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Posted on: January 17, 2017 $40MM raise at Claritas, accelerator and startup news, and more from around the state. Posted on: October 14, 2016 By: Milt Capps updated 12:47pm New entity focuses on "underserved" small and medium-sized businesses. Posted on: August 29, 2016 Research and services for VNC Members and prospective Members focused on Nashville and the Mid-South. Posted on: August 10, 2016 New NTC CEO and Health IT strategy coming, VC motives, Noro-Moseley exec, Women Angels coalesce and more. Posted on: August 5, 2016 Posted on: April 14, 2016 Chairman/CEO says company can be in Top 10 ranks nationally by EOY16. Posted on: April 12, 2016 This roundup features Amplion, HCCA, CouncilCapital, John Murdock, Joe Kustelski, Proton and more. Posted on: February 8, 2016 By: Milt Capps updated 3 May 2016 [updated] Raises by SertintyONE, Lincor, MedPass and others updated here. Posted on: February 1, 2016 By: Milt Capps Updated 17 March 2016 [updated] North Carolina-based entrepreneur and scholar begins work April 1. Posted on: December 28, 2015 By: Milt Capps updated Oct. 4, 2016 [updated] Its Angel ranks could rise to 50 in 2016, and it may do a half-dozen deals. Posted on: December 3, 2015 Treasurer and CIO elevate former Avondale analyst, Owen grad. Posted on: November 6, 2015 By: Milt Capps Updated 8 Feb 2017 [Updated] Nashville VC continues building its healthcare portfolio. Questions about institutional GPs' reporting get fresh attention in some quarters. By: Milt Capps updated 2 Nov. 2015 2:30pm [updated] Having raised $10.5MM in Angel capital, CEO says the company had room negotiate with VC With the closing of its Fund IV, Frontier activity here may rise. By: Milt Capps UPDATED 1 Feb 2017 1229 [Update] In 3rd outing, CEO focuses on technology for enterprises that 'don't go out of business'. By: Press release - updated May 26, 2015 Venture-backed edo's new CEO is based in Chicago. Steve Case, Jim Lackey, Sal Novin, Marc Guthrie, PE gig -- and the late Dave Chapman. Posted on: April 29, 2015 By: Milt Capps updated 8 January 2016 [Updated] Veteran Nashville search entrepreneur said to be among new owners. Posted on: February 6, 2015 Steady-as-she-goes seems to be the watchboard at cautious, high-performing pension plan. Posted on: January 21, 2015 With Blackstone and Goldman Sachs aboard, entrepreneur sees further expansion locally. Posted on: January 12, 2015 Serial entrepreneur Joe Maxwell among those enthusiastic about new FinTech focus. Posted on: December 8, 2014 A keen observer of America's startup and Venture landscape took a few minutes with VNC. Posted on: November 5, 2014 $300K Seed raise could target Angels in Cincinnati, as well as Tennessee Posted on: October 24, 2014 By: Milt Capps Updated 12 April 2016 [Updated] Private equity firm with $200MM capital managed, seeks to increase its opportunities Posted on: October 9, 2014 Posted on: October 9, 2014 DRS's passage via the New York City Fintech accelerator was apparently right step. Posted on: September 8, 2014 By: Milt Capps Updated Sept. 16, 2014 6:50 p.m. HFCP is a familiar name to Emdeon, Amsurg, Sedgwick and others in the region. Posted on: September 2, 2014 By: Milt Capps Updated 14 August 2016 [updated] 20-year-old entrepreneur surrounded by quite a roster of investors, advisors Posted on: August 4, 2014 TCRS PE program seems to be maintaining its investment pace. Posted on: October 21, 2013 There's a venture element to extending the life and footprint of iconic Nashville businesses. Chief Investment Officer Michael Brakebill reiterates his open-door policy By: By Milt Capps Updated 28 January 2014 [updated] Crews PE role formalized after months as interim at TCRS. By: By Milt Capps Originally published 10:51 a.m. 9 April 2013 VC opens new chapter amid a climate of lingering dread and anticipation Posted on: November 1, 2012 By: By Milt Capps updated 12:30 p.m. Key investment and legislative issues could get a new advocate, after simmering years Posted on: September 10, 2012 Galen, VentureIncite, LaunchTN, Dobie Media, FamilyVenture Management and more Posted on: September 4, 2012 By: By Milt Capps edits 11:54 a.m. There are other shoes to drop at Care Technology, but today's is a good start Posted on: August 16, 2012 By: By Milt Capps edits 12:29 p.m. Long-rumored 'for sale', ENA and CEO of 10 years open new chapter Posted on: August 9, 2012 By: By Milt Capps updated 9:22 a.m. One of 10 TNInvestco's is now being