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1.Qualls' Angel Capital Group pursues growth, pivots out of Memphis
Founder Qualls persists in broadening the ACG footprint, with the occasional inevitable re-think
Published Oct. 3, 2011 at VNC / Published Friday, November 25, 2011 3:37 pm

2.Lamp Post Group stirs startups in Chattanooga
The Gig City is crankin' up support for startups and helping drive a campaign to attract Internet and software talent and entrepreneurs
Published April 25, 2011 at VNC / Published Friday, November 25, 2011 10:53 pm

3.About Us
Updated 3 June 2014 / Published Wednesday, November 23, 2011 8:26 am

4.Chattanoogan is SBA's Tennessee Small Business Person of the Year 2017
Dan LeVan, with a wide-ranging career, is honored after creating a new business.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 20, 2017 2:51 pm

5.Bootstrapped Fiveworx eyes capital raise among growth-finance options
This Shelton Group spinout gets tailwind from mandates in dozens of States
Hugh G. Willett, correspondent Updated Jan. 22, 2015 / Published Monday, November 10, 2014 12:15 pm

6.Memphis StartCo CEO updates Angel, Accelerator plans
A robust new event will kickoff the StartCo accelerator Summer, in May.
Milt Capps Updated / Published Thursday, December 18, 2014 12:55 pm

7.Knoxville Entrepreneur Center's CodeWorks startup concepts noted
[Updated] First cohort information out of Knoxville CodeWorks.
Milt Capps updated 9:03am / Published Tuesday, June 7, 2016 8:15 am

8.Angel Capital Group to acquire RAIN Source Management, raise capital
[update] AGC could be active in a dozen or more states by mid-2015, CEO says
Milt Capps / Published Friday, October 10, 2014 2:50 pm

9.After 22 years, Tech2020 at OakRidge to cease pro-entrepreneurial efforts
[Updated] The nonprofit will seek to shift program assets and staff to other organizations.
Milt Capps updated 3 March 2016 8:49am / Published Tuesday, January 26, 2016 2:45 pm

10.Mid-TN plan boosts universities, entrepreneurs, accelerators + businesses
Startup leaders, campus scientists and corporate intrapreneurs could gain advantage through MT-DRP
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, December 4, 2014 11:00 am

11.Angel Capital Group: Ewing to wrangle deal flow, Venture Incite exits E.TN
[Updated 10:30a 19Aug] Tech-transfer, PEveteran will shepherd growing early-stage pipeline
Milt Capps updated 10:30 a.m. 19 August 2014 / Published Monday, August 18, 2014 11:00 am

12.JumpFund updates investments in women-owned startups
For today's JumpFund press release on recent investments, click the headline above.
Published Monday, November 24, 2014 2:50 pm

13.2nd Mid-TN tech council being formed by members from Nissan, others
The distance between Murfreesboro and Nashville hasn't gotten any shorter in recent years.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, November 10, 2014 12:00 pm

14.Capital raises to advance Smart-RIA platform among investment advisors
With a development push completed, CEO Mac Bartine is happy with revenue trend.
Milt Capps / Published Friday, February 24, 2017 12:30 pm

15.Eastate: Venture advisor offers updates on Angel Roundtable, FundingSage
TN group has joined Angel Syndicates Central, startup eyes late 2015 capraise.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, May 13, 2015 11:15 am

16.Morris, Cruze create ClearPath Ventures to propel startups in KVL region
Partners plan to invest mainly human capital in promising startups
Milt Capps / Published Friday, October 10, 2014 2:49 pm

17.Nelson joins Memphis Bioworks Foundation as VP-Agriculture Innovation
Foundation seems appointment as strategic in raising region's Ag Innovation.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, December 15, 2015 1:30 pm

18.Renewables: ETN's Genera Energy has Series B capital raise underway
[Updated] Company spawned by State's Biofuels Initiative aims to gain share ahead of niche competition
Milt Capps Updated 11 Dec. 2014 / Published Thursday, September 11, 2014 7:15 am

19.Inner Circle: Executives aboard for IdleAire Technologies' 2008 Chapter 11
Everyone's still working at something, years after an earlier venture crashed.
Milt Capps / Published Friday, February 6, 2015 7:00 am

20.The TENN startup MomSource charts growth, capital, eventual exit
This entrepreneur must not be working part-time.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 6, 2017 1:00 pm

21.FourBridges Capital Advisors expands SE reach, doesn't rule-out VC fund
Boutique investment banking firm eyes Florida, Carolinas.
Milt Capps last edited 8:08 a.m. 3 February 2016 / Published Tuesday, February 2, 2016 5:00 pm

