Nashville Entrepreneur Center

LaunchTN sets Startup Policy Workshops to boost regional entrepreneurship

Oct 07, 2019 at 01:05 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE is scheduling at least seven policy-oriented regional workshops this autumn, ahead of its next "Day on the Hill," which is set for Feb. 25, 2020. The eight or.... Read More

Entrepreneur Jane Allen to be CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Oct 02, 2019 at 02:03 pm by miltcapps

JANE HANNER ALLEN, the Brentwood-based entrepreneur and founder of Counsel on Call and Hanner Clarke handbags, as well as business adviser to Connecticut-based Gridiron Capita.... Read More

JourneyPure preps $20MM raise ahead of larger private equity round

Sep 11, 2019 at 04:17 pm by miltcapps

JOURNEYPURE LLC, the five-year-old addiction treatment and support services company with corporate offices in Nashville and Murfreesboro, is raising up to $20MM equity and deb.... Read More

Nashville EC tells 2019 NEXT Awards finalists + Hall of Fame inductees

Sep 06, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

[Updated 7 Nov 2019 scroll down for winners] THE Nashville Entrepreneur Center this week publicly disclosed its 2019 NEXT Awards Finalists and its latest Entre.... Read More

Nashville fintech: Waud-backed SphereCommerce eyes M&A opportunities

Aug 26, 2019 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

SPHERECOMMERCE LLC, the integrated payments technology and security software provider, won't be deterred in its role as M&A consolidator by the frothy valuations it often.... Read More

Venture Notes -- August 21, 2019

Aug 21, 2019 at 02:42 pm by miltcapps

36|86: Getting tech to market with max partnerships, with or without grants

Aug 05, 2019 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

EARLY ON THE SECOND DAY of the 36|86 Entrepreneurship Festival, four lab-to-market veterans from Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee will presumably have nothing in their cup.... Read More

EC admits 8 startups in new Project Healthcare pilot program

Aug 01, 2019 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

IN ADDITION to the 18 startups recently inducted into the Nashville Entrepreneur Center's Project Healthcare Portfolio, eight others have been invited to participate in.... Read More

SSM Partners quietly files for Growth Equity III raise;<br>Exec sees Nashville edge in youthful exhuberance

Jul 30, 2019 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

SSM PARTNERS based in Memphis is unlikely to comment for some time on the Growth Equity III raise for which they filed last week -- with no target specified. Meanwhile, Ventur.... Read More

Louisville's XLerateHealth accelerator announces latest startup cohort

Jul 30, 2019 at 08:51 am by miltcapps

Update 21 Oct 2019: XLH received nearly $1.75MM in further support from NIH. -Ed. XLerateHealth (XLH), the healthcare accelerator based in Louisville, Ky., today announced its.... Read More

Commentary: Nashville Entrepreneur Center<br> search committee chair on EC CEO search

Jul 25, 2019 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Beth Chase Beth Chase is chair emeritus of the board of directors of Nashville Entrepreneur Center and chair of the EC search committee charged with finding a success.... Read More

EC's Project Healthcare cohort grows to 18 companies gathering tonight

Jul 25, 2019 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

THE Nashville Entrepreneur Center announced that its 2019-20 Project Healthcare Portfolio cohort includes 18 startups. The cohort companies will all be briefly introduced duri.... Read More

Jumpstart Capital recaps Casetabs in search of surgery-coordination lead

Jul 23, 2019 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

JUMPSTART Capital Managing Director Dave Vreeland told Venture Nashville his firm's JSC Growth Fund I and two of the fund's LPs have invested in recapitalizing Santa Monica-ba.... Read More

LaunchTN and allies pick startups for 36|86 Pitch & Demo events Aug. 28-29

Jul 21, 2019 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE is fielding more than a dozen Tennessee-based startups to present for cash and-or kudos! during its 36|86 Entrepreneurship Festival, which is be.... Read More

EirSystems maps capital raises for P.A.G.R. e-prescribing platform launch

Jul 16, 2019 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

EIRSYSTEMS INC. of Chattanooga is pursuing a $500K friends and family convertible note raise; has mapped its Seed and Series A equity rounds; and, has planned the phased marke.... Read More

NV Entrepreneur Center tells startups in 2019 ProjectHealthcare cohort

Jul 10, 2019 at 01:50 pm by miltcapps

Note: See updated July 25 story on this cohort here.-Ed. NASHVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER today announced the 14 startups admitted to its 2019-20 Project Health cohort, and said.... Read More

Venture Notes -- July 9, 2019

Jul 09, 2019 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

CEO search: Nashville Entrepreneur Center to seek Brody-Waite successor

Jul 01, 2019 at 03:56 pm by miltcapps

BETH CHASE, Nashville Entrepreneur Center board chair emeritus and a senior managing director of Ankura, will chair the board's search for a successor to EC CEO Michael Brody-.... Read More

EvidenceCare secures capstone Jumpstart Capital role in $7.3MM Series A

May 20, 2019 at 04:55 pm by miltcapps

Update: 12 May 2020: EvidenceCare filed for a roughly $5MM capital raise.-Ed. EvidenceCare, the flagship SaaS platform offering from Medical Decisions LLC, has completed its $.... Read More

Briley Administration rolls-out small-biz, economic development moves

May 06, 2019 at 04:32 pm by miltcapps

METRO NASHVILLE/Davidson County Mayor David Briley in the past few days announced a new lead for the Music City Music Council and spotlighted new online tools to support local.... Read More

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