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Venture Notes - April 28, 2021

Apr 28, 2021 at 04:36 pm by miltcapps

Today: SSBCI | Mega | IPO | Rootine | Pencil | DeadSea | Rock | GSV | GBanc | RPoint | Haslam | L37 | Kelly | Alto | Enexor | Upper | 86B | Wander | AdCrit | 180H | Resources.... Read More

Margaret Dolan says TN startup funding lags, state should weigh tax credit

Apr 09, 2021 at 02:05 pm by miltcapps

Update 5 Feb. 2022: New Markets Tax Credit SB0900 legislation is to be on the Feb. 8, 2022 agenda of TN Senate Commerce-Labor Committee. Dolan said today she's doing some work.... Read More

Tennessee $65.4M share in nation's $10BN SSBCI initiative confirmed

Apr 08, 2021 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Treasury has allocated $65.4MM for Tennessee under the SSBCI - word out today, April 9, 2021.-Editor. TENNESSEE's potential share of the the $10BN State Small Busines.... Read More

Garrabrant's SMTI maps Series A, preps heat-pump debut in OEM markets

Apr 05, 2021 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee heat-tech startup raising capital with strategics aboard SMTI prioritizes OEM markets, foresees hundreds of jobs in E.TN Founder says TN mentors accelerated progres.... Read More

General Assembly leader, advocates keep LaunchTN SBIR fund hopes alive

Mar 30, 2021 at 05:47 pm by miltcapps

Update: May 12, 2021: LifeScienceTN's press release says the State is funding the SBIR-STTR program with $7MM for matching grants. April 13, 2021: In Gov. Lee's amended budget.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 29, 2021

Mar 29, 2021 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Today: ObjectiveGI | AgAdvisory | 180Health | EPI Capital | TechTrans | IPE | Lemonade | IMAC | SESAC | Agilon | Nikola CEO Colleen Hoke STARTUP ObjectiveGI Inc. of.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 19, 2021

Mar 19, 2021 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: Freedman | UTXO | Shooters | Heritage | Acquire | BFox | FINTOP | Sphere | Ditto | OZ1 | OZ2 | TNacity | CAD1 | CAD2 | Dough | IDB | iBank | Harbert | Peaker | Malone |.... Read More

Venture People - March 19, 2021

Mar 19, 2021 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Today: Ricci | Whitney | Ghorashi | Dolan | Creel | Mann | Dent | Huddleston | Johns | Wilt | Ramkhelawan | Nagarajan | Ward | Eagle | McAdoo | Joseph et al. Paul Ricci.... Read More

LaunchTN eyes capital access, SBIR matches, possible renewed Fed funding

Feb 26, 2021 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Update March 11, 2021: The $1.9TN American Rescue Plan signed today funds the renewed State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI). SSTI summary here. and separate US Senate.... Read More

CEO preps $1MM Seed raise, sees Titans package burnishing CPRWrap brand

Feb 03, 2021 at 02:12 pm by miltcapps

Updated June 29, 2021 - CPRwrap, has a StartEngine crowd-raise running, has met Founder-CEO Felicia Jackson's threshold minimum raise, has a roughly $3MM valuation and seeks a.... Read More

Gut check: Van Tucker tells 'What drives her' as Launch Tennessee CEO

Jan 14, 2021 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

Note: Venture Nashville asked Van Tucker, MBA, a native Nashvillian who is CEO of Launch Tennessee (Tennessee Technology Development Corp.), 'What drives you - at a gut person.... Read More

Beacon CEO: Tennessee 'Innovation Fast Track' is goal in General Assembly

Jan 08, 2021 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

Innovation Fast Track Act eyes regulatory licenses CEO scouts for legislative sponsors, grassroots allies Sandbox results could lighten venture drag Beacon abhors economic de.... Read More

Branch Technology secured patents, files on a nearly $12MM capital raise

Dec 10, 2020 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

BRANCH TECHNOLOGY INC., the oft-celebrated Chattanooga-based company that fabricates architectual components with large-scale 3D printing, has filed with the SEC for an $11.7M.... Read More

Launch Tennessee board vets, then names Van Tucker CEO

Dec 08, 2020 at 12:29 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE's board of directors made quick work of finalizing contract talks that were authorized Friday afternoon with then-Interim CEO Van Tucker, who had served rough.... Read More

Tour of Duty: Hogan leads Bunker Labs for veterans marching into business

Dec 02, 2020 at 04:57 pm by miltcapps

BLAKE HOGAN and his wife, Colbi Layne Hogan, arrived Music City from Austin in the dog days of summer 2015, just two years into their marriage. Five years on, Hogan now should.... Read More

Venture Calendar - 2020 - Updated

Dec 01, 2020 at 02:00 am by miltcapps

NOTE: This Calendar tracks selected major events and related items. Due to the novel-coronavirus pandemic, we've deleted events known to be dead for 2020. Though we try to sta.... Read More

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Venture Notes - October 19, 2020

Oct 19, 2020 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Today: McKelvey | ITIF | OZ | NoHo | AE | Ursa | 3D | Red | MHC | HCA | FCV | 7Spr | OneSci | Beast | Mir | LTN | Corker | UMRF | PFP | CHA | LST | DYN | EDA | MSNV | Path | N.... Read More

Tennessee's scitech industry mentor networks finalize LaunchTN grants

Sep 24, 2020 at 03:42 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE has finalized grant contracts for four state-supported mentorship networks focused respectively on intelligent mobility, agriculture and food, energy innovati.... Read More

Venture Notes - Sept. 21, 2020

Sep 21, 2020 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Today: MCB | Innova | Claritas | 180 Health | Bambu | Curie | SavvyFI | Klara | Mitsu | EC | Morris | GT | Stony | Tribe | CoLab | LFN | Script | Spesana | Vida | SR | Mentr |.... Read More

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