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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

VNC's March 2025 Venture Calendar

Mar 02, 2025 at 05:32 pm by miltcapps

Comments welcomed via Milt@VentureNashville.com or LinkedIn. AHEAD: MARCH 2025 3 Epicenter, Alchemist Accelerator Hub and Memphis supply-chain industry invite startups and oth.... Read More

Shore Capital plants flag for new Agentis Longevity platform in Nashville

Dec 30, 2024 at 12:10 pm by miltcapps

CHICAGO- and Nashville-based PE Shore Capital Partners -- a deal producer dubbed "Founder Friendly" by Inc. five years running -- announced its Agentis Longevity platfo.... Read More

CPG Brief: Woman-owned Daily Crunch Snacks busts a move on Series A

Feb 14, 2024 at 04:40 pm by miltcapps

Update - Forbes reports Sept. 17, 2024, on completion of Daily Crunch Series A. Our original Feb. 14, 2024, story below. - Ed. DAILY CRUNCH INC., a Nashville startup with a "b.... Read More

Aron duo seek capital for Pastabilities® push, innovation partnership

Oct 10, 2023 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

Self-funded, founders seek 1st investors for growth Strong YoY growth within grocery brands Global CPG majors said wanting innovation at-scale Can serve strategic partner as.... Read More

CPG startup Daily Crunch raises capital, advances in channels, eyes horizon

Jul 26, 2023 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Founders in second SAFE raise, with a Series A on horizon Cornerstone penetration among major grocery chains, Amazon Focused FTE team augmented by advisors, suppliers, brok.... Read More

Innovator AgLaunch seeks EDA grant for agrifood value-chain disruption

Aug 17, 2022 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Grant funding win could help draw 12 startups yearly into Ag365 accelerator Data Commons, Smart Contracts, Trust Protocol will be put to work Partners to spin-up tech trainin.... Read More

Tennessee's innovators rally toward NSF Regional Innovation Engines

Aug 11, 2022 at 02:23 pm by miltcapps

THERE ARE AT LEAST 10 teams with strong Tennessee roots that have signaled they are prepared to compete for major, potentially transformative grant funding through the Nationa.... Read More

HRtech: Memphis Meats veteran Will Clem's Bite Ninja raises hit $15MM+

May 09, 2022 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

COFOUNDER William "Will" Clem and his team have now raised more than $15MM in outside capital for Bite Ninja Inc., their Memphis-based tech startup that enables staffing of re.... Read More

EC says Twende event Feb. 15 coincides with 'Black Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day' proclaimed by Nashville Mayor Cooper

Feb 14, 2022 at 04:44 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE's Mayor John Cooper has declared that February 15 is now Nashville Black Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day here, according to an announcement by Nashville Entrep.... Read More

Sarah Bellos, Lewis + Clark AgriFood chart Stony Creek Colors' Indigo path

Mar 01, 2021 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Update: Dec. 15, 2022: Related SEC filing dropped here. Dec. 2, 2022: The company announced in a press release here the closing a Series B2 round at $4.8 million co-led by gro.... Read More

Venture Notes - January 25, 2021

Jan 25, 2021 at 02:24 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee's scitech industry mentor networks finalize LaunchTN grants

Sep 24, 2020 at 03:42 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE has finalized grant contracts for four state-supported mentorship networks focused respectively on intelligent mobility, agriculture and food, energy innovati.... Read More

LifeScienceTN chairman is now UM's Townsend, former ECD Staff Chief

May 04, 2018 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

EARLIER this week, Ted Townsend was named chairman of Life Science Tennessee, the advocate for the industry that spans research, products, devices, equipment and other goods a.... Read More

7th Round: Latest Sohr Grants help fund tenant-matching,<br>carp-harvesting startups led by VU Owen alumni

May 02, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

The OwenGSM at VU __ Romance? Shrewdness? Chaos driven by the flapping of entrepreneurial butterfly wings? __ Who really knows what causes Founders to fix their gaze.... Read More

VU inventors' Adaptive Technology startup faces IntelliCane funding hurdles

Mar 19, 2018 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

MAKE no mistake: Two Vanderbilt University inventors-turned-entrepreneurs are working hard to secure the grants and private investment they need to keep moving forward with de.... Read More

Porter Road Butcher's new online recipe may call for Series A capital

Feb 22, 2018 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated April 27, 2021: L7 Venture Partners led PRB's $10M Series A. TechCrunch coverage. 25 May 2018 0855 - The company today said it completed a $3.7MM Seed raise with Max V.... Read More

Advisor entrant: Cherry Bekaert's MP in Nashville also tech-innovation lead

Jan 02, 2018 at 03:36 pm by miltcapps

CB's Dawn Patrick CPA Updated 14 Sept. 2018: Ms Patrick has been named to the board of Launch Tennessee, her firm announced.-Ed. TAKEN together, Richmond-based Cherry.... Read More

Healthy Eating: Jumpstart Capital takes a taste of startup Menud

Dec 18, 2017 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE's Jumpstart Capital has subscribed to the thesis that Menud Co. has honed through two pivots, which have left the startup positioned at the intersection of Celebrity.... Read More

Nashville's Saltvest Alto-IRA fintech startup enters LittleRock accelerator

May 11, 2017 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 29 Aug 2019: Saltvest total capital raised is now $9MM+. NashvillePost reported Aug. 29 the company had raised $5.4MM from investors including Jefferson River Capital,.... Read More

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