Venture People - Sept. 21, 2020

Sep 21, 2020 at 12:27 pm by miltcapps

. Today: Saint | Bartholomew | Octerra | Ganjei | Marker | Wall | Tolleson | Landaiche | Heritage | Cressey | Townsend | Smith | Taveau | Pieper | Oppong | McPeak | Weaver.... Read More

Venture Notes - Sept. 15, 2020

Sep 15, 2020 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Today: ECD | IDB | Poll | JSCap | FINTOP | Split | FDRY | Pred | Aim | RDDT | RAM | King | VIZ | LOK | TBA | Alto | Linus | Ships | HES | Wes | Pret | Leop | Mod | CC | UpLine.... Read More

Menūd, Plankk merge for growth via fitness influencers, pro's, brands, fans

Sep 11, 2020 at 02:01 pm by miltcapps

MENŪD Co. and Plankk Technologies Inc., two software startups that had been collaborating for more than a year, recently tied the merger knot, in order to accelerate their exp.... Read More

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

Launch Tennessee 36|86 capital-centric sessions, Pitch finalists listed

Aug 05, 2020 at 05:02 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE has announced the six startup finalists that will vie for LTN Impact Fund investment during this month's entirely virtual 36|86 Festival, for which registrati.... Read More

'Build To Scale' entries target TN entrepreneurial pipeline, capital, rural

Aug 04, 2020 at 03:24 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE: US Commerce EDA announced Sept. 16, 2020, that the CoLab proposal below was a WINNER. Scroll down.-Ed. THREE NEW proposals from Tennessee ask the federal Economic Deve.... Read More

Venture Notes - August 3, 2020

Aug 03, 2020 at 03:25 pm by miltcapps

. TODAY: DRS | Rock | Claritas | SIG | LeMond | Chest | Praxis | EPI | Bento | LFP | Atalo | RTSWS | Jones | BA | Case | PE | RD | Data | GIFs ► DIGITAL Reason.... Read More

LaunchTN, UpSkill 901 seek grants for innovation marketplace, talent

Jul 29, 2020 at 09:07 am by miltcapps

IN MAY, the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) revised one of its notices of funding opportunities to expand economic development and adjust.... Read More

LaunchTN Capital Call tomorrow, survey-response incentive ends soon

Jul 27, 2020 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

THE STATE OF CAPITAL MARKETS in Tennessee and the Southeast get fresh scrutiny this week. TOMORROW, July 28, the first quarterly "Southeast Capital Call" for investors will be.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 23, 2020

Jul 23, 2020 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: RLT | MEM | PITCH | FINTOP | SOLAS | NEW | REAL LIFE TRADING (RLT), operated by CEO Jerremy Newsome and CTO Matt DeLong, is preparing to team with a Europe-bas.... Read More

LifeFileZ startup seeks $3M Seed-B, maps Series A, eyes key partners

Jul 22, 2020 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Beth Krauklis said in an Oct. 7, 2021, update that the firm had raised $528K in its Seed-B raise, with goals now including completing its Seed-B at $1.5MM, and deploy.... Read More

Fintech entrepreneur McGugin expands CoreCommerce role in payments

Jul 16, 2020 at 05:04 pm by miltcapps

CEO DANIEL MCGUGIN is moving apace to expand Nashville-based CoreCommerce's role in the e-commerce ecosystem from successful shopping-cart and software provider to a robust fi.... Read More

Scott Boruff-led startup Healthcare Integrated Technologies eyes capraise

Jul 14, 2020 at 03:58 pm by miltcapps

SCOTT BORUFF, the Knoxville entrepreneur with hard-won experience in Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors, expects to raise more funding for expansion of Healthcare Integrate.... Read More

Tennessee artificial-intelligence center among Presidential advisors' ideas

Jul 10, 2020 at 02:57 pm by miltcapps

A ROADMAP both pragmatic and ambitious has been published by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) includes scores of observations and recommen.... Read More

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 - July 7, 2020

Jul 07, 2020 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

. Today: ATC | UMG | VENO | AB | SOP | RAN | EVI | BEAST | SYNC | NEMZ | FRY | AI | SPH | RESOURCES TENNESSEE's Angel Tax Credit (ATC) was a 'positive policy shift for.... Read More

Software founder exits Doorport to PointCentral, recounts startup journey

Jun 26, 2020 at 03:52 pm by miltcapps

BEN TAYLOR, the Tennesseean who recently sold his Doorport technology to Alarm.com Holdings' PointCentral subsidiary, is spending the current pandemic season in Nashville, pri.... Read More

Venture Notes - June 25, 2020

Jun 25, 2020 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Today: ESO | Petra | Row | Peat | BSQ | VVC | Solas | Heinz | Griz | DCD | LIN | Hemp | ICBA | Luci | DDT | FOCUS | Resources | NEW MEMPHIS FUND: A handful of seemingl.... Read More

CEO: Martin Ventures-backed Wellvana Health eyes Series A raise

Jun 17, 2020 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: Kyle Wailes, formerly of SmileDirect, became CEO of Wellvana, according to a Jan. 4, 2022, announcement. -Ed. WORTHE HOLT MD, the recently appointed president and CEO.... Read More

Margaret Dolan plans to depart LaunchTN, with Van Tucker interim CEO

Jun 15, 2020 at 12:47 pm by miltcapps

CEO MARGARET DOLAN and Launch Tennessee Chairman Bob Rolfe today announced Dolan's plans to leave her post to pursue another undisclosed opportunity, effective June 30. Chairm.... Read More

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