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Venture Notes - 18 May 2017

May 18, 2017 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

LASSO aims to corral $4MM+ Series A for workforce management platform

May 18, 2017 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 17 July 2017 1214 - Lasso said it hired Doug Marrs, founding partner and former VP of StudioNow, as lead for sales and service. -Ed. LASSO LLC, the Nashville startup t.... Read More

CEO: Startup CEAdvisory doesn't rule-out some M&A ahead of strategic exit

May 18, 2017 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

THREE-year-old CEAdvisory is still a colt in the startup world, but Co-founder and CEO Gabriel Smith seems to have a clear sense of track conditions and the race his company m.... Read More

VC Innova Memphis ignites $31MM RBIC fund, projects 20 transactions by year-end 2018

May 15, 2017 at 11:11 am by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE VC Innova Memphis announced today the closing of its $31MM Innova Ag Innovation Fund IV, which brings Innova's firmwide uncommitted capital to $41MM and total asse.... Read More

Tennessee doubles down on LaunchTN, 36|86 looms as inflection point

May 14, 2017 at 02:06 pm by miltcapps

IN 21 DAYS, The State of Tennessee's flagship 36|86 Conference, designed to advance startups and spur investment in high-growth businesses, could become the latest inflection.... Read More

Nashville's Saltvest Alto-IRA fintech startup enters LittleRock accelerator

May 11, 2017 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 29 Aug 2019: Saltvest total capital raised is now $9MM+. NashvillePost reported Aug. 29 the company had raised $5.4MM from investors including Jefferson River Capital,.... Read More

Memphis Agritech: The Seam launches blockchain venture,<br>considers capital strategy for product roadmap, global footprint

May 11, 2017 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

Update: March 10, 2020 - The Seam unveiled its Trust Protocol for sustainability, press release here. May 3, 2018 - Pryor announced the company has joined the Enterprise Ether.... Read More

Sohr-backed MEDarchon taps CEO, puts growth ahead of any capital raise

May 08, 2017 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

THIS might have been 'just another healthIT startup story', if the grave harm often caused by medical errors wasn't so shocking and if MEDarchon was not making some very strik.... Read More

Mid-TN's SafeSurv preps $1MM capital raise for ID validation startup

May 08, 2017 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

CHARLIE Jordan, the Hendersonville native now CEO of ID scan and validation startup SafeSurv today confirmed the company plans to raise $1MM to ramp marketing and begin addres.... Read More

BizFoundry CEO: Entrepreneur centers must<br>'meet entrepreneurs where they are'

May 08, 2017 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

JEFF BROWN, president and executive director of The Biz Foundry in Cookeville, listed several big lessons he's learned during five years cultivating entrepreneurship in the Up.... Read More

New entrepreneur-in-res at EC, launches 'Milk the Moment' startup

May 02, 2017 at 03:57 pm by miltcapps

COURTNEY 'Coko' Eason has launched into her role as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center while simultaneously advancing her mobile app toward the mar.... Read More

Jim Phillips CEO of relaunched XMI backed by Engelbrecht's SCI of Evansville

May 02, 2017 at 09:56 am by miltcapps

Updated July 25, 2017: XMI announced it bought 6-year-old accounting/CFO outsourced services company, ConServ Business Services, based in Nashville. XMI said in a release it n.... Read More

Marcom: Snell's Gyrosity eyes capital raise and Crosshair spin-out

May 01, 2017 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

Update July 2018: Gyrosity became part of NYC-based Stadiumred Group, which also took a stake in Crosshair.-Ed. GYROSITY Projects, the interactive agency based in Nashville, h.... Read More

At Satchel Health, Macy to CPO, succeeded as CEO by Lanson Hyde

May 01, 2017 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

Satchel Health, a Nashville healthIT offering telemedicine solutions for post-acute care providers, today announced the appointment of Lanson Hyde as chief executive officer..... Read More

Venture Notes - 1 May 2017

May 01, 2017 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

Condra's Amplion Clinical Communications elevates Grant to presidency

May 01, 2017 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

AMPLION Clinical Communications, the Nashville company that offers a patient-care assurance platform (PaaS) for the healthcare sector, has elevated Frank Grant to president, f.... Read More

36|86 Nashville: LaunchTN cohort of 36 startups has 21 from out of state

May 01, 2017 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

THE LARGE 36|86 Entrepreneurship and Technology Conference each summer in Nashville has become "a home run for LaunchTN and the state and an important element of some of the s.... Read More

FINTECH: Organically grown StrategyCorps remains<br>'intentionally opportunistic' about M&A

Apr 27, 2017 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

Update: StrategyCorps said Nov. 1 2017 that it won BankNews accolades. The company also said in a release May 23, 2017, that its merchant discounts now number more than 360K n.... Read More

A message for Readers from the VNC Publisher

Apr 25, 2017 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Milt Capps Dear Readers -- VNC recently entered a brief transition period, moving toward a Membership-access model for Venture Nashville Connections, entering its 9th.... Read More

NPREX eyes capital raises for direct-licensing performing rights platform

Apr 25, 2017 at 03:41 pm by miltcapps

NPREX LLC, the digital marketplace for direct licensing transactions in the music performing rights industry, is in beta simulation testing with major publishers, has a Seed-2.... Read More

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