Venture Nashville

Launch Tennessee board vets, then names Van Tucker CEO

Dec 08, 2020 at 12:29 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE's board of directors made quick work of finalizing contract talks that were authorized Friday afternoon with then-Interim CEO Van Tucker, who had served rough.... Read More

Venture Notes - Kentucky ventures - December 4, 2020

Dec 04, 2020 at 03:58 pm by miltcapps

THERE'S LONG BEEN a lot of venture activity going on in neighboring Kentucky, and some of it involves Tennesseans you may recognize. We hope you'll find this mere sample of r.... Read More

Tour of Duty: Hogan leads Bunker Labs for veterans marching into business

Dec 02, 2020 at 04:57 pm by miltcapps

BLAKE HOGAN and his wife, Colbi Layne Hogan, arrived Music City from Austin in the dog days of summer 2015, just two years into their marriage. Five years on, Hogan now should.... Read More

Appello Pharma completes Series A to advance treatment of Parkinson's

Dec 01, 2020 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Jan. 24, 2022: Appello filed for completion of a $13.5MM Series B equity raise.-Ed. NASHVILLE-BASED Appello Pharmaceuticals Inc. yesterday reported completing its Ser.... Read More

Venture Calendar - 2020 - Updated

Dec 01, 2020 at 02:00 am by miltcapps

NOTE: This Calendar tracks selected major events and related items. Due to the novel-coronavirus pandemic, we've deleted events known to be dead for 2020. Though we try to sta.... Read More

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Dec 01, 2020 at 01:00 am by miltcapps

BullVC eyes $75MM raise, aims to help founders, teams sell startup shares

Nov 30, 2020 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated: BullVC Fund LLC reported in April 2021 that to that point $6.3MM had been raised. Our original Nov. 30, 2020 story is below. -Ed. FRANKLIN-based BullVC Fund Managemen.... Read More

Creators of LUCI tech for power-wheelchairs + its users prize independence

Nov 24, 2020 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

THE OWNERS of LUCI hardware and software accessories that are designed to give power-wheelchairs users safer mobility see maintaining the independence of their new business as.... Read More

Venture Notes - November 23, 2020

Nov 23, 2020 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Martin Ventures-backed Hashed Health evolves with market, raises capital

Nov 19, 2020 at 04:58 pm by miltcapps

HASHED Health (dba for Hashed Industries) today filed with the SEC regarding a $8.7MM raise, showing $5.2MM in thus far. In addition to Hashed Co-Founder and CEO John Bass, th.... Read More

Spinout COO: Beam Mobile 'bringing Griffin Technology band back together'

Nov 18, 2020 at 02:32 pm by miltcapps

THE co-founders of corporate spinoff Beam Mobile in Nashville have drawn together former teammates and advisors from their days at Griffin Technology to accelerate Beam's pene.... Read More

Council Capital completes $200M raise for Fund IV and affiliates

Nov 18, 2020 at 07:48 am by miltcapps

COUNCIL CAPITAL, a 20-old healthcare-focused private equity firm based in Nashville, has closed Council Capital IV (which includes Council Capital IV, L.P. and affiliates) at.... Read More

Nashville's VideoBomb welcomes former Apple CEO and a serial entrepreneur to board, maps capital raises

Nov 16, 2020 at 04:16 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based augmented-reality (AR) venture VideoBomb is preparing to beef-up its board of directors by adding two serial entrepreneurs with tech-acceleration and investmen.... Read More

Digital Reasoning to be acquired by Portland, Ore.-based Smarsh Inc.

Nov 10, 2020 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

PORTLAND, Ore. and NASHVILLE-based SMARSH Inc. today announced plans to acquire locally based Digital Reasoning Systems, the 21-year-old entrant in natural language processing.... Read More

Venture Notes - October 19, 2020

Oct 19, 2020 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Today: McKelvey | ITIF | OZ | NoHo | AE | Ursa | 3D | Red | MHC | HCA | FCV | 7Spr | OneSci | Beast | Mir | LTN | Corker | UMRF | PFP | CHA | LST | DYN | EDA | MSNV | Path | N.... Read More

Whitney to lead Jumpstart fund investing in Black-owned Health startups

Oct 12, 2020 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: March 17, 2021 - See Whitney/Buckner podcast for more context for this initiative. Jan. 21, 2021 - Whitney said the firm will be known as 'Jumpstart Nova', rather than.... Read More

Exec launches Rocket Propulsion Fund via AngelList rolling-funds platform

Sep 28, 2020 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

BRENTWOOD-based Israel Rollins aims to make seed-stage venture investments via his emerging Rocket Propulsion Fund LP, which operates as a rolling-fund vehicle atop the AngelL.... Read More

Rocket Propulsion Fund Universe

Sep 28, 2020 at 04:17 pm by miltcapps

. Rocket Propulsion Fund I Universe -- click here to return to main story. Rocket Propulsion Fund Universe Sept. 28, 2020

Tennessee's scitech industry mentor networks finalize LaunchTN grants

Sep 24, 2020 at 03:42 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE has finalized grant contracts for four state-supported mentorship networks focused respectively on intelligent mobility, agriculture and food, energy innovati.... Read More

Venture Notes - Sept. 21, 2020

Sep 21, 2020 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

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