TTDC-as-LaunchTN gets vital runway extension from Haslam Administration

Jun 07, 2012 at 02:55 pm by miltcapps

OPTIMISM and concern, alike, have arisen in the wake of the most recent slow-motion shakeup at Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC). TTDC, which now uses the st.... Read More

NBIC: Nashville incubator seeks next executive director, while strategy unfolds

Jun 06, 2012 at 11:43 am by miltcapps

NBIC, the Nashville Business Incubation Center, is expected to launch its search for a new executive director after it receives an impending consultant's report on its develop.... Read More

Diabetes Care Group adds Cook's MGC/Limestone via $5MM round

May 21, 2012 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

DIABETES Care Group, the Nashville startup that offers diabetics clinical care, management and behavioral-modification support, has raised further capital, President and CEO A.... Read More

INVESTTennessee convenes June 21, registration offered VNC readers

May 21, 2012 at 07:46 am by miltcapps

The INVEST Tennessee Equity Conference convenes here in 30 days, affording VNC readers more than a glimpse inside a cross-section of much-discussed Tennessee companies, withou.... Read More

TN companies at pivot-points might attract funding via River Associates

May 17, 2012 at 10:05 am by miltcapps

AFTER 22 years in operation, Chattanooga-based's River Associates has secured its first institutional partners, completing a $222 million private-equity fundraise in "a very c.... Read More

Gov. Haslam's INCITE program stirs to life via 'Venture Incite' A-round

May 14, 2012 at 10:08 am by miltcapps

VENTURE INCITE, the Oak Ridge-based company founded by Nashville-based Solidus and its TNInvestco fund, will use recent A-round funding to "attract the best regional and natio.... Read More

'Educating the money' may be answer to diversifying Nashville techventures

May 08, 2012 at 10:17 am by miltcapps

Update 5 December 2013: eMids has recruited $13.3M from Council Capital & Baird Capital (Chi.), according to 4 December 2013 story by NBJ.-Ed. SAURABH SINHA, Nashville's E.... Read More

Jumpstart class arrives in a cloud of dust, as Gatto cooks-up Angel move

May 03, 2012 at 10:10 am by miltcapps

BIG DAY for Vic Gatto & Friends: The Solidus partner and Jumpstart Foundry founder this morning announced JSF's new class of entrepreneurs in Nashville. Also today, Gatto.... Read More

A-Round: Frazer's Cicayda tech startup emerging into Nashville sunlight

May 02, 2012 at 07:22 am by miltcapps

Updated: Cicayda told VNC in August 2013 that its headcount was then 35.-Ed. GREEN HILLS-based Roe Frazer aims to raise $2MM in capital for Cicayda, an e-discovery-.... Read More

'Corner man' Forrest Shoaf joins Dobie Media as advisor

Apr 30, 2012 at 09:02 am by miltcapps

FORREST SHOAF, formerly Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's chief financial officer, has joined Dobie Media as advisor and investor, founder Bruce Dobie confirmed for VNC. Wor.... Read More

Dobie Media adds Rick Blair; A-round to give EvieSays more to talk about

Mar 13, 2012 at 10:06 am by miltcapps

DOBIE MEDIA, the West End startup that provides its EvieSays online events calendars for media outlets, has enlisted strategic advisor and former Examiner.com CEO Rick Blair&n.... Read More

Cybersecurity startup Optio Labs creates Nashville dev foothold with VUSE grad

Mar 07, 2012 at 10:37 am by miltcapps

OPTIO LABS, a venture-backed cybersecurity startup currently focused on the mobile sector, says it will maintain a development outpost in Nashville. John Serafini, the Optio.... Read More

Noted: Pathfinder Therapeutics has named Jim Cloar president, CEO

Mar 05, 2012 at 02:24 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Goode left Pathfinder in April 2012, according to his Linkedin profile. Our original story is below.-Ed. Pathfinder Therapeutics, a startup with products for "s.... Read More

Updated: Former Frist staffer Ketchel files for MDSave capital raises

Mar 05, 2012 at 10:18 am by miltcapps

Updates: 26 Feb 2020: Greg Born recently joined as president and COO. 9 January 2019 Change Healthcare announced Jan. 7 it had taken a minority stake in MDSave on undislcosed.... Read More

Davidson: IPO's or not, TN's 'capital-starved' venture sector has fresh energy

Mar 05, 2012 at 09:16 am by miltcapps

THE HURLY-BURLY Nashville venture scene leaves little mindshare for the long-simmering Facebook IPO, even though it is likely to become one of the four largest in U.S. history.... Read More

Managers see TNInvestco benefits, Sen. Kyle restates case for outreach

Mar 05, 2012 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

VenturePeople: LeShane Greenhill and Sagents

Mar 05, 2012 at 09:10 am by miltcapps

LeShane GreenHill SAGENTS, a Cloud-based startup, aims to be the "premier online sales connector," said its 34-year-old Founder LeShane Gree.... Read More

Managers see TNInvestco benefits, Sen. Kyle restates case for outreach

Mar 05, 2012 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

TNINVESTCO fund managers are invariably cautious when commenting in public on the prospects for further rounds of TNInvestco funding. Nonetheless, the atmosphere was decidedl.... Read More

Kodiak tech venture is latest from Engineering grads making Nashville home

Feb 22, 2012 at 10:51 am by miltcapps

Ben Gotow KODIAK is a new tech solution that gives teachers access to instructional data from the iPhone and iPad apps their students are using, and feature.... Read More

<center>IDEAS: Helping Tennessee's growth companies<br>develop leadership capacity and secure capital</center>

Feb 21, 2012 at 06:59 pm by miltcapps

Katie Gambill is Managing General Partner and Co-founder of Council Capital, founded in Nashville in 2000. Previously, she was President of SunTrust Equitable Securities and i.... Read More

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