22.Bradshaw departs CoLab-GigTank for Jensen Hughes role
VTC Insightful, energetic and engaging chief departs for industry and research.
Submitted press release / Published Wednesday, September 21, 2016 9:35 am

23.ETN's Cathedral Innovation Group may be buttressed
by Charlotte-SanFran accelerators ahead of Seed raise

The urgency driving this OakRidge-Knoxville startup could lead to its relocation
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, September 4, 2014 2:00 pm

24.Feds greenlight VCs Meritus Kirchner & Innova Memphis
to pursue $125MM+ for new rural-oriented funds

Seed, Early- and Growth-stage startups may all benefit from USDA RBIC effort.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, April 29, 2015 1:00 pm

25.Leslie Lynn Smith: Detroit transformer hired to lead EPICenter in Memphis
Bioworks Steve Bares announces the news-making appointment
Press Release / Published Tuesday, February 17, 2015 2:01 pm

26.Skuidify, aligned with Salesforce.com, pursues $4MM Series A capital raise
Updated: PE buys Skuid. Earlier: Salesforce.com investment. CEO says a San Francisco or Atlanta lead investor with SaaS savvy is likely preferred.
Milt Capps UPDATED 6 May 2019 / Published Wednesday, August 13, 2014 11:00 am

27.AgLaunch accelerator launches, powered by Memphis Bioworks, TNDA allies
[Updated] Innovation seeds begin sprouting, as first startups recruited.
Milt Capps updated / Published Monday, May 16, 2016 11:00 am

28.Mobile in Memphis: SynapsePay's backers give Fintech startup rare footing
[Updated] In the red-hot mobile payments space, this startup has Master Mentors.
Milt Capps Updated May 22, 2015 / Published Thursday, January 8, 2015 4:45 pm

29.Chattanooga's JumpFund makes 1st investment
in push to support Women in startup companies

A Louisville company gets the nod; JumpFund could do nine to 14 more deals in next few years.
Milt Capps updated 18 March 2015 / Published Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:45 am

30.TeleMed: WeCounsel Solutions completes $3.5MM Series A capital raise
[updated] Founder and investors express strong confidence in market headway.
Milt Capps updated 26 April 2018 1017 / Published Monday, May 2, 2016 5:15 pm

31.JusticeXL startup accelerator program debuts in Tullahoma
at Southern Middle Tennessee Entrepreneur Centers

[Updated] Aug. 14 deadline. Dan Marcum pushes law-enforcement, security program forward.
Milt Capps updated 3pm July 20, 2015 / Published Monday, May 18, 2015 12:30 pm

32.Closeup.fm perseveres through strain of capital raise for its Music platform
Duo wants to develop crowdbooking platform and other tools in Knoxville, despite capital source
Milt Capps updated 4 May 2015 / Published Monday, October 13, 2014 3:30 pm

33.Chattanooga's Gig City aims for explosion of techventures and investment
Stealing a march on Kansas City and other accelerating cities, this tech-venture community makes a push
By Milt Capps Updated 8:17 a.m. / Published Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:51 am

34.VentureNotes: Mike Carroll licenses PYA tech; Joy Fisher eyes UT assets
Commercializing the UT brand, localizing entertainment with streaming audio
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, December 3, 2015 5:15 pm

35.Oak Ridge: Tech2020 nears selection of Interim chief, ahead of CEO search
[Updated] Kevin Kragenbrink was chosen Nov. 11 to serve as Interim Executive Director.
Milt Capps Updated 11 Nov. 2014 1810 EST / Published Monday, November 10, 2014 12:15 pm

36.KVL's ParOneTV hopes capital raise takes it all way to the Green
Initial platform soon goes live, with huge Golf universe to target.
Milt Capps edit 6:10 a.m. CT 12 Sept. / Published Thursday, September 11, 2014 7:15 am

37.Chattanooga accelerator, $12MM Fund target Logistics, Drones, Software
[Updated] Two years after a successful exit from logistics business, a new venture launches.
Milt Capps Updated 13 Sept. 2016 / Published Monday, March 28, 2016 4:45 pm

38.VESTA Technology seeks TORCH brand lead in Internet parental controls
[updated] Raising capital to support deploying TORCH router, as sector entrants multiply.
Milt Capps updated Aug. 1, 2016 / Published Thursday, January 28, 2016 4:15 pm

39.Memphis: ZeroTo510 medical-device accelerator
The fourth cohort of medical-device startups underway this week.
Memphis Bioworks Press Release / Published Tuesday, May 12, 2015 8:36 am

40.Former Chattem execs, Entrepreneur launch Focus Consumer Health,
file plan for $20MM capraise for portfolio push this year

