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New entrepreneurial, innovation centers rise in Southern Middle Tennessee

May 22, 2025 at 11:43 am by miltcapps

A NEW regional entrepreneur center seems likely to be born in southern-middle Tennessee this summer, largely thanks to spadework and prospective partnership with Tennessee Tec.... Read More

Mountain Group Partners joins Bonnie Anderson on $40M PinkDx raise

Oct 26, 2023 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

JOE COOK III, managing director of Nashville-based Mountain Group Partners, is aboard a filing for a $40MM raise for Indianapolis-based biotech startup PinkDx Inc. The SEC fil.... Read More

Vanderbilt IP licensed to IPO-prospect Neumora might earn VU millions

Aug 26, 2023 at 12:14 pm by miltcapps

Update: Neumora's IPO went effective March 26, 2025 (NasdaqGS:NMRA). A PRELIMINARY IPO filing yesterday by Massachusetts-based Neumora Therapeutics lists among company advanta.... 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

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

Knoxville's EDP Biotech eyes $5MM Series A, atop $17.5MM raised

Jun 18, 2019 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Updates - July 5, 2023: EDP merges with Boca Raton-based New Day Diagnostics, release here. May 19, 2021 - EDP announced investment of undisclosed magnitude by Sheltowee Angel.... Read More

Venture Notes - 21 August 2018

Aug 21, 2018 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

CEO Kayla Graff maps SweetBio capital raises, market entries

Aug 16, 2018 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updates: May 31, 2019: MBJ reported the company's raise to date is $3.1MM; also, it just received 510k FDA clearance to market its Apis resorbable membrane made from honey, to.... Read More

Williamson's Largen, EC's McWhorter confirm 'Pre-Flight' collaboration

Jan 04, 2016 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated May 25, 2016 2nd Pre-Flight offering in Williamson begins July 27, details here. 28 January 2016 - Oak Point Real Estate, a source in our Jan. 4th story, said that it,.... Read More

Project Music: Jammber's disciplined march to traction may augur well

Jan 04, 2016 at 05:48 am by miltcapps

OWNERS of Jammber, the online talent marketplace for creators and the Music industry around them, are gutting-it-out on leanest possible funding until they know what constitut.... Read More

Centerstone Research Institute eyes capital for healthcare analytics spin-out

Jul 28, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

CENTERSTONE Research Institute (CRI) looks to raise $2.2MM in capital for a predictive-analytics spin-out that will serve the behavioral healthcare market. CRI CEO Tom Doub, P.... Read More

Vanderbilt University commercialization team tallies spin-outs, startups

Jul 27, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

AT LEAST 16 startups in the past 24 months were launched toward their markets with Vanderbilt University intellectual property licenses aboard, via a process managed by VU's C.... Read More

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