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Venture Notes -- May 31, 2019

May 31, 2019 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Lee Molette eyes new fund for minority- and women-owned businesses

May 21, 2019 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

LEE MOLETTE II, the Nashville advisor, entrepreneur, developer and Angel investor who moved here nearly 30 years ago, says he is preparing to push forward the idea of forming.... Read More

Coffee Minute:<br>Bass Berry IPO 'roadmap' could help in following Ayers' or other IPOs

Sep 12, 2016 at 12:31 pm by miltcapps

Bass Berry & Sims' new Blueprint for IPO pops-out just as some are hoping financial winds are about to shift and fill IPO sails. The possible lift comes after pipeline slu.... Read More

Venture Notes - 8 September 2016

Sep 08, 2016 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

► AGLAUNCH Accelerator at Memphis Bioworks announced four startup companies were selected from a field of 17 to receive a $50,000 investment and participate in the 3-month pro.... Read More

Brookings Fellow: Nashville has 'very serious' HealthIT opportunity

Aug 24, 2016 at 05:45 am by miltcapps

Update: The full Brookings report on Nashville's HealthIT leadership opportunity is located here. Listing of related VNC stories here. -Editor NASHVILLE has a "very serious" o.... Read More

Franklin entrepreneur raises Seed for CommuniGift, plans D.C. headquarters

Aug 12, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

COMMUNIGIFT Inc. offers a platform that enables celebrants headed for birthdays and other special events to direct gifts to children in need, instead of to themselves. The com.... Read More

Musictech: Jammber, LANDR could raise capital in Music City

Jun 28, 2016 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

MUSIC-industry conferences and the expanding alumni network of Project Music at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center are among factors helping to make Music City a strategically.... Read More

Proximity Aware chooses Nashville, sets Seed raise for its Menud platform

Jun 28, 2016 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

ENTREPRENEUR Neil Whitney and his startup team are raising capital and planning their November relocation to Nashville from the Bay Area and Florida. Whitney is co-founder and.... Read More

Nanomechanics gets investor-bidder approaches, eyes valuation and growth

Jun 15, 2016 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Post-36|86: VC Mitchell seeks dealflow, Nashville affiliate candidates

Jun 13, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

ANDREW Mitchell, the Consumer/Retail-focused founder of Brand Foundry Ventures (BFV), is following two Tennessee startups, scouting for a possible network affiliate here and r.... Read More

June 14, Oct. 3 events target Blockchain adoption<br>in Healthcare, Supply Chain, Financial Services

May 20, 2016 at 03:29 pm by miltcapps

Update: The organizers have shifted the Distributed:Health event to Oct. 3rd, and this story has been amended accordingly.-Ed. HEALTHCARE industry adoption of blockchain techn.... Read More

36|86 startups: BrewFund ready to blow the head off craft beer market

May 17, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

BREWFUND, the Johnson City startup with an app that helps you give, receive or trade gifts of beer from your favorite local breweries, is one of the Village 36 startups headed.... Read More

Vanderbilt University welcomes 2nd looks at its older patented technologies

May 03, 2016 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY continues to pursue patents as warranted by inventors' discoveries and market intelligence, and its review of more recently created technologies and lice.... Read More

TeleMed: WeCounsel Solutions completes $3.5MM Series A capital raise

May 02, 2016 at 05:46 pm by miltcapps

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

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

Mar 31, 2016 at 12:19 pm by miltcapps

$20MM in techdev lets startup VortexT Analytics deliver Big-Data insights

Mar 10, 2016 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

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

LaunchTN grapples with robust agenda of opportunities, challenges

Jan 25, 2016 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

ROBUST discussion may prove the new hallmark of LaunchTN, if last week's quarterly meeting of the nonprofit's board of directors is any indication. Here's a partial collection.... Read More

Jumpstart Foundry creates Healthcare fund, knocks accelerator model

Jan 22, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

SINCE they were going to pivot from the Jumpstart Foundry accelerator to a fund that would operate akin to a VC, JSF owners reasoned that they could best inform the public and.... Read More

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