Venture Nashville

Eight entrepreneurs compete in 'Will This Float?' pitch event

Nov 29, 2016 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

adapted from submitted release Eight finalists have been selected to pitch their business ideas during The Company Lab's (CO.LAB) 'Will This Float?' competition. The pre.... Read More

Nashville Technology Council opens Tech Hill Commons with Comcast help

Nov 29, 2016 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Allies Nashville Technology Council (NTC) and Comcast today announced plans to open a gigabit-powered facility -- Tech Hill Commons -- which is designed as NTC headquarters an.... Read More

Apto maps capraises through 2019, targets expat adaptation in U.S., abroad

Nov 28, 2016 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

Updated: On July 12, 2019, Apto filed with the SEC for a $1.5MM raise.-Ed. APTO LLC, which offers a cultural-linguistic training platform to help internationals adapt with co.... Read More

Venture Notes - 28 November 2016

Nov 28, 2016 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

Venture Calendar - 2016 - Updated

Nov 25, 2016 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Also Visit : 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | January 6 - 9 - CES - Consumer Technology Association re Music-Communications interests, Nashville panelists, details h.... Read More

Big Win!? Edgenet sells control stake to P/E Marlin Equity Partners

Nov 21, 2016 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

Update: Edgenet announced Jan. 7, 2019 its sale to Chicago-based Gladson, owned by NYC-based The Jordan Co. private-equity firm and Wicks Capital Partners. - Ed. EDGENET, the.... Read More

2016 Next Awards by Nashville Chamber, Entrepreneur Center

Nov 18, 2016 at 07:07 am by miltcapps

The Next Awards for entrepreneurship, sponsored by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC), with presenting sponsor Lipscomb Universi.... Read More

TN Comptroller: TNInvestco program 'doesn't appear successful'

Nov 10, 2016 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

[The Comptroller's full technical report is here. PREVIOUS VENTURENASHVILLE COVERAGE HERE and BACKGROUNDER HERE. -Editor] From a release today from the Office of the State Com.... Read More

Surgiorithm among 5 Startups pitching LaunchTn-LSTN Venture Match

Nov 02, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Update 17 March 2017 Surgiorithm won the NSW pitch competition. 5 Nov 2016 0858: Surgiorithm placed 1st in the VentureMatch competition, earning $5K bestowed by Waller Lansden.... Read More

Life Science TN convenes GOP panel here to mull Election 2016's impact

Nov 02, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

JUST ahead of the nation's pivotal Presidential election, representatives of Life Science Tennessee (LSTN), an industry association, say LSTN wants to keep journalists out of.... Read More

Synchronous Health's AI-bot Karla may attract capital<br>to help 'disrupt' population behavioral healthcare

Nov 01, 2016 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE - On 2 October 2024, Lynchburg-based Thriveworks, founded in 2008 and having raised north of $400MM since inception, announced its acquisition of Synchronous, on undisc.... Read More

Reporter's Notebook: Nashville Capital Network could play a broader role

Oct 27, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 10 July - NCN announced its total take closed at $34MM. 7 June 2017: NCN announced raising its new $25MM NCN Partners Fund with individual investors drawn from ranks o.... Read More

Former US Senator Frist 'cautiously optimistic'<br>nation will address healthcare effectively

Oct 27, 2016 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

BILL FRIST M.D., the cardiothoracic surgeon and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, said today he is "cautiously optimistic" there "will be a window of about two years" after.... Read More

Ingram Content Group ends 1440 accelerator gambit, keeps innovation focus

Oct 24, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

INGRAM Content Group (ICG), a unit of Nashville-based Ingram Industries, has confirmed that the first cohort of its once unique 1440 publishing-startup accelerator is its last.... Read More

Faros Healthcare names board chair, as Centerstone plan advances

Oct 24, 2016 at 04:08 pm by miltcapps

Updated August 2017 - Company's name changed to Raiven Healthcare. 31 Oct 2016 - Centerstone said in a release it generates about $310MM revenue and has 4,500 employees in 5 s.... Read More

Launch Tennessee Update shows multifaceted mission, wide-ranging action

Oct 20, 2016 at 06:15 pm by miltcapps

TODAY's meeting of the board of directors of Launch Tennessee -- formally chartered as Tennessee Technology Development Corporation or TTDC -- was broad-ranging. ECD's T.... Read More

The TENN master accelerator cohort for 2016-17

Oct 20, 2016 at 06:43 am by miltcapps

Launch Tennessee (Tennessee Technology Development Corp.) on Oct. 19 announced the 2016-17 cohort of The TENN, the master accelerator program for startups selected from among.... Read More

Nashville Software School eyes new offerings, leadership succession plans

Oct 19, 2016 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated July 25: The Greenville (S.C.) News reported July 20 that competitor Ironyard closing 15 sites, including Nashville.-Ed. JOHN WARK, a co-founder, president and self-av.... Read More

Venture Notes - 19 October 2016

Oct 19, 2016 at 11:42 am by miltcapps

PEOPLE: Cournoyer helms The Iron Yard - Nashville

Oct 17, 2016 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

THIS SUMMER, Joshua 'Josh' Cournoyer tightened his focus as campus director for the Nashville market for The Iron Yard (TIY), the technology-education company based in Greenvi.... Read More

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