Personal care products-oriented business likely to ramp quickly.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, November 4, 2015 12:15 pm

41.Memphis: Crews Center for Entrepreneurship
focuses on startup 'talent development'

CCE director brings lessons learned from his own startups, adjusted for the academic setting.
Milt Capps Updated 24 Aug 2015 / Published Thursday, September 18, 2014 4:30 pm

42.Entrepreneur of the Year: Voices Heard Media CEO
wishes he'd known 'Customer' priority sooner

Will Overstreet is five years into his game-plan and still learning valuable lessons
By Milt Capps updated 7:37 p.m. / Published Tuesday, February 7, 2012 10:41 am

43.Haslam Admin eyes AgLaunch support for TN rural entrepreneurs, growers
[Updated] Commissioner Julius Johnson and a team including Memphis BioWorks will press forward.
Milt Capps Updated 18 Nov 2014 / Published Wednesday, November 12, 2014 12:59 pm

44.Musculoskeletal startups often 'break stealth' during annual Memphis event
For the 14th year, investors, entrepreneurs, strategic corporates meld at FedEx Institute.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, September 28, 2016 3:30 am

45.Latest move: Feetz Inc. dances its way into The Jump Fund's portfolio
[Khosla investment] Woman-led business garners the fund's first native Tennessee investment
Milt Capps Updated 25 March 2016 / Published Friday, October 3, 2014 1:58 pm

46.FedEx pledges $750K for logistics accelerator in Memphis EPICenter
[Updated] A plan by the Greater Memphis Chamber and its allies takes a big step forward.
Milt Capps Updated 3:57 p.m. CT / Published Monday, December 15, 2014 3:15 pm

47.Life Science Tennessee announces Venture Forum presenting companies
Emerging life science companies from across the state will state their cases Oct. 21
Adapted from press release submitted / Published Tuesday, October 7, 2014 3:45 pm

48.Update: DataFlyte reviews bridge-round checklist, charts Series A
[updated] Aerial automated meter readings are its niche among water, gas utilities.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:15 am

49.Destiny? Pro-gamer PHASE seeks Tennessee Seed capital, has backup ideas
Tennessee isn't known for digital gaming startups, but Memphis startup aims to change that.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, October 6, 2014 8:26 am

50.Eight entrepreneurs compete in 'Will This Float?' pitch event
Founded in 2010, Chattanooga event has track record of spawning some hits.
adapted from submitted release / Published Tuesday, November 29, 2016 7:44 am

51.Chattanooga's The Company Lab to accelerate dozens of startups each year
Chattanooga doubles-down on its Gigabit infrastructure as entrepreneurial edge.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, February 22, 2016 2:15 pm

52.GigVision: Chattanooga pushes toward role as U.S. high-tech launchpad
Company Lab board has approved game plan for 2015 event, with increased corporate focus.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, December 8, 2014 1:30 pm

53.Tech2020 CEO's exit provides another spur
for Knoxville entrepreneurship re-think

Opportunities are likely amid myriad moving parts in Knox-OakRidge ecosystem
Milt Capps edits 8:15 p.m. CT / Published Tuesday, September 2, 2014 10:30 am

54.Street Jelly Media hits pavement for capital raise for B2B+B2C growth
Bootstrapper til now, Knoxville startup aims for HD livestreaming leadership
Milt Capps / Published Friday, February 24, 2017 12:45 pm

55.The TENN: LaunchTN master accelerator 2014 Class members named
A second cohort, representing the pick of the state's accelerator litters, set off on a long march.
Published Friday, October 3, 2014 5:37 pm

56.Capital: Knoxville's Data-Flyte embraced
by Chattanooga's Blank Slate Ventures

Money from the Scenic City is now regularly finding its way farther east in Tennessee.
Milt Capps edited 9:17 a.m. 27 August 2014 / Published Monday, August 25, 2014 10:15 am

57.Dig!entertainment: Street Jelly Media
raises capital to spread Jelly footprint

Entrepreneurs seeks investors who want to become JellyFish.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, September 29, 2014 12:30 pm

58.PYA Analytics keeps Healthcare emphasis, mulls eventual MD Radio capital raise or sale and welcomes opportunities in other verticals
PYA's long-standing 'dream' of attracting ORNL talent is paying off in varied forms.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:45 pm

59.TN's AgLaunch entrepreneurship event to mark progress toward activation
Seed funding, plus a targeted $10MM innovation warchest are highlighted.
Milt Capps edit 5:46pm / Published Monday, August 10, 2015 4:45 pm

