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Venture Notes -- July 16, 2019 (relevance: 100%, date: Jul 16, 2019)
Updated: Moneytree report from PwC and CBInsights is out, plus we have field notes on TN and Opportunity Zones.

Venture Notes -- July 9, 2019 (relevance: 100%, date: Jul 9, 2019)
Updated: 21 items on TN capital raises, advisors, entrepreneurs and strategies.

3 Winners! among TN challengers for 2019 EDA Regional Innovation grants (relevance: 100%, date: Jul 23, 2019)
$3MM+ will go to new capital formation, entrepreneurship, mentoring and related initiatives. 3 winners in the state. 6 teams submitted compelling ideas.

Startup bio-dyemaker Stony Creek Colors closes Series A, eyes B-round (relevance: 100%, date: Jun 13, 2019)
Founder has raised north of $8MM, recruited growing ranks of farmers since inception.

Venture Notes - April 24, 2019 (relevance: 100%, date: Apr 24, 2019)
HealthStream ties-up with early-growth cos, Alphabet-backed Clover hits Music City, a startup's $6MM raise, money for June Medical, HempTenn, BeastBrands, SmartRIA, and much more.

Nashville EC's 'Twende' event focuses on Black, Brown founders' funding (relevance: 100%, date: Mar 19, 2019)
Unprecedented EC gathering meant to improve minority entrepreneurs' access to contacts, capital and growth.

Project Music: Musicians Council preps capraise for lead experts platform (relevance: 100%, date: Mar 18, 2019)
Earlier successful exit and relo to homestead in Tennessee helped pave the way for latest gambit.

Fintech: Maxwell leads FINTOP II fund raise (relevance: 100%, date: Mar 15, 2019)
[updated] FINTOP has drypowder from Fund I, expands team, likes what it sees in non-coastal dealflow.

Jeff Cohu now leads Center for Entrepreneurship at Lipscomb University (relevance: 100%, date: Mar 15, 2019)
Entrepreneurship, innovation, social impact, blockchain, networking are threads running in parallel.

Strategic hire: LaunchTN communications chief now in place (relevance: 100%, date: Mar 6, 2019)
[Updated] Director joins from PwC as tech development and entrepreneurship nonprofit pursues FY20 funding, strategic objectives.

Nashville startups, market movers due for fresh look at NEXT Awards (relevance: 100%, date: Mar 5, 2019)
Startups, market-movers and cities, themselves, often seek 'network effects', reputation and visibility -- which makes an inclusive Award program vital.

CEO: LaunchTN hires tackle Capital requirements, Commercialization (relevance: 100%, date: Feb 6, 2019)
Commercialization and availability of capital now more fully staffed for a strategic push forward.

TN General Assembly, Lobbyists + Clients engage on ed, tech,
medicine, taxes, myriad other issues (relevance: 100%, date: Feb 4, 2019)
As bill-filing deadlines loom, bills that shape TN economy, startups, entrepreneurial momentum are in prospect.

Briovation drops Festival V, will instead draw on Health:Further
as it pursues innovation advisory roles + investor entrée (relevance: 100%, date: Jan 22, 2019)
Co-founders Gatto & Whitney keep tacking in healthcare's crosswinds, complete 6th capraise of $21MM, its largest to date.

State, Federal partnership spawns 24 grants for Tennessee tech companies (relevance: 100%, date: Jan 15, 2019)
LaunchTN matches have now supported 24 fledgling firms, mainly in energy, materials and health/biomedical.

Venture Notes- 3 Jan. 2019 - Gov.-Elect Lee retains ECD chief,
plus updates on tech startup capital raises (relevance: 100%, date: Jan 3, 2019)
Lee Cabinet choices affect ECD, LaunchTN, others..plus updates on capital raises.

Venture Notes - December 19, 2018 (relevance: 100%, date: Dec 19, 2018)
People on the move, capraises for Soccer, healthIT and others -- and maybe a tech employer in play.

Milken Institute says Tennessee advances, yet struggles with tech commercialization and venture funding (relevance: 100%, date: Dec 18, 2018)
Biannual Science & Technology Index shows some TN gains, but weakspots among growth factors

Relevance Capital pursues Fund IV raise + regional tech-VC leadership (relevance: 100%, date: Oct 25, 2018)
Exits may be ahead for Brentwood-Tullahoma firm seeking stakes in early-stage coastal targets, but at Nashville valuations.

Emerging blockchain-industry is focus of TokenizeTN skull session at ECD (relevance: 100%, date: Oct 23, 2018)
Waller attorney leads prospective not-for-profit advocacy group through private 'summit' at ECD.

Venture Notes - October 19, 2018 (relevance: 100%, date: Oct 19, 2018)
Another batch of entrepreneurial and investment movers, shakers and TBDs.

Brookings: TN located in 'Heartland' region
with weakspot for entrepreneurship (relevance: 100%, date: Oct 18, 2018)
A sobering report from Brookings Institution researchers inevitably shows there's work yet to be done.

Margaret Dolan named to succeed Charlie Brock as CEO of Launch Tennessee (relevance: 100%, date: Oct 9, 2018)
Longtime entrepreneurial consultant and Ingram Industries executive gets the nod.

TN innovators seek i6 Challenge grants for innovation, entrepreneurship (relevance: 100%, date: Sep 27, 2018)
Regardless of grant outcomes, these strategic proposals warrant scrutiny across Tennessee.

Memphis' Epicenter meets FedEx challenge, nets $40M for entrepreneurship (relevance: 100%, date: Sep 26, 2018)
Bolus of funding seems likely to produce tidal surge of momentum in region's innovation economy.