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CEO: TTDC-LaunchTN 'not anticipating' SSBCI funding changes under Trump Administration (relevance: 100%, date: Nov 20, 2024)
Nonetheless, all hands are likely to keep a weather eye peeled.

Next Awards 2016 finalists from Chamber, Entrepreneur Center (relevance: 95.4%, date: Sep 9, 2016)
The annual Chamber, EC lists of competing entrants.

Bill Frist launches Collective with ears to ground, eyes on better healthcare (relevance: 92.5%, date: Feb 1, 2022)
Nashville's Frist Cressey Ventures brings together its first cohort of thought-leaders.

ECD's Brewer joins Cate's Stones River Group (relevance: 90.6%, date: Aug 11, 2016)
Clint Brewer served commissioners Hagerty and Boyd, now joins a Haslam Admin veteran.

Updated: Frist Cressey Ventures ups to $300MM Fund III fundraising target (relevance: 81.8%, date: Sep 20, 2021)
Updated 4/18/22: Of the healthcare-focused VC's 22 currently active portfolio companies, 12 are located in the Greater Nashville area.

Haslam Admin asks GenAssembly for Angel Tax Credit to mobilize early-stage investors and energize Tennessee 'Angel ecosystem' (relevance: 81.2%, date: Jan 15, 2016)
[updated] ECD Commissioner Randy Boyd expresses strong support for bill enrolled this week.

We asked TN Gubernatorial aspirants about State industry incentives, risk-capital formation, tech commercialization and more (relevance: 79.7%, date: Aug 13, 2018)
Many of these issues gained salience during the Haslam and Bredesen years.

FINTECH: Organically grown StrategyCorps remains
'intentionally opportunistic' about M&A (relevance: 76.4%, date: Apr 27, 2017)
Company conceived by media entrepreneurs Bill King, Greg Thurman is aware of broad options.

Bunker Labs Nashville startups on firing line in June 28 event (relevance: 76.1%, date: Jun 21, 2016)
[updated] Local Bunker Labs crew is gaining momentum, enjoying network effect.

Policy: Innovation & Startups Equity Investment Program draws TN interest (relevance: 75.4%, date: Jun 9, 2020)
Proposed federal funding could rekindle TN entrepreneurship and innovation, much as during the earlier Haslam Administration.

Tennessee $65.4M share in nation's $10BN SSBCI initiative confirmed (relevance: 74.2%, date: Apr 8, 2021)
UPDATED: U.S. Treasury program to move economic-development, equity and entrepreneurship needles, soon to be revived.

Stuart McWhorter leads formation of D17 Ventures media/tech-oriented VC (relevance: 74.2%, date: Jun 4, 2018)
[Updated] $6MM raise apparently found quick acceptance - McWhorter foresees $100MM impact.

Reporter's Notebook: Healthcare M&A Conference in Nashville, June 16-17 (relevance: 69.7%, date: Apr 28, 2016)
VNC Discount: Healthcare consolidation is robust and the landscape rapidly shifting.

Former US Senator Frist 'cautiously optimistic'
nation will address healthcare effectively (relevance: 69.7%, date: Oct 27, 2016)
Expresses confidence stage is set for constructive engagement about insurance exchanges and more.

Launch Tennessee seeks US EDA funding to expand Industry Networks (relevance: 69.4%, date: Aug 16, 2022)
Consumer Products, Advanced Manufacturing, Fintech, would join advanced energy, agritech, mobility, life-sciences concentrations.

Market Monitor:
Investor, Entrepreneur schedules in next 30 days could test road warriors (relevance: 68.4%, date: Aug 31, 2016)
Time is money, not every meeting's worthwhile, but these warrant your scrutiny.

Blockchain: Will Gov. Haslam affix his name
to electronic transactions amendment? (relevance: 68.3%, date: Mar 20, 2018)
[updated] Some see Tennessee getting a boost from the legislation, others less sanguine.

EC CEO Allen seeks state direct-appropriation grant for Twende program (relevance: 68.3%, date: Aug 18, 2021)
Nashville Entrepreneur Center makes case for $450K in grant to support statewide entrepreneurship inclusion and diversity.

Tennessee doubles down on LaunchTN, 36|86 looms as inflection point (relevance: 66.5%, date: May 14, 2017)
A rich program with speakers by the dozen, including 10 VCs on the stage.

HCTec Partners taps former UL/PureSafety chief Bill Grana as President (relevance: 66%, date: Apr 13, 2017)
Entrepreneur and investor seems Nashville momentum growing, despite traffic and other concerns.

Memphis Regional Megasite awaits 'honest' report
on potential users, programs, development (relevance: 65.9%, date: Feb 10, 2021)
UPDATED Massive economic project conceived 16 years ago now seems under no-holds-barred assessment.

VU School of Medicine ramps-up The Rad^x incubator
with 17 entrants in Innovation Challenge (relevance: 65.2%, date: Jun 19, 2017)
Incubator management plans to keep potential businesses on-pace for development, commercialization.

Launch Tennessee's Courtney Corlew joins SFO's Bulleit Group PR firm here (relevance: 62.9%, date: Sep 22, 2016)
After six years at ECD agency, Tennessee native returns to private sector.

TN GenAssembly slashes LaunchTN SBIR-STTR matching request (relevance: 62.9%, date: Apr 20, 2023)
While budget heads to Leadership and then to the Governor, the LaunchTN board preps for road ahead.

LaunchTN eyes capital access, SBIR matches, possible renewed Fed funding (relevance: 59.8%, date: Feb 26, 2021)
Against the backdrop of the pandemic, Launch Tennessee and Life Science Tennessee look to maintain momentum.