seed stage

Law + Leverage: Baker Donelson adds Sloan for technology & emerging companies

Mar 07, 2011 at 08:04 am by miltcapps

Beginning today, Chris Sloan dons the colors of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, expanding the law firm's presence in the emerging-company and technology secto.... Read More

NewsBits, Feb. 14, 2011

Feb 14, 2011 at 07:58 am by miltcapps

Joe Cook Jr. Joe Cook Jr. became chairman of Life Science Tennessee, effective Feb. 3. In a VNC interview a year ago, Cook said Nashville needed a culture of "true in.... Read More

CEO says Moontoast considers A-round capital raise

Feb 07, 2011 at 07:40 am by miltcapps

Moontoast, the Boston-based and Nashville-linked social-commerce platform that enables "brands" and their owners to generate fan income, may conduct an A-round capital raise t.... Read More

Deep Cuts: Songness discovers 'invisible' performers

Dec 20, 2010 at 07:25 am by miltcapps

Songness, an online artist-rating and song-recommendation platform, is being upgraded and readied for formal launch, according to CEO Bill Geissler, a Shelbyville entrepr.... Read More

Notes on the Songness model

Dec 20, 2010 at 06:49 am by miltcapps

These notes accompany our Songness story. Despite the skepticism that surrounds most startups, CEO Bill Geissler believes Songness can within three years achieve stature simi.... Read More

HealthDataSource unveils advisors for health data startup

Dec 19, 2010 at 11:21 am by miltcapps

HealthDataSource (HDS), the Nashville "healthcare service demand" market data and mapping startup, is being promoted by well-placed advisors and preparing to raise capital. F.... Read More

SecureWaters: TN VC's could take ORNL technology global

Dec 19, 2010 at 07:44 am by miltcapps

SecureWaters Inc., a Tennessee startup, is looking for roughly $500,000 in seed capital to make AquaSentinel water-security and monitoring technology ready for production.... Read More

Females in Finance focus of Templeton's UT-C work

Dec 18, 2010 at 06:24 am by miltcapps

Lauren Templeton, a grand-niece of the late Sir John Templeton, directs a new University of Tennessee - Chattanooga program with emphasis on female perspective, leadership and.... Read More

Franklin-linked Nodality nets $15.5MM from VC funds

Mar 22, 2010 at 01:44 pm by miltcapps

San Francisco-based Nodality Inc., a biotechnology company with a key research and development laboratory in Franklin, today announced raising $15.5 million from venture capit.... Read More

Angels' complaint to Corker may precede stepped-up TN efforts

Mar 22, 2010 at 08:31 am by miltcapps

Updated 5:56 a.m., March 25.: A portion of our March 22 story was inadvertently omitted, previously. It is now restored (italicized portion). The NCN letter to Sen..... Read More

DMA taps Buffkin Group to find CEO to face Digital Era

Mar 11, 2010 at 09:25 am by miltcapps

Buffeted by discord and with Digital Era pressures mounting, the Direct Marketing Association has retained The Buffkin Group LLC of Nashville to conduct the search for the glo.... Read More

Solidus, Co-Founders launch JumpStart Foundry for seed-stage investing

Mar 10, 2010 at 12:35 pm by miltcapps

Solidus Company and nearly 20 co-founders have launched JumpStart Foundry LP, which will invest $15,000 in an array of individual seed-stage ventures. Solidus Partner Vic Gat.... Read More

TNInvestco: Goldrush underway to fund TN ventures

Nov 05, 2009 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

The State of Tennessee today announced plans to divide $120 million in tax credits among six new TNInvestco investment firms, to spur venture investment in dozens of high-pote.... Read More

XMi High Growth Development Fund, LLC

Nov 05, 2009 at 10:29 am by miltcapps

XMi High Growth Development Fund, LLC — Mike Shmerling's XMi Capital was one of the first firm's to signal its intention to pursue a TNInvestco allocation, under leaders.... Read More

Resource: TNInvestco briefing registrants

Aug 14, 2009 at 09:31 am by miltcapps

Here are the firms that were registered to attend one or both of the two TNInvestco briefings. Firms that had representatives attending the briefings, but who are not listed b.... Read More

'Smart' tech ventures spawned by VU student-entrepreneurs

Aug 14, 2009 at 09:20 am by miltcapps

One of Nashville's newest technology ventures was spurred by Vanderbilt students and faculty connecting theory and practice. Soon to debut: Nashville Pulse and VandyUpon, a pa.... Read More