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201.XMi High Growth Development Fund, LLC
At left, Mike Shmerling
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:29 am

202.NewsBits, December 7, 2010
News and notes from around Tennessee on science, technology, innovation and related policy.
By Milt Capps Updated 1:11 p.m. / Published Tuesday, December 7, 2010 9:00 am

203.Health Velocity Capital's $185MM Fund I invests solely in HC tech + services
Founders with Nashville stripes and strategic partners vow to leverage ties for innovation, growth.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 8, 2018 9:48 am

204.Bionic Woman: Exec perseveres, while biotech struggles for momentum
While critics sound off and Biotech targets General Assembly, an economy-shaping executive keeps pushing education and innovations
Milt Capps / Published Sunday, September 14, 2008 4:45 pm

205.Venture Notes - 12 December 2016
[updated] New private equity fund, $5MM Series A, Disruption Labs, Rezli raise and more.
Milt Capps updated 13 December 2016 0724 / Published Monday, December 12, 2016 7:35 am

206.NEWSBITS March 30, 2009
Notes from Northshore Capital Management, TTDC, VCs, wealth-management moves and more...
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 30, 2009 9:44 am

207.CEO: TuneCore keeps eye on Nashville Music innovation, partners, capital
[updated] A capital raise might lie ahead for company that looks to enrich its platform, expand globally.
Milt Capps Updated 22 Dec. 2014 0835 / Published Thursday, September 25, 2014 11:15 pm

208.iCare EMR sells, so TN e-learning firm re-targets
After a Dutch-owned firm snaps-up Knoxville startup's technology, the venture team is reloading
By Milt Capps Updated 6:03 p.m. / Published Monday, January 3, 2011 10:04 am

209.Leaders: Bio-entrepreneur sees leverage in TNInvestco
The yet-to-be-operational TNInvestco capital-formation program seems to have kindled fresh interest in key sectors
By Milt Capps Last updated 8:00 p.m. / Published Thursday, October 8, 2009 1:08 pm

210.Lee Company among 7 strategics codeveloping technologies with innovators
Specialized early-stage tech-centric ventures with market-entry challenges have 7 potential new allies.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, March 11, 2020 3:45 pm

211.NewsBits, February 7, 2011
TTDC chief to Gov. Haslam, IP, Claritas, incubators, Angels, Louisville innovation, HiMSS-TN descends on Orlando and more
By Milt Capps Updated 7:54 a.m. 9 Feb / Published Monday, February 7, 2011 7:53 am

212.Aegis Health Security, Global Action eye impact-investment partnership
[Updated] Partnership would support a network of investors and entrepreneurs.
Milt Capps updated 3 December 2015 / Published Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:30 pm

213.Tech2020 venture leadership shifts to entrepreneur John Morris
[Updated: Morris departing, 30 Aug 14] Tennessee's 19-year-old growth advocate transits to new leadership
By Milt Capps Updated 30 Aug. 2014 9:45 a.m. CT / Published Monday, January 30, 2012 8:11 am

214.Wamp: 'Terrorism here to stay' and region's economy could benefit
Congressman argues Mid-TN and corridor could play a bigger role in Defense, Homeland Security and related arenas
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:20 pm

215.People: JumpStart's Hendrickson pitched Nashville
for ReadWriteStart's tech-center spotlight

Nashville gets national pub when incubator staffer weighs-in with case for 'Never Mind the Valley'
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, February 7, 2011 7:53 am

216.Venture Notes - 8 September 2016
EVAmore, AgLaunch, Stony Creek Colors, BunkerLabs accelerator for Veterans have news.
Published Thursday, September 8, 2016 2:30 pm

217.Tennessee's scitech industry mentor networks finalize LaunchTN grants
Intelligent Mobility, Life Sciences, Energy, and Ag-Food networks bolster startup resources
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, September 24, 2020 3:42 pm

218.Startup Tennessee launch to draw Gov. Haslam,
Startup America CEO to Entrepreneur Center

[UPDATED] Tennessee's entrepreneurial ecosystem gets a new unifying layer of resources
By Milt Capps updated 1:14 p.m. June 28, 2011 / Published Monday, June 27, 2011 10:15 am

219.Foundation Instruments, Stony Creek Colors receive SBIR grants
Nondilutive capital gives entrepreneurs advantages in research, bizdev and raising capital.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, September 8, 2016 12:45 pm

220.Entrepreneurs, Investors place bets on LaunchTN 3686 & Health:Further
Pass, Punt, Run, Dribble -- Ticket-buyers should have gameplan to get most out of events Aug. 27-30 in Nashville.
By Milt Capps last edite 6am 31 July 2018 / Published Monday, July 30, 2018 1:20 pm

