Ted Townsend

LaunchTN swings SXSW Fest spotlight onto TN startups, tech, brands

Feb 24, 2025 at 02:54 pm by miltcapps

ON MARCH 7-9, Launch Tennessee will re-activate "Tennessee House" in Austin within the city's massive South by Southwest Festival. A year ago, in spring 2024, invitations to S.... Read More

Ted Townsend: Despite Fed grant miss, Memphis and 'Digital Delta' allies remain undeterred in pursuing Digital Delta initiative

Sep 03, 2022 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

Ted Townsend UPDATE 3 Sept. 2022: The White House announced yesterday 21 winners in its BBBRC competition. Allied sponsors of the Memphis proposal did not receive a g.... Read More

Venture People - Sept. 21, 2020

Sep 21, 2020 at 12:27 pm by miltcapps

Coronavirus, tornados lead LaunchTN 36|86,<br>NVille Entrepreneur Week to weigh options

Mar 09, 2020 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: On March 17, Nashville Entrepreneur Week postponed indefinitely, rescheduling contingent on COVID situation improvement. On March 12, 2020, DIG SOUTH announced postpon.... Read More

Modeling TNINVESTCO 'fraught' with challenges, but maybe worthwhile

Mar 02, 2020 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

MATTHEW MURRAY PhD, one of Tennessee's go-to economists at the University of Tennessee, has, albeit with qualifications, affirmed that it could be worthwhile to do some modeli.... Read More

Brian Fox: Taking Confirmation global like launching series of startups

Feb 05, 2020 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

BRIAN FOX, whose Brentwood-based Capital Confirmation Inc. sold last year to Thomson Reuters for a reported $430MM, told Venture Nashville that expanding the company's busines.... Read More

Tennessee capital formation back on front burner, says LaunchTN CEO

Jan 23, 2020 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

INADEQUATE pools of risk capital are widely viewed as an impediment to maturation of the Tennessee entrepreneurial ecosystem. Though cautiously avoiding predictions, Launch Te.... Read More

State-backed Launch Tennessee puts total $626K+ into startups<br>in Healing Innovations, Hera Health, Hytch, Possip

Nov 21, 2019 at 04:44 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE today announced investing an aggregate of at least $626K via its Innovation Capital Continuum program in startups Healing Innovations, Hera Health, Hytch and.... Read More

LifeScienceTN report bolsters case for more 'intentional' industry strategy

Nov 19, 2019 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

TED TOWNSEND, who is now in his second term as chairman of the board of Life Science Tennessee Inc., recently told Venture Nashville that the time is ripe for new plans for th.... Read More

CEO Charlie Brock announces departure from Launch Tennessee

May 17, 2018 at 02:40 pm by miltcapps

Update 4:13 pm: Search leader Tom Ballard said after our article appeared that the group will be actively searching nationally and accepting other applicants, with no candidat.... 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

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

Venture Notes - 9 February 2018

Feb 09, 2018 at 04:16 pm by miltcapps

THE Health-IT leadership challenge laid out for Nashville nearly 2 years ago by Brookings Institution researchers could hypothetically be partly satisfied by a new Nash.... Read More

2016 Next Awards by Nashville Chamber, Entrepreneur Center

Nov 18, 2016 at 07:07 am by miltcapps

The Next Awards for entrepreneurship, sponsored by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC), with presenting sponsor Lipscomb Universi.... Read More

TN Comptroller: TNInvestco program 'doesn't appear successful'

Nov 10, 2016 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

[The Comptroller's full technical report is here. PREVIOUS VENTURENASHVILLE COVERAGE HERE and BACKGROUNDER HERE. -Editor] From a release today from the Office of the State Com.... Read More

Surgiorithm among 5 Startups pitching LaunchTn-LSTN Venture Match

Nov 02, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Update 17 March 2017 Surgiorithm won the NSW pitch competition. 5 Nov 2016 0858: Surgiorithm placed 1st in the VentureMatch competition, earning $5K bestowed by Waller Lansden.... Read More

Life Science TN convenes GOP panel here to mull Election 2016's impact

Nov 02, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

JUST ahead of the nation's pivotal Presidential election, representatives of Life Science Tennessee (LSTN), an industry association, say LSTN wants to keep journalists out of.... Read More

Faros Healthcare names board chair, as Centerstone plan advances

Oct 24, 2016 at 04:08 pm by miltcapps

Updated August 2017 - Company's name changed to Raiven Healthcare. 31 Oct 2016 - Centerstone said in a release it generates about $310MM revenue and has 4,500 employees in 5 s.... Read More

Launch Tennessee Update shows multifaceted mission, wide-ranging action

Oct 20, 2016 at 06:15 pm by miltcapps

TODAY's meeting of the board of directors of Launch Tennessee -- formally chartered as Tennessee Technology Development Corporation or TTDC -- was broad-ranging. ECD's T.... Read More

Life Science TN 'ups its game' on Capitol Hill in pursuit of funding

Mar 09, 2015 at 03:42 pm by miltcapps

Updated: April 22, 2015 The General Assembly adjourned with no new funding for the LSTN program. -Ed. THE LIFE SCIENCE TENNESSEE (LSTN) annual visit to the General Assembly on.... Read More

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