Tennessee Tech

Cleantech startup Active Energy Systems maps path toward market

Jul 06, 2018 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

MITCH ISHMAEL PhD and his colleagues at Active Energy Systems are working to solve one of the world's biggest energy problems in a lab space so small that one can nearly touch.... Read More

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

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

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

Exec: LaunchTN embraces discretionary role in IMPACT Fund investing

Oct 18, 2017 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

JOHN LANAHAN, director of capital formation for Launch Tennessee, says the nonprofit fully understands its new discretionary role in choosing where to make roughly 20 Seed-sta.... Read More

Med-devices startup Somavac raises Seed capital from VCs, Angels

Oct 17, 2017 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Updates: Aug. 24, 2021: SOMAVAC® Medical Solutions announced the granting of US Patent (11,078,898), covering its SOMAVAC® SVS SmartSuction Technology and surgical drain manag.... Read More

Nashville's Saltvest Alto-IRA fintech startup enters LittleRock accelerator

May 11, 2017 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 29 Aug 2019: Saltvest total capital raised is now $9MM+. NashvillePost reported Aug. 29 the company had raised $5.4MM from investors including Jefferson River Capital,.... Read More

Memphis Agritech: The Seam launches blockchain venture,<br>considers capital strategy for product roadmap, global footprint

May 11, 2017 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

Update: March 10, 2020 - The Seam unveiled its Trust Protocol for sustainability, press release here. May 3, 2018 - Pryor announced the company has joined the Enterprise Ether.... Read More

BizFoundry CEO: Entrepreneur centers must<br>'meet entrepreneurs where they are'

May 08, 2017 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

JEFF BROWN, president and executive director of The Biz Foundry in Cookeville, listed several big lessons he's learned during five years cultivating entrepreneurship in the Up.... Read More

Mid-TN's SafeSurv preps $1MM capital raise for ID validation startup

May 08, 2017 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

CHARLIE Jordan, the Hendersonville native now CEO of ID scan and validation startup SafeSurv today confirmed the company plans to raise $1MM to ramp marketing and begin addres.... Read More

Media: NVille's Ayumi Bennett preps launch of regional Startup Southerner

Jan 27, 2016 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

AYUMI Fukuda Bennett plans to go-live Feb. 1 with Startup Southerners, a site devoted to the Southeast's tech and entrepreneurial scene. Founder and Editor-in-Chief Bennett, 3.... Read More

LaunchTN grapples with robust agenda of opportunities, challenges

Jan 25, 2016 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

ROBUST discussion may prove the new hallmark of LaunchTN, if last week's quarterly meeting of the nonprofit's board of directors is any indication. Here's a partial collection.... Read More

Healthbox grad Atlas Health Technologies eyes Seed capital round

Feb 02, 2015 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

Updated 30 March 2016 0727: Kelso announced today the company is now branded Healthcare Blocks.-Ed. ATLAS HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES, a Nashville-based application-hosting and manage.... Read More

Edtech: Ingram Content Group Ventures invests in Austin's Querium Corp

Jan 30, 2015 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

QUERIUM CORPORATION, a two-year-old Austin edtech startup, won a minority-stake investment from Tennessee's ICG Ventures and has raising further capital very much in mind. ICG.... Read More

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