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LaunchTN taps 13 potential startups from campus entrepreneurship pipeline

Jul 02, 2018 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE today announced it has picked the next crop of University-based entrepreneurship finalists who will pitch their business ideas to judges Aug. 28, as part of t.... Read More

Stuart McWhorter leads formation of D17 Ventures media/tech-oriented VC

Jun 04, 2018 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 3:42pm 4 June 2018 (See below). STUART McWhorter, who is chairman and partner of Brentwood-based Clayton Associates recently became managing member of a new venture c.... Read More

NVille's Virtuoso Surgical talks with coastal bankers<br>ahead of $3MM Seed raise

May 30, 2018 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated May 19, 2021 - Virtuoso Surgical recently learned it qualified to proceed with a $20MM Reg A capital raise, which could enable the company to commercialize surgical te.... Read More

LifeScienceTN chairman is now UM's Townsend, former ECD Staff Chief

May 04, 2018 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

EARLIER this week, Ted Townsend was named chairman of Life Science Tennessee, the advocate for the industry that spans research, products, devices, equipment and other goods a.... Read More

7th Round: Latest Sohr Grants help fund tenant-matching,<br>carp-harvesting startups led by VU Owen alumni

May 02, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

The OwenGSM at VU __ Romance? Shrewdness? Chaos driven by the flapping of entrepreneurial butterfly wings? __ Who really knows what causes Founders to fix their gaze.... Read More

Venture Notes - 17 April 2018

Apr 17, 2018 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

VUMC spin-up Nashville Biosciences taps advisors, builds team, eyes growth

Apr 04, 2018 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

Newly established Nashville Biosciences LLC supports life-sciences researchers' drug and diagnostics discovery and development efforts by using genomic and bioinformatics reso.... Read More

Drumbeat: Another signal on HealthStream's blockchain interest

Apr 04, 2018 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Canaccord Genuity Managing Director of Healthcare Equity Research Richard Close today published a research note that suggests HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) and so.... Read More

Growth-equity firm SSM Partners eyes Nashville investment opportunities

Apr 04, 2018 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

Update: Additional investments have been added to list below.-Ed. SSM PARTNERS, based in Memphis, is likely to make an additional four growth-equity investments in the next 1.... Read More

CEO Sinead Miller charts PATH EX course to capital, partner & market

Mar 29, 2018 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

PATH EX Inc., the Nashville startup built around blood-cleansing technology created at Vanderbilt University, has amassed an enviable network of advisors, grantors and industr.... Read More

Venture Notes - 23 March 2018

Mar 23, 2018 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

VU inventors' Adaptive Technology startup faces IntelliCane funding hurdles

Mar 19, 2018 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

MAKE no mistake: Two Vanderbilt University inventors-turned-entrepreneurs are working hard to secure the grants and private investment they need to keep moving forward with de.... Read More

Porter Road Butcher's new online recipe may call for Series A capital

Feb 22, 2018 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated April 27, 2021: L7 Venture Partners led PRB's $10M Series A. TechCrunch coverage. 25 May 2018 0855 - The company today said it completed a $3.7MM Seed raise with Max V.... Read More

Fintech: Money Services licensing pact could help TN startups, innovators

Feb 07, 2018 at 01:27 pm by miltcapps

MONEY Services Businesses (MSB) based in Tennessee may soon experience reduced administrative headwinds as they attempt to qualify for licenses that allow them to market new a.... Read More

DASH Lawtech: Bridgesmith's Legal Alignment startup eyes capital raises

Feb 05, 2018 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Lawtech specialist Larry Bridgesmith JD doesn't just casually sketch-out a "gameplan" when talk turns to startup Legal Alignment and its proprietary DASH legal proje.... Read More

Venture Notes - 22 January 2018

Jan 22, 2018 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Pre-Flight grad pilots Noka personal-health products startup toward runway

Jan 19, 2018 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

Lauren Egge LAUREN EGGE, a Stanford-educated product-design engineer and consultant, refined the flight plan for her startup -- Noka Supply -- as a member of the Nash.... Read More

Rosenblatt departs Frost Brown for SVP/GC role at Tech-centric BTC Inc.

Jan 17, 2018 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Josh Rosenblatt JOSH ROSENBLATT on Jan. 1 became SVP for corporate development and general counsel for BTC Inc., the Nashville-based flagship for a cluster of blockch.... Read More

TennSMART Consortium eyes bigger TN role in 'intelligent mobility' industry

Jan 03, 2018 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated Jan. 11, 2018 - Vanderbilt outlines its role in TennSMART, story here.-Ed. OAK RIDGE-based TennSMART Consortium, a nonprofit startup that is still refining its.... Read More

Venture Notes - 6 December 2017

Dec 06, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

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