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Memphis entrepreneurship plans surge, as Bioworks Foundation ends run

Jul 07, 2021 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 30 Sept. 2021: EDA announced no winners in Tennessee in the latest round. See who got shares of the program's $36.5MM outlays right here.-Ed. THREE NEW MEMPHIS entrep.... Read More

LaunchTN IMPACT group grows to 21, with $65.4MM SSBCI decisions due

May 20, 2021 at 12:48 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE continues to add members -- all 21 are listed below in this story -- to its Impact Fund Investment Committee. The Investment Committee, the members of which s.... Read More

Venture People - March 19, 2021

Mar 19, 2021 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Venture Notes - Sept. 15, 2020

Sep 15, 2020 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

TTDC Launch Tennessee preps for its Sunset hearing at Comptroller request

Aug 06, 2020 at 01:53 pm by miltcapps

STATE-chartered Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC) has begun preparing for a Sunset hearing that is to be undertaken to determine whether or not the nonprofit.... Read More

Venture Notes - August 3, 2020

Aug 03, 2020 at 03:25 pm by miltcapps

Transparency Health startup BaseCamp seeks partners + Ascend adopters

Jul 09, 2020 at 03:55 pm by miltcapps

BASE CAMP HEALTH's recent pact with Franklin, Tenn.-based RxGenomix may turn out to be part of a bigger series of partnerships forged to advance BaseCamp's new Ascend digital.... Read More

Venture Notes - June 25, 2020

Jun 25, 2020 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Leadership open as Nashville Fashion Alliance runs out of runway, dissolves

May 06, 2019 at 02:41 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE FASHION ALLIANCE, which was launched in 2014 to accelerate development of local fashion-industry businesses, advisors and jobs, was dissolved a few days ago. V.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 24, 2019

Apr 24, 2019 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

TN innovators seek i6 Challenge grants for innovation, entrepreneurship

Sep 27, 2018 at 04:44 pm by miltcapps

This covers four i6/RIS proposals: Collaboratory | POC | NFA | Smart Cities - None of these proposals won in the 2018 RIS cycle. TENNESSEE institutions and their corporate and.... Read More

Venture Notes - September 26, 2018

Sep 26, 2018 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

Guest commentary: Growing SaaS requires shift to Account Based Selling

Jul 25, 2018 at 09:14 am by miltcapps

AFTER spending many years growing the revenue and strengthening operations at Borland, Compaq, Art Technology Group (ATG) in the U.S. and abroad, I began developing what I fel.... Read More

Roadtrip! Memphis Demo Day startups beckon entrepreneurs, investors

Jul 18, 2018 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

A DOZEN startups (listed below) are expected to show their wares during an Aug. 16 Demo Day in Memphis, as part of the entrepreneurial community's "Summer of Acceleration," no.... 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

Nashville Entrepreneur Week Pitch winner's Seed raise well underway

May 24, 2018 at 04:52 pm by miltcapps

Update June 5: Please Assist Me has received investment of undisclosed magnitude from LA-based Backstage Capital.-Ed. IN A FIELD OF 10 STARTUPS, Co-Founder and CEO Stephanie C.... Read More

Nashville Technology Council honors 9th Annual NTC Awards winners

Jan 26, 2018 at 02:13 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Technology Council (NTC) on Jan. 25 announced the winners of the 9th Annual NTC Awards. The NTC Board is chaired by Barry Vandevier, COO of Asurion. NTC's CE.... Read More

LaunchTN Impact Fund investor committee announced

Jan 25, 2018 at 02:49 pm by miltcapps

Courtney Watson The Launch Tennessee Impact Fund supports investment in for-profit, Tennessee-based companies making a social or economic impact in Agriculture, Healt.... 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

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