led by a VU/Princeton product By: By Milt Capps edits 4:14 p.m. A pension-fund program underway three years takes another step forward By: By Milt Capps edit 10:35 a.m. June 26, 2011 Family-backed VC gets traction, Nashville's OZ, kaffee-powered social venture By: By VNC Staff edits 4:42 p.m. Another bet in medical devices is m ade by Jacobson-led venture firm By: By Milt Capps updated May 19, 2012 6:57 a.m. This private-equity firm attracted out-of-state institutionals to its $222MM fund VI By: By Milt Capps updated May 26, 2012 There are some new faces among the 'usual suspects' applying at INCITE Fund Posted on: March 13, 2012 By: By Milt Capps updated 11:41 a.m. He may not yet be a 'media wild-catter', but he's got real startup chops Posted on: February 21, 2012 A leading private-equity executive puts the Ideas spotlight on an overlooked group Posted on: February 10, 2012 By: By Milt Capps updated 5:37 p.m., Feb. 11, 2012 The state's retirement system advances toward the half-billion dollar level in private-equity commitments Posted on: February 8, 2012 By: By VNC Staff updated 6:21 p.m. Rick Glanz exits in a big way, via a stealthily formed buyer backed by biggies Posted on: January 23, 2012 By: VNC Staff Updated 2 May 2016 Updated: Rock Morphis and David McClellan are adding tons of dry powder to their healthcare venture arsenal. Posted on: January 19, 2012 Scrutiny of entrepreneurs has increased mightily and this Clayton Associates affiliate presses onward raising capital Posted on: January 5, 2012 By: VNC Staff updated 7:09 a.m. Now a Delaware company, CCG looks to diversify offerings and targets platform growth, including M&A Posted on: December 28, 2011 Rising interest in metals, natural gas and other energy assets is the driver in Denham's current multi-billion dollar fundraise Posted on: December 22, 2011 By: By Milt Capps updated 9:31 a.m. VC and industry veteran Mike Sherman will leave work, starting with Spine Wave Posted on: December 22, 2011 By: By Milt Capps updated 24 Oct. 2014 [Updated] Martin Companies leads round, Boston-based CEO says startup is getting traction Posted on: December 21, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Upudated 9:25 a.m. This Massachusetts fund is partial to Internet plays and other technologies. Posted on: December 19, 2011 By: By Milt Capps updated 10:55 a.m. The first young bull into the chute is driving a venture that could benefit a startup, an accelerator and the EC Posted on: December 18, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Updated 1:17 p.m. 19 December 2011 An entrepreneur and sometime Angel eases into the Web-media acquisitions mode Posted on: December 6, 2011 By: By Milt Capps updated 10:01 a.m. Just days after parent HIG added to its management team, Tri-Star reports it has begun one of Tennessee's larger recent fund raises Posted on: October 26, 2011 By: By Milt Capps updated 29 Oct. 9:35 a.m. Milestone events, capital raises, a whiskey resurrected, and local venture news recapped. Posted on: October 26, 2011 By: By Milt Capps updated 20 February 2012 4:40 a.m. Gov. Haslam's ECD commissioner has a growing list of to-do's, including an international trade portfolio Posted on: October 3, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Updated 4:07 p.m. Investors are busily putting capital into ventures young and older, in Chattanooga, Oak Ridge and elsewhere Posted on: September 20, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Updated 2:08 p.m. Executive transitions, capital raises, alliances and innovations. Posted on: September 1, 2011 By: By VNC Staff Updated 4:26 p.m. Claritas has been broadening its footprint in a number of ways, not content to be just another regional VC. But, no details. Posted on: August 18, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Corrected Aug. 21, 20011 Bottorff-, Gambill-led firm is amassing quite a healthcare brain trust Posted on: August 9, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Updated 28 Oct. 2015 [Sale updated] Early-stage company has room for further capital recruitment, as it aims to leverage rising interest in electronic health records-related technology Posted on: August 9, 2011 Reports from the front lines of entrepreneurship keep trickling in Posted on: August 1, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Updated 6:54 a.m. Aug. 3, 2011 Watching a TNInvestco watcher, Scripps Interactive, Harbert, Solidus, Fresenius, key hires and more. Posted on: August 1, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Corrected Five more updates from a VCs, an entrepreneur, a couple of developers and a bizdev pro. Posted on: August 1, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Updated July 10, 2015 [Updated capraise] Nashville will be testbed for service matching users with opps to 'work, play, do good' Posted on: August 1, 2011 EDO Interactive proves it can keep raking-in the venture bucks. No word on how much will go to marketing and how much, if any, is for recap. To be the seat of innovation in healthcare delivery, Nashville must attract new capital and novel ideas By: By Milt Capps Updated 5:47 p.m. Strategy and financing now inplace, HealthTeacher may have graduated to growth-company status By: By Milt Capps Updated 2:47 p.m. Nashville VC's Oak Ridge affiliate has focused one of its startups on commercializing 'the Moses effect' By: By Milt Capps Updated June 6, 2011, 9:28 p.m. Five ventures are updated, some raising millions, others bootstrapping, none waiting for others to make it real. Entrepreneurs and business owners up for some 'brutal honesty' might check out these new Tennessee-backed institutional investors. By: By Milt Capps Updated 7:05 p.m., May 23, 2011 He took a break after his successful exit from Investment Scorecard, now he's pushing his startup toward deeper waters Posted on: April 25, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Updated 5:36 p.m. With EPB, Renaissance Fund and other alliles, River City takes another step toward its 'Smart City' closeup Posted on: April 11, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Updated 11:51 a.m. Leveraging personal networks, two entrepreneurs look for things bigger companies should sell. By: By Milt Capps Updated 3:35 p.m. [Updated] Fueled by assets of the pension fund for State employees, the TCRS private-equity program advances McWhorter's team will field up to a dozen startups per year, once the season begins Posted on: March 28, 2011 By: By Milt Capps updated 3:38 p.m. Get that extra cup o' coffee, you'll need it for news from McWhorter, Council Ventures, Vaden Landers and more. Posted on: March 21, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Updated 8:57 p.m. April 1, 2011 Legislators make an energy-tech 'grab', plus venture events and training and more statewide. Posted on: March 15, 2011 By: By Milt Capps UPDATED 25 March 2011 4:20 p.m. The TNInvestco data has been published, with no interpretation of value yet rendered By: By Milt Capps updated 3:15 p.m. March 8, 2011 VU porfolio co goes elsewhere, TNInvestco company, startup ecosystem spreads, PdCamp, ORNL, MyOutdoorTV and more Posted on: February 28, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Updated Sept. 16, 2013 [updated] Tech-sales leader joins private-equity backed firm with announced M&A ambitions Posted on: February 7, 2011 By: By Milt Capps Updated 7:54 a.m. 9 Feb TTDC chief to Gov. Haslam, IP, Claritas, incubators, Angels, Louisville innovation, HiMSS-TN descends on Orlando and more Posted on: January 26, 2011 Vanguard's Martin, Community Health's Smith among those signing-on to to drive outcomes, drive down costs. Posted on: January 10, 2011 For Calendar Year 2010, here are VentureNashville's twenty-five most-opened offerings. Posted on: December 20, 2010 By: By Milt Capps Updated Dec. 23, 2010 8:29 a.m. The man who briefly shared the reins at United Press International presses ahead with confidence in a very crowded field. Visionary who's been called 'center of gravity of the Internet' is also creating a stir in Tennessee By: By Milt Capps Last updated Mon., April 5, 2010 12:11 p.m. Nashville and Tennessee are quickly becoming year-round innovation venues, as this sampling of events makes clear Posted on: March 30, 2010 By: By Milt Capps Updated 2:37 p.m. EMMA.. HMS Tech hire.. Lodge helps for-profits ..Noro and Chrysalis announce staffing ..PerfectServe ..IMI Health and more.. Posted on: March 26, 2010 A Nashville MoonPie? Plus, a Claritas exec on i-couponing and Innova walks away from an interesting technology Posted on: March 12, 2010 By: By Milt Capps Updated 7:47 p.m., April 4, 2010 Rebranded company attempts to leverage its transcription track-record to provide gateway to increasingly common e-health records By: By Milt Capps Updated 3:50 p.m. With its third announcement and fifth assignment, the State's retirement plan advances toward its $800MM-plus investment goal By: By Milt Capps Last updated 3:11 p.m. Digital branding and marketing pioneer