state government

Meharry Medical College Data Science Institute to impact health policy, talent pipeline, clinical standards

Oct 19, 2018 at 10:31 am by miltcapps

The Meharry Medical College Data Science Institute (DSI) is destined to directly affect the actions of policymakers and medical professionals and will help shape standards of.... Read More

Brookings: TN located in 'Heartland' region with weakspot for entrepreneurship

Oct 18, 2018 at 07:30 am by miltcapps

ECONOMIC RECOVERY from the Great Recession has lifted most of the nation, including Tennessee. Earlier this year, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Tennessee economy 13t.... Read More

Drug-discovery linchpin PMI BioPharma Solutions hoists flag in Tennessee

Sep 19, 2018 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

CHARTERED less than a year ago, PMI BioPharma Solutions LLC of Nashville and Celina, Tenn., is a privately held contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that.... Read More

Hytch LLC arrives intersection of cars, carbon and Series A capital

Sep 12, 2018 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 2 March 2020: Hytch announced new transport partnership with City of South Bend, of which Pete Buttigieg is mayor. Hytch earlier announced adoption within San Francisc.... Read More

Venture Voices: Julie Samuels of TECH:NYC shares views with Nashville

Aug 14, 2018 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

JULIE SAMUELS JD is 2.5 years into her job as executive director of TECH:NYC and 13 years out of Vanderbilt University Law School. Samuels works to build relationships between.... Read More

We asked TN Gubernatorial aspirants about State industry incentives, risk-capital formation, tech commercialization and more

Aug 13, 2018 at 10:29 am by miltcapps

VENTURE NASHVILLE on Aug. 6, 2018 simultaneously posed five economic-development issues to Tennessee gubernatorial candidates Bill Lee (R-Franklin) and Karl Dean (D-Nashville).... Read More

Venture Notes - 9 February 2018

Feb 09, 2018 at 04:16 pm by miltcapps

THE Health-IT leadership challenge laid out for Nashville nearly 2 years ago by Brookings Institution researchers could hypothetically be partly satisfied by a new Nash.... Read More

Fintech: Money Services licensing pact could help TN startups, innovators

Feb 07, 2018 at 01:27 pm by miltcapps

MONEY Services Businesses (MSB) based in Tennessee may soon experience reduced administrative headwinds as they attempt to qualify for licenses that allow them to market new a.... Read More

Briovation likely to invest in 20+ Health startups outside Nashville in 2018

Dec 07, 2017 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

VIC GATTO, the cofounder of Nashville-based Briovation, told Venture Nashville his exclusively healthcare-centric organization is likely to invest in "20 to 25" startups in 20.... Read More

Rep. Mark White: GOP West TN Economic Caucus should push region's economic development

Dec 04, 2017 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

GOP Members of the Tennessee General Assembly are likely to meet in January to consider how best to advocate for further economic development in the state's Western Grand Divi.... Read More

Venture Notes - 27 July 2017

Jul 27, 2017 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

Nashville: Media, Entertainment & Technology Alliance to lobby, form PAC

Jul 18, 2017 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated May 15, 2018 - META celebrates Gov. Haslam signing TN Visual Content Modernization Act, story here. It makes more digital/cloud media eligible to compete for economic.... Read More

The TENN: Rendever eyes $1.5MM Seed raise for VR platform for assisted-living

Mar 21, 2017 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Update: May 2017: Cofounder and former Product head Kyle Rand moved to CEO. On March 29, 2017, Rendever won the $25K Traction Award during The TENN pitch contest. - Ed. CAMBRI.... Read More

TN ECD grants support downtown co-working, coding, entrepreneurship

Mar 17, 2017 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Briefing: Hashed Health to convene blockchain consortium in Nashville

Mar 13, 2017 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

HASHED HEALTH, the Nashville startup backed by Martin Ventures and Fenbushi Capital, will in September convene in Music City its growing consortium of healthcare companies int.... Read More

For the record: Launch Tennessee aims to revise statutory charter

Mar 06, 2017 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE, the assumed name of the nonprofit officially chartered as Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), seeks to amend its statement of objectives. It.... 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

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