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Global-minded Nashville execs bound for West Yorkshire Innovation Festival

Feb 26, 2025 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

Lori Odom THREE Nashvillians intent on building two-way business bridges with other nations will soon travel to the West Yorkshire Innovation Festival, in England. Th.... Read More

Innovation chief McCullough leads 'Goal 7' push at Lipscomb University

Feb 08, 2025 at 01:23 pm by miltcapps

ON MONDAY, Feb. 10, Todd McCullough MBA is to take-up his duties as Lipscomb University's newly hired chief innovation officer (CIO), with priority assigned to achieving meani.... Read More

TNECD's LaunchTN reports gains, spotlights startups Whisper Aero + Shappi

Jan 16, 2025 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

DURING their 90-minute quarterly meeting this morning, the board of directors of Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee received from CEO Lindsey Co.... Read More

Acquisitive techcos i3 Verticals, Payroc WorldAccess wrap $438MM M&A deal

Sep 23, 2024 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

i3 VERTICALS INC (IIIV), based in Burton Hills, Nashville, today announced the Sept. 20 closing of the sale of its previously announced merchant services business -- deemed "n.... Read More

Lipscomb's Applied AI cohorts boost industries' general talent supply

Jul 09, 2024 at 03:51 pm by miltcapps

WHILE much of humankind stares like proverbial deer into the headlights of generative artificial intelligence and other forces, some Nashville institutions, entrepreneu.... Read More

Founder: startup SwimIntel's PredictAI churns athlete-recruitment waters

Apr 05, 2024 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

JAMIE BAILEY, a Kentucky-bred EE, tech entrepreneur and father of a daughter determined to be a more competitive swimmer, says he is unlikely ever to sell any of his 100% owne.... Read More

VocalBrain CEO eyes bootstrap, capraise options for vocal-training platform

Mar 06, 2024 at 11:27 am by miltcapps

Tech veteran weighs pros + cons of early funding options Vocal coaching, training via community platform easing thru betas engineering talent with heart for Music a priority.... Read More

Fintech: SavvyFi's latest SEC filing draws our attention

Feb 16, 2024 at 02:24 pm by miltcapps

Updated 22 March 2024 - target upped to $300K. 'Could go higher.-Ed. BRENTWOOD-BASED fintech growth company SavvyFi (Savvy Financial Inc.), with impetus from Series A funding.... Read More

ThriveAP investor's $3MM bet focuses on Advanced Practice Provider needs

Feb 12, 2024 at 07:08 am by miltcapps

TWELVE-year-old MidlevelU Inc., which offers accredited ThriveAP education and training programs for the healthcare sector's Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) and the.... Read More

Fisk University presidential choice nears, Darrell Freeman Incubation & Innovation Center advances

Aug 16, 2023 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

[12 Sept.] Presidential selection: Dr. Agenia W Clark, release here. She starts 6 Nov. 2023. Freeman Center programs to ramp-up Q1 2024 Designers, builders work toward iconic.... 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 2, 2021

Dec 02, 2021 at 12:32 pm by miltcapps

Venture Notes - November 30, 2021 - Healthtech + Wellness

Nov 30, 2021 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Memphis entrepreneurship plans surge, as Bioworks Foundation ends run

Jul 07, 2021 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 30 Sept. 2021: EDA announced no winners in Tennessee in the latest round. See who got shares of the program's $36.5MM outlays right here.-Ed. THREE NEW MEMPHIS entrep.... Read More

Reality check: Memphis Regional Megasite faces Sunset timer

Jun 15, 2021 at 03:27 pm by miltcapps

FIFTEEN years after the proposed 4,100-acre Memphis Regional Megasite (MRM) development project was approved by the state, an economic boon anchored in West Tennessee has yet.... Read More

Tom Bancroft sees Pencilish Animation Studios as industry disruptor

Apr 02, 2021 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Update 27 April 2021: On 4/25, Pencilish raised the target on its WeFunder campaign to $5M.-Ed.A DISNEY ANIMATION VETERAN with a career spanning the creative arts, entrepreneu.... Read More

Fintech entrepreneur McGugin expands CoreCommerce role in payments

Jul 16, 2020 at 05:04 pm by miltcapps

CEO DANIEL MCGUGIN is moving apace to expand Nashville-based CoreCommerce's role in the e-commerce ecosystem from successful shopping-cart and software provider to a robust fi.... 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

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

StartupEquity: Shani Dowell on lessons honed during Possip's rise

Jan 07, 2020 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

CEO SHANI DOWELL, the black female edtech entrepreneur who founded Possip in Nashville, is naturally proud of having become one of the few black women in the U.S. to have recr.... Read More

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