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EC CEO Allen seeks state direct-appropriation grant for Twende program

Aug 18, 2021 at 04:23 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Gov. Bill Lee incorporated in the State's final FY 2022 budget a provision for a non-recurring $450,000 direct appropriation to support taking to Tennessee communiti.... Read More

LaunchTN: Van Tucker steps down as CEO, Abby Trotter to serve interimly

Aug 06, 2021 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe announced today that CEO Van Tucker will step down from her role as president and CEO of Laun.... Read More

Venture Notes - Aug. 5, 2021

Aug 05, 2021 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

TODAY: 3686 | Whisper | Capital | Vision | CopyAI | Inno | Galileo | Solo | Relatient | RediVet | PrePaid | Qler | Heritage | Piermont | Maybe | NX | Radian | TrakRef | IntelS.... Read More

TN entrepreneurship allies launch AIM HIGH for Appalachian Highlands

Jul 29, 2021 at 05:07 pm by miltcapps

JOHNSON CITY-based entrepreneur Heath Guinn, founder of Sync Space, has joined with ETSU Research Corporation and Kingsport-based TSG Innovation Group to launch a broad entrep.... Read More

Venture Notes - 22 July 2021

Jul 22, 2021 at 03:03 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: YUDU | EDA | Techstars | Shore | Wellview | ProCredEx | Haslam | Temple | AJCap | LTN | Wound | Trilliant Scott Bailey OPRY ENTERTAINMENT Group President Sco.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 14, 2021

Jul 14, 2021 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: OrcoGuard | MBV | AgLaunch | AccelUp | Courseflow | Opya | Harbert | Claritas | 1stAve | Wendal | Vets | Paper | MSRural | Resources | Twende Laurence Zwiebel Ph.... Read More

Eyeing $65M SSBCI funds, TN-ECD surveys biz, entrepreneurs, DBE execs

Jul 10, 2021 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

THROUGH August 2, 2021, the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) is asking for survey responses from business owners, entrepreneur support workers,.... Read More

Memphis entrepreneurship plans surge, as Bioworks Foundation ends run

Jul 07, 2021 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 30 Sept. 2021: EDA announced no winners in Tennessee in the latest round. See who got shares of the program's $36.5MM outlays right here.-Ed. THREE NEW MEMPHIS entrep.... Read More

Touching base: Van Tucker, John Murdock on growing TN Angel capital

May 24, 2021 at 03:54 pm by miltcapps

Touching base: Van Tucker and John Murdock of LaunchTN + Nashville Entrepreneur Center, respectively, responded individually below to VNC's query about their organizations' cu.... 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

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

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

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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Dec 01, 2020 at 01:00 am by miltcapps

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

Menūd, Plankk merge for growth via fitness influencers, pro's, brands, fans

Sep 11, 2020 at 02:01 pm by miltcapps

MENŪD Co. and Plankk Technologies Inc., two software startups that had been collaborating for more than a year, recently tied the merger knot, in order to accelerate their exp.... Read More

TTDC Launch Tennessee preps for its Sunset hearing at Comptroller request

Aug 06, 2020 at 01:53 pm by miltcapps

STATE-chartered Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC) has begun preparing for a Sunset hearing that is to be undertaken to determine whether or not the nonprofit.... Read More

'Build To Scale' entries target TN entrepreneurial pipeline, capital, rural

Aug 04, 2020 at 03:24 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE: US Commerce EDA announced Sept. 16, 2020, that the CoLab proposal below was a WINNER. Scroll down.-Ed. THREE NEW proposals from Tennessee ask the federal Economic Deve.... Read More

Venture Notes - August 3, 2020

Aug 03, 2020 at 03:25 pm by miltcapps

. TODAY: DRS | Rock | Claritas | SIG | LeMond | Chest | Praxis | EPI | Bento | LFP | Atalo | RTSWS | Jones | BA | Case | PE | RD | Data | GIFs ► DIGITAL Reason.... Read More

LaunchTN Capital Call tomorrow, survey-response incentive ends soon

Jul 27, 2020 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

THE STATE OF CAPITAL MARKETS in Tennessee and the Southeast get fresh scrutiny this week. TOMORROW, July 28, the first quarterly "Southeast Capital Call" for investors will b.... Read More

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