Southeast Community Capital

Gov. Haslam: TN to co-invest via INCITE<br>innovation and jobs-formation campaign

May 05, 2011 at 04:12 pm by miltcapps

GOVERNOR Bill Haslam's new $50 million INCITE economic-innovation program will include co-investment for Tennessee ventures, new incubators, a push on both tech transfer and e.... Read More

Pathway Lending, UT Research Foundation have intersecting commercialization interests

May 03, 2011 at 08:07 am by miltcapps

Pathway Lending, the statewide economic development lender based in Nashville, is solidifying its position along the "access-to-capital continuum" that serves Tennessee's jobs.... Read More

Against clock, Bredesen pushes Green jobs, innovation

Nov 11, 2009 at 02:17 pm by miltcapps

Gov. Phil Bredesen and his allies tried again yesterday to imprint on Tennesseans the "reality" of Solar and other renewable-energy opportunities. Bredesen told his Tennessee.... Read More

TNInvestco Tri-Star principals now 'on leave' from VU

Nov 11, 2009 at 02:16 pm by miltcapps

Reflecting an apparent abundance of caution, two Vanderbilt University technology-transfer executives have been placed on leave, in the wake of their new venture winning a rol.... Read More

Venture Capital tax credit approved by General Assembly

Jun 18, 2009 at 10:12 am by miltcapps

UPDATED: 5:52 P.M. June 18, 2009 -- Enabling legislation will go to Gov. Bredesen and is likely to become law, soon. The Senate voted 30-0 in favor of passage at 5:52 p.m. T.... Read More

Update: VGT's Yarbrough investing along twin paths

Jun 18, 2009 at 10:12 am by miltcapps

As previously reported by VNC, Smyrna-based Video Gaming Technologies founder and CEO Jon Yarbrough is still aiming to invest roughly $100 million in other ventures, during th.... Read More

NEWSBITS May 26, 2009

May 26, 2009 at 10:22 am by miltcapps

VNC has learned scholar-entrepreneur Harry Jacobson's (at left) new office is at 3401 West End, where many tenants are VU or VU-linked offices and businesses. Jacobson's term.... Read More

Aegis Sciences muscles-up for growth in Nashville

May 26, 2009 at 10:16 am by miltcapps

Nashville-based Aegis Sciences Corp. has been quietly expanding its workforce to meet rising demand for its drug- and chemical-testing services. In a VNC interview Friday, fou.... Read More

State venture-capital incentive gains traction in Gen. Assembly

May 01, 2009 at 08:37 am by miltcapps

A House subcommittee voted earlier this week to support increasing venture-capital investment in Tennessee businesses. On Tuesday, after a series of pointed questions from an.... Read More

Sidebar: Opinions on CAPCO vary among VCs

May 01, 2009 at 08:35 am by miltcapps

As previously reported by VNC, venture capitalists, particularly those who want state incentives managed by Tennessee firms, have differing opinions on the legislative proposa.... Read More

Petra Capital makes $5MM tech investment

Apr 06, 2009 at 12:22 pm by miltcapps

Petra Capital Partners has made its first investment in NuView Systems Inc. of Wilmington, Mass. Petra said in a company release that its investment in NuView is $5.... Read More

General Assembly spotlights venture investing

Apr 06, 2009 at 12:22 am by miltcapps

Tennessee private-equity and early-stage venture investment may soon get another boost from the General Assembly. During a meeting Thursday, venture-capital executives who are.... Read More

Spitz counsels skepticism to counter 'seductive' markets

Sep 09, 2008 at 09:20 am by miltcapps

Greed, hubris and fraud have repeatedly brought financial crises, and there's no remedy in sight for crises such as that currently roiling the United States and the world, acc.... Read More

Entrepreneurs welcomed at Southeast Community Capital

Sep 06, 2008 at 04:09 pm by miltcapps

Note: SECC rebranded as Pathway Lending-27 October 2010.-Ed. For entrepreneurs facing tougher lending criteria from banks, Pathway Lending (fka Southeast Community Capital) ma.... Read More

Gordon-Wamp give fresh push to Mid-TN Tech consortium

Sep 02, 2008 at 06:57 am by miltcapps

A fledgling Middle Tennessee advocate for technology-driven growth got fresh bipartisan impetus yesterday, when the Tennessee Valley Corridor, a multistate economic and tech-d.... Read More

Strategy notes: Family advisers shape investments

Aug 14, 2008 at 12:47 pm by miltcapps

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