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Oasis Venture entrepreneurship program for 'often marginalized'<br>Nashville teens folds after budget review

Oct 09, 2019 at 04:35 pm by miltcapps

OASIS VENTURE, the social-enterprise program for "highly capable but often marginalized" Nashville youth, which was formed by a partnership between the nonprofit Oasis Center.... Read More

LaunchTN sets Startup Policy Workshops to boost regional entrepreneurship

Oct 07, 2019 at 01:05 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE is scheduling at least seven policy-oriented regional workshops this autumn, ahead of its next "Day on the Hill," which is set for Feb. 25, 2020. The eight or.... Read More

3 Winners! among TN challengers for 2019 EDA Regional Innovation grants

Jul 23, 2019 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

UPDATING our June 19, 2019 story: US EDA announced July 23 that the Tennessee proposals tagged below as WIN did indeed win the grants they sought. State and Federal fun.... Read More

Jumpstart Capital recaps Casetabs in search of surgery-coordination lead

Jul 23, 2019 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

JUMPSTART Capital Managing Director Dave Vreeland told Venture Nashville his firm's JSC Growth Fund I and two of the fund's LPs have invested in recapitalizing Santa Monica-ba.... Read More

LaunchTN and allies pick startups for 36|86 Pitch & Demo events Aug. 28-29

Jul 21, 2019 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE is fielding more than a dozen Tennessee-based startups to present for cash and-or kudos! during its 36|86 Entrepreneurship Festival, which is be.... Read More

Startup IP dispute: Global e-dentity founder squares-off against Apple Inc.

Jul 03, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based tech entrepreneur Robert Adams, founder and majority owner of Global e-dentity™, a multi-modal biometric identification startup on which Venture Nashville repo.... Read More

CEO search: Nashville Entrepreneur Center to seek Brody-Waite successor

Jul 01, 2019 at 03:56 pm by miltcapps

BETH CHASE, Nashville Entrepreneur Center board chair emeritus and a senior managing director of Ankura, will chair the board's search for a successor to EC CEO Michael Brody-.... Read More

Venture Notes -- June 25, 2019

Jun 25, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Below: Today's roundup of 40 timely news items for your earliest perusal. TECH: Pilot.com Inc. of San Francisco today announced with TN ECD it will create 450 jobs in.... Read More

Jumpstart Foundry's 2019 healthcare startup cohort listed

May 21, 2019 at 06:51 am by miltcapps

The 2019 Jumpstart Foundry cohort includes the 15 firms listed below, plus two that will not be released til autumn. More on the JSF portfolio here. The teams are to vi.... Read More

Venture Notes - May 14, 2019

May 14, 2019 at 03:07 pm by miltcapps

Remedichain LLC in blockchain drug transfer pilot closely watched by FDA

Apr 30, 2019 at 04:23 pm by miltcapps

REMEDICHAIN LLC, a tech startup headquartered close to the Memphis Medical District, plays a pivotal role in a closely watched pharmaceutical supply-chain safety and security.... Read More

Venture Notes -- April 8, 2019

Apr 08, 2019 at 04:43 pm by miltcapps

Fintech: Maxwell leads FINTOP II fund raise

Mar 15, 2019 at 03:16 pm by miltcapps

UPDATED: Fintop II closed at $126MM, with six portfolio investments at the outset. Press Release May 14, 2020.-Ed. FINTECH serial entrepreneur Joe Maxwell filed yesterday on h.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 13, 2019

Mar 13, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Briovation drops Festival V, will instead draw on Health:Further<br>as it pursues innovation advisory roles + investor entrée

Jan 22, 2019 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

BRIOVATION has shelved this year's plan for Health:Further™ Festival V in Nashville, in order to focus more of the company's resources on helping strategic partners advance he.... Read More