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State, Federal partnership spawns 24 grants for Tennessee tech companies (relevance: 28.2%, date: Jan 15, 2019)
LaunchTN matches have now supported 24 fledgling firms, mainly in energy, materials and health/biomedical.

Launch Tennessee leaders, staff confront budget headwinds (relevance: 27.8%, date: Jun 8, 2020)
Lofty goals, budget cuts and a mission made more challenging amid pandemic and economic pandemonium.

Venture Notes- 3 Jan. 2019 - Gov.-Elect Lee retains ECD chief,
plus updates on tech startup capital raises (relevance: 26.3%, date: Jan 3, 2019)
Lee Cabinet choices affect ECD, LaunchTN, others..plus updates on capital raises.

Launch Tennessee names Van Tucker to strategic COO role (relevance: 26%, date: Jan 14, 2020)
CEO Margaret Dolan has gained an exec who apparently knows a valuable badass when she sees one.

Reality check: Memphis Regional Megasite faces Sunset timer (relevance: 24.8%, date: Jun 15, 2021)
State begins refining strategy, aims to bring 4,100-acre OEM project to fruit, if it can be done.

Tennessee's scitech industry mentor networks finalize LaunchTN grants (relevance: 24.7%, date: Sep 24, 2020)
Intelligent Mobility, Life Sciences, Energy, and Ag-Food networks bolster startup resources

Memphis Regional Megasite awaits 'honest' report
on potential users, programs, development (relevance: 24.1%, date: Feb 10, 2021)
UPDATED Massive economic project conceived 16 years ago now seems under no-holds-barred assessment.

Venture Notes - May 2, 2018 (relevance: 23.2%, date: May 2, 2018)
LaunchTN pushes, TN fintech pivot person, Kisber in K-TENN, capraises for SIGNiX, Metova, others.

Venture Notes -- Aug. 1, 2019 (relevance: 22.6%, date: Aug 1, 2019)
OppZone platform in works, Legility M&A, SEC filings, Veteran Ventures, H2O and Lirio raises and more.

LaunchTN eyes creation of model anti-sexual harassment policy (relevance: 20.9%, date: Jul 17, 2017)
Exec says harassment 'unacceptable' and LaunchTN will advocate broad adoption of planned policy model

Sohr-backed MEDarchon taps CEO, puts growth ahead of any capital raise (relevance: 20.8%, date: May 8, 2017)
CEO Baxter: MEDarchon is tracked by potential suitors outside Nashville.

Emerging blockchain-industry is focus of TokenizeTN skull session at ECD (relevance: 19.3%, date: Oct 23, 2018)
Waller attorney leads prospective not-for-profit advocacy group through private 'summit' at ECD.

LaunchTN and allies pick startups for 36|86 Pitch & Demo events Aug. 28-29 (relevance: 18.8%, date: Jul 21, 2019)
Event could top last year's 1,200 registrants, including 100 or more presenters, hundreds of serial entrepreneurs and investors.

CEO Tasia Malakasis ramps-up The Company Lab in Chattanooga (relevance: 18.2%, date: Jul 19, 2022)
After seven workdays at the helm of the regional entrepreneur center, CEO looks at capital, staffing, budgets and more.

Monique Villa Capra holds pivotal role in ECD-LaunchTN $1BN SSBCI vision (relevance: 17.8%, date: Aug 29, 2022)
U.S. Treasury verdict still out, but more staff being recruited for developing TN ecosystem's capital stack.

LaunchTN eyes capital access, SBIR matches, possible renewed Fed funding (relevance: 17.7%, date: Feb 26, 2021)
Against the backdrop of the pandemic, Launch Tennessee and Life Science Tennessee look to maintain momentum.

Venture Notes - October 19, 2020 (relevance: 17.5%, date: Oct 19, 2020)
[updated] Capital raises, executive moves, venture plays, true startups and more.

Tennessee $65.4M share in nation's $10BN SSBCI initiative confirmed (relevance: 17.4%, date: Apr 8, 2021)
UPDATED: U.S. Treasury program to move economic-development, equity and entrepreneurship needles, soon to be revived.

U.S. Marine Veteran forms ECD Capital Partners,
Opportunity Zone Fund in Nashville (relevance: 17.1%, date: Aug 7, 2018)
Federally legislated OZFund prepares for take-off roll in Tennessee.

LaunchTN sets Startup Policy Workshops to boost regional entrepreneurship (relevance: 17.1%, date: Oct 7, 2019)
Meetups blend LaunchTN mission, Kauffman funding, Engine advocate, constituents getting to know legislators.

'Not raining, it's pouring: E&Y + Amazon news means 5,600 jobs in Nashville (relevance: 16.1%, date: Nov 13, 2018)
Two solid hits reinforce Nashville economic status.

Milken Institute says Tennessee advances, yet struggles with tech commercialization and venture funding (relevance: 15.9%, date: Dec 18, 2018)
Biannual Science & Technology Index shows some TN gains, but weakspots among growth factors

Tennessee entrepreneurs, government
coalesce for COVID-19 counterattack (relevance: 15.7%, date: Apr 9, 2020)
Opportunities for startup growth and service are plentiful in the new Pandemic Era.

Expansion-minded Launch Tennessee funding at-issue,
while Seed Fund proposal still likely to see daylight (relevance: 15%, date: Mar 21, 2017)
With the General Assembly and Governor in full budget mode, LaunchTN assesses its options.

We asked TN Gubernatorial aspirants about State industry incentives, risk-capital formation, tech commercialization and more (relevance: 14.4%, date: Aug 13, 2018)
Many of these issues gained salience during the Haslam and Bredesen years.