University of Tennessee

Haslam Family Capital, Ara Partners detail $725MM decarbonization scenario

Sep 26, 2024 at 01:27 pm by miltcapps

HF CAPITAL, the Knoxville-based investment arm of multi-generational Haslam family investors, stands ready to invest up to $725MM to support and help shape the emerging Energy.... Read More

Brandon Bruce's SEC filing signals Market Square Ventures Fund I on horizon

Mar 07, 2024 at 02:19 pm by miltcapps

KNOXVILLE's BRANDON BRUCE on March 6 filed a placeholder with the SEC, reporting plans for raising Market Square Ventures Fund I venture capital, with sector and target amount.... Read More

TN's Techstars IoF's Brandon Bruce advises seedcos hit pipeline by Nov. 29

Nov 03, 2023 at 04:31 pm by miltcapps

TECHSTARS Industries of the Future Managing Director Brandon Bruce today provided VNC readers a reminder that, while seed-stage companies that aim to disrupt their sectors may.... Read More

Nashville startup Time Miner pursues B2B platform ties, maps capital raises

Jun 20, 2023 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE Time Miner LLC -- mostly bootstrapped since its 2016 founding in Nashville -- is raising outside capital for its cloud-based platform, which enables professionals.... Read More

Governor proposes funds for TN GO push by TN ECD, UT, TVA, ORNL, VU

Mar 13, 2023 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

GOVERNOR BILL LEE'S initial FYI 2024 state budget proposal is said to include a non-recurring $5MM allocation to support the emerging Tennessee Network Growth and Oppor.... Read More

Ted Townsend: Despite Fed grant miss, Memphis and 'Digital Delta' allies remain undeterred in pursuing Digital Delta initiative

Sep 03, 2022 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

Ted Townsend UPDATE 3 Sept. 2022: The White House announced yesterday 21 winners in its BBBRC competition. Allied sponsors of the Memphis proposal did not receive a g.... 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

Techstars accelerator integrating 10 startups into Oak Ridge-Knoxville

Feb 07, 2022 at 06:15 am by miltcapps

TECHSTARS, the global seed-investor network that helps advance scalable startups, today announced the 10 tech-heavy members of the first Industries of the Future Accelerator c.... Read More

MidTN Coalition may launch Lifeworks Accelerator and VC+AI+Data initiatives to deepen Greater Nashville life-sciences ecosystem

Dec 07, 2021 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: EDA release Dec. 13, 2021 showed this program was not a finalist in the grant process.-Ed. A COALITION of Middle Tennessee academic, government and nonprofit al.... Read More

Venture Notes - December 29, 2020

Dec 29, 2020 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: SSM | Echelon | Episode | Captives | AB | InnerG | WSWST | StayClean | Ingram | Guidance | Chestnut | LaunchTN | Beacon | Smokies | CHECKS: The $100MM mark has.... Read More

Venture People - Sept. 21, 2020

Sep 21, 2020 at 12:27 pm by miltcapps

. Today: Saint | Bartholomew | Octerra | Ganjei | Marker | Wall | Tolleson | Landaiche | Heritage | Cressey | Townsend | Smith | Taveau | Pieper | Oppong | McPeak | Weaver.... Read More

Transparency Health startup BaseCamp seeks partners + Ascend adopters

Jul 09, 2020 at 03:55 pm by miltcapps

BASE CAMP HEALTH's recent pact with Franklin, Tenn.-based RxGenomix may turn out to be part of a bigger series of partnerships forged to advance BaseCamp's new Ascend digital.... Read More

Venture Notes - June 25, 2020

Jun 25, 2020 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Today: ESO | Petra | Row | Peat | BSQ | VVC | Solas | Heinz | Griz | DCD | LIN | Hemp | ICBA | Luci | DDT | FOCUS | Resources | NEW MEMPHIS FUND: A handful of seemingl.... Read More

EC's Project Music captures broader range of entertainment plays

Apr 13, 2020 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

The Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC) announced April 2 the 11 members of the 2020-2021 Cohort of its Project Music program. The cohort includes startups related to music, li.... Read More

Venture Notes -- March 13, 2020

Mar 13, 2020 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

. TODAY (27): VC | CHNG | Chalk | DRS | DIAKARD | HaloScrips | Shear | Gunio | Built | Sedg | BPrint | AgL | 405 | eMids | HSTM | Premise | Lens | MDSave | 180 | EVID | Axial.... Read More

Venture Notes - January 16, 2020

Jan 16, 2020 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

$$ moves: Pharos | Bambu | Relode | Virtuoso | Blueprint | Curex | ACG | Graphene | Waud | Claritas | Curie | myEYEris ► PHAROS Capital Partners IV LP on Monday issued a fili.... Read More

Launch Tennessee names Van Tucker to strategic COO role

Jan 14, 2020 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Launch Tennessee today announced the appointment of Van Tucker as its chief operating officer, working alongside CEO Margaret Dolan. Tucker, a native Tennessean who grew up in.... Read More

Cofounders: Startup ObjectiveGI is ramping-up ahead of Series B raise

Jan 13, 2020 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: See more recent updates here. The company changed its name to ObjectiveHealth Inc. on Sept. 14, 2021. Our Jan. 13, 2020 story is below.-Editor. NASHVILLE's ObjectiveGI.... Read More

Belmont Dean Gardial expands Massey College business, campus outreach

Jan 09, 2020 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

SARAH FISHER GARDIAL PhD told Venture Nashville that expanding outreach on campus and in the Nashville business community will be among her highest priorities, beginning March.... Read More

Launch Tennessee names Partnerships Coordinator

Jul 18, 2019 at 03:36 pm by miltcapps

ASHLIN WILDUN shouldered her duties as partnerships coordinator a week or so ago within Launch Tennessee, aka Tennessee Technology Development Corporation, TTDC. Wildun was fo.... Read More

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