Tennessee Technology Development Corporation

TTDC, Mind2Marketplace relationship expands

Apr 21, 2009 at 12:12 pm by miltcapps

Mind2Marketplace, a nonprofit based in Murfreesboro, may soon play a larger role in strengthening Middle Tennessee's high-growth industries. The board of directors of Tenness.... Read More

Petra Capital makes $5MM tech investment

Apr 06, 2009 at 12:22 pm by miltcapps

Petra Capital Partners has made its first investment in NuView Systems Inc. of Wilmington, Mass. Petra said in a company release that its investment in NuView is $5.... Read More

General Assembly spotlights venture investing

Apr 06, 2009 at 12:22 am by miltcapps

Tennessee private-equity and early-stage venture investment may soon get another boost from the General Assembly. During a meeting Thursday, venture-capital executives who are.... Read More

Venture capitalists standing-down from FONCE battle

Mar 30, 2009 at 09:44 am by miltcapps

Salix Ventures Chief Financial Officer Rob Ivy confirmed Friday that Tennessee venture-capital firms find they no longer have a beef with Gov. Phil Bredesen's plan to close a.... Read More

NEWSBITS March 30, 2009

Mar 30, 2009 at 09:44 am by miltcapps

In today's Tennessean, Nashville VCs comment on near-gridlock resulting from closed IPO window, lower valuations for entrepreneurs and need for exits through sales to strategi.... Read More

Homeward bound: NV tech company moves to The Boro

Mar 18, 2009 at 10:49 am by miltcapps

Software entrepreneur Tim Choate is relocating his decade-old Bondware Inc. from Davidson County to his hometown of Murfreesboro. Bondware's most visible local division devel.... Read More

Tech Economy: TTDC targets Angels and Entrepreneurs

Mar 11, 2009 at 03:19 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation has retained two companies to help improve the odds of success for high-growth entrepreneurial ventures in Tennessee. Nashville-ba.... Read More

Nashville tech ventures to pitch at Southeast Venture Conference

Jan 28, 2009 at 07:36 am by miltcapps

Corey Cleek, the CEO of Uloop Inc., told VNC yesterday his two-year-old venture has links via students to more than 1,000 colleges and universities. That's up from the 50 cam.... Read More

Petra Capital's Blackburn: Maybe 'everyone's on-strike'

Jan 27, 2009 at 10:00 pm by miltcapps

Injecting wry humor into discussion of the nation's woebegone economy, Mike Blackburn said the slowdown has left him "feelin' a little idle." Then, during an interv.... Read More

Some owners wary as Revenue's Farr argues for equity and 'true VCs'

Jan 08, 2009 at 03:04 pm by miltcapps

State Revenue Commissioner Reagan Farr believes most Tennessee business owners shouldn't worry about losing tax exemptions for which they qualify. On the other hand, Farr mad.... Read More

Mercury Tech and allies incubate entrepreneurial city

Jan 07, 2009 at 11:42 am by miltcapps

Three hours down I-40 from Nashville, Eric Mathews has carved a niche he intends to own within the Memphis venture scene. Two years after its creation by Mathews and co-found.... Read More

PassAlong Networks names VC to Presidency

Dec 30, 2008 at 03:50 pm by miltcapps

PassAlong Networks, the digital-media developer and distributor based in Franklin, announced today the appointment of venture capitalist Ray Gary as president of the company..... Read More

Boon, not gloom? MB Ventures chief looks forward to '09

Dec 30, 2008 at 08:22 am by miltcapps

These are times that try fund-managers' souls, but 2009 could still produce "a legendary vintage year for venture capital." Or, so it seems to Gary Stevenson, manag.... Read More

'Magazines.com' hires for expansion, eyes Canada

Dec 10, 2008 at 05:31 am by miltcapps

Despite the recession, Franklin-based Magazines.com is growing steadily and looking at other nations' consumers. In a VNC interview, CEO Jay Clarke said he believes his priva.... Read More

Tennesseans push Industry-Scitech partnering in D.C.

Dec 07, 2008 at 07:30 pm by miltcapps

Two Tennesseans will be among those traveling to Washington, D.C., this week to help accelerate the nation's science, technology and education initiatives. U.S. Rep. Bart Gor.... Read More

Beat Check: Sitemason. No news, just want you to know they're not hiring

Nov 29, 2008 at 04:22 pm by miltcapps

Sitemason, the 8-year-old content-management system developer and hosting services provider with offices up several flights of stairs in Suite 5 at 110 30th Avenue, would like.... Read More

Stakes are rising for TTDC, as VC group presses for change

Nov 28, 2008 at 02:50 pm by miltcapps

Feelings run deep among venture-capital executives who believe the state is doing far too little to advance high-growth sectors of the Tennessee economy. In the face of that e.... Read More

Game-changing ideas for Tennessee venture capital

Nov 28, 2008 at 02:47 pm by miltcapps

If high-growth development in Tennessee doesn't accelerate in the next few years, it won't be because of a shortage of ideas or a lack of smart plans and programs designed to.... Read More

VU portfolio company is plying A-round capital raise

Nov 25, 2008 at 06:33 am by miltcapps

Acuitec, the Vanderbilt University portfolio company based in Birmingham, is raising A-round capital and will probably relocate to Nashville if angels here become dominant inv.... Read More

Vanderbilt steps-up effort to help faculty create ventures, market products

Nov 23, 2008 at 08:39 pm by miltcapps

Vanderbilt University is strengthening its staff, budget and technology for spawning new ventures and for marketing technologies and educational materials that have been devel.... Read More

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