University of Tennessee

Startups: TN's autoXLR8R up for adoption by UT Institute for Public Service

Mar 09, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

AutoXLR8R, the automotive-sector startup accelerator that moved last year to Knoxville-Oak Ridge from Middle Tennessee, has apparently found its third owner in the Institute f.... Read More

Startup BachWeekend priorities include Hotel hookup and Seed-capital raise

Feb 08, 2016 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

ROBBIE Goldsmith-led BachWeekend, the Nashville startup for fun-seeking bachelorettes and bachelors, inevitably juggles a number of priorities, including cementing an alliance.... Read More

EO Nashville board of directors for 2016-17 announced

Feb 08, 2016 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

THE Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) Nashville chapter - which says it is the fourth-largest EO chapter in the world - announced its 2016/2017 board of directors. EO Nashville.... Read More

After 22 years, Tech2020 at OakRidge to cease pro-entrepreneurial efforts

Jan 26, 2016 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Monsor: Statewide Mentor Net has traction with early-stage companies

Jan 25, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

LIFE SCIENCE Tennessee's (LSTN) Statewide Mentors Network has about 40 mentors, is actively engaged with a half-dozen companies and is recruiting further mentors. Program Dire.... Read More

Venture Notes 9 December 2015

Dec 09, 2015 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updates on SSM Partners - Evermind - MindCare - POPVOX - JourneyPure - Contessa Health - Tortola Advisors - Agisent - InQuicker SSM PARTNERS, the Memphis-based growth e.... Read More

VentureNotes: Mike Carroll licenses PYA tech; Joy Fisher eyes UT assets

Dec 03, 2015 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

Nashville's hotel-meetings Groups360 platform attracts $5MM

Sep 03, 2015 at 02:47 pm by miltcapps

Updated 29 Dec. 2016: The Tennessean reported Groups360 has now raised $7MM total and employs 30 (half in Nashville).-Ed. GROUPS360, a data-driven matchmaker between meeting p.... Read More

Former Gov. Haslam communications director forms Poe Consulting

Aug 25, 2015 at 04:33 pm by miltcapps

Update: 22 Sept. 2015: Poe's position as CD has been filled by Haslam Press Secretary David Smith, the Governor announced today.-Ed. ALEXIA POE, communications director the pa.... Read More

Innertainment Delivery Systems broadens footprint, mulls capital needs

Jul 03, 2015 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Update: 23 Feb 2017 - Reston, Va.-based GTL today announced its acquisition of IDS on undisclosed terms. Nashe told VNC he expects to be with GTL for 24 months.-Ed. INNERTAINM.... Read More

Mobile: EnhanceWorks eyes capraises for Expo totaling $2.0MM-3.5MM

Jul 01, 2015 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

ENHANCEWORKS, creator of the Expo mobile app for digital-content aggregation, plans within 18 months both to complete its current $500K convertible round, and pursue a further.... Read More

Shockwave Motors eyes $1.5MM raise for Defiant electric roadster production

Apr 29, 2015 at 01:00 am by miltcapps

Sometimes it's a grind, but LaunchTN CEO<br>optimistic about Tech Commercialization

Mar 16, 2015 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

CEO Charlie Brock often has occasion to speak with confidence of clearcut gains and future economic upside that are often associated with LaunchTN initiatives. But, when it co.... Read More

X Factor: NextGxDx eyes fresh capital raise, dismisses exit notion

Mar 11, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: 8 Feb 2018 - Concert Genetics expands insurance workflow, clinician guidance etc via platform, release here. 1 March 2017 - The company changed its name to Concert Gen.... Read More

For the record:<br>Nashville and other TN cities gain roles in workforce, innovation initiatives

Mar 09, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA today announced his TechHire initiative, in which Nashville and Memphis are involved, details of which are here. A complementary fact sheet is located h.... Read More

Marcum confirms Tennessee's AutoXLR8R moving to Tech2020 at Oak Ridge

Mar 06, 2015 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Edtech: Ingram Content Group Ventures invests in Austin's Querium Corp

Jan 30, 2015 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

QUERIUM CORPORATION, a two-year-old Austin edtech startup, won a minority-stake investment from Tennessee's ICG Ventures and has raising further capital very much in mind. ICG.... Read More

LaunchTN: Randy Boyd accepts baton from Hagerty, who returns to PE firm

Jan 27, 2015 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE is now overseen by Chairman Randy Boyd, who is also Gov. Bill Haslam's newly appointed commissioner of economic and community development. Boyd, 55, is best k.... Read More

XOEye Technologies wearables gameplan could include Series B in 2015

Dec 15, 2014 at 03:27 pm by miltcapps

Updates: Aug. 7, 2019: XOi announced $11MM Series C raise, with PeakSpan, Grotech, Vocap and NCN. Could mean total capital-in has passed $18MM, based on Crunchbase. Dec. 11, 2.... Read More

Strategy for gauging 'transformative' TNInvestco value yet to be determined

Dec 10, 2014 at 09:37 am by miltcapps

Update: The Tennessean reported 29 Dec. 2014 that General Assembly House Speaker Beth Harwell is guiding a review of the process by which Fiscal Notes are developed for the Ge.... Read More

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