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Relevance, Skoden eye targets, lean into NACIA push to close capital gap facing Native entrepreneurs

Founder's early track record and discipline of 'value lens' investing may be generating sustained momentum.

Our latest update in more than 20 briefs on startups, funding, and more.

Team is apparently leaning further into its latest raise, with TAUM now over $100MM.

Will seasoned investors find Ag-tech one of the safer harbors amid shifting economic winds?

Influential Bay Area accelerator reserves seats in global accelerator for qualified businesses.

HealthIT, SaaS, Fintech are lead categories for venture growth in Volunteer state.

$1BN+ impact could rise in TN in decade of mobilizing investment capital and lending power.

Backed by Cercano Management, Relevance Ventures, Angels, TNInvestco, INCITE, et al, its team shifts principal office.

Venture updates on new Funds, raises in Fintech, Music-Ent, Wealth, LifeSci, HCare, Media, HRtech, blockchain and other arenas.

Updated: VC$ from Sopris and FCA Venture Partners helped native Nashvillian transplant Digital Reasoning business.

The challenges are real, but this mission-oriented entrepreneur is 'grateful for the journey'.

Dozens of updates on capraises, new funds, exec moves, startups and more.

With discipline and fresh capital, firm aims for control investments up to $30MM per firm in businesses that match its criteria.

Silicon Ranch, Claritas, Resolute, Innova and other PE/VC and corporate fundraising, plus news on two-dozen startups.

Nearly 40 items on capraises, exec moves, major techs, PE, VC, CVC, musictech, fintech, healthtech, ag and much more.

UPdated - EDA's Build to Scale is assessing three 2021 entrepreneurship, commercialization proposals from Memphis.

Two-dozen+ venture newcomers, startups, capraises, investments in CREtech, Fintech, Edtech, Healthtech, and more.

Couple-dozen bulletins on spacs, letter rounds, startups, innovators, execs in motion, resources from around the ecosystem

Today: ObjectiveGI | AgAdvisory | EPI Capital | TechTrans | IPE | Lemonade | IMAC | SESAC | Agilon | Nikola

TN-based VC maps capital, aims to be top-ranked Tech VC in SE and frequent actor on national VC scene.

Its $9MM B-round nearly done, the startup's cornerstone is an amalgam of purpose, agriculture, supply chain and global economics.

[updated] 37 items on startups, PE-VC-Angel-Crowd-Seed raises, entrepreneurs, events, deadlines, resources and more.

Action: UGP, Grabbr, VoluMetrix, SSM Partners, new PE fund, FINTOP, FilterX, Redwood, SocialBot, Shockwave.

Dozens of news items on startups, capital raises, executive moves and business resources.

The firm's currently announced portfolio includes a Tennessee-based firm.

[Updated] A gamble, sure, but the Pandemic Vintage of startups, capraises + executive moves may rival any we've seen in the past decade.

VNC is here highlighting sessions tied to capital and scale-up. 36|86 also has many other valuable elements.

New funds, startup capital raises, exec moves, innovation pushes, fintech, and a mayor who supports innovation.

New Angel fund, resource for family offices, OZ fund, Innova bets, Techstars eyes Knox, batch of raises, exec moves + more.

[updated] Capital raises, LaunchTN + Jumpstart updates, M&A, Lifesci deals, Schulz on Chamber, 4 Bridges expansion + more.

Gov. Bill Lee updates us, plus 17 venture updates and resources on telemed, M&A and more.

Nearly 30 items of extraordinary range, from capital raises, to exec appointments, uncertainty and more.

Nashvillian in ABLE Channel debut, Bill Butler's new biz, Castillo in hunt for startup award, fund update and more.

Signs of the season? SEC filings pop up in Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga.

32 actionable and/or useful news, people and background bulletins focused on Tennessee entrepreneurship and capital.

$3MM+ will go to new capital formation, entrepreneurship, mentoring and related initiatives. 3 winners in the state. 6 teams submitted compelling ideas.

Updated: 21 items on TN capital raises, advisors, entrepreneurs and strategies.

The startup/venture cauldron bubbles across Tennessee. 40 abstracts here.

With Black-owned ventures front and center, CEO shares playbook for forging just, inclusive, growing regional economy.

Mayor Briley maker-manufacturer initiatives, capital raises aplenty and more.

