Jan Bouten

Med-devices startup Somavac raises Seed capital from VCs, Angels

Oct 17, 2017 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Updates: Aug. 24, 2021: SOMAVAC® Medical Solutions announced the granting of US Patent (11,078,898), covering its SOMAVAC® SVS SmartSuction Technology and surgical drain manag.... Read More

Tim Choate: ThinkDeeply startup amplifies MidTN capacity for AI innovation

Sep 19, 2017 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: VNC learned March 26, 2018 that Choate has exited this venture.-Ed. TIM CHOATE, a veteran Tennessee technology entrepreneur and investor, has become executive chairman.... Read More

CEO departs, TN's nationally ranked ZeroTo510 accelerator charts journey

Sep 05, 2017 at 04:26 pm by miltcapps

MEMPHIS' ZeroTo510 medical-device accelerator -- which has ranked among the best U.S. accelerators, three years running -- is looking for new leadership and considering adopti.... Read More

CEO: Startup CEAdvisory doesn't rule-out some M&A ahead of strategic exit

May 18, 2017 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

THREE-year-old CEAdvisory is still a colt in the startup world, but Co-founder and CEO Gabriel Smith seems to have a clear sense of track conditions and the race his company m.... Read More

VC Innova Memphis ignites $31MM RBIC fund, projects 20 transactions by year-end 2018

May 15, 2017 at 11:11 am by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE VC Innova Memphis announced today the closing of its $31MM Innova Ag Innovation Fund IV, which brings Innova's firmwide uncommitted capital to $41MM and total asse.... Read More

Foundation Instruments, Stony Creek Colors receive SBIR grants

Sep 08, 2016 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE startups Foundation Instruments (FI) and Stony Creek Colors (SCC), which have both gained early traction in eco-oriented tech, goods and services, have received rese.... Read More

Charlie Martin on the Disruptive Potential<br>of Blockchain Technology for Healthcare

Sep 07, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Charles N. "Charlie" Martin Jr., chairman and founder of healthcare- and technology-focused Martin Ventures, will join the Distributed: Health conference to share his perspect.... Read More

Feds greenlight VCs Meritus Kirchner & Innova Memphis to pursue $125MM+ for new rural-oriented funds

Dec 05, 2015 at 12:15 am by miltcapps

RURAL America probably got a boost today, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Meritus Kirchner Capital and Innova Memphis have been certified under a Federal pro.... Read More

Update: Innova Memphis seeks Fed'l certification ahead of new fund raise

Apr 15, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Jan Bouten INNOVA MEMPHIS, the venture capital firm owned by Memphis Bioworks Foundation, has taken further steps toward gaining Federal sanction and, ultim.... Read More

Innova Memphis: Innova Fund III announced $20MM first close

Sep 08, 2014 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

SeedHatchery: eDivv eyes Big Apple for beauty-barter startup

Sep 08, 2014 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

TN companies at pivot-points might attract funding via River Associates

May 17, 2012 at 10:05 am by miltcapps

AFTER 22 years in operation, Chattanooga-based's River Associates has secured its first institutional partners, completing a $222 million private-equity fundraise in "a very c.... Read More

Gov. Haslam's INCITE program stirs to life via 'Venture Incite' A-round

May 14, 2012 at 10:08 am by miltcapps

VENTURE INCITE, the Oak Ridge-based company founded by Nashville-based Solidus and its TNInvestco fund, will use recent A-round funding to "attract the best regional and natio.... Read More

Parental Health attracts Innova Fund II as investors close Series A cap raise

Dec 01, 2011 at 10:16 am by miltcapps

Update Jan. 4, 2012: An Innova filing with State ECD indicates the fund has invested at least $750K in Parent Health.-Ed. PARENTAL HEALTH, the two-year-old Franklin "age-in-pl.... Read More

Rabbit Hole Creative projects disruptive video, with more to be revealed

Dec 01, 2011 at 10:11 am by miltcapps

Note 22 Sept. 2016: Rabbit Hole was acquired by Nashville/Boston-based Ovation. founded by Clay Sifford. Former Rabbit Hole Operations Director Mark Eicher remains with Ovatio.... Read More

NewsBits, May 11, 2011

May 11, 2011 at 09:21 am by miltcapps

Roy Ziegler ► Louisville-based Chrysalis Ventures has added healthcare services and technology VC Roy Ziegler, previously with Health Evolution Partners, the private.... Read More

NEXT TN: Research-industry-capital links are key<br>to state's intellectual-property commercialization

May 10, 2011 at 07:54 am by miltcapps

Too few Tennessee-born ideas are translating into start-up businesses, but stronger outreach and collaboration could improve upon the state's "mixed record of entrepreneurial.... Read More

M&A: Nashville Software, IT firms mull buying, selling

Feb 07, 2011 at 07:53 am by miltcapps

Tech-sector mergers and acquisitions may be heating-up in Middle Tennessee, based on a sampling of opinion-leaders. At least one respondent is giving selling rigorous consider.... Read More

[ ! ] TN's JumpStart Foundry aligns with TechStars Net

Jan 31, 2011 at 07:54 am by miltcapps

JumpStart Foundry, the Solidus-led microfund and venture incubator based in Nashville, is aligning with TechStars, the celebrated Boulder, Colo.-based startup accelerator, in.... Read More

NEWSBITS, Feb. 11, 2010

Feb 11, 2010 at 12:38 pm by miltcapps

Pharos Capital Managing Partner Michael Devlin (left) told an audience gathered here yesterday for a panel discussion of IPO, M&A and financing trends that he believes it'.... Read More

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