Gov. Bill Haslam

Startup Garage Coffee enters E. Nashville, Garage Leathers widens accessories line

Oct 20, 2014 at 12:42 pm by miltcapps

Update: Aug. 6, 2015 - Garage Coffee's in a JV with The Family Wash music/dining venue at 626A Main Street, E. Nashville. - Ed. GARAGE COFFEE, headquartered in Nashville's Mar.... Read More

TNInvestco 2.0 prospects uncertain, entrepreneurs and investors begin charting path forward

Oct 15, 2014 at 02:03 pm by miltcapps

TNInvestco, the State of Tennessee's unprecedented capital-formation program, is perhaps mostly widely appreciated for the buzz it created for the state upon its debut in 2009.... Read More

Venture Notes: EO-Nashville, Back Porch Group, Sagents, PBM365, Frontier Capital, Tandum

Oct 06, 2014 at 08:26 am by miltcapps

Joe Glaser JOE GLASER, the Nashville investor and entrepreneur who was in at the ground floor in both Artist Growth and Moontoast launches, is collaborating wi.... Read More

Nashville pioneer Pathfinder Technologies moving to sell to Analogic

Oct 03, 2014 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

PATHFINDER TECHNOLOGIES, the Nashville-based surgical-navigation technology and devices venture that launched 10 years ago with substantial local and regional investment and I.... Read More

People: TuneCore's Kennedy sees Nashville as 'heaven for creators'

Sep 29, 2014 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

Update: TuneCore was acquired by Believe Music of Paris, France, on undisclosed terms in 2015.-Ed. THE WALLS that once separated roles within the Music industry have mostly fa.... Read More

Reporter's notebook: TNInvestco 2.0

Sep 25, 2014 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

TNINVESTCO is the subject of this reporter's notebook entry, which is offered as a glimpse into the mindset that partly shapes our coverage of the issue. The Tennessee TNInve.... Read More

LaunchTN WIP: Exploring state Angel network, policy options and rankings

Jul 21, 2014 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE plans to mobilize more Angel investors, influence public-policy on capital formation and achieve higher economic rankings for Tennessee. And that's just part.... Read More

Southland Update: Pitch winner Sr.Pago in Bay Area this week

Jul 21, 2014 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

SR.PAGO co-founder Pablo Gonzalez Vargas, who won the Southland pitch-off in June in Nashville, is in San Francisco and Palo Alto this week, recruiting investors, he told VNC.... Read More

'New Economy' analysis shows Tennessee lagging 39 other states

Jul 07, 2014 at 11:28 am by miltcapps

Updated Oct. 27, 2016: ITIF said its next report will be in Fall 2017. LaunchTN's July 7, 2014 statement in response to the earlier ITIF report is posted in full at this link..... Read More

Nashville loyalty-rewards startup textLIVING says $1MM raise wrapping-up

Jul 07, 2014 at 10:04 am by miltcapps

OLD-FASHIONED connections and shoe leather seem to have netted loyalty-rewards startup textLIVING an expanding customer base and nearly $1MM in investment. According to Co-Fo.... Read More

Media exec Tori Hughes setting-up Events Hatched in Nashville?

Jun 25, 2014 at 03:09 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Publisher Tori Hughes is apparently rolling her two decades of media experience into a startup that designs and executes conferences. She is, according to her.... Read More

Former LaunchTN Chairman William Evans hands St. Jude CEO reins to James Downing, M.D.

Jun 25, 2014 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

ST. JUDE Children's Research Hospital CEO William Evans, PharmD, is returning to full-time pharmacogenetic research, and is to be succeeded in the role of director and CEO by.... Read More

Mentor Capitalist: Gary Peat reboots after Council Capital

Apr 09, 2013 at 05:10 pm by miltcapps

GARY PEAT, the Nashville venture-capital executive known for his acumen and his patented intensity, has relaunched as an independent "mentor capitalist," after nearly 13 years.... Read More

LaunchTN appoints commercialization director from Nashville startup ranks

Mar 05, 2013 at 09:54 am by miltcapps

JIM STEFANSIC, Ph.D., an entrepreneur and biomedical engineer, has taken point as commercialization director for LaunchTN, officially the state-sponsored Tennessee Technology.... Read More

New LaunchTN CEO Brock cites innovation 'momentum', surveys challenges

Jan 08, 2013 at 11:11 am by miltcapps

CHARLIE BROCK'S widely anticipated appointment as CEO of LaunchTN was confirmed today by the high-growth advocate's board of directors. Brock, 48, takes-up his duties later t.... Read More

VentureNotes: Tennessee Venture Council moving to starting-blocks?

Nov 01, 2012 at 12:14 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE VENTURE COUNCIL, a proposed nonprofit organization for VC's, seems to have moved closer to becoming operational. According to a new website that purports to represe.... Read More

Launch Tennessee beefs-up board of directors, sheds TTDC branding while CEO search continues

Nov 01, 2012 at 12:09 pm by miltcapps

Update: 21 November 6:26 a.m.: Chattanoogan.com reports that TN House Speaker Beth Harwell appointed UT COO David Milhorn to the board of LaunchTN/TTDC. Milhorn succeeds Alex.... Read More

From Cicero to Church Street: Startup Contigo Financial challenges payday lending

Aug 27, 2012 at 12:53 pm by miltcapps

[Update: July 1, 2013] Contigo announced it has been merged with San Francisco-based Emerge Financial, following the two companies' restructuring by Serious Change, a social i.... Read More

TNInvestco funds still had $84 Million dry powder at year-end 2011, ECD says

Aug 21, 2012 at 08:11 am by miltcapps

The state's TNInvestco-supported venture-capital funds had deployed roughly $55.3 million for 76 firms by year-end 2011, according to a report posted today by the program admi.... Read More

INCITE program announces more grant winners

Aug 20, 2012 at 02:33 pm by miltcapps

Gov. Bill Haslam

Startup Garage Coffee enters E. Nashville,<br> Garage Leathers widens accessories line

TNInvestco 2.0 prospects uncertain, entrepreneurs<br> and investors begin charting path forward

Venture Notes: EO-Nashville, Back Porch Group,<br> Sagents, PBM365, Frontier Capital, Tandum