURS seeking to operationalize and scale logistics and supply-chain businesses in one of four industry domains have through Sept. 13 to apply for admission to Memphis.... Read More

Memphis entrepreneurship plans surge, as Bioworks Foundation ends run

Jul 07, 2021 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 30 Sept. 2021: EDA announced no winners in Tennessee in the latest round. See who got shares of the program's $36.5MM outlays right here.-Ed. THREE NEW MEMPHIS entrep.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 29, 2021

Mar 29, 2021 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Venture People - Sept. 21, 2020

Sep 21, 2020 at 12:27 pm by miltcapps

Menūd, Plankk merge for growth via fitness influencers, pro's, brands, fans

Sep 11, 2020 at 02:01 pm by miltcapps

MENŪD Co. and Plankk Technologies Inc., two software startups that had been collaborating for more than a year, recently tied the merger knot, in order to accelerate their exp.... 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

Transparency Health startup BaseCamp seeks partners + Ascend adopters

Jul 09, 2020 at 03:55 pm by miltcapps

BASE CAMP HEALTH's recent pact with Franklin, Tenn.-based RxGenomix may turn out to be part of a bigger series of partnerships forged to advance BaseCamp's new Ascend digital.... Read More

Venture Notes - June 25, 2020

Jun 25, 2020 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

3 Winners! among TN challengers for 2019 EDA Regional Innovation grants

Jul 23, 2019 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

UPDATING our June 19, 2019 story: US EDA announced July 23 that the Tennessee proposals tagged below as WIN did indeed win the grants they sought. State and Federal fun.... Read More

CEO search: Nashville Entrepreneur Center to seek Brody-Waite successor

Jul 01, 2019 at 03:56 pm by miltcapps

BETH CHASE, Nashville Entrepreneur Center board chair emeritus and a senior managing director of Ankura, will chair the board's search for a successor to EC CEO Michael Brody-.... Read More

Briovation drops Festival V, will instead draw on Health:Further<br>as it pursues innovation advisory roles + investor entrée

Jan 22, 2019 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

BRIOVATION has shelved this year's plan for Health:Further™ Festival V in Nashville, in order to focus more of the company's resources on helping strategic partners advance he.... Read More