TNInvestco's Update

A half-dozen TNInvestco funds recently finessed additional investments. Get the update here.

Krush to tap teen wisdom?

Boston startup Krush is, by some accounts, getting some money from Nashville. The new venture has reportedly attracted Music City's Eric Satz, who also runs a TNInvestco fund. Read about it.

Innova fund explains TrakLok investment

Innova Memphis' Jan Bouten, a key man in TNInvestco-capitalized Innova Fund II, found himself all-but promising Memphians that -- even though the new fund's first investment was in Knoxville-based TrakLok -- the pipeline if full of Memphis-area firms and some are likely to be winners, soon. Bouten told the Memphis Daily News the fund has received hundreds of inquiries regarding investment since the TNInvestco winners were announced in November. Bouten told the MDN he'd been following TrakLok since 2008 (probably, VNC thinks, after having been introduced to the firm through the TTDC innovation conference that year).

Cool your jets, TNInvestco Tribe

In today's slightly charged atmosphere around TNInvestco, it doesn't take much to set tongues a-waggin'. A General Assembly placeholder caption bill created a mild stir this week, with language suggesting further attempts to conceal information of interest to entrepreneurs and investors. The reality is quite different. The brief VNC story is here.