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Venture Nashville begins publishing hiatus
Venture Nashville begins publishing hiatus
After two years and hundreds of stories, Venture Nashville is pondering the future. Click the headline for more...
By Milt Capps

Ferguson CEO of ClearPractice, backed by VC Doerr | EMR, EHR, ClearPractice, John Doerr, Gary Ferguson, Frank Ingari, Essence Group Holdings, Lumeris, NotifyMD, GenesysMD, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, HITECH, ARRA, Stimulus, Healthcare Management Systems, Lincare Holdings, DME, Mediware Information Systems, Continental Healthcare Systems, United Western Medical Center
Ferguson CEO of ClearPractice, backed by VC Doerr
Doerr reportedly vows 'not to be Number 2' in EMR space, following appointment of former NotifyMD chief to lead St. Louis-Nashville venture
By Milt Capps

Doerr and KPCB: Tennessee ties may be growing | John Doerr, ClearPractice, Gary Ferguson, venture capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Al Gore, Apple, iPad, iFund, iPhone, Frank Ingari, iTouch, private equity, TCRS, Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures, Matt Kisber, Fast Company, Startups
Doerr and KPCB: Tennessee ties may be growing
Visionary who's been called 'center of gravity of the Internet' is also creating a stir in Tennessee
By Milt Capps

Venture Notes, April 5, 2010 | Gibson Guitar, Volkwagen, Nashville Medical Trade Center, Cole Daugherty, Jack Massari, ICGLink, Miller Petroleum, whistleblower, Medicare, Finch McCranie, MIMA, Plough, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, pharmaceuticals, research and development, Enernex, Doug Houseman, solar, clean energy, energy, Hoferle Consulting, Wacker Chemie, Justin Wilson, Jason Mumpower
Venture Notes, April 5, 2010
TNInvestco.. Gibson Guitar.. Medical Trade Center.. $5MM private placement.. ICGLink.. Green VC.. VW and more
By Milt Capps Last Updated 12:33 p.m.

Venture Nashville Calendar Update | Big South Social Media Summit, Vaco, Emma, Claritas Capital, Mark Montgomery, LaunchMemphis, venture capital, Angel capital, innovation, business plan competition, John Freisinger, TTDC, Tennessee Technology Development Corporation, Nashville Technology Council, Chattanooga Technology Council, technology transfer, intellectual property, research and development, sponsored research, Lipscomb University, sustainability, Nashville 2.0, Scott McIntosh, StartMySong, Memphis Business Group on Health, physicians, healthcare, Health IT, litigation, whistleblower, Medicare, Kruesi Awards, Stand, CreateHere, Phil Bredesen, economic development, BioTN, Mind2Marketplace, life sciences, biotechnology
Venture Nashville Calendar Update
Nashville and Tennessee are quickly becoming year-round innovation venues, as this sampling of events makes clear
By Milt Capps Last updated Mon., April 5, 2010 12:11 p.m.

Uniguest reeling-in M&As, eyes digital-signage growth
Uniguest reeling-in M&As, eyes digital-signage growth
Shawn Thomas casts a skeptical eye toward the supposedly booming market for out-of-home digital networks, and sticks to core competencies
By Milt Capps

VoicesHeard Media ends A-round, eyes TNInvestco funds | TNInvestco, Grady Vanderhoofven, Meritus Ventures, Southern Appalachian Fund, Steve Newman, Voices Heard Media, ESPN, ABC, Eonstreams, Vitalstreams, Internap Network Services Corp., venture capital, friends and family, Angel investors, super-Angels, NFL, Atlanta Falcons, sports, Internet, entertainment, e-commerce, digital media, streaming, advertising, Scripps, Eclipse Management, Mike Campbell, Herb Sanger, Tennetic Ventures, University of Tennessee, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Legg Mason, University of Pennsylvania, Jones Lang LaSalle, NuMarkets, ReturnBuy, Regal Entertainment Group, Mike Campbell, Herb Sanger
VoicesHeard Media ends A-round, eyes TNInvestco funds
Knoxville-based ad-streaming venture has fresh perspective regarding TN investment in technology startups
By Milt Capps

NEWSBITS, March 30, 2010 | venture capital, Chrysalis Ventures, Noro-Moseley Partners, PerfectServe, Newsbits, TrakLok, Dick Lodge, education, IMI Health, Leon Dowling, Appriss, Documentary Channel, Ingram Micro, Signal Energy, biomass, Solar, FiledBy, Claritas Capital, Brad Sanders, Emma, Cold Feet Creative, Healthcare Management Systems, HMS, Health IT
NEWSBITS, March 30, 2010
EMMA.. HMS Tech hire.. Lodge helps for-profits ..Noro and Chrysalis announce staffing ..PerfectServe ..IMI Health and more..
By Milt Capps Updated 2:37 p.m.

