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Nanomechanics gets investor-bidder approaches, eyes valuation and growth

Jun 15, 2016 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

NANOMECHANICS, the privately held precision-measurement technologies and services company based in Oak Ridge, is weighing growth strategy, as well as valuation, funding and ex.... Read More

Post-36|86: VC Mitchell seeks dealflow, Nashville affiliate candidates

Jun 13, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

ANDREW Mitchell, the Consumer/Retail-focused founder of Brand Foundry Ventures (BFV), is following two Tennessee startups, scouting for a possible network affiliate here and r.... Read More

EC seeks Entrepreneur in Residence, add advisors for Project Healthcare

Jun 09, 2016 at 12:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 14 June 2016: HCA Holdings announced it has picked-up the title sponsorship for the EC's Project Healthcare accelerator, which has set July 7th as the deadline for sta.... Read More

Down to the Wire for $50K: 5 startup Finalists await 36|86 verdict

Jun 07, 2016 at 01:47 pm by miltcapps

Update: Chattanooga-based Torch was declared prize winner.-Ed. LAUNCH TENNESSEE's 36|86 judges this afternoon brought the field of startups competing for $50K in prize money d.... Read More

Winners announced from Statewide University Pitch Competition

Jun 07, 2016 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH Tennessee on May 26 announced four winners of its Statewide University Venture Challenge, a new initiative launched in March. The programs aims to engage student entrep.... Read More

AeroWALL Dynamics: NVille startup to leverage TN's transportation sector

Jun 06, 2016 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

THOUGH it's preparing for a long journey, AeroWALL Dynamics might instead gain enough traction among trucking operators to make the Nashville startup's trip to an exit a very.... Read More

AegleGear healthcare apparel startup nears launch in Chattanooga

Jun 06, 2016 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

CHATTANOOGA-based Aegle Gear LLC, a true startup producing healthcare apparel with proprietary anti-microbial properties and athletic styling, has raised $750K in Seed funding.... Read More

Startup retention: Will edtech entrant Coursicle be a Tennessee keeper?

May 20, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE accelerators attract interest from startups nationally and internationally, but after graduating from an accelerator those imported companies too often return home o.... Read More

June 14, Oct. 3 events target Blockchain adoption<br>in Healthcare, Supply Chain, Financial Services

May 20, 2016 at 03:29 pm by miltcapps

Update: The organizers have shifted the Distributed:Health event to Oct. 3rd, and this story has been amended accordingly.-Ed. HEALTHCARE industry adoption of blockchain techn.... Read More

HealthX3: Jumpstart cohort, GfE HealthTech, EC Project Healthcare

May 19, 2016 at 06:45 pm by miltcapps

FROM SUNDAY onward, 24 Healthcare startups will be living in a special Heaven or Hell for early-stage ventures. Jumpstart Foundry Chairman Vic Gatto said Jumpstart will gathe.... Read More

36|86 startups: BrewFund ready to blow the head off craft beer market

May 17, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

BREWFUND, the Johnson City startup with an app that helps you give, receive or trade gifts of beer from your favorite local breweries, is one of the Village 36 startups headed.... Read More

SCHERMERLAND: 36:86 Speakers, celebration draw entrepreneurs, investors

May 17, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE'S 36|86 event June 6-7 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center has a clear shot at becoming the most memorable edition yet of Nashville's "cerebration" of entrepr.... Read More

20 Days: Launch Tennessee bets heavily on impact of 36|86 conference

May 17, 2016 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

THE NON-PROFIT formed 18 years ago to raise the value of technology enterprise in Tennessee remains strategically aggressive on many fronts, since regaining its footing in the.... Read More

Overdog sale was assets deal; buyer Odd Networks mulls capraise

May 16, 2016 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

THE recent sale of Nashville-based Overdog was a one-off asset transaction involving transfer of technology and cash between two former collaborators. The buyer, Saratoga Spri.... Read More

Notable: Project Music + Music Biz team for tonight's Startup Showcase II

May 16, 2016 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

SOLD OUT, reads the Music Business Association (MusicBiz) webpage for tonight's Project Music Startup Showcase, which cranks up late this afternoon in the CMA Theater of the C.... Read More

AgLaunch accelerator launches, powered by Memphis Bioworks, TNDA allies

May 16, 2016 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Updated: June 22, 2018 - AgLaunch became AgLaunch Initiative.-Ed. AGLAUNCH Accelerator launches this week under co-sponsorship of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.... Read More

President of S-RAM Dynamics sees near-term opportunity in Tennessee

May 11, 2016 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

LEE JESTINGS, the Nashville-based president of S-RAM Dynamics, arrived Nashville in 2008, by way of California and Arizona. Among other assets, Jestings brought with him Energ.... Read More

2016 Memphis Accelerator Portfolios announced

May 02, 2016 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Greenhill, Nowers: Nashville EC Diversity program lifts-off, adds sponsors

May 02, 2016 at 03:49 pm by miltcapps

THE IMPACT from the Nashville Entrepreneur Center's expanded diversity and inclusion effort is already being felt and its leaders are prepared to match more financial sponsors.... Read More

2016 Memphis Portfolios announced

May 02, 2016 at 01:12 pm by miltcapps

EPIcenter, hub of the greater Memphis entrepreneurship movement, and Start Co., a member of the Global Accelerator Network, together with ZeroTo510, today announced the 2016 t.... Read More

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