60.Owners of TNInvestco-backed Hubble Telemedical exit in sale to Welch Allyn
The first exit for the fund affiliate with Memphis-based MB Venture Partners.
Larisa Brass, Correspondent Updated 10:16 a.m. / Published Wednesday, January 21, 2015 9:15 am

61.Long Haul: With $5MM capraise, Knoxville's IdleAir may shift to higher gear
CEO broadens this new-era company's footprint, leverages existing assets, and enters Mexico.
By Larisa Brass and Milt Capps edit 8:03 a.m. / Published Friday, February 6, 2015 7:30 am

62.Pitching flag Outdoors, RootsRated raises $3MM, with Series A underway
[updated] Chief of Chattanooga media play in Outdoors, Healthy Living relies on mentors.
Milt Capps updated April 3, 2018 / Published Thursday, November 5, 2015 4:15 pm

63.Capital on-tap, REZLI software platform serves
career needs of interactive gamers and others

A Series B raise and full market entry are in prospect in 2016.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, November 16, 2015 12:45 pm

64.Managers see TNInvestco benefits, Sen. Kyle restates case for outreach
TNInvestco's network effect is just one source of encouragement, but there remain issues to ponder
By Milt Capps and Ed Arnold updated March 6, 2012 6:37 p.m. / Published Monday, March 5, 2012 8:59 am

65.SeedHatchery: Graph Story maps Painpoint to Profits, gauges capital
[updated] Memphis startup has quickly established a presence, partly on founder's personal franchise
Milt Capps Updated 28 June 2017 / Published Monday, October 20, 2014 12:30 pm

66.Exec: With $22MM in, Chattanooga's Bellhops likely to raise more capital
[updated 22 Oct 2019] In prospect: Deeper market penetration and more capital somewhere over the horizon.
Milt Capps Updated 13 July 2017 0745 / Published Wednesday, July 6, 2016 2:15 pm

67.Marcum confirms Tennessee's AutoXLR8R moving to Tech2020 at Oak Ridge
Accelerator's regional mission to be continued after 3 years in Tullahoma
Milt Capps / Published Friday, March 6, 2015 2:04 pm

68.Commercialization: UTRF, VU execs aim to raise awareness of TN's IP assets
Key University of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University execs discuss partnership, commercialization
Milt Capps / Published Monday, October 27, 2014 4:15 pm

69.Enterprise Wellness: Chattanooga's Spire Labs looks to accelerate
Chattanooga startup made very strategic pivot, and builds bizdev presence in Nashville.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, July 25, 2016 7:09 am

70.Bares to lead LifeScience Tennessee toward advocacy, capital objectives
The journey continues to build LifeSciences to critical mass and influence in Tennessee
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, October 22, 2014 4:31 pm

71.Venture money: 'Access to capital' to be sole focus of Tech2020 successor
[Updated] Grady Vanderhoofven is likely to lead the repurposed nonprofit and some allies.
Milt Capps Updated August 2016 / Published Wednesday, March 30, 2016 2:22 pm

72.$20MM in techdev lets startup VortexT Analytics deliver Big-Data insights
P2S-Covenant JV tackles Big Data analytics for array of verticals.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, March 10, 2016 3:30 pm

73.People: First EPIcenter Memphis President
now deep in community engagement

Strategic recommendations for Memphis ecosystem may be forthcoming by Labor Day.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, July 14, 2015 3:00 pm

74.VC- and Tech2020-led TennesSeed eyes capraise, regional investments
New fund is likely to benefit Tennessee as a priority, but it is not geo-constrained.
Milt Capps updated 9:53 p.m. / Published Wednesday, April 1, 2015 2:00 pm

75.Get Started LLC's Co-Starters offering bound for global communities
Co-founder Enoch Elwell's mulling one or two capital raises for his startups.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, April 11, 2017 10:30 am

76.2016 Memphis Accelerator Portfolios announced
More than 50 entrepreneurs represented in companies in flock of Memphis accelerators.
Adapted from submitted release / Published Monday, May 2, 2016 4:00 pm

77.Grizzle: TN concerns about follow-on capital
needn't hamper smart Seed investing

Portfolio company ReadyCart has $2MM Seed-capital raise underway
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, November 5, 2014 2:45 pm

78.Tom Ballard still failing to retire from business and economic development
[Updated] Correspondent files profile of ubiquitous advocate for pro-economy, entrepreneurship groups.
Larisa Brass, correspondent updated 15 Feb 2019 / Published Thursday, April 20, 2017 1:45 pm

79.Memphis Makers: Data Released from Major Survey
of More than 300 Creative Entrepreneurs

