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Nashville investors with hospital savvy eyed by Patientory PHM startup

Mar 06, 2017 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

[Updated] June 7, 2017: Patientory announced raising $7.2MM in ETH in 3 days from about 1,730 ICO investors who'll convert to its PTOY native token, details here. April 25, 20.... Read More

For the record: Launch Tennessee aims to revise statutory charter

Mar 06, 2017 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE, the assumed name of the nonprofit officially chartered as Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), seeks to amend its statement of objectives. It.... Read More

The TENN startup MomSource charts growth, capital, eventual exit

Mar 06, 2017 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

COURTNEY JONES told Venture Tennessee she plans to exit her MomSource Network startup when she receives a compelling offer from "someone who can further th.... 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

Street Jelly Media hits pavement for capital raise for B2B+B2C growth

Feb 24, 2017 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

TECH entrepreneur Frank Podlaha may soon have less time to enjoy the panoramic view of the Smokies that he gets from his backporch in Dandridge, 30 miles east of Knoxville. P.... Read More

Gov. Haslam names entrepreneur Bob Rolfe to head TN ECD

Feb 16, 2017 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Gov. Bill Haslam today announced Nashville business executive Bob Rolfe as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD). Rolf.... Read More

Event: BTC Media offers VNC readers access to Distributed: Markets

Feb 13, 2017 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

BTC Inc., the tech publishing company that relocated here from Huntsville in 2015, this morning approved a Venture Nashville request to allow VNC readers a savings on tickets.... Read More

Gov. Haslam senses Tennessee 'making headway' in tech commercialization

Feb 13, 2017 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE companies and research institutions might be stepping-up efforts to secure patents, licensing intellectual assets and ensuring that such knowledge is commercialized.... Read More

More LaunchTN commercialization comments and notes

Feb 13, 2017 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

Please see Venture Nashville's accompanying story today on Tennessee tech transfer and commercialization activities, with additional comments from Gov. Haslam and Launch Tenne.... Read More

2017 Project Music selects 4 startups from 120+ accelerator applicants

Feb 06, 2017 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

PROJECT Music, the year-round accelerator and mentoring program resident in the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC), has recruited its smallest batch of startups yet: Four, inc.... Read More

State of the Startups: Tennessee Technology Development Corporation,<br>aka Launch Tennessee, wants to shed some commercialization emphasis

Jan 30, 2017 at 09:18 am by miltcapps

IN JUNE 2011, months into his first term, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) told attendees at a venture-capital conference that Tennessee institutions and private companies must.... Read More

Venture Notes - 17 January 2017

Jan 17, 2017 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

Nashville cryptocurrency founder adopts 'open kimono' for disclosure

Jan 17, 2017 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 22 Aug. 2017 - UR Technology was apparently reconstituted as Kowala KUSD LLC (Dela.) in June 2017.-Ed. ACKNOWLEDGING both the interest and wariness that surround the ".... Read More

Satchel Health eyes major Series A raise, aims for eventual homerun exit

Dec 05, 2016 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

SATCHEL HEALTH, the Nashville post-acute care telemedicine startup, is likely to pursue a $5MM-$10MM Series A raise in early 2017, said Co-founder and CEO Ryan Macy. The two-y.... Read More

Venture Notes - 28 November 2016

Nov 28, 2016 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

TN Comptroller: TNInvestco program 'doesn't appear successful'

Nov 10, 2016 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

[The Comptroller's full technical report is here. PREVIOUS VENTURENASHVILLE COVERAGE HERE and BACKGROUNDER HERE. -Editor] From a release today from the Office of the State Com.... Read More

Life Science TN convenes GOP panel here to mull Election 2016's impact

Nov 02, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

JUST ahead of the nation's pivotal Presidential election, representatives of Life Science Tennessee (LSTN), an industry association, say LSTN wants to keep journalists out of.... Read More

Ingram Content Group ends 1440 accelerator gambit, keeps innovation focus

Oct 24, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

INGRAM Content Group (ICG), a unit of Nashville-based Ingram Industries, has confirmed that the first cohort of its once unique 1440 publishing-startup accelerator is its last.... Read More

Faros Healthcare names board chair, as Centerstone plan advances

Oct 24, 2016 at 04:08 pm by miltcapps

Updated August 2017 - Company's name changed to Raiven Healthcare. 31 Oct 2016 - Centerstone said in a release it generates about $310MM revenue and has 4,500 employees in 5 s.... Read More

Launch Tennessee Update shows multifaceted mission, wide-ranging action

Oct 20, 2016 at 06:15 pm by miltcapps

TODAY's meeting of the board of directors of Launch Tennessee -- formally chartered as Tennessee Technology Development Corporation or TTDC -- was broad-ranging. ECD's T.... Read More

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