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Venture Notes - April 22, 2024

Apr 22, 2024 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

Aron duo seek capital for Pastabilities® push, innovation partnership

Oct 10, 2023 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

Self-funded, founders seek 1st investors for growth Strong YoY growth within grocery brands Global CPG majors said wanting innovation at-scale Can serve strategic partner as.... Read More

CPG startup Daily Crunch raises capital, advances in channels, eyes horizon

Jul 26, 2023 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Founders in second SAFE raise, with a Series A on horizon Cornerstone penetration among major grocery chains, Amazon Focused FTE team augmented by advisors, suppliers, brok.... Read More

VC Caduceus Capital Partners advances early-stage digital health fund

Jul 20, 2023 at 06:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 20 July 2023: Caduceus reports having raised nearly $28.9MM toward the $100MM goal of its Early Stage Digital Health Fund I. SEC filings here. The firm's trailing July.... Read More

Relevance Ventures seeks 'first-call' from Technology entrepreneurs

Mar 08, 2021 at 10:12 am by miltcapps

RELEVANCE Ventures recently pulled the trigger on three investments, is advancing its Fund IV raise, and is working to become the "first call" for capital for early-s.... Read More

Whitney to lead Jumpstart fund investing in Black-owned Health startups

Oct 12, 2020 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: March 17, 2021 - See Whitney/Buckner podcast for more context for this initiative. Jan. 21, 2021 - Whitney said the firm will be known as 'Jumpstart Nova', rather than.... Read More

Exec launches Rocket Propulsion Fund via AngelList rolling-funds platform

Sep 28, 2020 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

BRENTWOOD-based Israel Rollins aims to make seed-stage venture investments via his emerging Rocket Propulsion Fund LP, which operates as a rolling-fund vehicle atop the AngelL.... 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

'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

TVA is looking to startups to help solve its big energy problems

Nov 29, 2018 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

The federally owned electric power provider that serves Tennessee and portions of five adjoining states has been working in an advisory capacity with the federally-funded Inno.... Read More

Entrepreneur preps DOT-Ready trucking tech, mulls partner + capital ideas

Nov 28, 2018 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

ENTREPRENEUR Tyna Bryan believes the technology she's launching in January can help improve trucking companies' operational safety, regulatory compliance, economics and retent.... Read More

Meharry Medical College Data Science Institute to impact<br>health policy, talent pipeline, clinical standards

Oct 19, 2018 at 10:31 am by miltcapps

The Meharry Medical College Data Science Institute (DSI) is destined to directly affect the actions of policymakers and medical professionals and will help shape standards of.... Read More

Brookings: TN located in 'Heartland' region<br>with weakspot for entrepreneurship

Oct 18, 2018 at 07:30 am by miltcapps

ECONOMIC RECOVERY from the Great Recession has lifted most of the nation, including Tennessee. Earlier this year, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Tennessee economy 13t.... Read More

Angel Capital Group updates Nashville and Appalachian microfunds

Jan 25, 2018 at 11:08 am by miltcapps

CEO Eric Dobson ANGEL Capital Group CEO Eric Dobson met earlier this week at The Standard restaurant in Nashville with a couple-dozen others who want to see ACG's new.... Read More

Pre-Flight grad pilots Noka personal-health products startup toward runway

Jan 19, 2018 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

Lauren Egge LAUREN EGGE, a Stanford-educated product-design engineer and consultant, refined the flight plan for her startup -- Noka Supply -- as a member of the Nash.... Read More

As General Assembly grinds along, some notes on TNInvestco and more

Apr 17, 2017 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

MIXED reviews of the state's TNInvestco program, the wind-down of the original INCITE co-investment program, lingering questions about the health of Tennessee technology comme.... Read More

Wearables startup WiseWear's Series A underway, plans Nashville office

Apr 13, 2017 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

WISEWEAR, the health, safety and security wearable technologies brainchild of a Vanderbilt University biomedical engineering alumnus, plans to establish a Nashville office and.... Read More

Musictech: Jammber, LANDR could raise capital in Music City

Jun 28, 2016 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

MUSIC-industry conferences and the expanding alumni network of Project Music at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center are among factors helping to make Music City a strategically.... Read More

Proximity Aware chooses Nashville, sets Seed raise for its Menud platform

Jun 28, 2016 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

ENTREPRENEUR Neil Whitney and his startup team are raising capital and planning their November relocation to Nashville from the Bay Area and Florida. Whitney is co-founder and.... Read More

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

May 20, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

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