Shelby County Maker entrepreneurs get close-up, ahead of further action
adapted from submitted press release / Published Tuesday, February 7, 2017 5:15 am

80.Innovation Crossroads: ORNL Energy-startup accelerator aborning
[DOE] New Lab-embedded program to be detailed today.
Milt Capps updated 1439 CT 20 Sept.2016 / Published Monday, September 19, 2016 11:00 am

81.CEO: 'Pass It Down' gets strategic interest, eyes Seed, Series A capraises
Boomer aging, story-telling and training needs in industry verticals and rising use of social media, help make the case.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, August 4, 2016 2:00 pm

82.VC moves Directed Sensing startup from Knoxville to Austin
ORNL-UT-linked Peter Fuhr is now advisor to the startup he founded.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, July 7, 2016 4:45 pm

83.Knoxville's Vendor Registry soon to wrap Seed raise and assess way forward
[Updated] Long-term capital strategy and exit options await gaining further traction.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, June 30, 2016 4:30 pm

84.Nanomechanics gets investor-bidder approaches, eyes valuation and growth
While organic growth is aggressively pursued, this early-stage company is open to strategic/PE talks
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, June 15, 2016 5:00 pm

85.Start MMT:
Soundways 1st Music startup funded via Consortium/StartCo partnership

A new Music accelerator program in Memphis has awarded its first money.
Milt Capps / Published Friday, May 20, 2016 4:30 pm

86.March 18 app deadline for EPIcenter Logistics Innovation Accelerator
The second cohort of logistics-centered startups begins work in May.
Staff / Published Wednesday, February 17, 2016 3:45 pm

87.Memphis Money: Sage Advantage Fund created by advisory firm's founders
Memphis-centric founders to provide savvy and capital to proven early-stage companies.
Milt Capps updated 10:07pm / Published Wednesday, January 13, 2016 11:46 am

88.Memphis-based StartCo, EPICenter run 2015 squad of accelerators
Five accelerators have 19 startups in 2015.
Staff / Published Wednesday, August 19, 2015 1:00 pm

89.SeedHatchery: DivorceSecure raising capital to reduce pains of parting
Tech platform aims to crowd-out dusty paper-based legal processes.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, July 6, 2015 2:07 pm

90.Shockwave Motors eyes $1.5MM raise
for Defiant electric roadster production

Co-founders turn erstwhile hobby into potentially disruptive autocycle play.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, April 29, 2015 12:15 pm

91.CEO: AgSmarts eyes Series A raise as 'Precision Agriculture' interest grows
Data-driven Ag platform said well-positioned to compete in emerging sector.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, April 15, 2015 10:00 am

92.Update: Innova Memphis seeks Fed'l certification ahead of new fund raise
If successful, new fund could pump up to $40MM into leading-edge Ag-sector ventures.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, April 15, 2015 10:00 am

93.Covenant College influences Chattanooga entrepreneurial scene
It's not lore that propels this institution's reputation as a place whence problem-solvers come.
Milt Capps and Meghan O'Dea / Published Thursday, March 19, 2015 4:03 pm

94.Innovasan scenario includes Series A+B, doesn't rule-out future IPO
Seeking 'standard of practice' status, patient Knoxville startup prepares to touch all the bases.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 16, 2015 11:45 am

95.Made in Chattanooga: SIGNiX eyes 'early growth-stage' capital raise
e-Signatures entrant next seeks to get VCs to sign some checks.
Milt Capps Updated 8 February 2016 / Published Wednesday, January 7, 2015 1:12 pm

96.HeadsUp: TN CRS private equity, Bioworks, Startup TN>Chile
Where money flows, money goes, and the state may've lost a startup prospect.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, October 6, 2014 8:26 am

97.Sky High startup Care2Manage aims to preserve caregiver mission
Founder explores various corporate structures to support its sustained mission focus.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, September 25, 2014 10:00 am

98.Capital raise: Cabsolutely offers taxi consumers, operators an upgrade
[Updated] HQ in Memphis, development team in Budapest, startup may be blessed by Universe.
Milt Capps updated May 10, 2016 / Published Thursday, September 25, 2014 11:15 am

99.KnoxEC: Vuture looks to wrap some VC money around Angels
A $500K raise would help it aggressively address the Medical and Fitness sectors.
Milt Capps @miltcapps edit 5:45pm ET / Published Monday, September 15, 2014 3:14 pm

100.Innova Memphis: Innova Fund III announces $20MM first close
Updated: Firm will continue bio/investment pace, likely to eye yet another fund in coming years
Milt Capps updated 0715 10 Sept. 2014 / Published Monday, September 8, 2014 9:30 am

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