Angels: NueCura MP eyes science-driven health-tech startups, sees Williamson County as likely hub for nextgen technologies

Dec 28, 2015 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Update: Oct. 4, 2016: NueCura led a $1MM round for telehealth provider Satchel Health. 23 March 2016: NueCura joined other investors in a $2MM round for Durham, NC-based healt.... Read More

CEO: Insight Genetics could galvanize Biotech, likely Series A ahead

Dec 22, 2015 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

[Editor's note: Eric Dahlhauser died Jan. 24, 2019. Tennessean obituary.] WITH BREAST CANCER as its priority target, Insight Genetics Co-founder and CEO Eric Dahlhauser said h.... Read More

BTC Inc. expanding Digital Currency publishing group in Nashville

Dec 21, 2015 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

BTC Inc., a publisher covering the digital-currency sector, has relocated its headquarters from Huntsville to Nashville and has completed a $1.2MM capital raise for expansion..... Read More

Clayton's FCA Venture Partners leads One Medical Passport Series A raise

Dec 21, 2015 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated: OneMedical filed Feb. 10, 2016, showing $1.5MM raised vs $4MM goal-Ed.FCA Venture Partners is leading a $4MM Series A raise for Connecticut-based One Medical Passport.... Read More

Update: Artiphon is likely to pursue a Series A capraise in 2016

Dec 21, 2015 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

ARTIPHON, the creator of an electronic platform that digitally produces an array of musical instruments' sounds, is advancing toward the consumer market and is likely to raise.... Read More

Automotive supplier Dana Corp. has tech scout and liaison in Nashville

Dec 21, 2015 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

DANA Holding Corporation's executive based in Nashville is scouting for promising technologies, and aims to expand Dana's ties to VCs and others in the region's innovation eco.... Read More

VentureNotes 17 December 2015

Dec 17, 2015 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

TNInvestco - Bill Frist - Accolade - eClinic - Clayton AssociatesPharos Capital - Infusense - Celgentek and more. TNINVESTCO -- Responding to a VNC request, Tennessean Busines.... Read More

PE-backed PhyMed eyes 2016 M&A strategy, welcomes sell-side approaches

Dec 17, 2015 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Feb. 24, 2016 PhyMed announced today Anesthesia Associates of York (Pa.) and Anesthesia Associates of Laurel (Md.) have joined PhyMed Healthcare Group. - Ed. PHYMED H.... Read More

VP-Ag Innovation named for Memphis Bioworks Foundation

Dec 15, 2015 at 05:10 pm by miltcapps

People: EC President Sam Lingo has a heart for economic empowerment

Dec 15, 2015 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

SAM LINGO, the newly appointed president of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, cares enough about economic empowerment and alleviating poverty to declare that on his LinkedIn..... Read More

Nelson joins Memphis Bioworks Foundation as VP-Agriculture Innovation

Dec 15, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

PETER NELSON, co-founder and CEO of Ag Innovation Development Group (AgIDG), recently joined Memphis Bioworks Foundation as VP for Agriculture Innovation. Nelson's AgIDG.... Read More

Selous Venture Society, allies mull investment in VU IP-driven nPhase

Dec 15, 2015 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated - nPhase filed July 17, 2017 for a $1.6MM raise. The company filed Jan. 5, 2016, for a $2MM raise. 11 February 2016 4:05pm - Scott Climes was identified in a Vanderbil.... Read More

VU Innovation Center chief selection nears, VUSE Maker outreach expands

Dec 14, 2015 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

VANDERBILT University is likely within six weeks to announce the new executive director of its planned Innovation Center. The field of about 70 applicants has been narrowed to.... Read More

Venture Notes 9 December 2015

Dec 09, 2015 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updates on SSM Partners - Evermind - MindCare - POPVOX - JourneyPure - Contessa Health - Tortola Advisors - Agisent - InQuicker SSM PARTNERS, the Memphis-based growth e.... Read More

NVille's GoNoodle gets strategic investment from Children's Health of Texas

Dec 08, 2015 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Update: Earlier this month, McQuigg joined Healthstream (HSTM) as SVP to advance the hStream platform. Release here. In January 2018, KC Estenson, formerly SVP CNN Digital, su.... Read More

Feds greenlight VCs Meritus Kirchner & Innova Memphis to pursue $125MM+ for new rural-oriented funds

Dec 05, 2015 at 12:15 am by miltcapps

RURAL America probably got a boost today, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Meritus Kirchner Capital and Innova Memphis have been certified under a Federal pro.... Read More

VentureNotes: Mike Carroll licenses PYA tech; Joy Fisher eyes UT assets

Dec 03, 2015 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

  Mike Carroll Ken Woody MIKE CARROLL, a Knoxville-based serial entrepreneur who was instrumental in founding the Knoxville En.... Read More

TN Treasurer names investment deputy, updates private-equity weight

Dec 03, 2015 at 04:45 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Treasurer David Lillard this week announced Chief Investment Officer Michael Brakebill's new deputy is Derrick Dagnan, a native Tennessean working within Treasury si.... Read More

36|86: Veteran-led Kanga Technology has suitors, eyes $3M-$5M Series A

Dec 03, 2015 at 02:45 am by miltcapps

KANGA Technology, the Atlanta parent of the Kanga Delivery driver-on-demand platform, is eyeing a $3MM-$5MM Series A raise for 3Q 2016, and the company receives serious approa.... Read More

Venture Calendar 2015 - Updated

Dec 02, 2015 at 06:00 am by miltcapps

Also Visit : 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | March 1 - Deadlines for Memphis StartCo accelerators Seed Hatchery (B2B), Upstart (Women), SkyHigh (Social impact). Mar.... Read More

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