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Gov. Haslam names entrepreneur Bob Rolfe to head TN ECD (relevance: 29.2%, date: Feb 16, 2017)
Former MRA exec, turnaround guy and member of the J.C. Bradford diaspora named.

Stony Creek Colors eyes $8.6MM capital raises now thru 2018 (relevance: 29.2%, date: Mar 28, 2016)
Founder presses ahead with no native Tennessee capital, other than her own.

Tennessee $65.4M share in nation's $10BN SSBCI initiative confirmed (relevance: 29.2%, date: Apr 8, 2021)
UPDATED: U.S. Treasury program to move economic-development, equity and entrepreneurship needles, soon to be revived.

NVille's Virtuoso Surgical talks with coastal bankers
ahead of $3MM Seed raise (relevance: 29.1%, date: May 30, 2018)
Technology commercialization venture preps Seed and letter-round raises.

LaunchTN and allies pick startups for 36|86 Pitch & Demo events Aug. 28-29 (relevance: 28.7%, date: Jul 21, 2019)
Event could top last year's 1,200 registrants, including 100 or more presenters, hundreds of serial entrepreneurs and investors.

Metro Mayor, VU Chancellor seek traction for Nashville Innovation Alliance (relevance: 28.7%, date: Jun 21, 2024)
Initiative seeks economic expansion and inclusive prosperity.

Greater Nashville Venture Capital Association advances toward kickoff (relevance: 28.6%, date: Oct 13, 2023)
[updated] Nashville advocates prepare potentially unprecedented stimulus for expansion of the region's capital stack.

LaunchTN taps 13 potential startups from campus entrepreneurship pipeline (relevance: 28.6%, date: Jul 2, 2018)
Finalists are to pitch Aug. 28 during 36|86 event in Nashville.

New in Town: Kansas City's Bungii thinks Music City likes Pickup Trucks (relevance: 28.5%, date: Jan 16, 2020)
Founders had questions about Nashville as a market priority, but were quickly won over.

Venture Notes - 22 July 2021 (relevance: 28.4%, date: Jul 22, 2021)
Opry Entertainment exec eyes YUDU, Shore Cap, Wellview, Martin Ventures, ProCredEx, NOFs and more.

LaunchTN names Kelliher chief investment officer amid SSBCI push (relevance: 28.4%, date: Oct 17, 2023)
Tennessean succeeds Monique Villa.

Tennessee lags peers in commercializing ideas + products, now TN ECD, Launch Tennessee and allies aim to grow resources (relevance: 28.2%, date: Nov 9, 2023)
RTI report illuminates TN funding + performance lag, advancement opportunities

Tennessee plans new entrepreneur centers, RFP proposals due NLT May 22 (relevance: 28.2%, date: Apr 18, 2023)
updated : TN Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee aims to provide up to $250K for each new center.

Startup's GeoAir recipe calls for Drones, pest DNA and AgBiz savvy (relevance: 27.9%, date: Oct 18, 2017)
Young entrepreneur finds curious farmers allow testing his tech in their fields.

Life Science TN convenes GOP panel here to mull Election 2016's impact (relevance: 27.4%, date: Nov 2, 2016)
Journalists to be excluded, Dem's not invited to panel.

VU Convoy 2025 event elevates entrepreneurship, ecosystem innovation (relevance: 27.4%, date: Jan 28, 2025)
Keynoters include Mark Cuban, speaker/attendee ranks include VU Alumni + VU allies seeking innovation connections.

CEO: The Company Lab taking fast lane to Sustainable Mobility leadership (relevance: 27.2%, date: Jan 23, 2023)
[updated] CoLab CEO Tasia Malakasis drives plans for SM leadership from Chattanooga epicenter.

LaunchTN CEO search draws 900 resumes, dozens of qualified candidates (relevance: 27.2%, date: Jul 17, 2018)
Rolfe and Brock doubtless plan a smooth transition to maintain momentum, but there are vagaries to ponder.

EC says Twende event Feb. 15 coincides with 'Black Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day' proclaimed by Nashville Mayor Cooper (relevance: 27%, date: Feb 14, 2022)
Updated: VC Marcus Whitney, entrepreneurs Victoria Butler, Courtney Hale are empaneled to share and to judge presentations.

LaunchTN to ask 5-year, $44MM State support for maturing action plan (relevance: 27%, date: Jul 23, 2018)
Brock steams ahead, with a successor CEO likely to be tapped before year-end.

Coming Venture Events for your earliest consideration next 10 days (relevance: 26.9%, date: Feb 18, 2020)
We're breaking-out eight events in Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville and Memphis as being of special interest.

Venture Notes - 24 July 2017 (relevance: 26.8%, date: Jul 24, 2017)
LaunchTN's 36|86 bet, Van Beke promo, Steve Hau's gambit, P/E & TCRS, CoLab CEO and more.

Venture Notes - 17 April 2018 (relevance: 26.8%, date: Apr 17, 2018)
Simplr's $8MM Series A, Resolute and Americoin raises, Blockchain congregating and more.

Greenhill, Nowers: Nashville EC Diversity program lifts-off, adds sponsors (relevance: 26.6%, date: May 2, 2016)
Stepped-up focus, funding and Diversity-focused Enterpreneur in Residence in place paying off.

Entrepreneur Jane Allen to be CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (relevance: 26.6%, date: Oct 2, 2019)
New CEO will rely on a lawyerly eye and entrepreneurial chops as she begins fresh assessment of the EC.