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Tennessee's innovators rally toward NSF Regional Innovation Engines

Aug 11, 2022 at 02:23 pm by miltcapps

THERE ARE AT LEAST 10 teams with strong Tennessee roots that have signaled they are prepared to compete for major, potentially transformative grant funding through the Nationa.... Read More

Venture Notes - May 13, 2022

May 13, 2022 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

SaaS: ESG Impact exits beta, seeks capital, opts for VU Wond'ry Founder

May 03, 2022 at 03:14 pm by miltcapps

Update Nov. 7 2022: The company rebranded to Atmos AI Inc. as of Oct. 1, 2022. ESG careers link here. ESG IMPACT Inc. (ESGi) Co-founder Max Mona confirmed that his revenue-gen.... Read More

CareEco CEO Johnson eyes $2MM raise to drive Engine deeper into market

Mar 09, 2022 at 02:32 pm by miltcapps

CARE ECO CORP., Brentwood, has begun a $2MM Angel-led equity-capital raise to increase market penetration of its healthcare continuity and patient engagement offering. Queried.... Read More

Christal Hector presses on toward TuneHatch beta, launch, capital raise

Mar 08, 2022 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE: TuneHatch founder won #BITCON2023 Blacks in Technology RoadPitch competition, Sept. 8, 2023.-Editor CHRISTAL HECTOR, the Nashville-based co-founder and CEO of TuneHatc.... Read More

CEO: Nashville 'center of gravity' for BehaVR's Virtual Reality in HC push

Mar 03, 2022 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: Dec. 23, 2022 - BehaVR today filed with the SEC here for a target-$20MM Series B raise, which includes the previously reported first close. Dec. 13, 2022 - BehaVR anno.... Read More

Venture Notes - February 3, 2022

Feb 03, 2022 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

TN Innovation: State's artificial-intelligence sector may soon get good jolts

Jan 28, 2022 at 02:18 pm by miltcapps

Whitney unmasks Jumpstart Nova VC focused on Black-led HC companies

Jan 12, 2022 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

MARCUS WHITNEY, the Black 46-year-old founder and managing partner of Jumpstart Nova, today revealed the venture capital firm has surpassed its recruitment goals for Fund I, h.... Read More

TN Sports-wagering startup WAGR's $12MM raise a launch harbinger?

Jan 10, 2022 at 02:47 pm by miltcapps

WAGR INC., which will offer Tennesseans an app for sports-wagering and peer-to-peer smack-talk, has raised $9.99MM against an $11.99MM goal, according to the Nashville startup.... Read More

Ward: Graham Healthcare Capital investment firm grows Nashville presence

Jan 05, 2022 at 03:37 pm by miltcapps

GRAHAM Healthcare Capital LLC (GHCC) will on Jan. 10 add two executives to its Nashville headquarters who will pursue and develop further private-equity investment opportuniti.... Read More

Harry Jacobson, Tony Harkin advance iCitizen civic-engagement platform

Dec 31, 2021 at 03:43 pm by miltcapps

INVESTOR and entrepreneur Harry Jacobson MD has quietly been backing the new iCitizen civic-tech engagement platform since 2019, the year he and cofounders shuttered a predece.... Read More

MidTN Coalition may launch Lifeworks Accelerator and VC+AI+Data initiatives to deepen Greater Nashville life-sciences ecosystem

Dec 07, 2021 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: EDA release Dec. 13, 2021 showed this program was not a finalist in the grant process.-Ed. A COALITION of Middle Tennessee academic, government and nonprofit al.... Read More