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LaunchTN 36|86 Announces "Village 36" for event June 6-7 in Nashville

Apr 28, 2016 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

Launch Tennessee today announced its full roster of 36 selected startup companies participating at 36|86 on June 6-7 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville. The com.... Read More

Anquiro market-intel startup in Nashville acknowledges Angel conversations

Apr 27, 2016 at 04:35 pm by miltcapps

ANQUIRO, the competitive real-estate market intelligence startup based in Franklin, has talks with potential Angel investors and might resort to a raise in the $300K-$500K ran.... Read More

Solidus-backed Healthcare Learning Innovations plants flag in Nashville

Apr 26, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

HEALTHCARE Learning Innovations, owned by American Sentinel University, has planted its flag in Nashville, where it will market its interactive online courses, simulation tech.... Read More

14 Startups to spend Summer launching high-bandwidth biz in Chattanooga

Apr 26, 2016 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

CHATTANOOGA's Company Lab-sponsored GIGTANK 365 program and its Co.Lab Accelerator for startups employing ultra high-bandwidth in their businesses recently announced gigabit-d.... Read More

Vanderbilt University Board of Trust taps Private Equity execs as chairs

Apr 25, 2016 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated April 22, 2017: Evans and Rothschild assume their duties July 1, 2017.-Ed. VANDERBILT University said Friday the next leaders of its Board of Trust are to be Chairman-.... Read More

Grajewski: VU Innovation Center likely to seal some partnerships by August

Apr 25, 2016 at 01:01 pm by miltcapps

THE INNOVATION CENTER at Vanderbilt University is likely establish some key corporate partnerships by August and is ramping-up recruitment of in-residence entrepreneurs, mento.... Read More

VUSE's Fauchet: $5MM gift spurs innovation in Medicine, Energy, Security

Apr 25, 2016 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

VANDERBILT University School of Engineering's continuing efforts to address "major societal problems, as opposed to doing research in a vacuum" has been boosted by a $5MM anon.... Read More

Spotlight: Nashville's WPC's Taproot a finalist for SIIA Codie healthIT award

Apr 25, 2016 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

WPC HEALTHCARE's Taproot Cloud Solution Suite is a finalist for "Best Healthcare Technology Solution" in the 2016 SIIA CODiE Awards for Business Technology. The Brentwood comp.... Read More

Smartvue receives suitors, next raise likely a multiple of $15MM Series B

Apr 05, 2016 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 2 April 2018 - Smartvue has been acquired by Johnson Controls on undisclosed terms, release here. 10 Oct. 2017 - Smartvue named one of Top 20 Smart City IoT Video prov.... Read More

$5MM NSF grant supports Fisk University Center<br>for Biological Signatures and Sensing

Mar 31, 2016 at 06:15 am by miltcapps

FISK University has been awarded the Center of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Center for Biolo.... Read More

Stony Creek Colors eyes $8.6MM capital raises now thru 2018

Mar 28, 2016 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

STONY CREEK COLORS based here has raised more than $600K toward a $1.6MM round and projects raising a further $7MM in equity and debt financing, in steps between now and 2018..... Read More

Venture Notes - March 17, 2016

Mar 17, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

Chamber's Ross VU venture - TechPulse - Angel Tax CreditSmartFurniture + Relevance raises PULSECHECK - Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Chief Economic Development O.... Read More

Medical Decisions LLC plans $2MM-plus Series A for EvidenceCare platform

Mar 03, 2016 at 05:11 pm by miltcapps

Updated Feb. 3, 2018: EvidenceCare has joined the 6th Accelerator cohort of Texas Medical Center in Houston, details here. 15 May 2017: Chicago's Auctus Group has been mandate.... Read More

Dose Healthcare eyes Series A raise, serves consumers at home or work

Mar 03, 2016 at 12:02 pm by miltcapps

DOSE HEALTHCARE, the mobile-centric medical startup that provides telemedical care or dispatches medical professionals to home, office, hotel or workplace, is moving into a Se.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 1, 2016

Mar 01, 2016 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

Mac Bartine TODAY: Smart-RIA, ECD's Randy Boyd, LaunchTN INCITE,Impact Investing, Rebrovick move FINTECH is bubbling-up again in Tennessee: Knoxville-based newco Smar.... Read More

IQuity Labs' VU license + Eurofins partnership could lead to global market

Mar 01, 2016 at 07:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 7 May 2018: IQuity announced it has won another $1MM NIH SBIR grant, bringing its total SBIR grants to $2.3MM. Release here. 31 Aug 2017: The Tennessean today reported.... Read More

Forming priorities, Mayor Barry engages Nashville entrepreneurs, creatives

Feb 25, 2016 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

MAYOR MEGAN BARRY of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County continued this week her engagement with local Entrepreneurial and Creative communities, while.... Read More

Venture Notes - February 8, 2016

Feb 08, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

SertintyONE in Brentwood (fka Echarge2) said Jan. 29 it had raised $3MM toward a $10.5MM goal for a business that, VNC research suggests, involves mobile software applications.... Read More

Tech-talented VU School of Engineering alumni quickly spread afar

Feb 05, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE has a major concentration of Vanderbilt University alumni, generally. But, samplings of the whereabouts of recent School of Engineering (VUSE) undergraduates and do.... Read More

Video-content monetizer GameWisp raised $843K, has runway to Series A

Feb 05, 2016 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

[Update] Gamewisp reported April 6, 2017, is has raised $1.3MM toward a $1.5MM Seed-2-pref goal.-Ed. GAMEWISP, the Nashville-based startup that enables Gaming-video owners to.... Read More

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