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March 18 app deadline for EPIcenter Logistics Innovation Accelerator

Feb 17, 2016 at 06:30 pm by miltcapps

     THE APPLICATIONS window for the 2016 EPIcenter Logistics Innovation Accelerator in Memphis is to close March 18. The 15-week accel.... Read More

Kimberlin: Nashville EC's UAV/Drones event may be pivotal for TN industry

Nov 03, 2015 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

ENTREPRENEUR Bill Kimberlin is hoping today's "Drones in Commerce" panel discussion at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC) will help focus attention on the sector among bus.... Read More

Shockwave Motors eyes $1.5MM raise for Defiant electric roadster production

Apr 29, 2015 at 01:00 am by miltcapps

SHOCKWAVE MOTORS is preparing to raise $1.5MM Seed capital for pre-production manufacturing of five of its three-wheel electric-powered Defiant roadsters. The s.... Read More

Project Music Showcase: EarIQ leverages IP, charts B2Consumer push

Apr 23, 2015 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

Update: Davis confirmed for VNC 27 April that the company's raise target is $480K. Also, he revealed during the Showcase that's its Auto-sector letter of intent (LOI) is with.... Read More

Nashville's Roger Brown sells Segway, but continues M&A

Apr 15, 2015 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

ROGER BROWN, the 45-year-old Brentwood entrepreneur and investor, has sold his Segway scooter business, but is still buying companies that are "asset rich, with anemic cash fl.... Read More

MedPass Health data-workflow startup aces Seed round, eyes Series A raise

Mar 24, 2015 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated Nov. 14, 2016 - Ogburn said the company -- renamed MedProctor -- is near completion of a $1.69MM Series A and has added Angel investor Crom Carmichael to its board. Fe.... Read More

Data-centric WPC Healthcare eyes capital raise to deepen Taproot

Mar 19, 2015 at 04:03 pm by miltcapps

Update: On 4 April 2017, Intermedix and WPC Healthcare announced Intermedix had acquired WPC, with Guzman joining as SVP. On Sept. 30, 2015, WPC Healthcare announced managemen.... Read More

Long Haul: With $5MM capraise, Knoxville's IdleAir may shift to higher gear

Feb 06, 2015 at 10:59 am by miltcapps

  By Larisa Brass and Milt Capps IDLEAIR, the Knoxville company that helps reduce truck idling and traffic congestion, and offers over-the-road truckers safe resting sp.... Read More

Posited: FinTech accelerator idea meets entrepreneurial interest in Nashville

Jan 12, 2015 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

FINANCIAL Technology startups in the Mid-South could get a boost, if enthusiasm for a new accelerator initiative in Nashville translates into action. Prompted by recent partic.... Read More

Avila-led Emerge Financial Wellness mulls Series B raise in 2015

Jan 12, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

MARIO AVILA, CEO of Emerge Financial Wellness and its Contigo Financial subsidiary, says new partnerships this quarter may spur further growth and help trigger a Series B capi.... Read More

FedEx pledges $750K for logistics accelerator in Memphis EPICenter

Dec 15, 2014 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

FEDEX Corporation and the leadership of Memphis' new EPICenter innovation initiative are expected to provide further details soon regarding a new logistics startup accelerator.... Read More

Consultant PYA doubles-down with U.S. healthcare data startup

May 06, 2013 at 09:59 am by miltcapps

PERSHING YOAKLEY ASSOCIATES (PYA), the consulting and accounting firm, has augmented its healthcare claims analytics resources with a separate large-scale analytics and predic.... Read More

Nashville IT: McKinney named CIO of U.S. Transportation Department

May 05, 2013 at 01:34 pm by miltcapps

RICHARD MCKINNEY, who has held key roles in Nashville information technology for nearly three decades, has been named CIO for the U.S. Department of Transportation. Ray LaHoo.... Read More

Inova Payroll gets $1MM bump from CRF, Nashville Angels

Jul 07, 2011 at 11:13 am by miltcapps

Inova Payroll announced July 7 it, indeed, raised another $1 million, bringing the total to about $4.2MM, as hinted in our June 6 story (below). Newly announced entrants are:.... Read More

Cumberland Signal startup takes off in aviation sector with investors onboard

Jul 05, 2011 at 07:42 am by miltcapps

RICHARD HARDIN'S Cumberland Signal Labs is taking off on more than a wing and a prayer. Hardin's wiring hub for aircraft instrumentation has attracted investors, the cur.... Read More

NewBits, March 14, 2011

Mar 14, 2011 at 08:38 am by miltcapps

Nashville Medical Trade Center's spokesman Cole Daugherty (at right) recently told VNC that developer Market Center Management Company (Dallas is "even more confident t.... Read More

JumpStart Foundry wants tech-enabled startups by Friday

Mar 13, 2011 at 10:41 pm by miltcapps

Entrepreneurial teams with startup ideas they can articulate by Friday, March 18, may have viable businesses to launch by Aug. 25, 2011. That's the scenari.... Read More

Life-sciences startup aims to leverage Vanderbilt technology

Dec 07, 2009 at 08:42 am by miltcapps

The story of two Nashville start-ups took a sudden twist this morning, but it still seems likely that Vanderbilt University technology may soon improve medicine. Earlier toda.... Read More

Betancourt launches QuikQ transactions venture

Dec 02, 2009 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Ernie Betancourt, former owner of Innovative Computing Corp. in Brentwood, has launched QuikQ LLC, another software company. Just yesterday, Betancourt announced the sale of.... Read More

Against clock, Bredesen pushes Green jobs, innovation

Nov 11, 2009 at 02:17 pm by miltcapps

Gov. Phil Bredesen and his allies tried again yesterday to imprint on Tennesseans the "reality" of Solar and other renewable-energy opportunities. Bredesen told his Tennessee.... Read More

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