221.Reporter's Notebook:
VU Music, Mind & Society Program may feed Nashville innovation

Within this scientific work are pain-points that could spawn inventions, innovations and startups.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, August 15, 2016 10:30 am

222.Margaret Dolan named to succeed Charlie Brock as CEO of Launch Tennessee
Longtime entrepreneurial consultant and Ingram Industries executive gets the nod.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, October 9, 2018 9:21 am

223.Venture Notes -- April 8, 2019
Weaver mulls spinout, Angels active, fintech adds, SiRanch bucks, tech commercialization, Briovation bread on the waters and more...
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, April 8, 2019 4:43 pm

224.Venture Notes -- Aug. 1, 2019
OppZone platform in works, Legility M&A, SEC filings, Veteran Ventures, H2O and Lirio raises and more.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, August 1, 2019 4:48 pm

225.Internet, broadband providers join Arts creators in Nashville briefing
AT&T, the Songwriters Guild and other interests brought their roadshow to Nashville this morning, to highlight industry and consumer interests
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:16 am

226.Jeff Cohu now leads Center for Entrepreneurship at Lipscomb University
Entrepreneurship, innovation, social impact, blockchain, networking are threads running in parallel.
Milt Capps / Published Friday, March 15, 2019 9:00 am

227.CEO: Nashville supply chain startup Vibronyx mulls growth-funding options
With Seed self-funded and operations breakeven or better, veteran of HCIT, IBM, U.S. Army, West Point and more eyes higher ground.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, June 9, 2020 4:15 pm

228.Denenberg departs LaunchTN, state mentor networks for new industries set
Search for entrepreneurship lead begins soon, lead for Ag network is set.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, April 21, 2016 5:00 pm

229.Passings: Celebration of Sal Novin's life set for 12/1 at NTCH Tech Hill
Updated - Those who knew this Nashville new-era software entrepreneur will gather this weekend.
By Milt Capps updated 20 June 2019 / Published Thursday, November 29, 2018 9:15 am

230.Venture Calendar - 2017 - Updated
State and regional events of interest.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, January 9, 2018 6:45 am

231.BioTN Life Science Venture Program now led by Karrie Dudek PhD
Industry could reach favorable inflection, particularly if supply of domain's sophisticated capital grows.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, October 16, 2024 4:00 pm

232.Venture Notes - 9 February 2018
Solaster capraise out of Jumpstart, new crypto fund, some blockchain plays and more.
By Milt Capps / Published Friday, February 9, 2018 4:16 pm

233.VUMC spin-up Nashville Biosciences taps advisors, builds team, eyes growth
[Updated] The campus newco is keeping open the option of raising outside capital.
By Milt Capps Updated 4 Jan. 2019 / Published Wednesday, April 4, 2018 1:45 pm

234.Update: LaunchTN continues to refine strategy and priorities
Charlie Brock shares his topmost objectives, and we review a bit of the agenda.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, July 20, 2015 3:00 pm

235.LaunchTN Staffing update
[updated] Expanding portfolios, going into CEO Charlie Brock's third year onboard.
Milt Capps Updated July 21, 2015 4pm / Published Monday, July 20, 2015 1:00 pm

236.NEXT TN: Research-industry-capital links are key
to state's intellectual-property commercialization

An overhaul of Tennessee connections, communications and capital is prerequisite to strong gains in commercialization
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, May 10, 2011 7:54 am

237.Summer 2011: Most Popular Articles
'Venture' in our region has been cookin', with Nashville leading the way in many respects. The Top 25 reads of Summer 2011 are here
Published Saturday, September 3, 2011 8:42 am

238.Startup Weekend Nashville: Passions, Programmers and Products
Techies, marketers, inventors and lawyers are expected among the throng gathering tomorrow on the Vanderbilt campus
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:06 am

239.AngelEye Health draws investors to link parents, NICU babies, caregivers
[Updated] Tele-engagement innovations from Nashville-LittleRock company connect NICU babies, parents, caregivers.
By Milt Capps updated 10 November 2022 / Published Monday, February 28, 2022 4:15 pm

240.Angels: NueCura MP eyes science-driven health-tech startups, sees Williamson County as likely hub for nextgen technologies
[updated] Its Angel ranks could rise to 50 in 2016, and it may do a half-dozen deals.
Milt Capps updated Oct. 4, 2016 / Published Monday, December 28, 2015 5:00 pm

