startups

Startup Thrivist eyes further capital after Crimson Ventures takes stake

Jul 06, 2016 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 30 May 2017: Ingram Content Group announced that it's Tennessee Book Co. acquired assets of Thrivist, and McGarrity has joined TBC as director digital solutions. Advis.... Read More

Booker: CapitalTN aiming to improve Tennessee PE/VC investor ecosystem

Jul 06, 2016 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

CAPITALTN, a group of investment professionals that has met during the past couple years at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC), is formalizing its structure and plans in o.... Read More

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Jul 06, 2016 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

HealthQRS current investors can fund ramp-up,<br>but strategic money + marketshare attractive

Jul 05, 2016 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

HealthQRS, the e-commerce platform supporting consumer decision-making and payments for medical care chosen from organically grown services networks, has raised more than $1MM.... Read More

Vendor Registry soon to wrap Seed raise and assess way forward

Jun 30, 2016 at 04:59 pm by miltcapps

  CEO Chris Van Beke Updated November 20, 2020 - VendorRegistry completed its sale to mdf commerce of Montreal on undisclosed terms. Jan..... Read More

Oasis Venture's PitchDay is June 30 in Nashville

Jun 28, 2016 at 04:04 pm by miltcapps

SIXTEEN Nashville youth made it all the way through training for the first entrepreneurial cohort of Oasis Venture, a youth-development joint venture between the Oasis Center.... Read More

Village Capital-Kresge healthcare startup initiative<br>anchored in Nashville, San Francisco, Philadelphia

Jun 22, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE, San Francisco and Philadelphia are being tapped to collaborate in support a push for more startups addressing "social determinants of health." Village Capital and T.... Read More

Prominently backed YouScience startup sets $2.5MM capital raise

Jun 17, 2016 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 18 April 2017: YouScience reported 17 April it had raised about $2MM of a roughly $3.75MM target raise.-Ed. YouScience, the East Nashville-based startup that helps yo.... Read More

Startup capital raises reported for HoneyCo indie-living + Ampersand Health

Jun 14, 2016 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

WHILE executives gathered today in Nashville to hear elite panelists discuss the evolving healthcare delivery continuum, two local startups today filed SEC reports on capital.... Read More

Post-36|86: VC Mitchell seeks dealflow, Nashville affiliate candidates

Jun 13, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

ANDREW Mitchell, the Consumer/Retail-focused founder of Brand Foundry Ventures (BFV), is following two Tennessee startups, scouting for a possible network affiliate here and r.... Read More

EC seeks Entrepreneur in Residence, add advisors for Project Healthcare

Jun 09, 2016 at 12:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 14 June 2016: HCA Holdings announced it has picked-up the title sponsorship for the EC's Project Healthcare accelerator, which has set July 7th as the deadline for sta.... Read More

Winners announced from Statewide University Pitch Competition

Jun 07, 2016 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH Tennessee on May 26 announced four winners of its Statewide University Venture Challenge, a new initiative launched in March. The programs aims to engage student entrep.... Read More

U-Pitch: Blaque Reily's Portmanteau Jewelry startup is building in layers

Jun 07, 2016 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

Portmanteau Jewelry Collection is the startup of Blaque Reily, a Fairbanks, Alaska native and freshly minted MBA out of the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt Un.... Read More

Knoxville Entrepreneur Center's CodeWorks startup concepts noted

Jun 07, 2016 at 07:00 am by miltcapps

KNOXVILLE Entrepreneur Center (KEC) today announced four business concepts selected for CodeWorks, a 12-week startup-counseling program that begins June 13. KEC said the.... Read More

AeroWALL Dynamics: NVille startup to leverage TN's transportation sector

Jun 06, 2016 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

THOUGH it's preparing for a long journey, AeroWALL Dynamics might instead gain enough traction among trucking operators to make the Nashville startup's trip to an exit a very.... Read More

AegleGear healthcare apparel startup nears launch in Chattanooga

Jun 06, 2016 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

CHATTANOOGA-based Aegle Gear LLC, a true startup producing healthcare apparel with proprietary anti-microbial properties and athletic styling, has raised $750K in Seed funding.... Read More

June 14, Oct. 3 events target Blockchain adoption<br>in Healthcare, Supply Chain, Financial Services

May 20, 2016 at 03:29 pm by miltcapps

Update: The organizers have shifted the Distributed:Health event to Oct. 3rd, and this story has been amended accordingly.-Ed. HEALTHCARE industry adoption of blockchain techn.... Read More

Soundways 1st Music startup funded via Consortium/StartCo partnership

May 20, 2016 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Memphis-based Soundways Inc. has gotten the initial accelerator investment through the Start MMT (Memphis Music Town) program created by nonprofit Consortium MMT and.... 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

36|86 startups: BrewFund ready to blow the head off craft beer market

May 17, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

BREWFUND, the Johnson City startup with an app that helps you give, receive or trade gifts of beer from your favorite local breweries, is one of the Village 36 startups headed.... Read More

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