Latest updates on capital raises, partners, advisors and more.

[Updated] With Innova and MBVP onboard and an eye on the field, startup heads toward veterinarian, wound, dental sectors.

Consider going: Array of startups queued-up for the Aug. 16 culmination of 'Summer of Acceleration'

[updated] With dry powder and 60 transactions under its belt, SSM relishes HealthIT, ecommerce, marcom companies.

Startup's expanding universe of advisors, allies and potential funders may be approaching critical mass.

Money, moves and management in 30 telegraphic updates from MidTn and State ecosystems.

CEO says sees first close on HealthIT fund by end of 1Q 2018.

27 short takes on Venture developments statewide, from robots and healthcare, to hair dye and video security.

Still too rare in CEO ranks, woman mechanical engineer charts startup's course.

Digital Health from wearables and IT to blockchain and more will be Daisley's bailiwick in international group

10: VCs' visions, VU exec on healthtech morass, capital raises, startups, sage words from KaiserPerm CEO.

Robotics, analytics, decision-support tech -- it's not your Grandma's Ag anymore.

More than 40 speakers, panelists, startup pitchers at several venues.

[updated] NCN is most concerned about the Series A hurdle for startups in the Nashville area.

VTC For the 14th year, investors, entrepreneurs, strategic corporates meld at FedEx Institute.

Nondilutive capital gives entrepreneurs advantages in research, bizdev and raising capital.

VTC Innovation seeds begin sprouting, as first startups recruited.

Fresh-faced startups, veterans of industry convene in Music City May 18-19.

VTC Teams arriving for array of Memphis accelerators.

More than 50 entrepreneurs represented in companies in flock of Memphis accelerators.

Managing General Partners gives fresh view of region's Healthcare sector.

[updated] Veterans of Summit, Accel, Facebook, TPG, Tech Crossover, GS and others on BoT.

Michael Burcham's term as NACIE co-chair ends in October.

This roundup features Amplion, HCCA, CouncilCapital, John Murdock, Joe Kustelski, Proton and more.

VTC Grady Vanderhoofven is likely to lead the repurposed nonprofit and some allies.

As INCITE comes to halt, we take at look at the ground that's been covered.

VTC The second cohort of logistics-centered startups begins work in May.

Updates on investors, startups and ideas with ties to our region.

VTC Memphis-centric founders to provide savvy and capital to proven early-stage companies.

State-backed programs like TNInvestco 'have a place', but capital complaints seem exaggerated.

Within Haslam Cabinet, ECD Commissioner shapes policy-program options for Chief.

VTC State's AgLaunch initiative should get a boost, along with allies.

Here's an update on salient capital raises and related.

VTC Commercializing the UT brand, localizing entertainment with streaming audio

Serial entrepreneur says he's preparing to 'chase his passion' for venture.

Two VCs and allied institutions seek your opinions on state's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

XMi unit is sector agnostic, but expects to see plenty of healthcare.

VTC Seed, Early- and Growth-stage startups may all benefit from USDA RBIC effort.

[Updated] When it's representatives hit the General Assembly, they'll bring a clear agenda.

[updated] Litigation, uncertainty over INCITE funding, turnover and more.

Serial entrepreneur Joe Maxwell among those enthusiastic about new FinTech focus.

The e-signature company has its team and some advisors already in place for a capital move.

A keen observer of America's startup and Venture landscape took a few minutes with VNC.

[Updated 15 June 2015] With nearly 40 investors aboard, Shmerling's Angel network gains traction.

[Updated] Private equity firm with $200MM capital managed, seeks to increase its opportunities

There's a least one TNInvestco that isn't yet exhausted, and is still looking for investible deals

After a decade widening Nashville's lifesciences entrepreneurship, a strategic move.

Serial entrepreneur doesn't understand why the Tech sector consolidation is so hesitant.

With products defined, this startup aims to cut through the 'Big Data' hype.

