Joe Maxwell

Advisors: Jack Waddey says 'Nashville still needs major research park'

May 24, 2017 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

DESPITE Nashville's progress on many fronts since The Great Recession began in Spring 2008, attorney Jack Waddey on May 12 confirmed for Venture Nashville that he feels just a.... Read More

Venture Notes - 18 May 2017

May 18, 2017 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

VC Innova Memphis ignites $31MM RBIC fund, projects 20 transactions by year-end 2018

May 15, 2017 at 11:11 am by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE VC Innova Memphis announced today the closing of its $31MM Innova Ag Innovation Fund IV, which brings Innova's firmwide uncommitted capital to $41MM and total asse.... Read More

Nashville's Saltvest Alto-IRA fintech startup enters LittleRock accelerator

May 11, 2017 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 29 Aug 2019: Saltvest total capital raised is now $9MM+. NashvillePost reported Aug. 29 the company had raised $5.4MM from investors including Jefferson River Capital,.... Read More

Accelerate Health? With EC & Jumpstart Foundry out of the game,<br>some mull the need for a Healthcare accelerator in Nashville

Mar 06, 2017 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 5:49pm: Stuart McWhorter's earlier response to our query was apparently overlooked in our queue and has been added, below.-Ed. THE Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC) h.... Read More

VC, Techie, Startup speakers pack March 12-17 week<br>with Nashville entrepreneurship at several venues

Mar 04, 2017 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Nashville Startup Week, March 12-17, offers more than 40 speakers, panelists and startup Pitch entrants. The entire schedule and free registration are here. Artiphon's.... Read More

Martin Ventures-backed Hashed Health unveiled<br>for healthcare blockchain dev + commercialization

Oct 04, 2016 at 08:32 am by miltcapps

Updated 7 Feb 2017 - Hashed Health announced raising nearly $2MM from lead investor Martin Ventures and Fenbushi Capital (Shanghai).-Ed. MARTIN Ventures is wrapping investment.... Read More

Venture Capital, HealthTech sessions are Oct. 4 at Entrepreneur Center

Sep 30, 2016 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Entrepreneur Center is the site Tuesday morning, Oct. 4, for panel discussions on Venture Capital and on Nashville's leadership opportunity in Health-sector technolo.... Read More

Mayor Barry seeks 'Nashville Vision' for economic inclusion, empowerment

Sep 30, 2016 at 07:30 am by miltcapps

Metro/Nashville Mayor Megan Barry yesterday announced convening a 17-member Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee to be led by Co-Chairmen Edward 'Eddie' George M.B.A., managi.... Read More

Venture Notes - Sept. 29, 2016

Sep 29, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

CEO: Applied Health Analytics may have banker bakeoff in 1Q17

Sep 19, 2016 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

APPLIED Health Analytics will look at its year-end numbers and strategy, and then it might run an investment-banker bakeoff in 1Q17, according Robert Chamberlain, its 59-year-.... Read More

Update: Nashville Fintech, Blockchain initiatives

Sep 16, 2016 at 07:00 am by miltcapps

VNC Publisher's Update on Fintech/blockchain, An Offer and A Request for Readers: THE UPDATE: FINTECH was the topic that drew 120+ of us together in the jam-packed Learni.... Read More

HealthX3: Jumpstart cohort, GfE HealthTech, EC Project Healthcare

May 19, 2016 at 06:45 pm by miltcapps

FROM SUNDAY onward, 24 Healthcare startups will be living in a special Heaven or Hell for early-stage ventures. Jumpstart Foundry Chairman Vic Gatto said Jumpstart will gathe.... Read More

SCHERMERLAND: 36:86 Speakers, celebration draw entrepreneurs, investors

May 17, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE'S 36|86 event June 6-7 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center has a clear shot at becoming the most memorable edition yet of Nashville's "cerebration" of entrepr.... Read More

Accelerators: Boring, Rip-roaring or somewhere in between?

Jan 22, 2016 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

VENTURE Nashville asked seven people familiar with the Vic Gatto's statement on accelerators (related story here) for their thoughts on Vic Gatto's comments on the 'boring' Ac.... Read More

Venture Notes - January 19, 2016

Jan 19, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Entac Medical, Crom Carmichael, Jamplify, Innova leads series A, Mountain Group,DiaTech founder, former Cogent CEO, Wellview Health and more. HAPTEN SCIENCES, Memphis pharma e.... Read More

Eyeing Owen MBA, Vrion founder may apply Sohr Grant to Tech needs

Jan 13, 2016 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

WAITING for a check represents a sort of baptism of fire for freshly minted entrepreneurs. That's particularly true when they're like Vrion Holdings Founder Trisha Fridrich, w.... Read More

Nashville entrepreneur Mike Shmerling offers Seed Capital reality-check

Jan 11, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

MIKE SHMERLING, chairman of Nashville-based XMi Holdings, said that while tax-funded capital-formation programs such as Tennessee's TNInvestco certainly "have their place," co.... Read More

Joe Maxwell & partners launch Cultivation Capital Fintech Growth Fund

Jan 08, 2016 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE serial FinTech entrepreneur Joe Maxwell and St. Louis-based partners are launching the Cultivation Capital Fintech Growth Fund. Managing Partner Maxwell confirmed he.... Read More

ECD's Boyd prepping ideas for stimulating TN entrepreneurship, investment

Jan 05, 2016 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

RANDY BOYD, Tennessee commissioner for economic and community development, is staffing proposals for further energizing the State's entrepreneurial ecosystem and may submit on.... Read More

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