Launch Tennessee

CEO Charlie Brock announces departure from Launch Tennessee

May 17, 2018 at 02:40 pm by miltcapps

Update 4:13 pm: Search leader Tom Ballard said after our article appeared that the group will be actively searching nationally and accepting other applicants, with no candidat.... Read More

NIH Awards Second $1 Million Grant to Nashville Data Science Company IQuity Labs Inc.

May 07, 2018 at 03:47 pm by miltcapps

Nashville data science company IQuity Labs Inc. announced today that it has received a second $1 million Phase 2 grant from the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Small Bus.... Read More

LifeScienceTN chairman is now UM's Townsend, former ECD Staff Chief

May 04, 2018 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

EARLIER this week, Ted Townsend was named chairman of Life Science Tennessee, the advocate for the industry that spans research, products, devices, equipment and other goods a.... Read More

Venture Notes - May 2, 2018

May 02, 2018 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

7th Round: Latest Sohr Grants help fund tenant-matching,<br>carp-harvesting startups led by VU Owen alumni

May 02, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

The OwenGSM at VU __ Romance? Shrewdness? Chaos driven by the flapping of entrepreneurial butterfly wings? __ Who really knows what causes Founders to fix their gaze.... Read More

Venture Notes - 17 April 2018

Apr 17, 2018 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

VUMC spin-up Nashville Biosciences taps advisors, builds team, eyes growth

Apr 04, 2018 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

Newly established Nashville Biosciences LLC supports life-sciences researchers' drug and diagnostics discovery and development efforts by using genomic and bioinformatics reso.... Read More

Venture Notes - 23 March 2018

Mar 23, 2018 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Nashville's Juice Analytics mulls Series A raise and bridge finance options

Feb 23, 2018 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

OWNERS of JUICE Analytics, the Nashville-based creators of the Juicebox tool for visualizing data to gain insights, are in early conversations with their network of venture ca.... Read More

Fuller drives FreightWaves startup, revs-up Blockchain in Transport Alliance

Feb 13, 2018 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

CEO Craig Fuller Update: July 24, 2020: FreightWaves raised $30M from Kayne Partners and $6MM from incumbent investors, bringing total to north of $76MM. TFP coverage.... Read More

Startups: GymCloud digital platform helps fitness trainers' build businesses

Feb 09, 2018 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

Kenton Boutwell KENTON Boutwell, the co-founder, CEO and majority owner of Nashville-based GymCloud LLC, says his startup is not likely to pursue outside capital befo.... Read More

Increased budget for LaunchTN uncertain as influentials ponder the matter

Feb 05, 2018 at 04:49 pm by miltcapps

Updated 1520 6 Feb 2018: It's still too early to say what'll be in the the FY19 State budget. However, this afternoon, LaunchTN Director of Marketing and Partnership Developme.... 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

TTDC: Launch Tennessee fills gaps in board of directors

Jan 25, 2018 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Chair Bob Rolfe NEWLY APPPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS - Tennessee Technology Development Corp. (dba Launch Tennessee) Launch Tennessee is mainly funded by Tennessee Economic.... Read More

LaunchTN Impact Fund investor committee announced

Jan 25, 2018 at 02:49 pm by miltcapps

Courtney Watson The Launch Tennessee Impact Fund supports investment in for-profit, Tennessee-based companies making a social or economic impact in Agriculture, Healt.... Read More

Angel Capital Group updates Nashville and Appalachian microfunds

Jan 25, 2018 at 11:08 am by miltcapps

CEO Eric Dobson ANGEL Capital Group CEO Eric Dobson met earlier this week at The Standard restaurant in Nashville with a couple-dozen others who want to see ACG's new.... Read More

Rosenblatt departs Frost Brown for SVP/GC role at Tech-centric BTC Inc.

Jan 17, 2018 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Josh Rosenblatt JOSH ROSENBLATT on Jan. 1 became SVP for corporate development and general counsel for BTC Inc., the Nashville-based flagship for a cluster of blockch.... Read More

Venture Calendar - 2017 - Updated

Jan 09, 2018 at 06:45 am by miltcapps

Also Visit : 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | January 5 - Pre-Flight Pitch Night - Nashville Entrepreneur Center, details here. January 10 - Tenn. 110th General Asse.... Read More

TennSMART Consortium eyes bigger TN role in 'intelligent mobility' industry

Jan 03, 2018 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated Jan. 11, 2018 - Vanderbilt outlines its role in TennSMART, story here.-Ed. OAK RIDGE-based TennSMART Consortium, a nonprofit startup that is still refining its.... Read More

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