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

Headsup: Governor's budget hearing spotlights Captive Insurance startups

Dec 01, 2015 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 20 Feb 2020: State says it now is home to 200 Captives and TN is 7th largest Captives domecile. Jennifer Stalvey is Captives director in TNC&I, which is led by Com.... Read More

VC's Lucro Marketplace for Healthcare solutions seeks array of partners

Dec 01, 2015 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated 17 Sept. 2018 - Frisco/Dallas-based Valify, backed by Frist Cressey, Step5 Capital, Meridian St. Capital, bought Martin Ventures-backed Lucro, it announced yesterday..... Read More

Aegis Health Security, Global Action eye impact-investment partnership

Nov 18, 2015 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

GLOBAL Action Platform (GAP), an international development program led by Nashville social entrepreneur Scott Massey, Ph.D., is exploring a strategic partnership that could ea.... Read More

Kauffman Foundation, Nashville Entrepreneur Center confirm Nashville pact

Nov 17, 2015 at 08:51 am by miltcapps

KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION of Kansas City today announced it intends to plant up to $500K in Nashville's entrepreneurial ecosystem over an 18-month period, with the Nashville Entrepr.... Read More

Gov. Haslam's evolving performance dashboard<br>gains heft and sheds some graphic impact</center>

Nov 16, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Update 16 Dec. 2015: UnitedHealth Foundation ranking: Tennesseans' Health dropped further to 43rd among states.-Ed. GOV. BILL HASLAM's online performance dashboard was at firs.... Read More

Capital on-tap, REZLI platform serves career needs of interactive gamers

Nov 16, 2015 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

REZLI, the software platform created by a Chattanooga startup that previously produced tournaments, will now focus on supporting interactive gamers and others wh.... Read More

People: Phil Gibbs' Disruption Lab hits the road to Chattanooga

Nov 12, 2015 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 16 Nov. 2015 - Gibbs posted an interesting trip report on his blog here. Original story follows, below. - Ed. PHIL GIBBS, Ph.D., is clearly an incorrigible lifelong l.... Read More

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