Venture Nashville

Startup AVVAY taking the Oy! out of briefly using venues, talent, services

Aug 09, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: AVVAY said Sept. 13, 2018 that it's raise is coming in at $1MM, led by Zero G Capital, based in Denver, with participation from Matchstick Ventures, SpringTime Venture.... Read More

U.S. Marine Veteran forms ECD Capital Partners, Opportunity Zone Fund in Nashville

Aug 07, 2018 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

ROAD AMMONS, who spent much of his youth here before serving a decade as a U.S. Marine Corps officer and fighter pilot, is now managing director of social impact private equit.... Read More

Nashville robots: Tailwind likely for startup Hirebotics after NBC-News story

Aug 07, 2018 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

ROB GOLDIEZ, co-founder and manager of Hirebotics LLC, says his robots-for-hire startup is likely to get a further boost from last weekend's NBC Nightly News coverage of his f.... Read More

Vreeland confirms Jumpstart Capital's SimplifyASC and HIGI SH LLC investments

Aug 03, 2018 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated March 11, 2019: SimplifyASC should pass $7MM cap-in milestone soon, full story here. 22 Aug 2018 - CyramedX filed today on a $2MM raise with $1.8MM reported in.-Ed. JU.... Read More

Venture Notes - Aug. 2, 2018

Aug 02, 2018 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Charlie Coiner CHARLIE COINER, former Dooley-era UT football assistant coach, is back in Knoxville and working with developers at Austin's Workhorse Marketing on V2.0.... Read More

JumpFund spurs women-led investment, entrepreneurship, economic development

Aug 02, 2018 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

BASED in Chattanooga, Kristina Maurer Montague is a woman using her human and financial capital to use capital to ignite more women-led ventures in the southeastern U.S. and b.... Read More

Entrepreneurs, Investors place bets on LaunchTN 3686 & Health:Further

Jul 30, 2018 at 01:20 pm by miltcapps

WHETHER out of inspiration or insanity, those who have crammed LaunchTN's 36|86 and Health:Further events into August 27-30 in Nashville have created what they hope will bring.... Read More

HC adaptive learning entrant OnSomble targets Nashville, mulls capraise

Jul 25, 2018 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

ONSOMBLE Inc., the Nashville adaptive-learning platform company serving the healthcare industry, recently booked consecutive profitable quarters and could soon provide a liqui.... Read More

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

LaunchTN to ask 5-year, $44MM State support for maturing action plan

Jul 23, 2018 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

CEO Charlie Brock said his goal upon taking the reins of Launch Tennessee in January 2013 was always to "come in sprinting, and go out sprinting." Brock recently announced tha.... 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

CO.LAB's 17 startups prep for Demo Day July 26 in Chattanooga

Jul 18, 2018 at 10:17 am by miltcapps

SEVENTEEN startup teams of The Company Lab's Summer 2016 accelerators will present their companies and display their products and services at CO.LAB Demo Night, Thursday, July.... Read More

LaunchTN CEO search draws 900 resumes, dozens of qualified candidates

Jul 17, 2018 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

THE nationwide search for a successor to Launch Tennessee CEO Charlie Brock has drawn interest from nearly 900 persons, of which 60 or more have been deemed valid and qualifie.... Read More

EC's new Project Healthcare model now full-bore with 17 startups

Jul 13, 2018 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

THE NASHVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER announced Thursday evening its enrolment of five Nashville healthcare startups and 12 startups drawn from 11 other states for concentrated su.... Read More

Mountain Group affiliate targets raising $125MM in venture capital funds

Jul 13, 2018 at 08:12 am by miltcapps

Updated 2:37pm see notes in story.-Ed. MGC Venture Partners 2018 LP, an affiliate of Nashville-based Mountain Group Partners (MGP), has filed to raise $125MM and on July 11 it.... Read More

ORNL's Innovation Crossroads energy startup accelerator preps for Cohort 3

Jul 06, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Update 13 Sept. 2018: Cohort 3 apps will be taken through Oct. 29, 2018. Landing page link in story below.-Ed. It's never easy being a startup, and for startup energy companie.... Read More

Cleantech startup Active Energy Systems maps path toward market

Jul 06, 2018 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

MITCH ISHMAEL PhD and his colleagues at Active Energy Systems are working to solve one of the world's biggest energy problems in a lab space so small that one can nearly touch.... Read More

LaunchTN taps 13 potential startups from campus entrepreneurship pipeline

Jul 02, 2018 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE today announced it has picked the next crop of University-based entrepreneurship finalists who will pitch their business ideas to judges Aug. 28, as part of t.... Read More

B2B Beachy startup aims to 'take over the beach' as it eyes capital raises

Jun 28, 2018 at 10:47 am by miltcapps

Updates: In September 2019, David Stange, mentioned in our story below, succeeded Houston as CEO. In Sept. 2018, advisor Mulron joined Beachy as COO and subsequently became a.... Read More

Blockchain startup The Opinion Economy maps token, ICO, equity offerings

Jun 21, 2018 at 11:29 am by miltcapps

TED WAZ, the Nashville-based CEO of The Opinion Economy Inc., is moving steadily along his blockchain startup's roadmap, the milestones of which include a utility token offeri.... Read More