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EC's Project Healthcare cohort grows to 18 companies gathering tonight

Jul 25, 2019 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

THE Nashville Entrepreneur Center announced that its 2019-20 Project Healthcare Portfolio cohort includes 18 startups. The cohort companies will all be briefly introduced duri.... Read More

Jumpstart Capital recaps Casetabs in search of surgery-coordination lead

Jul 23, 2019 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

JUMPSTART Capital Managing Director Dave Vreeland told Venture Nashville his firm's JSC Growth Fund I and two of the fund's LPs have invested in recapitalizing Santa Monica-ba.... Read More

LaunchTN and allies pick startups for 36|86 Pitch & Demo events Aug. 28-29

Jul 21, 2019 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE is fielding more than a dozen Tennessee-based startups to present for cash and-or kudos! during its 36|86 Entrepreneurship Festival, which is be.... Read More

Launch Tennessee names Partnerships Coordinator

Jul 18, 2019 at 03:36 pm by miltcapps

ASHLIN WILDUN shouldered her duties as partnerships coordinator a week or so ago within Launch Tennessee, aka Tennessee Technology Development Corporation, TTDC. Wildun was fo.... Read More

Venture Notes -- July 16, 2019

Jul 16, 2019 at 04:07 pm by miltcapps

Today: 2 items: The Moneytree update and notes from the [Updated] Opportunity Zone front. ► MONEYTREE: LATEST Venture Data for 2Q19 out today from PwC and CBinsights s.... Read More

Leadership open as Nashville Fashion Alliance runs out of runway, dissolves

May 06, 2019 at 02:41 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE FASHION ALLIANCE, which was launched in 2014 to accelerate development of local fashion-industry businesses, advisors and jobs, was dissolved a few days ago. V.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 24, 2019

Apr 24, 2019 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

. TODAY: HSTM | Clover | HempTenn | Beast | Fintech | GoCheck | Relatable | Benda | JuneMed | AssistMe | ChaCenter | LaunchTN | Resources (13) | Robert A. Frist Jr..... Read More

Strategic hire: LaunchTN communications chief now in place

Mar 06, 2019 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

Update May 5, 2019: The $3MM funding mentioned in our original story for support of LTN SBIR-STTR matching grants was approved.-Ed. LAUNCH TENNESSEE, officially Tennessee Tech.... Read More

Today's HHS tech regulatory move didn't catch<br>Center for Medical Interoperability by surprise

Feb 11, 2019 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

THE CENTER for Medical Interoperability (CMI) in Nashville has long been poised for today's news out of Washington, D.C. Federal rules proposals announced this morning would r.... Read More

CEO: LaunchTN hires tackle Capital requirements, Commercialization

Feb 06, 2019 at 04:47 pm by miltcapps

Launch Tennessee has appointed new staff leads for commercialization and capital formation. Alexandra "Allie" Mikels is now LaunchTN's technology commercialization program man.... Read More

Studio Bank's Shmerling offers reality check for Nashville entrepreneurs

Feb 06, 2019 at 03:36 pm by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE Studio Bank brands itself with an iconic French bulldog and aims to serve entrepreneurs and other Creatives in Nashville and beyond. The de novo bank recently adde.... Read More

TN General Assembly, Lobbyists + Clients engage on ed, tech,<br>medicine, taxes, myriad other issues

Feb 04, 2019 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

DREW Rawlins, the executive director of the Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance -- where he has served 28 years in one role or another -- told Venture Nashville la.... Read More

CEO: Nashville Fashion Alliance may pivot into strategic relationship

Jan 29, 2019 at 02:07 pm by miltcapps

KEEPING its eye firmly on its missionary goal of building this region's fashion industry, the Nashville Fashion Alliance is in serious merger discussions with a prominent indu.... Read More

Venture Notes - January 23, 2019

Jan 23, 2019 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

Today: Gov. Lee | Claritas | DSP Group | Reeves | Ponder |UrgentTeam | BTC | WTB | KEC | Ananda | Resources | ► GOV. BILL LEE today issued his 1st Executive Order, dir.... Read More

Briovation drops Festival V, will instead draw on Health:Further<br>as it pursues innovation advisory roles + investor entrée

Jan 22, 2019 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

BRIOVATION has shelved this year's plan for Health:Further™ Festival V in Nashville, in order to focus more of the company's resources on helping strategic partners advance he.... Read More

State, Federal partnership spawns 24 grants for Tennessee tech companies

Jan 15, 2019 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 5 March 2019: Gov. Bill Lee on March 4, 2019, briefed reporters on his proposed FY20 budget, calling, among other things, for increased SBIR/STTR match funding for Lau.... Read More

LifeSciences: NashBio in SFO showcase; VUMC + GE Health partner

Jan 07, 2019 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Leeland Ekstrom PhD NASHVILLE BIOSCIENCES COO Leeland Ekstrom is scheduled to present the company this afternoon in San Francisco, during a session of Biotech Showcas.... Read More

Venture Notes- 3 Jan. 2019 - Gov.-Elect Lee retains ECD chief,<br>plus updates on tech startup capital raises

Jan 03, 2019 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Today: ECD | Devcon | SEC Cap Formation | i2iPop | Lirio | Bredesen Center | C4E-NueCura | LaunchTN | JA | VuCode Bob Rolfe GOV.-ELECT BILL LEE revealed today that H.... Read More

Venture Notes - December 19, 2018

Dec 19, 2018 at 04:48 pm by miltcapps

Today: Soccer | EdgeNet | ZeroTo510 | WillCo | Caredfor | Lanahan | Henderson | Blockchain | Bellhops | Apto | Pokitdok ► BEAUTIFUL GAME INC. of Chattanooga, aligned with bac.... Read More

Milken Institute says Tennessee advances, yet struggles with tech commercialization and venture funding

Dec 18, 2018 at 11:42 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE ranks 39th among the Fifty States in a new Science & Technology Index out today from the Milken Institute, up one notch from two years ago but still well within.... Read More

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