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CEO preps $1MM Seed raise, sees Titans package burnishing CPRWrap brand

Feb 03, 2021 at 02:12 pm by miltcapps

Updated June 29, 2021 - CPRwrap, has a StartEngine crowd-raise running, has met Founder-CEO Felicia Jackson's threshold minimum raise, has a roughly $3MM valuation and seeks a.... Read More

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

Transparency Health startup BaseCamp seeks partners + Ascend adopters

Jul 09, 2020 at 03:55 pm by miltcapps

BASE CAMP HEALTH's recent pact with Franklin, Tenn.-based RxGenomix may turn out to be part of a bigger series of partnerships forged to advance BaseCamp's new Ascend digital.... Read More

Venture Notes - June 25, 2020

Jun 25, 2020 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Today: ESO | Petra | Row | Peat | BSQ | VVC | Solas | Heinz | Griz | DCD | LIN | Hemp | ICBA | Luci | DDT | FOCUS | Resources | NEW MEMPHIS FUND: A handful of seemingl.... Read More

Venture Notes - June 12, 2020

Jun 12, 2020 at 03:16 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: Angels | GUL | Dyra | OZ | Ag | Knox | Veno | Pass | Blee | 86B | CFC | People | Resources NEW FUND: Sheltowee Angel Network LLC (formerly Angel Capital Group).... Read More

TCRS CIO Brakebill provides update on PE investment, other programs

Apr 13, 2020 at 11:08 am by miltcapps

SINCE 2008, when Venture Nashville broke the news that TCRS, the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, had gained authorization to invest in private equity and other alter.... Read More

Tennessee entrepreneurs, government<br>coalesce for COVID-19 counterattack

Apr 09, 2020 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

AS PERHAPS NEVER BEFORE, the fight against the shape-shifting coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease has spurred a de facto alliance of startups, mature business, government and.... Read More

Rabbit Inc. seeks debt raise ahead of A-round<br>for Carrot power-bricks rental kiosks

Nov 25, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

NATHAN RUFF, the Nashville founder-CEO behind Rabbit Inc.'s kiosks for charging mobile devices with its branded Carrot power bricks, confirmed he is pursuing a target-$5MM deb.... Read More

BOS Framework eyes cap-raises to accelerate tech across biz spectrum

Nov 18, 2019 at 04:06 pm by miltcapps

BELLE MEADE-based tech entrepreneur Sashank Purighalla has gained both initial business traction and professional recognition since his founding of BOS Framework two years ago.... Read More

New VU Entrepreneurship Conference powered by Owen's C4E + donors

Aug 27, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

THE VANDERBILT Entrepreneurship Conference set for this autumn is being convened by the Center for Entrepreneurship (C4E) at Owen Graduate School of Management and is largely.... Read More

Venture Notes - 21 August 2018

Aug 21, 2018 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Today: CoinCart-BTC | Angels | Ariste | Motivo | Visuwell | BOHAN | Defiant | Neurogami |Key Biologics | IngramCG | MixTrox-PID | Ambition | Axia | Claritas | 180 |Switchpoint.... 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

Startup AVVAY taking the Oy! out of briefly using venues, talent, services

Aug 09, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: AVVAY said Sept. 13, 2018 that it's raise is coming in at $1MM, led by Zero G Capital, based in Denver, with participation from Matchstick Ventures, SpringTime Venture.... Read More

RAD<em><sup>x</sup></em> Innovation Challenge cohort of May 15, 2017

Jun 19, 2017 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

THE RADx entrepreneurial business incubator initiative at Vanderbilt University announced the field of business concepts and initiatives that were formally unveiled during a M.... Read More

Pass-It-Down eyes $1MM Seed round to 'revolutionize' genealogy biz

Jun 15, 2017 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 22 Jan 2019: PID has been selected for Techstars Austin Accelerator, gaining $120K investment. 18 July 2017: PID announced intro of its consumer-facing story-building.... Read More

Chattanoogan is SBA's Tennessee Small Business Person of the Year 2017

Mar 20, 2017 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Nashville startups scouted by Cedars-Sinai<br>Healthcare Accelerator with Techstars

Mar 17, 2017 at 04:03 pm by miltcapps

LOS ANGELES-based Cedars-Sinai Healthcare Accelerator Powered by Techstars will hold a seminar and office hours at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center on March 28. Program Manag.... Read More

Accelerate Health? With EC & Jumpstart Foundry out of the game,<br>some mull the need for a Healthcare accelerator in Nashville

Mar 06, 2017 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 5:49pm: Stuart McWhorter's earlier response to our query was apparently overlooked in our queue and has been added, below.-Ed. THE Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC) h.... Read More

VC, Techie, Startup speakers pack March 12-17 week<br>with Nashville entrepreneurship at several venues

Mar 04, 2017 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Nashville Startup Week, March 12-17, offers more than 40 speakers, panelists and startup Pitch entrants. The entire schedule and free registration are here. Artiphon's.... Read More

Angel Capital Group eyes creating microfund focused on Nashville HealthIT

Jan 09, 2017 at 09:12 am by miltcapps

ANGEL CAPITAL GROUP, the Maryville, Tenn.-based syndicate of Angel clubs and funds, looks to create a Nashville micro-venture fund to gain greater access to "the healthIT expl.... Read More

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