241.State, Federal partnership spawns 24 grants for Tennessee tech companies
LaunchTN matches have now supported 24 fledgling firms, mainly in energy, materials and health/biomedical.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, January 15, 2019 4:45 pm

242.Briovation drops Festival V, will instead draw on Health:Further
as it pursues innovation advisory roles + investor entrée

Co-founders Gatto & Whitney keep tacking in healthcare's crosswinds, complete 6th capraise of $21MM, its largest to date.
By Milt Capps 0822 hrs. / Published Tuesday, January 22, 2019 8:00 am

243.Vanderbilt University launching Institute for National Defense & Global Security
Summit III speakers' savvy, calibrated comments may contain 'signals' for domestic and global listeners.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, April 18, 2024 10:30 am

244.Impact Lab cohort members unveiled by Nashville Social Enterprise Alliance
Teams' targets range from community dev, to opioid addiction and improving human rights in apparel supply chain.
adapted from submitted materials / Published Tuesday, July 18, 2017 10:52 am

245.NewsBits, March 7, 2011
VU porfolio co goes elsewhere, TNInvestco company, startup ecosystem spreads, PdCamp, ORNL, MyOutdoorTV and more
By Milt Capps updated 3:15 p.m. March 8, 2011 / Published Monday, March 7, 2011 8:04 am

246.Health IT Roundup: Executives comment on Nashville's leadership options
Energy and ideas abound among a sample of Nashville healthcare, investment and technology executives rounded-up in just the past few days
By Milt Capps Updated 4:05 p.m. / Published Monday, January 25, 2010 3:31 pm

247.Rick Kushel: FINTOP Capital a disciplined investor amid Fintech surge
Nashville VC adds advisor marketing-automation startup Snappy Kraken to portfolio, has other initiatives afoot.
By Milt Capps / Published Friday, April 23, 2021 10:13 am

248.Health online: Big City Docs plans to target Nashville consumers in 2012
An Owen grad and former Cybera exec puts his venture skills to work for an Alabama startup that's eying Nashville
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, December 5, 2011 11:19 am

249.Metro Nashville seeks Manager, Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Short fuse: Metro hiring to fill pivotal role in entrepreneurship, innovation slot open.
Staff / Published Monday, August 26, 2024 5:57 pm

250.VU Notebook: Stoll's Markets center will honor Dewey Daane
Luminaries from the Fed, business, government and academe are expected to speak, honoring professor's contributions
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, October 7, 2008 7:06 am

251.Venture Notes - 23 September 2016
More than a dozen nuggets from around the state.
Milt Capps / Published Friday, September 23, 2016 5:15 pm

252.Nashville Technology Council dips cyber-toe into public policy waters
The small NTC must weigh carefully its forays into State and Federal policy-shaping.
Milt Capps Updated 11:23 a.m. / Published Monday, February 2, 2015 8:00 am

253.Greater Louisville courts talented International professionals
A its forthcoming Dec. 11 event shows, the Kentucky city sees value in cultivating ties between its ex-pat and immigrant community and corporations
By Milt Capps / Published Friday, November 29, 2013 9:30 am

254.Memphis entrepreneurship plans surge, as Bioworks Foundation ends run
UPdated - EDA's Build to Scale is assessing three 2021 entrepreneurship, commercialization proposals from Memphis.
By Milt Capps Updated 30 Sept. 2021 / Published Wednesday, July 7, 2021 3:00 pm

255.Kickoff: VentureSouth Chattanooga investor forum possible model for Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville
VentureSouth Fund V raise underway targets $10MM to augment Angels' individual bets and sidecar participation.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, July 18, 2022 5:30 pm

256.Charlie Martin: Time for trumpet and an assault on Healthcare's Jericho?
Healthcare entrepreneur believes status quo may be no more 'impregnable' than storied city's walls.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, September 20, 2016 1:45 pm

257.i24 SupplyCo paves innovation path alongside Soldiers at Ft. Campbell
Engineer-cum-entrepreneur Kevin Galloway feels his productizing skills, soldiers' front-line savvy make a good mix.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, August 18, 2022 11:53 am

258.LaunchTN appoints commercialization director from Nashville startup ranks
TTDC now seems to be fully staffed to further pro-venture programs
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, March 5, 2013 9:54 am

259.VU's Conn advocates new models for drug discovery
Vanderbilt pharma program inches cautiously toward tech transfer, while key faculty member keeps firm hand on the tiller
By Milt Capps Last updated 4:17 p.m. Dec. 24, 2009 / Published Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:15 pm

260.Dealflow update: Kentucky and Alabama - April 28, 2021
15 bullets on VC/PE raises, plus startups in healthcare, power, fintech and more.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, April 28, 2021 10:00 am