will help herd dealflow, counsel startups and lend hand at raising funds Posted on: February 18, 2010 Shifts in command, marketing duties may add momentum in company now backed by entrepreneur with deepest pockets Posted on: February 15, 2010 By: By Milt Capps Last updated 11:30 a.m. Feb. 16, 2010 A stalemate on reform of healthcare policy and reimbursements may provide stability that will embolden fence-sitters Posted on: February 11, 2010 If the IPO door is still barely cracked, maybe some portfolio managers will find these alternatives attractive Posted on: January 25, 2010 By: By Milt Capps Updated 20 August 2014 [updated] StudioNow fundraising again, years after being bought by AOL Posted on: January 5, 2010 Developers may think they're only toiling in obscurity, but they may well be under the observant eye of local VCs and Angels Posted on: December 21, 2009 By: By Milt Capps Last updated March 12, 2012 In a crowded field, Nashville startup is relying on strategy of providing 'free' content to customers among old media Posted on: December 14, 2009 By: By Milt Capps Updated 25 July 2016 [updated] HealthStream co-founder's latest technology play aims to awaken sleeping value in medical niche Posted on: November 19, 2009 Well connected Sand Hill firm gets nod, as State pension fund continues implementation of first-year investments Posted on: October 28, 2009 By: By Milt Capps Last updated 6:09 p.m. Nov. 17, 2009 A veteran of Massey Burch and iPayment is in the mix as Claritas and Pace push payments rollup venture Posted on: October 23, 2009 By: By Venture Nashville Staff Updated 5:30 p.m. Today's announcement is further evidence of the attraction of healthcare-savvy investors to health IT, wherever it resides Posted on: October 19, 2009 By: By Milt Capps Last updated 6:42 p.m. Oct. 19, 2009 PE-backed HMS acquires technology from undisclosed company, aims to leverage Stimulus funding for further momentum Posted on: September 23, 2009 A VU MBA alum happens to be on the team out of New York State interviewing would-be fund managers Posted on: September 23, 2009 By: By Milt Capps Sept. 28, 2009 5:29 p.m. Dave Jaworski has his hands in at least three new ventures, and is out on the money trail again, undeterred Posted on: September 2, 2009 By: By Milt Capps updated 25 February 2011 Nashville's chief investment officer is working to improve further the benefits fund's performance, while mitigating pressure for additional Metro contributions to pay for benefits for retired employees
Posted on: August 19, 2009 Heavy-hitters among the threesome of fund managers chosen to handle the state's inaugural PE investments Posted on: August 14, 2009 By: Last Updated 2:21 p.m., Aug. 14, 2009 Some are shoppers, some are bidders, some are there to keep an eye on others...and some are committed to vying for TNInvestco certification Posted on: August 5, 2009 In the virtual Arms Race to add video as part of companies' online presence, StudioNow is staying atop the wave, thanks to steady flows of capital Posted on: August 3, 2009 By: By Milt Capps Last Updated 2:45 p.m. A company with a timely mission gains a veteran of Nashville healthcare ventures, as the nation's focus on cancer intensifies A Brentwood firm in turnaround mode several years is now controlled by a Chicago private-equity player By: By Milt Capps Last updated 12:15 p.m. Much anticipated guidance for VCs and private-equity investors is likely to galvanize Tennessee fund managers By: By Milt Capps Updated 11:01 a.m. June 18, 2009 There's a job open at Video Gaming Technologies, where entrepreneur is investing $100MM By: By Milt Capps Last Updated 9:05 a.m. June 13, 2009 Early-stage gift-card provider may be building warchest for aggressive rollout in Southeast Jacobson's new digs, Universal Robotics' placement, WSJ taps local analysts, Solidus' stake, antitrust cautions and more... Posted on: April 21, 2009 In another push for success, two Euro execs say $20MM will put their innovation over the top Posted on: April 20, 2009 By: By Milt Capps Last Updated 2:29 p.m. Goad reported suing former TVA director, Petra and Innova invest, $20MM the number for startup, tech transfer event, views on IPO climate... Posted on: April 20, 2009 Rapidly growing e-mail campaigner buys into firm with messaging savvy and its own budding international following By: By Milt Capps Last updated 8:55 a.m. April 6, 2009 The state's new private-equity director debuts and a VC panel gets the lowdown on controversial