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LifeSciences: NashBio in SFO showcase; VUMC + GE Health partner

Jan 07, 2019 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Leeland Ekstrom PhD NASHVILLE BIOSCIENCES COO Leeland Ekstrom is scheduled to present the company this afternoon in San Francisco, during a session of Biotech Showcas.... Read More

Venture Notes- 3 Jan. 2019 - Gov.-Elect Lee retains ECD chief,<br>plus updates on tech startup capital raises

Jan 03, 2019 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Fintech: Acquisitive startup Celero Commerce<br>picks Nashville for headquarters

Dec 04, 2018 at 03:02 pm by miltcapps

Updated 18 June 2019: Celero acquired two payment companies on undisclosed terms: Elmhurst Financial Services and Tandem Innovative Payment Solutions. Release here. Earlier: C.... Read More

TVA is looking to startups to help solve its big energy problems

Nov 29, 2018 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

The federally owned electric power provider that serves Tennessee and portions of five adjoining states has been working in an advisory capacity with the federally-funded Inno.... Read More

HealthStream Q3 earnings ahead, with analysts poised on the sidelines

Oct 02, 2018 at 02:22 pm by miltcapps

Updated 17 January 2019 0855 - The company (HSTM) announced launching a long-anticipated rescuscitation suite co-developed with American Red Cross. Our 10/2/18 story below.-Ed.... Read More

TN innovators seek i6 Challenge grants for innovation, entrepreneurship

Sep 27, 2018 at 04:44 pm by miltcapps

This covers four i6/RIS proposals: Collaboratory | POC | NFA | Smart Cities - None of these proposals won in the 2018 RIS cycle. TENNESSEE institutions and their corporate and.... Read More

Vreeland confirms Jumpstart Capital's<br>SimplifyASC and HIGI SH LLC investments

Aug 03, 2018 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated March 11, 2019: SimplifyASC should pass $7MM cap-in milestone soon, full story here. 22 Aug 2018 - CyramedX filed today on a $2MM raise with $1.8MM reported in.-Ed. JU.... Read More

Venture Notes - Aug. 2, 2018

Aug 02, 2018 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Charlie Coiner CHARLIE COINER, former Dooley-era UT football assistant coach, is back in Knoxville and working with developers at Austin's Workhorse Marketing on V2.0.... Read More

EC's new Project Healthcare model now full-bore with 17 startups

Jul 13, 2018 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

THE NASHVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER announced Thursday evening its enrolment of five Nashville healthcare startups and 12 startups drawn from 11 other states for concentrated su.... 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

ORNL's Innovation Crossroads energy startup accelerator preps for Cohort 3

Jul 06, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Update 13 Sept. 2018: Cohort 3 apps will be taken through Oct. 29, 2018. Landing page link in story below.-Ed. It's never easy being a startup, and for startup energy companie.... 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

VUMC spin-up Nashville Biosciences taps advisors, builds team, eyes growth

Apr 04, 2018 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

Newly established Nashville Biosciences LLC supports life-sciences researchers' drug and diagnostics discovery and development efforts by using genomic and bioinformatics reso.... Read More

Venture Notes - 23 March 2018

Mar 23, 2018 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Pre-Flight grad pilots Noka personal-health products startup toward runway

Jan 19, 2018 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

Lauren Egge LAUREN EGGE, a Stanford-educated product-design engineer and consultant, refined the flight plan for her startup -- Noka Supply -- as a member of the Nash.... Read More

TennSMART Consortium eyes bigger TN role in 'intelligent mobility' industry

Jan 03, 2018 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated Jan. 11, 2018 - Vanderbilt outlines its role in TennSMART, story here.-Ed. OAK RIDGE-based TennSMART Consortium, a nonprofit startup that is still refining its.... Read More

With Nashville tech players aboard, Po.et Foundation reports $10MM funding

Aug 09, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 26 Sept 2017 - BTC Media announced during its Distributed:Health event Sept. 26 that, beyond Po.et, it'll seek additional digital-media portfolio companies for its BT.... Read More

Venture Notes - 24 July 2017

Jul 24, 2017 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

West End Holdings acquires American Hometown Publishing media group

Jul 17, 2017 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated 22 Jan. 2018: AHP enlisted Austin-based David Arkin as Chief Strategy Officer, release here. Dec. 8, 2017 - AHP bought Lake Norman Citizen near Charlotte. 2 Oct. 2017.... Read More

Venture Notes - 11 July 2017

Jul 11, 2017 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

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