Local iTech hiring may be resurgent, but too soon to call | information technology, workforce, education, software, Tod Fetherling, Nashville Technology Council, Scott Smith, Atiba Software, Brian Johnston, Jason Childs, Onora Group, Passport Health Communications, employment, Joan DuNard, Extreme Solutions, Open Source, .Net, SQL, MySQL, Java, data warehousing, networks, engineering, software development
Local iTech hiring may be resurgent, but too soon to call
None are ready to call 'the turn', but local Tech execs believe they've seen the first signs of spring in the economy
By Milt Capps Last updated 4:23 p.m.

Venture Notes, March 26, 2010 | John Chadwick, Ken Woody, Geoffe Greene, Innova Memphis, Innova Fund, MoonPie, Goo Goo Clusters, Standard Candy, Chattanooga Bakery Company, venture capital, intellectual property, patents, edo Interactive, First Avenue Partners, Clayton Associates, PEHub, couponing, marketing, Tom Coker, John Shoffner
Venture Notes, March 26, 2010
A Nashville MoonPie? Plus, a Claritas exec on i-couponing and Innova walks away from an interesting technology
By Milt Capps

Farr sides with Angels, sees tougher investor standards as 'paternalistic' and hurting ventures | Reagan Farr, TNInvestco, Angel investors, Nashville Capital Network, Angel Capital Association, National Venture Capital Association, banking, Christopher Dodd, Congress, politics, Great Recession,
Farr sides with Angels, sees tougher investor standards as 'paternalistic' and hurting ventures
Revenue Commissioner notes that his focus is tightly focused on expanding and tweaking TNInvestco
By Milt Capps

VU School of Engineering alumni spawn businesses | Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt School of Engineering, Bonitron, Dalcon Communications Sytesms, Universal Robotics, technology transfer, commercialization, EDAS, Experimental Design & Analysis Solutions, Infoworks, Neurotargeting, Pathfinder Therapeutics, Spandeck, Tadano America Corporation, StudioNow, Alan Peters, Vextec, Bob Tryon, Animesh Dey, Adam Solesby, Robert Benson, David Condra, Csaba Biegl, Benoit Dawant, Bob Galloway, Mike Miga, Tim Moses, Sitemason, Bill Mitchell,
VU School of Engineering alumni spawn businesses
It may be only the tip of the Engineering iceberg at Vanderbilt, but here's a sample of the fruits of education and research
By Milt Capps Last updated 10:04 p.m.

Informatics pro chosen to execute e-Health plan for TN | Will Rice, William B. Rice, Antoine Agassi, Vicki Estrin, HIP TN, Health Information Partnership for Tennessee, RHIOs, HIEs, EHR, EMR, telemedicine, e-prescribing, ARRA, Stimulus, HITECH, Phil Bredesen, Vanderbilt Center for Better Health, C3 Consulting, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, informatics, Middle Tennessee eHealth Connect, Vanderbilt University, AHQR, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research, Charles Manatt, Chuck Manatt, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, politics, Democratic National Committee, Manatt Phelps & Philip, FedEx Corp.,
Informatics pro chosen to execute e-Health plan for TN
With the end of the Bredesen Administration in sight, the Administration is entrusting its regional exchange initiative to a tech talent
By Milt Capps Last updated 8:20 a.m.

Franklin-linked Nodality nets $15.5MM from VC funds | Nodality, David Parkinson, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, venture capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Pfizer Ventures, Pfizer, Cytometry Associates, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, TPG Biotechnology and Maverick Capital
Franklin-linked Nodality nets $15.5MM from VC funds
Pfizer, Kleiner Perkins, et al, have given another vote of confidence to this Bay Area-based venture aiming at MLS, Cancer and other diseases
By Milt Capps Updated 9:45 p.m. March 24, 2009

Angels' complaint to Corker may precede stepped-up TN efforts | Marianne Hudson, Angel Capital Association, Congress, Christopher Dodd, Bob Corker, Sid Chambless, Nashville Capital Network, National Venture Capital Association, venture capital, Angel investors, SEC, banking, Great Recession, seed-stage, early-stage, TNInvestco
Angels' complaint to Corker may precede stepped-up TN efforts
In rare overt action, Angel advocates try out their legislative wings, in what may be a training flight for other efforts
By Milt Capps Updated 10:47 a.m.

Customers queued, SIGNiX asks $5MM from VCs | ProNvest, SIGNiX, Internet, SaaS, software, finance, legal services, security, identity, electronic signature, digital signature, information technology, venture capital, angel investors, NetCertainty, Internet Integrity Systems, Jay Jumper, Merrill Lynch, McKesson, IBM Lotus Software, DocuSign, TransAmerica, Allstate, ESIGN, Bill Clinton, Gartner, SunGard, Silver Lake Partners, Bain Capital Partners, Blackstone Group, Goldman Sachs & Co., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Gregg Rosenberg, ITEMUS, Tim Gelman, Randy Keith, Pem Guerry, Bob Corker, World Healthcare Systems, RiverValley Partners
Customers queued, SIGNiX asks $5MM from VCs
For more than a decade, this e-signature innovator has found champions amid adversity
By Milt Capps Last Updated March 27, 2010 at 6:40 p.m.

