Stuart McWhorter

Tennessee approved for $116M+ via US Treasury's SSBCI initiative

Feb 27, 2023 at 10:41 am by miltcapps

Previous Venture Nashville coverage of SSBCI 2.0 & 1.0 here. TN ECD press release follows: TN Small Businesses Approved for $116.9 Million Through State Small Business Cr.... Read More

TN ECD-Launch Tennessee may be one step away from $117MM SSBCI grant

Jan 20, 2023 at 12:47 pm by miltcapps

Update 25 January 2023 - Both TN House and Senate have concurred. Now, it's a matter of a bit more paperwork. A day earlier, State Sen. Bo Johnson, chair, Senate FW&.... Read More

TN ECD today may announce innovative investment in Clarksville area

Nov 09, 2022 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 21 November 2022: Gov. Lee and ECD Commissioner McWhorter announced LG Chem plans to invest about $3.2BN in a new cathode manufacturing facility in Clarksville, which.... Read More

TNECD-LaunchTN $117MM SSBCI request still under US Treasury's review

Oct 26, 2022 at 02:42 pm by miltcapps

TN-ECD fills Treasury's plan-refinement requests, reckoning ahead LaunchTN has 3 board seats vacant, plans to hire 3 to 5 more staff 10X leverage of federal funding is target.... Read More

ECD-LaunchTN's 3686 could spike capital, entrepreneurial velocity

Sep 27, 2022 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Alto Solutions CEO Eric Satz ERIC SATZ, co-founder and CEO of Nashville's early-growth fintech AltoIRA (Alto Solutions Inc.), hopes that the LaunchTN 3686 Festival pa.... Read More

Monique Villa Capra holds pivotal role in ECD-LaunchTN $1BN SSBCI vision

Aug 29, 2022 at 03:14 pm by miltcapps

MONIQUE VILLA CAPRA, who became Launch Tennessee's chief investment officer 60 days ago, is to play pivotal roles in helping to fulfill many of the promises that the nonprofit.... Read More

Launch Tennessee seeks US EDA funding to expand Industry Networks

Aug 16, 2022 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

RFP for (2) Fintech and Consumer Products industry networks disclosed Nov. 14, 2022, documentation begins here. - Editor LAUNCH TENNESSEE has requested roughly $1.99MM federal.... Read More

TN ECD, LaunchTN, allies await $117M SSBCI impact-funding call

Aug 08, 2022 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Treasury funding could lead to $1BN-plus decade impact in Tennessee Initiatives span Equity and Debt capital recruitment, could mobilize Angels Elements include largely unpre.... Read More

CEO Tasia Malakasis ramps-up The Company Lab in Chattanooga

Jul 19, 2022 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

FOOD-sector entrepreneur, tech-industry sales and marketing veteran, and cookbook author Tasia Malakasis has begun her second week in her role as CEO of Chattanooga's Company.... Read More

Altitude Ventures eyes $100M Fund III for digital health, HC services

Mar 31, 2022 at 09:56 am by miltcapps

ALTITUDE VENTURES, a Nashville VC focused mainly on digital health and healthcare services companies, is working to raise its Fund III, which has a hard cap of $100MM. Its ini.... Read More

McWhorters' CA healthcare innovation impetus reflected in new Fund filings

Jul 16, 2021 at 02:48 pm by miltcapps

IT HAS BEEN just over 25 years since Stuart McWhorter and his father, Clayton McWhorter, co-founded Clayton Associates (CA), a family office that also spawned Seed- and Growth.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 14, 2021

Jul 14, 2021 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Venture Notes - April 28, 2021

Apr 28, 2021 at 04:36 pm by miltcapps

Venture Notes - Kentucky ventures - December 4, 2020

Dec 04, 2020 at 03:58 pm by miltcapps

THERE'S LONG BEEN a lot of venture activity going on in neighboring Kentucky, and some of it involves Tennesseans you may recognize. We hope you'll find this mere sample of r.... Read More

Venture Notes -- June 1, 2020

Jun 01, 2020 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Today: HGP | LTN | JSC | JSF | CHC | BLU | GLN | PWR | IDB | FCV | DIT | MIL | WRK | COC | Resources | ► HERITAGE GROUP affiliate Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund I.... Read More

Venture People - May 13, 2020

May 13, 2020 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

Skoller files for $2MM raise, steps-up pace to expand platform offering

Oct 08, 2019 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

SKOLLER INC., the Nashville startup that spawned an app to improve college students' ability to keep up with syllabi, schedules and academic milestones, filed Oct. 3 for a pla.... 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

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

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