| 1. |  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
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| 2. |  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
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| 3. |  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
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| 4. |  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
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| 5. |  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
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| 6. |  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
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| 7. |  Chattanooga Startup Awards winners 2016
Six honorees emerged from this year's contest.
staff / Published Friday, October 7, 2016 10:00 am
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| 8. |  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
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| 9. |  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
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| 10. |  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
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| 11. |  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
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| 12. |  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
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| 13. |  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
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| 14. |  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
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| 15. |  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
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| 16. |  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
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| 17. |  Startup retention: Will edtech entrant Coursicle be a Tennessee keeper?
We've proven we can attract cool companies. How do get them to stay?
Milt Capps / Published Friday, May 20, 2016 2:45 pm
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| 18. |  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
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| 19. |  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
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| 20. |  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
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| 21. |  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
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| 22. | 14 Startups to spend Summer launching high-bandwidth biz in Chattanooga
Chattanooga's ramping-up for a feverish startup season.
Adapted from submitted release - Updated 4 June 2016 / Published Tuesday, April 26, 2016 3:00 pm
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| 23. |  EPIcenter: Entrepreneurial 7.0 Quake in Memphis as accelerators erupt
Student-driven and Music-tied accelerators offerings are new in Memphis.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, April 19, 2016 3:45 pm
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| 24. |  Tennessee Venture Challenge Competition announces winners
University of Tennessee Research Foundation is TVC host each year.
Adapted from submitted releases / Published Wednesday, April 6, 2016 4:45 pm
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| 25. |  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
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| 26. |  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
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| 27. |  Randy Boyd increases Radio Systems control, TSG Consumer again at table
Chairman of Knox-based company is also Haslam Administration's ECD chief.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, March 17, 2016 12:00 pm
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| 28. |  $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
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| 29. |  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
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| 30. |  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
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| 31. |  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
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| 32. |  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
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| 33. |  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
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| 34. |  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
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| 35. |  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
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| 36. |  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
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| 37. |  Tullahoma: JusticeXL accelerator announces inaugural cohort
[updated] Demo Day is Nov. 18 at SMTEC in Tullahoma. 8 startups presenting.
Milt Capps Updated 2 Nov. 2015 1:09pm / Published Tuesday, August 25, 2015 4:45 pm
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| 38. |  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
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| 39. |  GigVision: Chattanooga's Company Lab unveils GigTank Class of 2015
GigTank raised the bar for diverse entrants this year.
Milt Capps Updated 28 July 2015; originally published May 12, 2015 / Published Monday, July 27, 2015 4:45 pm
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| 40. |  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
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| 41. |  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
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| 42. |  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
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| 43. |  Aug. 11, 2015: Knoxville's MediaWorks announces presenters
MediaWorks in Knoxville was great fun last year - here it comes again.
Submitted press release from Knoxville Entrepreneur Center / Published Friday, May 22, 2015 10:10 am
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| 44. |  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
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| 45. |  36|86: LaunchTN reveals 36 companies presenting June 8-10 in Nashville
From hundreds of applicants, 36 companies present next month in Music City
Staff / Published Wednesday, May 6, 2015 4:45 pm
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| 46. |  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
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| 47. |  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
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| 48. |  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
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| 49. |  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
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| 50. |  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
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| 51. |  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
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| 52. |  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
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| 53. |  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
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| 54. |  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
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| 55. |  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
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| 56. |  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
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| 57. |  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
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| 58. |  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
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| 59. |  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
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| 60. |  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
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| 61. |  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
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| 62. |  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
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| 63. |  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
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| 64. |  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
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| 65. |  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
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| 66. |  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
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| 67. |  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
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| 68. |  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
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| 69. |  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
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| 70. |  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
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| 71. |  Cliff Hawks: Cherokee Farm Innovation Campus not idling, but stealthy
Rumors abound, but the project's CEO keeps his powder dry and out of sight.
Milt Capps / Published Friday, September 19, 2014 11:30 am
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| 72. |  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
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| 73. |  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
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| 74. |  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
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| 75. |  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
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| 76. |  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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| 77. |  Memphis-Manhattan: eDivv eyes Big Apple
to anchor online beauty-trading startup
[updated] Startup will maintain ties to SeedHatchery as it pursues $500K capital raise
Milt Capps updated Dec. 18, 2014 / Published Monday, September 8, 2014 8:59 am
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| 78. |  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
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| 79. |  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
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| 80. |  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
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| 81. |  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
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| 82. |  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
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| 83. |  GigTank: KOR Health explores Tennessee markets and $1.6MM capital raise
Chattanooga's KOR Health is pressing ahead with its capital raise, while scouting California digs
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:45 am
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| 84. |  AutoXLr8r 2013 Cohort
Here's the list of AutoXlr8r's first cohort in 2013, then at Tullahoma.
Published Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:10 pm
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| 85. |  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
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| 86. |  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
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| 87. |  Gov. Haslam's online performance Dashboard idea is mostly welcomed,
but some want deeper view of results of Administration's efforts
The Governor's performance Dashboard is a good idea that can get better, say observers
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, February 13, 2012 6:36 am
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| 88. |  Tennessee-based Green Ballast registered its IPO and now waits for daylight
Updated: It went public in 2011, registration revoked March 2, 2021.
By Milt Capps updated 4:51 p.m. / Published Tuesday, February 7, 2012 7:27 am
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| 89. |  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
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| 90. | The VN Blog: 'Hockey Sticks' and business valuation
Published Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:54 am
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| 91. | Executive Comments
Published Friday, January 7, 2005 12:49 pm
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