Launch Tennessee

State, Federal partnership spawns 24 grants for Tennessee tech companies

Jan 15, 2019 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 5 March 2019: Gov. Bill Lee on March 4, 2019, briefed reporters on his proposed FY20 budget, calling, among other things, for increased SBIR/STTR match funding for Lau.... Read More

LifeSciences: NashBio in SFO showcase; VUMC + GE Health partner

Jan 07, 2019 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Leeland Ekstrom PhD NASHVILLE BIOSCIENCES COO Leeland Ekstrom is scheduled to present the company this afternoon in San Francisco, during a session of Biotech Showcas.... Read More

Venture Notes- 3 Jan. 2019 - Gov.-Elect Lee retains ECD chief, plus updates on tech startup capital raises

Jan 03, 2019 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Venture Notes - December 19, 2018

Dec 19, 2018 at 04:48 pm by miltcapps

Milken Institute says Tennessee advances, yet struggles with tech commercialization and venture funding

Dec 18, 2018 at 11:42 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE ranks 39th among the Fifty States in a new Science & Technology Index out today from the Milken Institute, up one notch from two years ago but still well within.... Read More

Healthcare accelerator pact among Company Lab, Erlanger, Unum leverages Chattanooga's broad innovation impulse

Nov 01, 2018 at 01:44 pm by miltcapps

THE DISTINCTIVE new healthcare and insurance-benefits startup accelerator being organized in Chattanooga reflects the convergence of innovation efforts previously undertaken b.... Read More

Relevance Capital pursues Fund IV raise + regional tech-VC leadership

Oct 25, 2018 at 03:18 pm by miltcapps

Note: The firm rebranded as Relevance Ventures in 2Q CY19.-Ed. RELEVANCE CAPITAL of Tullahoma and Brentwood is raising a $50MM-or-greater Fund IV. What's more, the firm's mana.... Read More

Emerging blockchain-industry is focus of TokenizeTN skull session at ECD

Oct 23, 2018 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

STAKEHOLDERS in the creation, growth and connectedness of blockchain- or distributed ledger-enabled jobs and wealth creation in Tennessee gathered twice within the past 24 hou.... Read More

Venture Notes - October 19, 2018

Oct 19, 2018 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

Meharry Medical College Data Science Institute to impact health policy, talent pipeline, clinical standards

Oct 19, 2018 at 10:31 am by miltcapps

The Meharry Medical College Data Science Institute (DSI) is destined to directly affect the actions of policymakers and medical professionals and will help shape standards of.... Read More

Brookings: TN located in 'Heartland' region with weakspot for entrepreneurship

Oct 18, 2018 at 07:30 am by miltcapps

ECONOMIC RECOVERY from the Great Recession has lifted most of the nation, including Tennessee. Earlier this year, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Tennessee economy 13t.... Read More

Margaret Dolan named to succeed Charlie Brock as CEO of Launch Tennessee

Oct 09, 2018 at 09:21 am by miltcapps

MARGARET DOLAN CPA MBA of Nashville has been named to succeed Charlie Brock as CEO of Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), which operates as Launch Tennessee..... Read More

HealthStream Q3 earnings ahead, with analysts poised on the sidelines

Oct 02, 2018 at 02:22 pm by miltcapps

Updated 17 January 2019 0855 - The company (HSTM) announced launching a long-anticipated rescuscitation suite co-developed with American Red Cross. Our 10/2/18 story below.-Ed.... Read More

People: CEO Gregg Lehman leads Pharos-backed The Difference Card

Oct 02, 2018 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

GREGG Lehman PhD explains that unlike many of his contemporaries, "I can't seem to retire, as folks keep hiring me to ramp-up underperforming companies," adding that such work.... Read More

TN innovators seek i6 Challenge grants for innovation, entrepreneurship

Sep 27, 2018 at 04:44 pm by miltcapps

This covers four i6/RIS proposals: Collaboratory | POC | NFA | Smart Cities - None of these proposals won in the 2018 RIS cycle. TENNESSEE institutions and their corporate and.... Read More

Memphis' Epicenter meets FedEx challenge, nets $40M for entrepreneurship

Sep 26, 2018 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

THE EPICENTER brand under which Vibrant Memphis Inc. pursues its entrepreneurship and economic development goals was burnished further today by word that the nonprofit has suc.... Read More

Venture Notes - September 26, 2018

Sep 26, 2018 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

Drug-discovery linchpin PMI BioPharma Solutions hoists flag in Tennessee

Sep 19, 2018 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

CHARTERED less than a year ago, PMI BioPharma Solutions LLC of Nashville and Celina, Tenn., is a privately held contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that.... Read More

Hytch LLC arrives intersection of cars, carbon and Series A capital

Sep 12, 2018 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 2 March 2020: Hytch announced new transport partnership with City of South Bend, of which Pete Buttigieg is mayor. Hytch earlier announced adoption within San Francisc.... Read More

Vreeland confirms Jumpstart Capital's SimplifyASC and HIGI SH LLC investments

Aug 03, 2018 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated March 11, 2019: SimplifyASC should pass $7MM cap-in milestone soon, full story here. 22 Aug 2018 - CyramedX filed today on a $2MM raise with $1.8MM reported in.-Ed. JU.... Read More