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Chancellor: UT Southern pro-entrepreneurship serves region and beyond

Aug 01, 2025 at 03:43 pm by miltcapps

UNIVERSITY of Tennessee Southern President Melinda Schlager Arnold PhD told Venture Nashville the Pulaski-based university has many opportunities to extend education and.... Read More

VentureNVTN: VNC's August 2025 Venture Calendar

Jul 31, 2025 at 03:40 pm by miltcapps

•West | •Central | •Eastern | •Other Updated continually during current month. All stories + calendars via navbar above. August 1.... Read More

Fresh initiatives for Center for Entrepreneurship at Vanderbilt's Owen GSM

Jul 29, 2025 at 04:33 pm by miltcapps

The Center for Entrepreneurship within Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management is developing expansive plans and programs that rely on experimentation, anal.... Read More

Ido Sarig a venture-driver for Alchemist Accelerator, Epicenter, UMemphis

Jul 29, 2025 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

IN JANUARY, Memphis venture expert Ido Sarig sailed past the second anniversary of his efforts to help drive dealflow, techcentric commercialization and startup growth in the.... Read More

TN's pre-Seed-to-SeriesA founders have til Aug. 15 to ask into 3686 pitch-off

Jul 27, 2025 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

'TENNESSEE-located' startups in the pre-Seed to Series A portion of the venture spectrum must apply by Aug. 15 for consideration of their requests to compete in the pitch comp.... Read More

Interregional 'AI compact' could help TN drive economy, prosperity

Jul 16, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

THE BROOKINGS Institution, based in Washington, D.C., today released its report on Mapping the AI Economy, which posits that hundreds of U.S. cities and other regions -- inclu.... Read More

Obituary: Fred Goad, 84, Nashville entrepreneur and investor has died

Jul 15, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

FRED CURTIS GOAD JR., a widely respected Nashville-area private investor, entrepreneur and advisor, died June 4, at age 84. Goad's healthcare-weighted career most recently inc.... Read More

Warner Music Group, Bain Capital JV could invest $1.2BN in music catalogs

Jul 03, 2025 at 08:23 am by miltcapps

WMG-Bain's 1 July 2025 press release is below. VNC reached-out to WMG and its PR representative to explore what, if any, impact this could have on Warner Chappell Music and an.... Read More

Chicago-Nashville's PE Shore Capital's FAB III draws $450MM commitments

Jul 03, 2025 at 06:43 am by miltcapps

SHORE CAPITAL PARTNERS, a Chicago-based private equity firm with substantial presence in Nashville, announced two days ago its close of its Shore Capital Partners Food & B.... Read More

New VC: Nashville consumer proptech GoEx Venture Capital raising Fund I

Jul 02, 2025 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based GoEx Venture Capital filed July 1 an update with the SEC on its target-$5MM Fund I, which is focused heavily on consumer-facing property technology companies t.... Read More

Nashville Entrepreneur Center Impact Grants sweeten recruitment pot

Jul 01, 2025 at 08:44 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Entrepreneur Center has extended the deadline for application to its Fall 2025 accelerator programs until end of day July 11, and will sweeten the pot for three comp.... Read More

VNC's July 2025 Venture Calendar

Jun 28, 2025 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

•West | •Central | •Eastern | •Other Updated continually during current month. Previous VNC calendars. July 4 • Fourth of July. Downtown Nashville c.... Read More

Raghavan to drive Vanderbilt 'vision as catalyst + incubator of innovation'

Jun 27, 2025 at 08:25 am by miltcapps

VANDERBILT University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier plans July 1 to make current Vice Provost for Research and Innovation Padma Raghavan his office's first executive director fo.... Read More

TN envoys take entrepreneurial, econdev, FDI savvy to Amsterdam, Paris

Jun 13, 2025 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE economic and entrepreneurial leaders are heading to Amsterdam and Paris next week, reinforcing this state's interest in innovation, cross-border trade and for.... Read More

Hollis: RoI for AI: Optura's $6.5M+ Seed spurs AI Ops orchestration

Jun 11, 2025 at 12:56 pm by miltcapps

MICHAEL HOLLIS, co-founder and president of Nashville-based Optura Inc., says the startup has begun deploying its new "AI Enterprise Operating System," which helps management.... Read More

Brief: Kimberlin raising capital as CrushTeam's AI agents automate CRM

Jun 10, 2025 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Bill Kimberlin Nashville tech entrepreneur Bill Kimberlin's CrushTeamAI platform deploys AI Agents to automate customer relationship management (CRM) systems..... Read More

Nashville's Bitetime Kitchens reenters Atlanta, maps growth + capital

Jun 10, 2025 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Founder-CEO and Majority Owner Jason Gries's Bitetime Kitchens LLC produces and delivers 18 core-brand meal cuisines from its own kitchens for corporate and industri.... Read More

VNC's June 2025 Venture Calendar

May 23, 2025 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

•West | •Central | •Eastern | •Other Updated continually during the month. June 1-5 • Fiber Connect by DA Davidson, 5K attendees including network operators, 5G carriers, inf.... Read More

New entrepreneurial, innovation centers rise in Southern Middle Tennessee

May 22, 2025 at 11:43 am by miltcapps

A NEW regional entrepreneur center seems likely to be born in southern-middle Tennessee this summer, largely thanks to spadework and prospective partnership with Tennessee Tec.... Read More

Frist Cressey Ventures pursues $400MM Fund IV, plans next exec Forum

May 16, 2025 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

FRIST CRESSEY VENTURES of Nashville filed May 15 for its $400MM parallel Fund IV QP LP and Fund IV LP, showing 115 investors aboard and $169.7MM-in, at that point. The firm al.... Read More

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