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Hard choices: TN venture scene pops with dozens of events just ahead (relevance: 100%, date: Jan 24, 2024)
A myriad of scheduled events lies just ahead and we're pointing you to several dozen in this collection.

Minding the Gap: Re:Generate funds grants for Black, Hispanic founders (relevance: 100%, date: Dec 20, 2023)
Entrepreneurs and change-agents focus on early capital access for founders of color.

Altitude Ventures taps Deshpande, eyes Fund III-driven portfolio expansion (relevance: 100%, date: Nov 30, 2023)
New Strategic Limited Partner says Altitude is a 'good fit', given it understands how to add value beyond capital.

Tennessee lags peers in commercializing ideas + products, now TN ECD, Launch Tennessee and allies aim to grow resources (relevance: 100%, date: Nov 9, 2023)
RTI report illuminates TN funding + performance lag, advancement opportunities

LaunchTN names Kelliher chief investment officer amid SSBCI push (relevance: 100%, date: Oct 17, 2023)
Tennessean succeeds Monique Villa.

Nashville EC Chair, CEO tell Jane Allen's exit plans, launch successor search (relevance: 100%, date: Apr 28, 2023)
Search firm The Grant Partners of Alpharetta is handling the search.

TN GenAssembly slashes LaunchTN SBIR-STTR matching request (relevance: 100%, date: Apr 20, 2023)
While budget heads to Leadership and then to the Governor, the LaunchTN board preps for road ahead.

McWhorter-led TNECD, LaunchTN aim to elevate two entrepreneurship, innovation ecosystems (relevance: 100%, date: Mar 31, 2023)
Challenges and opportunities statewide, drive to position two new regional entrepreneur centers.

Governor proposes funds for TN GO push by TN ECD, UT, TVA, ORNL, VU (relevance: 100%, date: Mar 13, 2023)
Updated -'Tennessee Network Growth and Opportunity Initiative' could heighten partnering, grant competitiveness.

Tennessee approved for $116M+ via US Treasury's SSBCI initiative (relevance: 100%, date: Feb 27, 2023)
The long-gestating verdict is official. Read more here.

TN ECD-Launch Tennessee may be one step away from $117MM SSBCI grant (relevance: 100%, date: Jan 20, 2023)
[Updated] TN House FW&M Chair Patsy Hazlewood is among Tennessee legislators expressing support.

TNECD-LaunchTN $117MM SSBCI request still under US Treasury's review (relevance: 100%, date: Oct 26, 2022)
Funding infusion at stake, as TNECD answers Treasury queries, LaunchTN replenishes board, adds staff as ops grow.

Launch Tennessee seeks US EDA funding to expand Industry Networks (relevance: 100%, date: Aug 16, 2022)
Consumer Products, Advanced Manufacturing, Fintech, would join advanced energy, agritech, mobility, life-sciences concentrations.

TN ECD, LaunchTN, allies await $117M SSBCI impact-funding call (relevance: 100%, date: Aug 8, 2022)
$1BN+ impact could rise in TN in decade of mobilizing investment capital and lending power.

CEO Tasia Malakasis ramps-up The Company Lab in Chattanooga (relevance: 100%, date: Jul 19, 2022)
After seven workdays at the helm of the regional entrepreneur center, CEO looks at capital, staffing, budgets and more.

Venture Notes - May 7, 2022 (relevance: 100%, date: May 7, 2022)
Venture updates on new Funds, raises in Fintech, Music-Ent, Wealth, LifeSci, HCare, Media, HRtech, blockchain and other arenas.

Nashville gains a video-game development unit of Iron Galaxy Studios (relevance: 100%, date: Feb 23, 2022)
Music City's relatively small game-dev sector may get a boost from this news.

EC says Twende event Feb. 15 coincides with 'Black Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day' proclaimed by Nashville Mayor Cooper (relevance: 100%, date: Feb 14, 2022)
Updated: VC Marcus Whitney, entrepreneurs Victoria Butler, Courtney Hale are empaneled to share and to judge presentations.

Gov. Lee samples major 2021 feats -- no entrepreneurial gains highlighted (relevance: 100%, date: Jan 4, 2022)
Commentary: Does list of TN gains in 2021 reflect actual lack of 'major' entrepreneurial achievements?

MidTN Coalition may launch Lifeworks Accelerator and VC+AI+Data initiatives to deepen Greater Nashville life-sciences ecosystem (relevance: 100%, date: Dec 7, 2021)
[updated] Build Back Better funding via EDA for ventures, biomaking, cyber and more could lift Nashville region's lifesciences ecosystem.

Memphis Regional Megasite Lands $5.6BN investment from Ford Motor Co, SK Innovation (relevance: 100%, date: Sep 27, 2021)
A manufacturing campus in West TN conceived in about 2005, has come to fruit.

EC CEO Allen seeks state direct-appropriation grant for Twende program (relevance: 100%, date: Aug 18, 2021)
Nashville Entrepreneur Center makes case for $450K in grant to support statewide entrepreneurship inclusion and diversity.

LaunchTN confirms staff departure as it pushes forward on multiple fronts (relevance: 100%, date: Aug 17, 2021)
[Updated] Tech-advancement may be among programs getting fresh look, with funding increased and likely to grow further.

LaunchTN: Van Tucker steps down as CEO, Abby Trotter to serve interimly (relevance: 100%, date: Aug 6, 2021)
[Updated] Chairman says challenges led board to take 'different direction', national search will be mounted for next in a lengthening line of CEOs.

McWhorters' CA healthcare innovation impetus reflected in new Fund filings (relevance: 100%, date: Jul 16, 2021)
Latest fund raise could become largest in history of Clayton Associates ecosystem.