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Veteran Ventures Capital scours TN for U.S. veterans' investable dual-use companies

Aug 19, 2025 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

VETERAN VENTURES CAPITAL (VVC) aims to invest near-term at least $3MM in Tennessee-based businesses led by U.S. military veterans, with emphasis on early-stage companies offer.... Read More

CEO McDaniel: S3 Recycling Sols eyes growth, draws interest, mulls capraise

Apr 03, 2023 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

S3 Recycling Solutions, based in Springfield outside Nashville, receives approaches from potential investors and bidders, but S3RS owners are currently focused on organically.... Read More

CivicEye's $12.4MM A-round fuels US growth and team-building

Aug 03, 2022 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

Awareness of safety-security factors grows, CivicEye deepens US presence Founders, VC, Angels, TNInvestco, INCITE, SSBCI initiative sustained vision VC Cercano has phase-gate.... Read More

NV Entrepreneur Center tells startups in 2019 ProjectHealthcare cohort

Jul 10, 2019 at 01:50 pm by miltcapps

Note: See updated July 25 story on this cohort here.-Ed. NASHVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER today announced the 14 startups admitted to its 2019-20 Project Health cohort, and said.... Read More

Startup IP dispute: Global e-dentity founder squares-off against Apple Inc.

Jul 03, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based tech entrepreneur Robert Adams, founder and majority owner of Global e-dentity™, a multi-modal biometric identification startup on which Venture Nashville repo.... Read More

Margaret Dolan named to succeed Charlie Brock as CEO of Launch Tennessee

Oct 09, 2018 at 09:21 am by miltcapps

MARGARET DOLAN CPA MBA of Nashville has been named to succeed Charlie Brock as CEO of Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), which operates as Launch Tennessee..... Read More

Entrepreneur Gordon preps Cloud Range Cyber + Nashville Cyber Range

Oct 04, 2018 at 09:20 am by miltcapps

Updated 5 Dec. 2018: Gordon said today the Cloud Range training venue will be at Tech Hill Commons, 500 Interstate Blvd. S. (37210).-Ed. NASHVILLE tech-centric entrepreneur De.... Read More

As General Assembly grinds along, some notes on TNInvestco and more

Apr 17, 2017 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

MIXED reviews of the state's TNInvestco program, the wind-down of the original INCITE co-investment program, lingering questions about the health of Tennessee technology comme.... Read More

Wearables startup WiseWear's Series A underway, plans Nashville office

Apr 13, 2017 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

WISEWEAR, the health, safety and security wearable technologies brainchild of a Vanderbilt University biomedical engineering alumnus, plans to establish a Nashville office and.... Read More

Grajewski: VU Innovation Center likely to seal some partnerships by August

Apr 25, 2016 at 01:01 pm by miltcapps

THE INNOVATION CENTER at Vanderbilt University is likely establish some key corporate partnerships by August and is ramping-up recruitment of in-residence entrepreneurs, mento.... Read More

VUSE's Fauchet: $5MM gift spurs innovation in Medicine, Energy, Security

Apr 25, 2016 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

VANDERBILT University School of Engineering's continuing efforts to address "major societal problems, as opposed to doing research in a vacuum" has been boosted by a $5MM anon.... Read More

CEO: Despite Ukraine-Nashville shuttle, Music City best for Concert.Expert

Apr 07, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 26 December 2023: VNC research Aladdin Happy remains in Kiev, where he continues operating mainly via this entity. His LinkedIn is here. Our original 2016 story is bel.... Read More

Smartvue receives suitors, next raise likely a multiple of $15MM Series B

Apr 05, 2016 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 2 April 2018 - Smartvue has been acquired by Johnson Controls on undisclosed terms, release here. 10 Oct. 2017 - Smartvue named one of Top 20 Smart City IoT Video prov.... Read More

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

Mar 29, 2016 at 05:30 am by miltcapps

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

Mar 17, 2016 at 04:41 pm by miltcapps

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

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

Mar 10, 2016 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Team at Bredesen-backed Silicon Ranch<br>believes they've caught the Solar wave

Oct 22, 2015 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Updates: Jan. 15, 2018: Shell announced it is on-course to buy controlling interest in Silicon Ranch, release here. Initial price $217MM cash plus other possible gains. Jan. 1.... Read More

Incoming leader: L-3 ForceX disciplined growth still priority for new parent

Oct 20, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: Oct. 30, 2015 - In Tennessean op-ed today, after sale to L3, former CEO Guarino says she's committed to STEM education and growing Nashville's Tech talent base.-Ed. LU.... Read More

Venture fusion: LaunchTN's 36|86 attracts People, Ideas, Capital

May 20, 2015 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

LAUNCHTN's 36|86 conference June 8-10 is arguably the most visible stratagem in Tennessee's campaign to establish the state as "the best place in the Southeast to start and gr.... Read More

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