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State of the Startups: Tennessee Technology Development Corporation,
aka Launch Tennessee, wants to shed some commercialization emphasis (relevance: 48%, date: Jan 30, 2017)
Gov. Bill Haslam delivers his State of the State Address this evening.

UMemphis Crews Center exec search runs, Hoffmeyer settles at UMaryland (relevance: 47.9%, date: Nov 30, 2023)
Long-time Crews chief accepts his "builder" mentality in search for fresh challenges, wider resources.

LaunchTN IMPACT group grows to 21, with $65.4MM SSBCI decisions due (relevance: 47.8%, date: May 20, 2021)
If Tennessee enlists for SSBCI funding, TTDC investment committee could get pretty busy.

Reality check: Memphis Regional Megasite faces Sunset timer (relevance: 47.5%, date: Jun 15, 2021)
State begins refining strategy, aims to bring 4,100-acre OEM project to fruit, if it can be done.

Adam Boehler-led Rubicon hits $471MM in Opp Fund I for HC investments (relevance: 47.5%, date: Aug 30, 2022)
The PE has pulled trigger on early transactions, and its trajectory suggests more deals and 'thought leadership' ahead.

TN ECD today may announce innovative investment in Clarksville area (relevance: 46.4%, date: Nov 9, 2022)
[Updated with Kewpie news] Ahead of an impending press conference, we offer a thought experiment on investment scenarios.

Publishing startup Leafless pivots, plots course to profits + 1440 Demo Day (relevance: 45.7%, date: Apr 11, 2016)
Three-year-old company sees mainstream publishing industry with fresh eyes.

Endeavor Business Media opportunistic buyer, ramps events, mulls capital (relevance: 45.2%, date: Apr 20, 2021)
PE-backed CEO's vision for Endeavor warrants keeping IPO among longer-term growth options.

As General Assembly grinds along, some notes on TNInvestco and more (relevance: 44.8%, date: Apr 17, 2017)
Resources that might provide refreshment for those looking to advance Tennessee innovation.

Gov. Haslam says ECD Commissioner Randy Boyd returning to private sector (relevance: 44%, date: Jan 9, 2017)
Announcement could fuel fresh speculation regarding potential Boyd bid for GOP gubernatorial nomination.

Headsup: LaunchTN may have to beard budget lion
to fund Tennessee entrepreneurial leadership (relevance: 43.9%, date: Jan 25, 2018)
CEO Charlie Brock unveils robust plan for LTN advancement, but may be facing budget headwinds.

Nashville gains a video-game development unit of Iron Galaxy Studios (relevance: 43.5%, date: Feb 23, 2022)
Music City's relatively small game-dev sector may get a boost from this news.

Serial startup founder de-risks Atadas, meets potential investors, bidder (relevance: 43.4%, date: May 9, 2024)
Owner and CEO Bill Farr is on his fourth tech venture, prepping options for funding runway.

Tennessee approved for $116M+ via US Treasury's SSBCI initiative (relevance: 43.3%, date: Feb 27, 2023)
The long-gestating verdict is official. Read more here.

IMAC Regeneration IPO prices with modest target and broader aims (relevance: 43.1%, date: Feb 13, 2019)
[updated] Completing process, this startup's listing could help with elite athlete partners, banks, investors.

Tennessee reflections on PitchBook list of 'World's top startup cities' (relevance: 42.8%, date: Jun 12, 2024)
Surely some think Austin or Raleigh is sitting in Nashville's future seat on this leaderboard.

Dose Healthcare eyes Series A raise, serves consumers at home or work (relevance: 42.3%, date: Mar 3, 2016)
Cole Hawkins, Jade Preis aim to expand from Mid-TN through Southeast

Booker: CapitalTN aiming to improve Tennessee PE/VC investor ecosystem (relevance: 42.2%, date: Jul 6, 2016)
Group working from Nashville EC plans to draw more investors in from the sidelines.

Healthtech: Spera Health F&F raise likely prelude to true Seed round (relevance: 42%, date: May 3, 2016)
Behavioral Health, particularly addiction treatment, is the launchpad.

Gov. Lee signals rethink on best path to bring Memphis Megasite to fruition (relevance: 41.9%, date: Feb 7, 2020)
[Updated 14 Feb 2020] ECD Chief Rolfe updates Caucus, advises all hands on deck about competition, ultimate project cost.

Payments entrepreneur Daily completes 8th acquisition,
may not need full $100MM raise before considering IPO (relevance: 41.8%, date: Jun 22, 2015)
[Update] In 3rd outing, CEO focuses on technology for enterprises that 'don't go out of business'.

Margaret Dolan plans to depart LaunchTN, with Van Tucker interim CEO (relevance: 41.6%, date: Jun 15, 2020)
Board voted today on her successor. Dolan made no disclosure of her plans.

Venture Calendar - 2019 - Updated (relevance: 41.6%, date: Dec 31, 2019)
[Updated] Entrepreneurial, startup and capital events and activities around Tennessee.

CEO Dolan: LaunchTN aims for authentic partnerships,
while blazing paths to capital, investors, corporates (relevance: 41.5%, date: Jan 23, 2020)
LTN board and leadership top for empowering ecosystem from post within the partner ranks.

FBT's Bennett: AI Governance is scalable at all startup or venture stages (relevance: 41.3%, date: Aug 12, 2024)
Startups, growthcos or enterprises can start AI governance journey quickly without sapping resources.