Joe Galante

Passing of academic, founder, investor + veteran David Furse lamented

Feb 10, 2025 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

David Houseal Furse 1943-2024 NASHVILLE'S David Houseal Furse, husband, parent, entrepreneur, university educator, advisor, investor and U.S. Army veteran, died unexp.... Read More

Pointing growth-oriented Founders to NVL's 6th Dealmakers Conference

Feb 07, 2025 at 08:58 am by miltcapps

Update: Due to Winter weather, this event rescheduled to May 1, 2025. Details. The link to the VNC Reader discount included in the story below remains available. IN 12.... Read More

TN innovators seek i6 Challenge grants for innovation, entrepreneurship

Sep 27, 2018 at 04:44 pm by miltcapps

This covers four i6/RIS proposals: Collaboratory | POC | NFA | Smart Cities - None of these proposals won in the 2018 RIS cycle. TENNESSEE institutions and their corporate and.... Read More

Venture Notes - September 26, 2018

Sep 26, 2018 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

Gov. Haslam senses Tennessee 'making headway' in tech commercialization

Feb 13, 2017 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE companies and research institutions might be stepping-up efforts to secure patents, licensing intellectual assets and ensuring that such knowledge is commercialized.... Read More

2017 Project Music selects 4 startups from 120+ accelerator applicants

Feb 06, 2017 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

PROJECT Music, the year-round accelerator and mentoring program resident in the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC), has recruited its smallest batch of startups yet: Four, inc.... Read More

Venture Notes - 10 August 2016

Aug 10, 2016 at 06:10 pm by miltcapps

Today: NTC CEO - Noro Moseley exec - VC motivation - Women Angels - VU EdTech NASHVILLE Technology Council is ready to make some news. VNC understands the successor to.... Read More

CMA-backed, EC-based Project Music accelerator accepting 3.0 applications

Aug 10, 2016 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

PROJECT MUSIC began its 3.0 accelerator/innovation cycle this week by opening the startup applications window, with the deadline currently set for October 14. Organizers proje.... Read More

Vendor Registry soon to wrap Seed raise and assess way forward

Jun 30, 2016 at 04:59 pm by miltcapps

Ripple Music emerging from stealth, into Series A raise for VideoBomb app

Jun 29, 2016 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

[Updated 8 June 2017] The Tennessean reports here on the official release of the VideoBomb app ahead of CMAFest in Nashville.-Ed. RIPPLE Music's VideoBomb app will soon become.... Read More

Update: Brody-Waite named CEO of Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Jun 22, 2016 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

MICHAEL Brody-Waite has been selected the third CEO of Nashville Entrepreneur Center. The announcement came this morning from EC Board Chairman John Ingram, who co-chaired th.... Read More

Galante, Trahern, Artists & Allies take Music issues to nation's capital

Jun 21, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

TODAY is "Make Music Day" in Nashville and elsewhere. Coincidentally or not, the day of observance provides a grassroots backdrop for Music advocates' efforts to affect legisl.... Read More

Publishing startup Leafless pivots, plots course to profits + 1440 Demo Day

Apr 11, 2016 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

LEAFLESS, the startup that began life as self-publishing e-platform Screwpulp, remains staunchly pro-author, but has toned-down its moxie and pivoted its business model to pur.... Read More

EC Project Music cohort members in dress rehearsal for Demo Day

Apr 07, 2016 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

PROJECT MUSIC 2016 teams have finished the immersive-learning phase of their accelerator experience, and last night they previewed the pitches they'll make before investors, n.... Read More

Charlotte's Frontier Capital eyes Nashville market for investments

Jun 24, 2015 at 12:30 am by miltcapps

FRONTIER CAPITAL, based in Charlotte, N.C., may invest in "one or two" Tennessee companies via its recently closed Fund IV, and those targets are likely to be based in Nashvil.... Read More

Off-script: Project Music's Heather McBee joins Pandoland moderators

Jun 13, 2015 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 2:11pm June 15, 2015: The EC announced today McBee has been promoted to Program Director of Project Music.-Ed. HEATHER MCBEE, the industry lead for Project Music at th.... Read More

Everly, the mix and beverages startup, preps for Series A raise this spring

Mar 26, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

EVERLY, the Nashville natural mix and beverages startup, is "in high gear" preparing for a Series A capital raise, said Kyle McCollom, its CEO and co-founder. McCollom, who is.... Read More

Music startups limber-up ahead of Project Music's April 23rd PitchDay

Mar 19, 2015 at 04:01 pm by miltcapps

PROJECT MUSIC at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center is pushing eight music-sector startups through the equivalent of Navy SEAL training, only with a lot more noise, cameraderie.... Read More

Nashville EC's Music-Tech accelerator<br> to debut with Investors at-the-ready

Sep 11, 2014 at 08:15 am by miltcapps

Updated: 21 Oct. 2014 - The Music accelerator, now dubbed Project Music, indeed has a Seed investors at the ready, the EC announced today: The founding investors are Creative.... Read More

HealthTech: Stratasan sharpens messages ahead of capital-raise decision

Sep 11, 2014 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

STRATASAN, the healthcare intelligence data management company based in Nashville, is putting fresh emphasis on sharpening its communications and is considering raising.... Read More

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