261.Indigo Woman: CEO says Stony Creek Colors' capraise awaits pilot results
'Unique' startup takes on major chemical companies with natural dyes for fashion.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, April 7, 2015 1:00 pm

262.Jumpstart Foundry fund eyes $6.5M via general solicitation
Nineth of annual JSF funds is pursued in atmosphere of both challenge and opportunity.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, March 16, 2023 5:17 pm

263.CEO: SimplyAgree could trigger Series A after 'right partner' emerges
Conversations continue as startup mulls investment terms, milestones, and preps for hiring and dev.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, October 15, 2019 1:00 pm

264.3 Winners! among TN challengers for 2019 EDA Regional Innovation grants
$3MM+ will go to new capital formation, entrepreneurship, mentoring and related initiatives. 3 winners in the state. 6 teams submitted compelling ideas.
By Milt Capps updated July 23, 2019 / Published Tuesday, July 23, 2019 4:45 pm

265.Mayor O'Connell, Nashville Chamber close gap, uplift AI, spotlight BNA chief
Speakers seemed to strike genuinely responsive chords among the audience.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, October 24, 2023 1:59 pm

266.Tech Economy: TTDC targets Angels and Entrepreneurs
Local Angel net and Mercury Labs shoulder high-profile assignments for the state's tech-driven economic development leader
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:19 pm

267.Launch Tennessee recruiting Director of Commercialization
Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee is making a signal hire.
Published Tuesday, February 21, 2023 7:12 am

268.UT-Battelle, NellOne Therapeutics license patents for tissue therapy
Biomed venture that spun-out of Oak Ridge National Laboratory now has intellectual property to address heart damage
By Milt Capps Updated Jan. 29, 2006 7:16 a.m. / Published Thursday, January 28, 2010 1:58 pm

269.Apple Inc.'s Herbold joins HealthTeacher drive
to make U.S. youth health 'cool & aspirational'

HealthTeacher suddenly looks pretty 'cool and aspirational' as it drives to improve youth health
By Milt Capps Updated 4:30 p.m. / Published Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:25 am

270.Entrepreneurs, VCs, TTDC mobilize for venture funding
Spring 2010 may go down in the annals of modern Tennessee history as a period of innovation breakthroughs
By Milt Capps Last update 11:05 p.m. / Published Wednesday, March 3, 2010 3:06 pm

271.Mobius-AI taps CEO Westenberg, advances electrified transportation fleet management platform
Co-founder Abhishek Dubey PhD has led much of the R&D and deployment this startup is leveraging.
By Milt Capps / Published Sunday, August 18, 2024 2:41 pm

272.'Pantheon Park' idea concentrates Music City techies, entrepreneurs, Creatives
Dortch Oldham Jr. is one of the mainstays of a stealthy coalition that seeks to create a focalpoint for creative entrepreneurism
By Milt Capps Updated Oct 1, 2011 3:39 p.m. / Published Friday, September 30, 2011 2:23 pm

273.Accelerate Health? With EC & Jumpstart Foundry out of the game,
some mull the need for a Healthcare accelerator in Nashville

[Updated] The best thinking at EC & JSF led to killing their cohort accelerators. Should we care?
Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 6, 2017 3:15 pm

274.edo Interactive: $20MM Series E, Badran CEO, Braswell exec chairman
Venture-backed edo's new CEO is based in Chicago.
Press release - updated May 26, 2015 / Published Wednesday, May 20, 2015 12:00 pm

275.Venture Notes - 23 May 2017
AIC-TTU | SAGENTS | NCN | FCA Venture | Change:HC | Hashed Health | GigEcon
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, May 24, 2017 12:00 pm

276.NEWSBITS, March 18, 2010
Education Networks..StudioNow..Biotechies...Scripps Interactive..Aegis Health... VU's science reports, and more..
By Milt Capps Last updated 6:52 p.m. / Published Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:19 pm

277.Leadership open as Nashville Fashion Alliance runs out of runway, dissolves
Alternative routes for developing the Fashion ecosystem could be taken while the industry matures further.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, May 6, 2019 2:41 pm

278.Adam Boehler-led Rubicon hits $471MM in Opp Fund I for HC investments
The PE has pulled trigger on early transactions, and its trajectory suggests more deals and 'thought leadership' ahead.
By Milt Capps updated Aug. 31, 2022 / Published Tuesday, August 30, 2022 4:00 pm

