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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

JumpFund spurs women-led investment,<br>entrepreneurship, economic development

Aug 02, 2018 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

BASED in Chattanooga, Kristina Maurer Montague is a woman using her human and financial capital to use capital to ignite more women-led ventures in the southeastern U.S. and b.... Read More

Launch Tennessee gameplan may eventually include $50MM Fund of Funds

Jan 26, 2018 at 05:21 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH Tennessee is considering a wide range of tactics to make Tennessee a preferred state for startups, and among them is the notion of creating a Fund of Funds (FoF).... Read More

Headsup: LaunchTN may have to beard budget lion<br>to fund Tennessee entrepreneurial leadership

Jan 25, 2018 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

CEO Charlie Brock Launch Tennessee, officially Tennessee Technology Development Corporation, has received about $20MM mostly from State funds in the past five years,.... Read More

Reg A+ candidate? Franklin startup Grabbr<br>eyes Publishing, Music, Med, Financial

Oct 24, 2017 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 12 March 2019: Further SEC filings for Grabbr, right here. June 2018: Founder David W. Dunham, 65, passed away. 14 May 2018: VNC learned Grabbr recently closed a capit.... Read More

Exec: LaunchTN embraces discretionary role in IMPACT Fund investing

Oct 18, 2017 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

JOHN LANAHAN, director of capital formation for Launch Tennessee, says the nonprofit fully understands its new discretionary role in choosing where to make roughly 20 Seed-sta.... Read More

Wearables startup WiseWear's Series A underway, plans Nashville office

Apr 13, 2017 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

WISEWEAR, the health, safety and security wearable technologies brainchild of a Vanderbilt University biomedical engineering alumnus, plans to establish a Nashville office and.... Read More

Venture Notes - 11 April 2017

Apr 11, 2017 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Today: EC | DartMusic | Zycron | AffirmHealth | HeritageGp | Skopos Labs | GrowBio | 402 Digital | ORNL | RegionalOne | Chatta | UTC | Studio | NueCura | MyCanoe | ACG |Owens.... Read More

VendEngine passes $20MM revenue, eyes advisory board, capital needs

Dec 19, 2016 at 06:24 am by miltcapps

Updated: 3 June 2021: VendEngine sold for $84MM cash to Plano, Texas-based Tyler Technology release here. 22 Aug 2018 - Deane announced acquiring kiosk hardware and tech integ.... Read More

Venture Notes - 12 December 2016

Dec 12, 2016 at 07:35 am by miltcapps

Today: Diversified PE | HoneyCo A | Rezli | Disruption Labs | Volpara | Keiretsu Angels Carol Womack DIVERSIFIED Trust, the employee-owned wealth management firm, is.... Read More

Faros Healthcare names board chair, as Centerstone plan advances

Oct 24, 2016 at 04:08 pm by miltcapps

Updated August 2017 - Company's name changed to Raiven Healthcare. 31 Oct 2016 - Centerstone said in a release it generates about $310MM revenue and has 4,500 employees in 5 s.... Read More

Launch Tennessee Update shows multifaceted mission, wide-ranging action

Oct 20, 2016 at 06:15 pm by miltcapps

TODAY's meeting of the board of directors of Launch Tennessee -- formally chartered as Tennessee Technology Development Corporation or TTDC -- was broad-ranging. ECD's T.... Read More

Digital Nashville set to idle

Oct 02, 2016 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 2 Oct. 2016 - After several years of near-dormancy, Digital Nashville announced it currently has no plans to resume actively serving the community, and indicated it i.... Read More

Stony Creek Colors eyes $8.6MM capital raises now thru 2018

Mar 28, 2016 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

STONY CREEK COLORS based here has raised more than $600K toward a $1.6MM round and projects raising a further $7MM in equity and debt financing, in steps between now and 2018..... Read More

Venture Notes - March 17, 2016

Mar 17, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

Chamber's Ross VU venture - TechPulse - Angel Tax CreditSmartFurniture + Relevance raises PULSECHECK - Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Chief Economic Development O.... Read More

$20MM in techdev lets startup VortexT Analytics deliver Big-Data insights

Mar 10, 2016 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Carmichael-backed Tandum LLC's extended Seed round approaches $2MM

Mar 08, 2016 at 04:47 pm by miltcapps

Update: VNC learned that in 4Q16 the owners exited the business through a sale to one or more parties.-Ed. TANDUM LLC, the Nashville startup that offers mobile consumer ticket.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 7, 2016

Mar 07, 2016 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Updates on Angel tax credit, dev fund, EC emissaries, JourneyPure,Martin Ventures, IMAC, Healthcare raises, LaunchTN and more Update 10 March 2016: Both House & Senate com.... Read More

Startup BachWeekend priorities include Hotel hookup and Seed-capital raise

Feb 08, 2016 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

ROBBIE Goldsmith-led BachWeekend, the Nashville startup for fun-seeking bachelorettes and bachelors, inevitably juggles a number of priorities, including cementing an alliance.... Read More

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