venture-funding proposal By: By Milt Capps updated 24 Feb 2017 [updated] Bracing for 'intense shakeout' and scouting for talent, company now counts HCA, Lifepoint among its clients, playing the upside among distressed properties Posted on: February 20, 2009 Evolving Brentwood company focuses fresh capital on latest acquisition, divests once flagship business Posted on: February 3, 2009 By enlisting a squad of scientists based here, this California firm has created a pathway of its own into Nashville's fledgling biotechnology community Posted on: January 29, 2009 Middle Tennessee's next sci-tech business park may be located in Wilson County Posted on: January 28, 2009 Two very different enterprises - Uloop and Pathfinder Therapeutics - are on the money trail, once again Posted on: January 27, 2009 By: By Milt Capps Updated Jan. 28, 2009, 5:15 a.m. Waiting for the economy's turn, this VC keeps it real by focusing on performance, processes and pairing-up golfers Posted on: January 22, 2009 By: By Milt Capps Updated 1:25 p.m. In a much-anticipated announcement, TCRS announces the identity of the man who will be the fund's first private-equity investment director Posted on: January 13, 2009 The stakes for hospitals are high and rising, amid disasters and other incidents, and two tech-driven Nashville companies respond Posted on: January 13, 2009 By: Milt Capps Last Updated Jan. 15, 2009 - 1555 UPDATED - A change at the helm of the Treasurer's office could mean changes in management of the state's new private-equity investments Posted on: December 30, 2008 By: Milt Capps LAST Updated 9:53 a.m. North Carolina deal-flow prospector says his firm is focusing more attention on Music City Posted on: December 24, 2008 This Maine private equity and LBO executive knows up-close and personal what it takes to survive and innovate Posted on: December 17, 2008 By: Milt Capps Update 10:55 a.m. Entrepreneur's new company means fresh links between Nashville and the Creatives Posted on: November 12, 2008 By: Milt Capps Last updated 2:25 p.m. Nashville-based investor's fourth asset may prove to be a casualty of the economic crisis Posted on: November 5, 2008 Given the vagaries of global markets, TCRS pension funds and other assets that are managed in service to employers of government workers and educators enjoy close tending by heavy-hitters Posted on: October 29, 2008 They're still paid to invest wisely, but watch-out for VCs wearing neckties. Yesterday's NCN panel provided depth for current outlook Posted on: October 23, 2008 Veteran healthcare leader and venture-capitalist joins youthful advocates for a fresh, and aggressive look at health care reform Posted on: October 19, 2008 By: Milt Capps Updated Sept. 16, 2015 [Sale update] VC-supported venture promises new products, more allies and net hiring Posted on: October 16, 2008 By: Milt Capps Updated 11:33 AM Under shareholder pressure, healthcare picture-management firm Emageon finds safe harbor with a health IT firm based in Tampa Posted on: October 12, 2008 Even with $600MM, Pharos confronts investors' expectations and portfolio-companies' ripple-down challenges By: Milt Capps UPDATED Oct. 9, 2008 0925 UPDATED Oct. 9 0925 - For the moment, the Pension fund is proroceeding with recruitment that could improve returns on TCRS portfolio Posted on: October 6, 2008 Fresh capital and guerrilla marketing help Nashville firm catch the Gen Y wave, as bigger players wade into the space Posted on: September 19, 2008 Overseers look for 'best proposals', VCs press case for homegrown jobs and investment, while FONCE uncertainty continues Posted on: September 2, 2008 He'll keep his hand in deal flow, but now he's jazzed about finding talent to reinforce venture-backed companies or breathe life into technology players Posted on: September 2, 2008 LBMC embraces the rise of private-equity-owned companies by hiring someone with both operating and consulting experience. Posted on: September 2, 2008 Claritas appreciates recognition for its early-stage investing, but the Nashville VC wants more Tennessee funds to join the party Posted on: August 24, 2008 State pension fund is hiring equities director, developing investment policy and will seek advice on targeting a portion of TCRS' $32 billion Posted on: August 5, 2008 Angels, VCs from near and far: Nashville gets a look inside another hot health technology sector, which some think will be driven by M&A activity for years to come. |
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