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SMTEC accelerator's Marcum retires, LaunchTN Rural plans nears debut

Oct 20, 2015 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

DAN MARCUM plans to retire Dec. 31 from his post as founding executive director of Tullahoma-based Southern Middle Tennessee Entrepreneur Centers (SMTEC), the ongoing role of.... Read More

Tennessee rural economy is focus of new econ-development Fund

Oct 15, 2015 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd announced today [via this press release] the state is investing $8 million in a new R.... Read More

Venture fusion: LaunchTN's 36|86 attracts People, Ideas, Capital

May 20, 2015 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

LAUNCHTN's 36|86 conference June 8-10 is arguably the most visible stratagem in Tennessee's campaign to establish the state as "the best place in the Southeast to start and gr.... Read More

JusticeXL startup accelerator program debuts in Tullahoma<br>at Southern Middle Tennessee Entrepreneur Centers

May 18, 2015 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

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

Care Technology Systems says Healthcare venture veteran Hertik joins board

Sep 04, 2012 at 11:29 am by miltcapps

CARE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, the Nashville-based provider of comprehensive electronic monitoring for the elderly or disabled living independently, has added entrepreneur-investor.... Read More

VentureNotes: Council Capital, Solidus at Work

Aug 27, 2012 at 12:54 pm by miltcapps

Dennis Bottorff COUNCIL CAPITAL-backed NuScriptRX, the Nashville-based mail order institutional pharmacy, has reached a $30MM revenue run-rate and has closed on a gro.... Read More

Briefly: TriStar Technology Ventures invests in Cerebrotech

Jun 07, 2012 at 03:03 pm by miltcapps

TriStar Technology Ventures, the West End-based venture capital fund focused on healthcare and life sciences, has invested in California-based Cerebrotech Medical Systems. A.... Read More

TTDC-as-LaunchTN gets vital runway extension from Haslam Administration

Jun 07, 2012 at 02:55 pm by miltcapps

OPTIMISM and concern, alike, have arisen in the wake of the most recent slow-motion shakeup at Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC). TTDC, which now uses the st.... Read More

TN companies at pivot-points might attract funding via River Associates

May 17, 2012 at 10:05 am by miltcapps

AFTER 22 years in operation, Chattanooga-based's River Associates has secured its first institutional partners, completing a $222 million private-equity fundraise in "a very c.... Read More

Gov. Haslam's INCITE program stirs to life via 'Venture Incite' A-round

May 14, 2012 at 10:08 am by miltcapps

VENTURE INCITE, the Oak Ridge-based company founded by Nashville-based Solidus and its TNInvestco fund, will use recent A-round funding to "attract the best regional and natio.... Read More

The Raise: Split|Secnd helps save lives, tests local investors' tech-readiness

Feb 21, 2012 at 06:51 am by miltcapps

Update: 13 May 2016 - On 12 May, Cyber Physical Systems, reported its $2.4MM debt raise bringing its total capital-in to about $9.2MM, according to SEC and Crunchbase. In Apri.... Read More

Feb. 22nd: Mind2Marketplace spotlights Tennessee<br>regional accelerators for entrepreneurs

Feb 20, 2012 at 01:28 pm by miltcapps

MIND2MARKETPLACE, Middle Tennessee's consortium for technology commercialization and entrepreneurship, is host for lunchtime presentations Wednesday (Feb. 22) from representat.... Read More

Education Networks of America vets launch $6MM raise for Vid-Teller venture

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:43 am by miltcapps

SEVERAL EXECUTIVES long associated with Nashville-based Education Networks of America (ENA) are party to a $6 million capital raise for VTM LLC, a virtual-teller network and c.... Read More

Cortac, Hubble Telemed and venture follow-ons get TNInvestco nods

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:43 am by miltcapps

AMONG RECENTLY REPORTED investments by TNInvestco funds, Memphis-based Hubble Telemedical recently obtained a $250K investment from MB Biomed Ventures Tennessee I, the TNInves.... Read More

Parental Health attracts Innova Fund II as investors close Series A cap raise

Dec 01, 2011 at 10:16 am by miltcapps

Update Jan. 4, 2012: An Innova filing with State ECD indicates the fund has invested at least $750K in Parent Health.-Ed. PARENTAL HEALTH, the two-year-old Franklin "age-in-pl.... Read More

Rabbit Hole Creative projects disruptive video, with more to be revealed

Dec 01, 2011 at 10:11 am by miltcapps

Note 22 Sept. 2016: Rabbit Hole was acquired by Nashville/Boston-based Ovation. founded by Clay Sifford. Former Rabbit Hole Operations Director Mark Eicher remains with Ovatio.... Read More

VenturePeople: Kate O'Neill of Metamarketer

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

METAMARKETER founder Kathleen "Kate" O'Neill, a 37-year-old Chicago-area native who's happily spent nearly a decade in Music City, acknowledges that the Nashville talent pool.... Read More

Regional Roundup, Oct. 26, 2011

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

VENTURE Capital has a new face in Tullahoma: Marcum Capital, its TNInvestco NEST-TN and other entities are now operating beneath the brand umbrella of Relevance Capital.... Read More

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