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Guest Column: Don't risk demoting your brand with Artificial Intelligence

Aug 06, 2024 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

"Content is King" remains a business axiom, but overreliance on artificial intelligence in communications for marketing and customer experience is already undermining some bra.... 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

Christal Hector presses on toward TuneHatch beta, launch, capital raise

Mar 08, 2022 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE: TuneHatch founder won #BITCON2023 Blacks in Technology RoadPitch competition, Sept. 8, 2023.-Editor CHRISTAL HECTOR, the Nashville-based co-founder and CEO of TuneHatc.... Read More

Endeavor Business Media opportunistic buyer, ramps events, mulls capital

Apr 20, 2021 at 10:06 am by miltcapps

THREE-year-old Endeavor Business Media LLC receives periodic interest from potential investors, but its current owners are likely to wait til the company has had "four good no.... Read More

Startup 'Hypersence' seeks $2.5M to advance MemorySPEX + its platform

Jan 14, 2021 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

FOUNDER and CEO Kim Lavine is working to raise $2.5MM in Seed funding to develop and advance the planned MemorySPEX™ product and platform from her startup, Heugenis Inc., whic.... Read More

Scott Boruff-led startup Healthcare Integrated Technologies eyes capraise

Jul 14, 2020 at 03:58 pm by miltcapps

SCOTT BORUFF, the Knoxville entrepreneur with hard-won experience in Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors, expects to raise more funding for expansion of Healthcare Integrate.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 7, 2020

Jul 07, 2020 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

. Today: ATC | UMG | VENO | AB | SOP | RAN | EVI | BEAST | SYNC | NEMZ | FRY | AI | SPH | RESOURCES TENNESSEE's Angel Tax Credit (ATC) was a 'positive policy shift for.... Read More

Tennessee capital formation back on front burner, says LaunchTN CEO

Jan 23, 2020 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

INADEQUATE pools of risk capital are widely viewed as an impediment to maturation of the Tennessee entrepreneurial ecosystem. Though cautiously avoiding predictions, Launch Te.... Read More

COPILOT TRAVEL in Seed raise, eyeing Series A to drive ticketing from any website or device

Jan 21, 2020 at 11:10 am by miltcapps

COPILOT TRAVEL INC. says its new software platform enables most website owners to monetize their traffic by enabling their visitors to book price-optimized travel via their pr.... Read More

Nashville robots: Tailwind likely for startup Hirebotics after NBC-News story

Aug 07, 2018 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

ROB GOLDIEZ, co-founder and manager of Hirebotics LLC, says his robots-for-hire startup is likely to get a further boost from last weekend's NBC Nightly News coverage of his f.... Read More

LaunchTN taps 13 potential startups from campus entrepreneurship pipeline

Jul 02, 2018 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE today announced it has picked the next crop of University-based entrepreneurship finalists who will pitch their business ideas to judges Aug. 28, as part of t.... Read More

Blockchain startup The Opinion Economy maps token, ICO, equity offerings

Jun 21, 2018 at 11:29 am by miltcapps

TED WAZ, the Nashville-based CEO of The Opinion Economy Inc., is moving steadily along his blockchain startup's roadmap, the milestones of which include a utility token offeri.... Read More

Project Music: & ME LLC startup weighs Nashville HQ advantages

Apr 14, 2018 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

& ME LLC Founder Cori Banyon says her recent enrollment in Nashville's Project Music is making it tougher to choose between her current home Charleston, S.C., and her "dre.... Read More

With Hank Ingram aboard, Brown Water Spirits raises capital for startup

Apr 05, 2018 at 04:07 pm by miltcapps

Update: Dec. 17, 2020 - Now they've added Rye. Release. Oct. 9, 2020 - Hank Ingram formally announced O.H. Ingram River Aged Straight Whiskey. Our April 5, 2018 story is below.... Read More

Local advisors: Punching Nun's Cecconi has advised 25+ portfolio companies

Mar 05, 2018 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

It's little wonder Amanda Cecconi found her career in helping companies that are competing for market share, the lifeblood of venture-backed businesses. After all, the woman w.... Read More

Expansion-minded Launch Tennessee funding at-issue, while Seed Fund proposal still likely to see daylight

Mar 21, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE has had its share of wobbly years since it was created in 1997 by enactment of State law and then launched under its formal name, Tennessee Technology Develop.... Read More

Nashville-based CrowdVest.co investment-target website cranks up

Mar 20, 2017 at 12:36 pm by miltcapps

CROWDVEST.co has launched, offering online access to potential equity investment opportunities for accredited and non-accredited investors, as allowed by the 2012 Jumpstart Ou.... Read More

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Sep 01, 2016 at 01:11 pm by miltcapps

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Market Monitor: Investor, Entrepreneur schedules in next 30 days could test road warriors

Aug 31, 2016 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

WE INVITE Venture Nashville and Venture Tennessee readers to join us in focusing on upcoming events and issues that might've gotten off our radars during the Dog Days. There a.... Read More

VNC Market Monitor Services

Aug 27, 2016 at 02:03 pm by miltcapps

MARKET MONITOR is a research and services offering for Venture Nashville Connections Members and prospective Members. Market, public policy and business ecosystem reports, nav.... Read More