279.VC Caduceus Capital Partners advances early-stage digital health fund
[updated] Firm pursues $100MM raise, with progress reported for Early Stage Digital Health Fund I.
By Milt Capps updating earlier coverage / Published Thursday, July 20, 2023 6:45 am

280.Venture Notes - 24 February 2017
A healthcare disrupter's latest move, Accelerators updates and much more.
Milt Capps / Published Friday, February 24, 2017 1:00 pm

281.COPILOT TRAVEL remaps capital, pursues pent-up leisure-trip surge
Local CEO adds advisors, launches project involving American Airlines, eyes international scale
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, April 5, 2022 5:45 pm

282.Healthcare: SEMDA Nashville event affirms
connections of Devices, IT/Data, Services

Fresh-faced startups, veterans of industry convene in Music City May 18-19.
Milt Capps Updated 16 May 2016 11:51am / Published Friday, May 6, 2016 1:15 pm

283.Venture Calendar - 2019 - Updated
[Updated] Entrepreneurial, startup and capital events and activities around Tennessee.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, December 31, 2019 6:00 am

284.GE Healthcare, Vanderbilt University Medical Center release on precision immunotherapy cancer treatment partnership
A five-year partnership is centered on using AI to increase medical precision.
Submitted release / Published Sunday, January 6, 2019 11:15 am

285.EC's new Project Healthcare model now full-bore with 17 startups
The EC's remodeled healthcare startup-support program aims to leap ahead with 1st formal Class.
By Milt Capps / Published Friday, July 13, 2018 8:45 am

286.VUSE's Fauchet: $5MM gift spurs innovation in Medicine, Energy, Security
Engineering Dean sees opportunities to address large-scale global needs.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, April 25, 2016 11:15 am

287.Launch Tennessee names Van Tucker to strategic COO role
CEO Margaret Dolan has gained an exec who apparently knows a valuable badass when she sees one.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, January 14, 2020 3:30 pm

288.Venture Notes - 1 May 2017
Fourteen telegraphic items on startups, investments, exits and more in Tennessee and region.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, May 1, 2017 9:45 am

289.HealthStream faces another round of challenges
HealthStream analyst asks when company will 'get legs', while reinforced management team seeks fresh traction to integrate the company
Milt Capps / Published Monday, April 28, 2008 6:33 am

290.Fintech: Money Services licensing pact could help TN startups, innovators
Startups and mature money transmitters alike will want to watch this space.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, February 7, 2018 1:27 pm

291.Tennessee entrepreneurs, government
coalesce for COVID-19 counterattack

Opportunities for startup growth and service are plentiful in the new Pandemic Era.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, April 9, 2020 11:30 am

292.Nashville Mayoral candidates' views on Nashville entrepreneurial ecosystem
Candidates Alice Rolli and Freddie O'Connell are to vie in Metro's mayoral run-off contest Sept. 14, 2023
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, August 7, 2023 12:13 pm

293.Courtney 'Coko' Eason named EIR at Nashville Entrepreneur Center
Second Code2040, Google for Entrepreneurs Entrepreneur in Residence in Nashville diversity push
submitted release / Published Tuesday, April 25, 2017 10:45 am

294.Venture Notes - 10 August 2016
New NTC CEO and Health IT strategy coming, VC motives, Noro-Moseley exec, Women Angels coalesce and more.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, August 10, 2016 6:10 pm

295.VentureNotes: Tennessee Venture Council moving to starting-blocks?
Key investment and legislative issues could get a new advocate, after simmering years
By Milt Capps updated 12:30 p.m. / Published Thursday, November 1, 2012 12:14 pm

296.Satchel Health eyes major Series A raise, aims for eventual homerun exit
CEO says innovation can indeed be done competitively in low-margin sectors.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, December 5, 2016 8:45 am

297.Against clock, Bredesen pushes Green jobs, innovation
At the midpoint in Gov. Bredesen's second term, he's not letting-up on the accelerator for New Economy jobs
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:17 pm

298.Project Music: Jammber leverages Chicago's 1871 + Nashville gravity
Cobb, Clabaugh brought ideas and energy to the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.
Milt Capps Updated 23 April 2015 / Published Monday, April 20, 2015 2:00 pm

299.Tennessee artificial-intelligence center among Presidential advisors' ideas
White House scitech advisors suggest AI, biotech, comms, quantum infoscience, advanced manufacturing initiatives.
By Milt Capps / Published Friday, July 10, 2020 2:57 pm

300.Expansion-minded Launch Tennessee funding at-issue,
while Seed Fund proposal still likely to see daylight

With the General Assembly and Governor in full budget mode, LaunchTN assesses its options.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, March 21, 2017 4:00 pm

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