accelerators

GigVision: Chattanooga pushes toward role as high-tech launchpad

Dec 08, 2014 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

GIGTANK IV's sharper strategic focus seems likely to shift Chattanooga's role from Gigabit startup booster toward that of true Technology basecamp. On Dec. 2, the governing b.... Read More

Bares to lead LifeScience Tennessee toward advocacy, capital objectives

Oct 22, 2014 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

STEVE BARES, Ph.D., president and executive director of Memphis Bioworks Foundation, yesterday became chairman of the Life Science Tennessee (LSTN) board of directors, and its.... Read More

Startup Garage Coffee enters E. Nashville, Garage Leathers widens accessories line

Oct 20, 2014 at 12:42 pm by miltcapps

Update: Aug. 6, 2015 - Garage Coffee's in a JV with The Family Wash music/dining venue at 626A Main Street, E. Nashville. - Ed. GARAGE COFFEE, headquartered in Nashville's Mar.... Read More

TNInvestco 2.0 prospects uncertain, entrepreneurs and investors begin charting path forward

Oct 15, 2014 at 02:03 pm by miltcapps

TNInvestco, the State of Tennessee's unprecedented capital-formation program, is perhaps mostly widely appreciated for the buzz it created for the state upon its debut in 2009.... Read More

Digital Reasoning Systems secures $24MM GS + Credit Suisse NEXT capital

Oct 09, 2014 at 11:55 am by miltcapps

Digital Reasoning Systems, a leader in cognitive computing, today announced that it has raised $24 million in Series C funding led by Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse.... Read More

Destiny? Pro-gamer PHASE seeks TN Seed capital, has backup ideas

Oct 06, 2014 at 06:45 am by miltcapps

PHASE, the Memphis-born app that gives multiplayer gamers easy ways to schedule competition 24/7 online, has set a $300K goal for its Seed rais.... Read More

The TENN: LaunchTN master accelerator 2014 Class members named

Oct 03, 2014 at 06:00 am by miltcapps

Release submitted Oct. 2, 2014, by LaunchTN (Tennessee Technology Development Corp.) Launch Tennessee on Oct. 2 announced the 10 companies chosen to participate in this.... Read More

Sky High startup Care2Manage aims to preserve caregiver mission

Sep 25, 2014 at 04:00 am by miltcapps

CARE2MANAGE, the caregiver-support startup based in Memphis, will maintain a public-service emphasis, whether it launches as for-profit or nonprofit. Founder Ela Emam.... Read More

Capital raise: Cabsolutely offers taxi consumers, operators an upgrade

Sep 25, 2014 at 03:45 am by miltcapps

Update: May 4, 2016 - Cabsolutely filed for a $500K raise here. Sept. 10, 2015 - Cabsolutely announced today it is live in Nashville in a partnership with Kwik Cab N.... Read More

VentureNotes: Jumpstart Foundry, TNovation initiative

Sep 19, 2014 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

Updated 27 Oct. 2014: Jumpstart confirmed its shift to Healthcare-only, at least for the 2015 cohort, because JSF's had best success in that vertical.-Ed. JUMPS.... Read More

Startup: Arcivr finds Nashville Tech talent issue manageable, sets 2.0 launch

Sep 19, 2014 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

"I STRUGGLE to understand this idea that there's a shortage of Tech talent in Nashville," said Chris Korbey, founder and CEO of Arcivr, the Cloud-based photo-sharing and colla.... Read More

Crews Center for Entrepreneurship focus on startup talent development

Sep 18, 2014 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

Updated: Aug. 24, 2015 - Memphis Daily News reported Crews Center has launched a micro-Seed fund. Our 9/2014 story on the Center is below-Ed. TIGER STARTUP SCHOOL,.... Read More

TN CRS: Hellman & Friedman VIII gets $80MM PE commitment from TN retirement system

Sep 08, 2014 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

Updated 16 Sept. 6:50pm: PEHub reported today that H&F is likely to close HFCPVIII at its $10.25BN hard cap.-Ed. HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN Capital Partners (HFCP) VIII recen.... Read More

ETN's Cathedral Innovation Group may be buttressed by Charlotte-SanFran accelerators ahead of Seed raise

Sep 04, 2014 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

'New Economy' analysis shows Tennessee lagging 39 other states

Jul 07, 2014 at 11:28 am by miltcapps

Updated Oct. 27, 2016: ITIF said its next report will be in Fall 2017. LaunchTN's July 7, 2014 statement in response to the earlier ITIF report is posted in full at this link..... Read More

Nashville loyalty-rewards startup textLIVING says $1MM raise wrapping-up

Jul 07, 2014 at 10:04 am by miltcapps

OLD-FASHIONED connections and shoe leather seem to have netted loyalty-rewards startup textLIVING an expanding customer base and nearly $1MM in investment. According to Co-Fo.... Read More

Nashville Business Incubation Center closer to Executive Director?

May 13, 2013 at 08:02 am by miltcapps

SELECTION of an executive director for the Nashville Business Incubation Center (NBIC) has been in limbo for about a year. But, that might be about to end. Tennessee State Un.... Read More

Mind2Marketplace seeks its own nonprofit charter, will offer Tech-sector content and meetings

May 13, 2013 at 06:41 am by miltcapps

MIND2MARKETPLACE (M2M), the Murfreesboro-based entrepreneurial education group, seeks to become a nonprofit focused on complementing the region's business accelerators by offe.... Read More

VentureNotes: Tennessee Venture Council moving to starting-blocks?

Nov 01, 2012 at 12:14 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE VENTURE COUNCIL, a proposed nonprofit organization for VC's, seems to have moved closer to becoming operational. According to a new website that purports to represe.... Read More

Launch Tennessee beefs-up board of directors, sheds TTDC branding while CEO search continues

Nov 01, 2012 at 12:09 pm by miltcapps

Update: 21 November 6:26 a.m.: Chattanoogan.com reports that TN House Speaker Beth Harwell appointed UT COO David Milhorn to the board of LaunchTN/TTDC. Milhorn succeeds Alex.... Read More