NEWSBITS, March 18, 2010 | StudioNow, David Mason, David Eun, Google, AOL, Evelyn Thompson, Tennessee State University, Music City Research Foundation, David Jones, Chrysalis Ventures, Humana, UPS, JumpStart Foundry, Digital Nashville, Marcus Whitney, Moontoast, Remarkable Wit, Emma, LAMP, software development, Education Networks of America, NTIA, ENA, BioTN, life sciences, biotechnology, Celeste Carter, National Science Foundation, NSF, Advanced Technological Education, ATE, Nashville Technology Council, MobileX, postsecondary, K-12, workforce development, economic development, Futurity.org, Vanderbilt University, science, Med-Vantage, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Aegis Health Group, Asentinel, telecommunications, David Abney, Scripps Interactive, Lisa Choi Owens, media, entertainment, Food Network, Travel Channel
NEWSBITS, March 18, 2010
Education Networks..StudioNow..Biotechies...Scripps Interactive..Aegis Health... VU's science reports, and more..
By Milt Capps Last updated 6:52 p.m.

Great Expectations: Informatics Corporation of America | Informatics Corporation of America, ICA, John Tempesco, Gary Zegeistowski, Fred Goad, Bill Jacobson, Harry Jacobson, SDS Health, Healthport, TriStar Technology Fund, Thomas Smith, VHA, CareAlign, Electronic health records, EHR, health IT, information technology, Great Recession, Meridian Health, Wellstar Health System, HITECH, ARRA, Stimulus, federal government, HHS, integrated delivery networks, IDN, Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems, AMDIS, Health Information Management Systems Society, HiMSS, Medcare Investment Funds, Mission City Management, TNInvestco, Kinetic Concepts, Star Technology, James Leininger
Great Expectations: Informatics Corporation of America
ICA's strategic alliances may have put this VU spin-out in good position in the race for EHR market share
By Milt Capps Last Updated 2:36 p.m.

Angel Capital Group, RightSide fund confirm collaboration | Dave Lambert, RightSide Capital Management, Rachael Qualles, Yogi Dougher, Angel Capital Group, Inception Micro Angel Fund, U.S. Capital Highway, Angels, Angel investors, venture capital, innovation, technology, Roger Kiger, Bill Pollard, David Hinkle, analytics, due diligence
Angel Capital Group, RightSide fund confirm collaboration
ACG uses its ability to network to extend its reach into another high-profile fund, in hope of gaining investment traction
By Milt Capps Last updated 2:44 p.m.

Claritas Capital invests in Entrada Healthcare, eyes EHRs | Entrada, VocalEz, medical transcription, voice recognition, EHR, venture capital, health IT, electronic health records, healthcare, Alexander Poston, John Chadwick, Bill Brown, Total eMed, Spheris, Claritas Capital, David Brailer, Evolution Healthcare Partners, Harbert Mezzanine, TriCare, MedQuist, CBay
Claritas Capital invests in Entrada Healthcare, eyes EHRs
Rebranded company attempts to leverage its transcription track-record to provide gateway to increasingly common e-health records
By Milt Capps Updated 7:47 p.m., April 4, 2010

TCRS Private equity investment jumps with $50MM placement | Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, TCRS, private equity, venture capital, Lamar Villere, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund X, Khosla Venture III, TA XI, Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VII, Oaktree Capital, Oaktree PPP Private Fund
TCRS Private equity investment jumps with $50MM placement
With its third announcement and fifth assignment, the State's retirement plan advances toward its $800MM-plus investment goal
By Milt Capps Updated 3:50 p.m.

KaiNexus targets performance with Vanderbilt technology | Matt Paliulis, Greg Jacobson, Harry Jacobson, Mike Muhney, KaiNexus, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, technology transfer, intellectual property, commercialization, Vanderbilt University, Washington University, friends and family, Angel investors, venture capital, TNInvestco, Seton Healthcare Network, IBM Global Services, ACE Cash Express, Act!, continuous quality improvement, kaizen, Kainexus, Baylor School of Medicine, Olin School of Business
KaiNexus targets performance with Vanderbilt technology
Health care organizations' performance improvement is focus of seed-stage startup by VUMC faculty member
By Milt Capps Last updated 11:39 a.m.

Consensus Point sets B-round, reveals Euro partnership | Consensus Point, Linda Rebrovick, Logica, The Economist, BigThink, Frank Grant, Crom Carmichael, XMi High Growth Development Fund, Jim Phillips, Idea 67, innovation, prediction markets, wisdom of crowds, Lee Beaman, Cisco, Corey Cleek, ULoop, Kestrel Asset Private Equity Fund, Lipman Bros., venture capital, Angel investors, Mike Shmerling, David Perry, Ken Kittlitz, Amanda Mesler, KPMG, Bearingpoint, IBM, collective intelligence, Predict Markets Cluster, SaaS, NMG Advisers, Art Rebrovick
Consensus Point sets B-round, reveals Euro partnership
Tech-marketing veteran Linda Rebrovick looks to create a crowd around SaaS predictive marketing provider
By Milt Capps Updated 11:25 a.m.

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