accelerators

Pet health: Vet on Demand telemed startup to raise capital

Apr 13, 2015 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

VET ON DEMAND, the first digital startup by the Revelette brothers, who cut their entrepreneurial teeth in family businesses, is eyeing a capital raise. Co-founders Curt, 33,.... Read More

Indigo Woman: CEO says Stony Creek Colors' capraise awaits pilot results

Apr 07, 2015 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

STONY CREEK COLORS' decision on a capital raise awaits results from Indigo crop-production scale-up tests this summer, said Sarah Bellos, the company's founder, CEO and majori.... Read More

McWhorter sets Entrepreneur Center diligence,<br>mulls accelerators, capital links, other ideas

Apr 06, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

STUART MCWHORTER, soon to become CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, is poised to conduct a 30-day survey of how best to build on the foundation established by Founding.... Read More

X Factor: NextGxDx eyes fresh capital raise, dismisses exit notion

Mar 11, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: 8 Feb 2018 - Concert Genetics expands insurance workflow, clinician guidance etc via platform, release here. 1 March 2017 - The company changed its name to Concert Gen.... Read More

Marcum confirms Tennessee's AutoXLR8R moving to Tech2020 at Oak Ridge

Mar 06, 2015 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE's AutoXLR8R automotive-technologies business accelerator program has been transferred to Tech2020 in Oak Ridge by the program's founder, Southern Middle Te.... Read More

CEO: Optio Labs may pursue 'significant' Series B raise within 12 months

Mar 05, 2015 at 02:25 pm by miltcapps

Updated: OptioLabs announced April 27, 2016 its partnership with Ridge Global. Sept. 30, 2015 the company announced its integration partnership with AMD. It announced further.... Read More

FinTech: New Constructs CEO says accelerator leverage,<br>regulatory initiatives contribute to 'huge tailwind'

Mar 03, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

DAVID TRAINER, founder and CEO of investment research analytics player New Constructs LLC, said his emergence from the SixThirty FinTech accelerator in St. Louis coincides wit.... Read More

Nashville's longer-term role as StartupBus destination not guaranteed

Mar 03, 2015 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

STARTUPBUS, the business cooker on wheels, expects to off-load nearly 200 entrepreneurs from its six buses in Nashville, just ahead of LaunchTN's 36|86 conference, June 8-10..... Read More

HealthIT: Scale-focused RoundingWell in Super-Angel raise, may double staff

Feb 27, 2015 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 29 June 2016 RoundingWell in Rogosin Institute pact for kidney disease care here. 15 March 2016: Strategic relationship with Redox Engine for API path to major EHR ven.... Read More

Feb. 13 event: Nashville+TN financial-tech accelerator options

Feb 10, 2015 at 05:00 am by miltcapps

Update: Speaker added below, Feb. 10, 2015. TECHNOLOGY for the Financial sector is hot. Should Nashville host a new FinTech Accelerator or create a FinTech program partnered w.... Read More

Nashville Technology Council dips cyber-toe into public policy waters

Feb 02, 2015 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Technology Council (NTC) recently became affiliated with a grassroots industry coalition that advocates federal, state and regional policies that it asserts are "imp.... Read More

LaunchTN: McWhorter board resignation adds to agency's to-do's

Jan 27, 2015 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: See ECD comment added below.-Ed. LAUNCHTN, led by CEO Charlie Brock and new Chairman and State Economic Development Commissioner Randy Boyd, has an ample list of to-d.... Read More

Legacies & Leadership: Nashville Technology Council Awards unveiled

Jan 23, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Update: Brian Moyer became CEO of NTC in September 2016.-Ed. NASHVILLE Technology Council (NTC) last night unveiled winners of the 2014 NTC Awards during its 6th Annual event,.... Read More

Executive response on the Nashville FinTech opportunity

Jan 12, 2015 at 09:30 pm by miltcapps

THE NOTION of creating creating a Financial Technology (FinTech) accelerator or program initiative to support startups in the sector is getting fresh attention in Nashville. F.... Read More

Posited: FinTech accelerator idea meets entrepreneurial interest in Nashville

Jan 12, 2015 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

FINANCIAL Technology startups in the Mid-South could get a boost, if enthusiasm for a new accelerator initiative in Nashville translates into action. Prompted by recent partic.... Read More

Ferrell: After acquisition, changes ahead for some Southcomm properties

Jan 07, 2015 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Update: NashvillePost said 3 November 2017 that Chris Ferrell has stepped down from the Southcomm CEO post. Earlier: According to a 10 December 2016 report by The Tennessean:.... Read More

Nashville's Project Music music+tech accelerator names 2015 startup cohort

Jan 06, 2015 at 09:57 am by miltcapps

PROJECT MUSIC of Nashville today announced the eight members of its 2015 music-and-technology accelerator program, which convenes Jan. 18 in the Nashville Entrepreneur Center,.... Read More

Memphis StartCo CEO updates Angel, Accelerator plans

Dec 18, 2014 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

ERIC MATHEWS told VTC the StartCo Angels group he leads has 10 Angels actively engaged, after adding "three or four" in the past year, through a deliberately "slow a.... Read More

FedEx pledges $750K for logistics accelerator in Memphis EPICenter

Dec 15, 2014 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

FEDEX Corporation and the leadership of Memphis' new EPICenter innovation initiative are expected to provide further details soon regarding a new logistics startup accelerator.... Read More

PEOPLE: Anand Sanwal's CB Insights has eyes on Nashville + Tennessee

Dec 08, 2014 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

THOUGH publisher CB Insights inevitably focuses much of its attention on VC and Private Equity investors in much larger markets, the company is thus far tracking hundreds of T.... Read More

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