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Region's Angel-VC-PE-FW execs head to GNPCA 'State of the Market' event

Apr 08, 2025 at 06:30 am by miltcapps

LAST WEEK, a young Nashville-based industry association registered with the Tennessee Secretary of State to change its name to Greater Nashville Private Capital Association (G.... Read More

CEO: Nashville EC to 'expand impact, empower more entrepreneurs'

Dec 19, 2024 at 10:35 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER CEO Sam Davidson declared this morning the NEC is "poised to expand our impact and empower even more entrepreneurs to achieve success." In.... Read More

New $100MM Jumpstart Nova Fund II now JS Health Investors flagship

Nov 18, 2024 at 03:20 pm by miltcapps

AGAINST the backdrop of current U.S. politico-economic and judicial tensions, Jumpstart Health Investors' Jumpstart Nova Fund II LP sallied-forth last week, making its initial.... Read More

Fintech founder-CEO Marcus Cobb raises capital for Mozaic platform

Sep 02, 2022 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

-Seed-2 raise bridges to Series A (done)-Early-growthco eyes global payments-CEO taps advisors here, Chicago, NY-Music-Entertainment first, then 'heavy compliance' sectors UP.... Read More

Venture Notes - February 3, 2022

Feb 03, 2022 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Whitney unmasks Jumpstart Nova VC focused on Black-led HC companies

Jan 12, 2022 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

MARCUS WHITNEY, the Black 46-year-old founder and managing partner of Jumpstart Nova, today revealed the venture capital firm has surpassed its recruitment goals for Fund I, h.... Read More

NEC's Project Music & Entertainment inducts 14 teams for latest cohort

May 04, 2021 at 12:55 pm by miltcapps

THE NASHVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER (NEC) today announced induction of 14 companies -- including 4 Tennessee companies -- into its 2021-2022 Project Music & Entertainment (P.... Read More

Venture Notes - October 19, 2020

Oct 19, 2020 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Today: McKelvey | ITIF | OZ | NoHo | AE | Ursa | 3D | Red | MHC | HCA | FCV | 7Spr | OneSci | Beast | Mir | LTN | Corker | UMRF | PFP | CHA | LST | DYN | EDA | MSNV | Path | N.... Read More

Nashville Entrepreneur Center's 27 InFlight teams debut Thurs., Dec. 12

Dec 10, 2019 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

THE NASHVILLE Entrepreneur Center's fledgling InFlight program is in its second yearlong operational cycle, and its 2019-20 cohort of 27 young companies will be showcased in a.... Read More

FOH&BOH: Nashvillians raise capital to soothe global Hospitality painpoint

Dec 02, 2019 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE startup FOH & BOH Inc. is tackling a global Hospitality problem that is especially visible in restaurants where operators are pushed up-against the wall by 75% a.... Read More

Empower Health sets $12M raise for push into self-pay NAD infusion space

Oct 10, 2019 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

AL GANIER III, the Nashville serial tech entrepreneur who co-founded Education Networks of America (ENA) and other ventures, has filed for a $12MM capital raise for Empower He.... Read More

Skoller files for $2MM raise, steps-up pace to expand platform offering

Oct 08, 2019 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

SKOLLER INC., the Nashville startup that spawned an app to improve college students' ability to keep up with syllabi, schedules and academic milestones, filed Oct. 3 for a pla.... Read More

Startup bio-dyemaker Stony Creek Colors closes Series A, eyes B-round

Jun 13, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

FIVE years ago, Sarah Bellos, the founder and CEO of Stony Creek Colors had gathered just over $500K to fund Stony Creek Colors Inc., the Springfield, Tenn.-based maker of pla.... Read More

Agrin Health eBiography raises capital to transform healthcare consumerism

Jun 12, 2019 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

AGRIN HEALTH LLC Founder, Owner and CEO Karen Thomas is preparing to raise capital to grow her company by enlisting and empowering consumers in transforming U.S. healthcare..... Read More

Jamari Brown succeeds Wiltshire as Nashville Mayor Briley's ECD lead

Mar 28, 2019 at 12:44 pm by miltcapps

Metro Nashville/Davidson County Mayor David Briley today announced experienced jobs developer Jamari Brown as the new director of the Mayor's Office of Economic and Community.... Read More

CEO: Wealth Access aggressive growth options could include strategic-sale

Mar 27, 2019 at 03:37 pm by miltcapps

NOTWITHSTANDING the fintech sector's recent surge in M&A deals, Wealth Access Inc. founder David Benskin's recent acknowledgement that selling his firm to a strategic bidd.... Read More

TokenizeTN names exec director to advance blockchain ecosystem

Feb 06, 2019 at 01:25 pm by miltcapps

CARI JOHNS ISHAM brings experience in both the public affairs and events-management arenas to her new role as executive director of TokenizeTN, an advocate for making the Tenn.... Read More

CEO: Nashville Fashion Alliance may pivot into strategic relationship

Jan 29, 2019 at 02:07 pm by miltcapps

KEEPING its eye firmly on its missionary goal of building this region's fashion industry, the Nashville Fashion Alliance is in serious merger discussions with a prominent indu.... Read More

Milken Institute Data 2018

Dec 18, 2018 at 07:30 am by miltcapps

► FOR TODAY'S accompanying article on 2018 Milken Science & Technology Index CLICK RIGHT HERE. Selected States+ Rankings 2018 Milken Rank+Score 2016 2014 2012 2010 R&am.... Read More

Nashville's Black tech entrepreneurs sometimes weigh locating elsewhere

Dec 11, 2018 at 09:43 am by miltcapps

Updated 21 Dec 2018: Coko Eason's Milk the Moment has been inducted into the 2019 cohort of Velocity Accelerator in Birmingham, she told VNC today. BBJ coverage. -Ed. COURTNEY.... Read More

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