VTC Firm will continue bio/investment pace, likely to eye yet another fund in coming years

[Updated] President Aylward said he believes the market is now coming more in MedCenterDisplay's direction

VC opens new chapter amid a climate of lingering dread and anticipation

Council doubles-down on mail-order institutional pharmacy startup

This private-equity firm attracted out-of-state institutionals to its $222MM fund VI

There are some new faces among the 'usual suspects' applying at INCITE Fund

VTC TNInvestco's network effect is just one source of encouragement, but there remain issues to ponder

Jozef Nuyens and partners plant a venture flag in Tennessee, and demonstrate broader reach

There are more Angels among us that most of us realize; one of his holdings is preparing for a C Round

Hudsmith's HP-allied startup executes on its telemedicine strategy for seniors aging-in-place

Streamweaver 'stealth' no more...Unconference events... ECD budget comments... much more in this regional roundup

With relatively little fanfare, one TNInvestco fund is rebranding and entrepreneurial activity heats-up statewide.

Alliance push to help protect and commercialize intellectual property could become a global movement

ACG plans to open five new city chapters soon; for now, its Memphis outpost is semi-shuttered

Executive transitions, capital raises, alliances and innovations.

Luke Simons of Council Capital, Les Wilkinson of The Martin Companies and Si Deane's new sidebiz

Bottorff-, Gambill-led firm is amassing quite a healthcare brain trust

Remember when things used to slow down for Summer? Tennessee's venture scene seems busier than ever

Strategic allies will include marketing, PR and healthcare strategy firms, among others

Nashville VC's Oak Ridge affiliate has focused one of its startups on commercializing 'the Moses effect'

Airing of issues simmering beneath TNInvestco's surface has prompted a reprise of comments pro and con the program

Our latest roundup of VU searches, capital raises, marketing pushes, digital music, tech commercialization and more

The news coincides with launch of the Obama Administration's StartUP America program in the U.S. and helps fulfill Solidus' TNInvestco strategy.

A Nashville MoonPie? Plus, a Claritas exec on i-couponing and Innova walks away from an interesting technology

[updated] ICA's strategic alliances may have put this VU spin-out in good position in the race for EHR market share

Co-founders of TNInvestco TriStar head out to share wisdom with colleagues in New Orleans, while a local entrepreneur may've taken-up residence at Claritas...

New healthcare technology push rumored, start-up said relocating to Nashville, as activity heats up

Energy and ideas abound among a sample of Nashville healthcare, investment and technology executives rounded-up in just the past few days

Some believe the General Assembly should next move to increase the TNInvestco pot to $200 million

Four business leaders formed the core of group that picked the NEC's inaugural board

Developers may think they're only toiling in obscurity, but they may well be under the observant eye of local VCs and Angels

UPDATED The capital pool might grow to $200MM; State officials are said to have held private meetings with group of TNInvestco players

At left, Fran Marcum

At left, Ken Woody

At left, Denny Bottorff

Updates on 20-firm TNInvestco roster, TBA board members, Healthways' strategic hire, Bill Frist, Entrepreneurs deadline, StartupWeekend, Universal Robotics, Barcamp

[Updated] With the VC filing deadline just 13 days away, one administrator of the state's new capital-formation program is impressed with the calibre of prospective fund managers

Some are shoppers, some are bidders, some are there to keep an eye on others...and some are committed to vying for TNInvestco certification

There may be fences to mend, but now it's time for the state's VCs to Cowboy Up and make a move

Council Ventures tells raise for once-fragile Nashville company, with an undisclosed strategic partner

Tennessee executives see both problems and opportunities in proposal for stimulation of early-stage investment

Goad reported suing former TVA director, Petra and Innova invest, $20MM the number for startup, tech transfer event, views on IPO climate...

Notes from Northshore Capital Management, TTDC, VCs, wealth-management moves and more...

Ad execs aim for international e-commerce, thanks in part to links to former Bluestar co-founder Goldner

With former VC hired to lead program, grant for entrepreneurship helps flesh-out tech-development ecosystem

'Respect must be paid' to 2008, with a sample drawn from nearly 200 VNC stories, setting the stage for 2009

Eight-year-old VC adds its fourth general partner, heading into a buyer's market

Nashville-based investor's fourth asset may prove to be a casualty of the economic crisis

While waiting for chaos to subside, entrepreneurs should be careful not to overplay their hands, but they should come to bargain hard

With an eye toward the long haul, and against a backdrop of economic crisis, Co-Chairs Frist and Shmerling (L-R) release Entrepreneur Project recommendations

There are no 'weathervanes' among these folks. Defining 'institutional', a caution about egos, and a reminder that sounds a lot like 'Dance with the one that brung ya'

There are still 21 active portfolio companies over which Chris McKinney says grace.