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VC: Innova Memphis RBIC pursues $75MM Ag Innovation Fund VI

Mar 20, 2023 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

INNOVA Ag Innovation VI, overseen by general partner Innova Memphis RBIC LLC, has filed a placeholder with the SEC for a planned $75MM raise. That $75MM Fund VI target, if att.... Read More

Governor proposes funds for TN GO push by TN ECD, UT, TVA, ORNL, VU

Mar 13, 2023 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

GOVERNOR BILL LEE'S initial FYI 2024 state budget proposal is said to include a non-recurring $5MM allocation to support the emerging Tennessee Network Growth and Oppor.... Read More

Alchemist Accelerator propels Memphis Hub alongside Epicenter, Ridgeline

Mar 06, 2023 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Alchemist's next accelerator deadline: April 14, 2023 with August start. Memphis Hub Accelerator allies Epicenter, Ridgeline may reap gains. Ridgeline VC previously registere.... Read More

Tennessee approved for $116M+ via US Treasury's SSBCI initiative

Feb 27, 2023 at 10:41 am by miltcapps

Previous Venture Nashville coverage of SSBCI 2.0 & 1.0 here. TN ECD press release follows: TN Small Businesses Approved for $116.9 Million Through State Small Business Cr.... Read More

Launch Tennessee recruiting Director of Commercialization

Feb 21, 2023 at 07:12 am by miltcapps

[This posting originally appeared on the Launch Tennessee site here. Other LaunchTN jobs posted here. VNC's coverage of LaunchTN is here.-Editor] LaunchTN Job Opening -- Direc.... Read More

LaunchTN leverages State, EDA funding to spark Nashville EC and Proof Programs industry networks for Fintech, Consumer Products

Jan 30, 2023 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated Feb. 6, 2023: Nashville EC CEO Jane Allen announced that fintech veteran Joe Maxwell of FINTOP Capital and Lee Farabaugh, cofounder and president of CORE10, a FINTOP.... Read More

RFP details for funding TN Fintech, Consumer Products networks

Jan 30, 2023 at 02:17 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee said Jan. 30, 2023, it had selected two nonprofit applicants for contracts from TTDC-LaunchTN t.... Read More

CEO: The Company Lab taking fast lane to Sustainable Mobility leadership

Jan 23, 2023 at 12:50 pm by miltcapps

Major SM kickoff conference in Chattanooga, May 9-11 2023 Capital-sourcing facility may emerge Parent CoLab continues as regional EC in LaunchTN net GigTank program ending af.... Read More

TN ECD-Launch Tennessee may be one step away from $117MM SSBCI grant

Jan 20, 2023 at 12:47 pm by miltcapps

Update 25 January 2023 - Both TN House and Senate have concurred. Now, it's a matter of a bit more paperwork. A day earlier, State Sen. Bo Johnson, chair, Senate FW&.... Read More

Fintech entrepreneur Silas Deane relishes momentum in Tyler Technologies

Dec 13, 2022 at 04:18 pm by miltcapps

SILAS DEANE, the Nashville entrepreneur who sold VendEngine and its financial and communications technology offerings to Tyler Technologies (NYSE:TYL) for $84MM in 2021, respo.... Read More

Venture Notes - December 1, 2022

Dec 01, 2022 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

TN ECD today may announce innovative investment in Clarksville area

Nov 09, 2022 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 21 November 2022: Gov. Lee and ECD Commissioner McWhorter announced LG Chem plans to invest about $3.2BN in a new cathode manufacturing facility in Clarksville, which.... Read More

TNECD-LaunchTN $117MM SSBCI request still under US Treasury's review

Oct 26, 2022 at 02:42 pm by miltcapps

TN-ECD fills Treasury's plan-refinement requests, reckoning ahead LaunchTN has 3 board seats vacant, plans to hire 3 to 5 more staff 10X leverage of federal funding is target.... Read More

Report: PanoramicVC's 'State of Startups in the Southeast'

Oct 12, 2022 at 07:33 am by miltcapps

The 2022 report from Panoramic Ventures (a BIP Capital unit rebranded in Spring 2023 as BIP Ventures) on the State of Startups in the Southeast shows Tennessee c.... Read More

Bulletin: Pivotal grants to LaunchTN, AgLaunch, UMemphis, plus SBIR grant matches

Oct 05, 2022 at 10:58 am by miltcapps

Quick Access to today's news of pivotal US EDA grants to AgLaunch, LaunchTN, UMemphis and LaunchTn SBIR-STTR Matching funds announcement: AgLaunch agrifood value-chain disru.... Read More

State-backed LaunchTN Awards $7MM in matching funds to 37 TN firms

Oct 05, 2022 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

Launch Tennessee (LaunchTN) today unveiled the full list of this year's SBIR/STTR Matching Fund grant recipients. Developed and administered by LaunchTN, the SBIR/STTR Matchin.... Read More

ECD-LaunchTN's 3686 could spike capital, entrepreneurial velocity

Sep 27, 2022 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Alto Solutions CEO Eric Satz ERIC SATZ, co-founder and CEO of Nashville's early-growth fintech AltoIRA (Alto Solutions Inc.), hopes that the LaunchTN 3686 Festival pa.... Read More

Fintech founder-CEO Marcus Cobb raises capital for Mozaic platform

Sep 02, 2022 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

-Seed-2 raise bridges to Series A (done)-Early-growthco eyes global payments-CEO taps advisors here, Chicago, NY-Music-Entertainment first, then 'heavy compliance' sectors UP.... Read More

Monique Villa Capra holds pivotal role in ECD-LaunchTN $1BN SSBCI vision

Aug 29, 2022 at 03:14 pm by miltcapps

MONIQUE VILLA CAPRA, who became Launch Tennessee's chief investment officer 60 days ago, is to play pivotal roles in helping to fulfill many of the promises that the nonprofit.... Read More

Innovator AgLaunch seeks EDA grant for agrifood value-chain disruption

Aug 17, 2022 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Grant funding win could help draw 12 startups yearly into Ag365 accelerator Data Commons, Smart Contracts, Trust Protocol will be put to work Partners to spin-up tech trainin.... Read More

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