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Stuart McWhorter leads formation of D17 Ventures media/tech-oriented VC (relevance: 100%, date: Jun 4, 2018)
[Updated] $6MM raise apparently found quick acceptance - McWhorter foresees $100MM impact.

Entrepreneur Center CEO McWhorter stepping down
to shoulder Clayton Associates' duties (relevance: 98.4%, date: Apr 7, 2016)
President and COO Sam Lingo will also be Acting CEO.

CEO: Entrepreneur Center views Jumpstart accelerator exit as opportunity (relevance: 93%, date: Jan 22, 2016)
[updated] Prepared for change, EC CEO has already sketched-out 2016 strategy.

Clayton Associates' McWhorter increases stake in Clemson University (relevance: 87%, date: Jun 12, 2017)
VC co-founder takes a paws for philanthropy that may inspire other executives.

McWhorters' CA healthcare innovation impetus reflected in new Fund filings (relevance: 80%, date: Jul 16, 2021)
Latest fund raise could become largest in history of Clayton Associates ecosystem.

Nashville EC's Project Healthcare Accelerator to launch in Fall 2016 (relevance: 69.1%, date: Feb 2, 2016)
Year-round push involves Google for Entrepreneurs and Village Capital.

CEO search: Nashville Entrepreneur Center to seek Brody-Waite successor (relevance: 66.4%, date: Jul 1, 2019)
Brody-Waite plans to leave the decade-old entrepreneurship center.

Update: Brody-Waite named CEO of Nashville Entrepreneur Center (relevance: 54%, date: Jun 22, 2016)
[updated] Former InQuicker CEO sees traditional '100-day' assessment.

Message at Samford bears McWhorter legacy and son's challenge to serve (relevance: 51.7%, date: May 9, 2016)
Stuart McWhorter: Community service a kind of moral obligation

TN ECD today may announce innovative investment in Clarksville area (relevance: 50.7%, date: Nov 9, 2022)
[Updated with Kewpie news] Ahead of an impending press conference, we offer a thought experiment on investment scenarios.

Nashville EC Vision2020 suggests global ambitions
and quiet building of entrepreneurship warchest (relevance: 50.1%, date: Jun 9, 2016)
Global ambitions? Nashville Entrepreneur Center advances Vision 2020 Capital Campaign

Altitude Ventures taps Deshpande, eyes Fund III-driven portfolio expansion (relevance: 50.1%, date: Nov 30, 2023)
New Strategic Limited Partner says Altitude is a 'good fit', given it understands how to add value beyond capital.

Company Lab, TennSmart to sort Sustainable Mobility Reverse Pitch innovators to confront Challenges during EXPO in Nashville (relevance: 50.1%, date: Nov 16, 2023)
Deadline Nov. 20, 2023 - Q&A session just ahead, Pitches Dec. 5-6 as part of Expo in Nashville.

TN GenAssembly slashes LaunchTN SBIR-STTR matching request (relevance: 48.7%, date: Apr 20, 2023)
While budget heads to Leadership and then to the Governor, the LaunchTN board preps for road ahead.

Venture Notes - May 2, 2018 (relevance: 47.5%, date: May 2, 2018)
LaunchTN pushes, TN fintech pivot person, Kisber in K-TENN, capraises for SIGNiX, Metova, others.

State-backed LaunchTN Awards $7MM in matching funds to 37 TN firms (relevance: 45.9%, date: Oct 5, 2022)
Launch Tennessee announced latest SBIR fundings.

Altitude Ventures eyes $100M Fund III for digital health, HC services (relevance: 45.9%, date: Mar 31, 2022)
Backed/advised by key players, firm hits quick first close, attracts Kleiner Perkins veteran Deshpande

Tennessee reflections on PitchBook list of 'World's top startup cities' (relevance: 41.4%, date: Jun 12, 2024)
Surely some think Austin or Raleigh is sitting in Nashville's future seat on this leaderboard.

LaunchTN names Kelliher chief investment officer amid SSBCI push (relevance: 39.8%, date: Oct 17, 2023)
Tennessean succeeds Monique Villa.

LaunchTN eyes creation of model anti-sexual harassment policy (relevance: 39.7%, date: Jul 17, 2017)
Exec says harassment 'unacceptable' and LaunchTN will advocate broad adoption of planned policy model

NW TN's Donaldson leads The Mill's emergence as LaunchTN regional EC (relevance: 38.2%, date: Oct 10, 2023)
After 7 years without a formal regional entrepreneurship partner in NW Tennessee, The Mill contracts for the work.

Startups: TN's autoXLR8R up for adoption by UT Institute for Public Service (relevance: 38%, date: Mar 9, 2016)
A fourth cohort of startups is likely to be invited to Knoxville, but timeline TBD.

Tennessee lags peers in commercializing ideas + products, now TN ECD, Launch Tennessee and allies aim to grow resources (relevance: 37.4%, date: Nov 9, 2023)
RTI report illuminates TN funding + performance lag, advancement opportunities

Accelerate Health? With EC & Jumpstart Foundry out of the game,
some mull the need for a Healthcare accelerator in Nashville (relevance: 37.3%, date: Mar 6, 2017)
[Updated] The best thinking at EC & JSF led to killing their cohort accelerators. Should we care?

McWhorter-led TNECD, LaunchTN aim to elevate two entrepreneurship, innovation ecosystems (relevance: 35.5%, date: Mar 31, 2023)
Challenges and opportunities statewide, drive to position two new regional entrepreneur centers.