Bank of America, the Black Economic Alliance Foundation, and two Atlanta institutions of higher education – Morehouse and Spelman Colleges – have announced the establishment of the Center for Black Entrepreneurship (CBE). Described as the first-ever academic center of its kind to assemble, educate and empower a new class of Black

Throughout the last decade, wealthy families have gravitated away from hedge funds to private investments, including private equity and venture capital. “Family offices have really come up the curve and had huge interest in this space, particularly in recent years,” says Michael Harris, who heads the family office practice at

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Bruce Allen has a real passion for the rapidly growing benefit corporation movement. Fortunately, so does Rockridge Venture Law where he works as an Impact and Innovation Fellow and also as the organizer of a new entity named B Tennessee. Founded in 2017

Brad Smith, former Interim Chief Executive Officer of Launch Tennessee and most recently Director of the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), has launched a new venture firm in Nashville named Russell Street Ventures (RSV). Announced yesterday, RSV describes itself as “an innovative healthcare firm focused on launching

The Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council (TAEBC) has announced a series of “Advanced Energy Virtual Business Roundtables.” Starting in mid-April for West Tennesseans, the membership organization will host a regional session each quarter. Dates and times are: West Tennessee: 10 a.m. CDT on April 13; Middle Tennessee: 10 a.m. CDT on

VenoStent, an advanced materials company that launched in Nashville before relocating to Houston to participate in the JLabs @ TMC facility, has announced that it has secured $2.3 million in seed funding. The company leverages its unique polymer engineering technology to develop bioresorbable slip-on polymer wraps, called SelfWrap. The product

The Cumberland Business Incubator is launching a new seven-week virtual series titled “Entrepreneurial Finance.” Starting March 15 and continuing for the next six Mondays from 5 to 8 p.m. CDT, the series will cover topics such as: (1) cashflow, profit and loss, and balance sheets; (2) working capital; (3) managing

The Senior Managing Director at D.F. King and Co. told Crunchbase News that forming SPACs or blank-check companies is definitely a trend among venture capital firms. Known more formally as a special purpose acquisition company, they are described as “a shell corporation listed on a stock exchange with the purpose of acquiring

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part one of a three-part series on the Proof Incubator in Chattanooga. In the first part of the series, we interviewed the program founders Mia Littlejohn and Michael Robinson on who they are and how Proof works. Parts 2 and 3 will post later in March.) 

Applications for two of the Haslam College of Business’ premier opportunities for University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) aspiring student entrepreneurs are now open. Both programs are administered by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Haslam College and come as the finale of a third opportunity for student