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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

NuSirt BioPharma has $6MM commitment from Hatteras, other investors

May 13, 2015 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 14 October 2015: NuSirt 10/13 reported raising $4MM toward an $8MM goal. May 13, 2015: Earlier media reports indicate that NuSirt was founded in 2010 and, as of Summer.... Read More

Civic engagement: iCitizen adds mathematicians,<br>CS experts to advance political transparency

May 12, 2015 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

iCitizen, a Nashville startup, has added to its team a talented mathematician and has acquired GovGraph interactive data-visualization technology to support civic engagement a.... Read More

Gun.io CEO keeps finger off fund-raising trigger, outlines broad ambitions

Feb 25, 2015 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

UPDATED 9 Aug 2022 - Nashville-centric CEO Teja Yenamandra, 33, announced completion of a $5.2MM Series A raise that drew investor Tampa-based Ballast Point Ventures. The vint.... Read More

Before quiet sale to Atlas Copco, local entrepreneur<br> put Fivestone Partners to work beefing-up business

Feb 24, 2015 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

PAUL IANNELLO, a Nashville-area mechanical engineer-become-entrepreneur, recently sold his company's intellectual property to his strategic partner of nearly two years, Atlas-.... Read More

Khosla-backed Brentwood youth takes Strut to SiValley, yet thinks Nashville could become a true 'startup hub'

Sep 02, 2014 at 12:22 pm by miltcapps

Updated 27 April 2023: In 2021, Mark Daniel, now 29, co-founded investment firm DIGITAL with Benjamin Milstein. Daniel's LinkedIn profile here. Original 9/2/2014 story below.-.... Read More

Tech2020 CEO's exit provides another spur for Knoxville entrepreneurship re-think

Sep 02, 2014 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

BY THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY of Knoxville's incorporation, Oct. 27, 2015, East Tennessee leaders may know more about how their latest entrepreneurship push can strengthen the regi.... Read More