intellectual property

Growth-equity firm SSM Partners eyes Nashville investment opportunities

Apr 04, 2018 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

Update: Additional investments have been added to list below.-Ed. SSM PARTNERS, based in Memphis, is likely to make an additional four growth-equity investments in the next 1.... Read More

CEO Sinead Miller charts PATH EX course to capital, partner & market

Mar 29, 2018 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

PATH EX Inc., the Nashville startup built around blood-cleansing technology created at Vanderbilt University, has amassed an enviable network of advisors, grantors and industr.... Read More

Blockchain: Will Gov. Haslam affix his name to electronic transactions amendment?

Mar 20, 2018 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

Update: Gov. Haslam signed the bill into law on March 22, according to state records online.-Ed. GOVERNOR Bill Haslam may soon decide whether or not to sign into law a measure.... Read More

New Constructs rates Brookdale Senior Living, other local stocks

Mar 19, 2018 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

During his upcoming trips to Boston and New York City, analyst and financial-technology entrepreneur David Trainer probably won't spend much energy thinking about Brookdale Se.... Read More

VU inventors' Adaptive Technology startup faces IntelliCane funding hurdles

Mar 19, 2018 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

MAKE no mistake: Two Vanderbilt University inventors-turned-entrepreneurs are working hard to secure the grants and private investment they need to keep moving forward with de.... Read More

emids Technologies gets suitors, eyes M&A, plus IoT and Blockchain plays

Aug 15, 2017 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 10 March 2020: Today, emids announced investment of undisclosed magnitude from Blue Cross Blue Shield Venture Partners (the Blue Venture Fund). In September 2019, emid.... 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 - 23 June 2017

Jun 23, 2017 at 02:38 pm by miltcapps

Post-Dart Music, HAAWK CEO mulls capraise, nourishing ties to hometown

Jun 21, 2017 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated 26 Sept. 2017 - Haawk announced Sept. 21 it secured a $2.5m Series Seed round involving VCs Rincon Venture Partners, Wavemaker Partners, Frontier Venture Capital, and.... Read More

VU School of Medicine ramps-up The Radx incubator with 17 entrants in Innovation Challenge

Jun 19, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

The RADx Innovation Challenge for healthcare technology advancement may be the newest initiative in Tennessee for commercialization, entrepreneurship and business incubation..... Read More

CEO charts Core Rights' path after Dart asset buy, confirms investor talks

Jun 14, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 2 Oct 2017 1143 - Core Rights LLC today announced appointing Ted Ferguson as chief product officer. Ferguson was previously with Sony and Universal Music Group units,.... Read More

Gov. Haslam names entrepreneur Bob Rolfe to head TN ECD

Feb 16, 2017 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Gov. Bill Haslam today announced Nashville business executive Bob Rolfe as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD). Rolf.... Read More

Event: BTC Media offers VNC readers access to Distributed: Markets

Feb 13, 2017 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

BTC Inc., the tech publishing company that relocated here from Huntsville in 2015, this morning approved a Venture Nashville request to allow VNC readers a savings on tickets.... Read More

Gov. Haslam senses Tennessee 'making headway' in tech commercialization

Feb 13, 2017 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE companies and research institutions might be stepping-up efforts to secure patents, licensing intellectual assets and ensuring that such knowledge is commercialized.... Read More

More LaunchTN commercialization comments and notes

Feb 13, 2017 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

Please see Venture Nashville's accompanying story today on Tennessee tech transfer and commercialization activities, with additional comments from Gov. Haslam and Launch Tenne.... Read More

2017 Project Music selects 4 startups from 120+ accelerator applicants

Feb 06, 2017 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

PROJECT Music, the year-round accelerator and mentoring program resident in the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC), has recruited its smallest batch of startups yet: Four, inc.... Read More

State of the Startups: Tennessee Technology Development Corporation, aka Launch Tennessee, wants to shed some commercialization emphasis

Jan 30, 2017 at 09:18 am by miltcapps

IN JUNE 2011, months into his first term, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) told attendees at a venture-capital conference that Tennessee institutions and private companies must.... Read More