GigTank: CoLab majorly disrupts existing Accelerator model

Feb 11, 2016 at 08:52 am by miltcapps

See The Company Lab's Feb. 10, 2016, release on transformation of its startup accelerator right here.

Qualderm Partners raises $31.8MM for practice growth,<br>PE Cressey and VC Apple Tree back the transaction

Feb 10, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

QUALDERM Partners LLC, the dermatology services company that acquires majority stakes in practices, has raised $31.8MM in capital from investors including funds affiliated wit.... Read More

Martin Ventures' bet on Carena telemed a signal for Nashville HealthIT?

Feb 10, 2016 at 04:34 pm by miltcapps

MARTIN VENTURES' investment in Seattle-based Carena's virtual clinics business merits the attention of Nashville healthcare providers and techies who support them. The Nashvil.... Read More

Venture Notes - February 8, 2016

Feb 08, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

SertintyONE in Brentwood (fka Echarge2) said Jan. 29 it had raised $3MM toward a $10.5MM goal for a business that, VNC research suggests, involves mobile software applications.... Read More

Startup BachWeekend priorities include Hotel hookup and Seed-capital raise

Feb 08, 2016 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

ROBBIE Goldsmith-led BachWeekend, the Nashville startup for fun-seeking bachelorettes and bachelors, inevitably juggles a number of priorities, including cementing an alliance.... Read More

EO Nashville board of directors for 2016-17 announced

Feb 08, 2016 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

THE Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) Nashville chapter - which says it is the fourth-largest EO chapter in the world - announced its 2016/2017 board of directors. EO Nashville.... Read More

Tech-talented VU School of Engineering alumni quickly spread afar

Feb 05, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE has a major concentration of Vanderbilt University alumni, generally. But, samplings of the whereabouts of recent School of Engineering (VUSE) undergraduates and do.... Read More

Video-content monetizer GameWisp raised $843K, has runway to Series A

Feb 05, 2016 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

[Update] Gamewisp reported April 6, 2017, is has raised $1.3MM toward a $1.5MM Seed-2-pref goal.-Ed. GAMEWISP, the Nashville-based startup that enables Gaming-video owners to.... Read More

Startup assistive-device maker TabletTable considering recruiting capital

Feb 03, 2016 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated 11 January 2017: TabletTable announced a licensing and distribution deal with Wisconsin-based Attainment Company.-Ed. MANY healthcare products have their origins in a.... Read More

Feb. 25: Design for America Co-founder Chung at VU School of Engineering

Feb 03, 2016 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: Chung's Feb. 25 remarks are on YouTube.-Ed. DESIGN for America Co-founder Hannah Chung, who is also co-founder of Sproutel, which makes interactive games for children.... Read More

Nashville EC's Project Healthcare Accelerator to launch in Fall 2016

Feb 02, 2016 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Entrepreneur Center's new year-round Project Healthcare is likely to take applications this summer for a 14-week Accelerator program beginning this fall, as part of.... Read More

FourBridges Capital Advisors expands SE reach, doesn't rule-out VC fund

Feb 02, 2016 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Last edited 8:08am 3 Feb. 2016. Details at bottom.-Ed. CHATTANOOGA-based FourBridges Capital Advisors is likely to expand its senior-advisor ranks to tap into oppor.... Read More

Vanderbilt University Innovation Center's first chief to be Robert Grajewski

Feb 01, 2016 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

ROBERT S. GRAJEWSKI, a North Carolina entrepreneur, has been chosen through a national search to be the first executive director of the new Vanderbilt University Innovation Ce.... Read More

FinTech Nashville: Bitcoin, Blockchain at center of BTCMedia event plans

Feb 01, 2016 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

Updated 25 March 2016 0900: BTCMedia announced March 24, 2016, its plans for a major flagship event -- Distributed:Trade -- in St. Louis, in cooperation with the SixThirty Fin.... Read More

$26MM+: EdTech consolidator LTG buys Rustici SW, stake in Watershed

Jan 29, 2016 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

Updated: In his LinkedIn post Nov. 15, 2018, Founder Mike Rustici, dealing with cancer, said LTG would also buy the balance of Watershed. 1 June 2018: Former Products Director.... Read More

Nashville Technology Council Awards for 2015 announced

Jan 29, 2016 at 03:00 am by miltcapps

On January 28, 2016, Nashville Technology Council announced its NTC Awards winners for 2015. The nominees and winners are listed below. Company of the Year LeanKit WINNER Digi.... Read More

VESTA Technology seeks TORCH brand lead in Internet parental controls

Jan 28, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

                CEO Shelley Prevost, Ed.D. Updates: Vesta deactivated its Tennessee registration i.... Read More

Update: Oasis Venture youth social-enterprise program nears launch

Jan 27, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

OASIS VENTURE, the new social-enterprise program for youth formed by a partnership between Oasis Center and Marcus Whitney of The Unlikely Company, will soon launch a pilot co.... Read More

Media: NVille's Ayumi Bennett preps launch of regional Startup Southerner

Jan 27, 2016 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

AYUMI Fukuda Bennett plans to go-live Feb. 1 with Startup Southerners, a site devoted to the Southeast's tech and entrepreneurial scene. Founder and Editor-in-Chief Bennett, 3.... Read More

After 22 years, Tech2020 at OakRidge to cease pro-entrepreneurial efforts

Jan 26, 2016 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated 3 March 2016: Tech2020's Snider said it has received interest in acquiring its assets, including AutoXLr8r and key grant contracts. 8 Feb: T2020's board.... Read More

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