SPORTS-NIL: Superba Fund LP has a $30MM VC fund target and new presence in Nashville, led by Graham Shuler. Though the registrant has not yet responded to our query, VNC research suggests Shuler is the same fellow who grew up in Nashville and played strong football at Stanford University, where he played center and earned a degree in science, technology and society. Shuler, who also played basketball and ran rack in high school, has for some time also been a member of All-Purpose Advocacy (APA), a business formed to provide advisory services to college athletes who seek guidance through the "Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) ecosystem." Among others listed on both the Superba filing and the APA website is Chandler Dorrell, who played ball at Stanford and then Vanderbilt University, where he earned his backelor's in economics. Dorrell's also tagged as promoter. Shuler made collegiate headlines in 2016 when he quit football to pursue a new path. 'Seems to have led back to Nashville.

•  BRENTWOOD VC ROCKMONT's GrowthTech Fund I has brought in nearly $41MM toward its previously reported $50MM target. More on Rockmont Partners here.

•  FINTECH: Alto Solutions Founder and CEO Eric Satz in Nashville and FranShares Founder-CEO Kenny Rose will on Oct. 9 address webinar attendees on how Alto and the FranShares fractional franchise investing platform together enable IRA holders to diversify into franchises, an option long enjoyed by UHNW and institutional investors. Details.

•  AUTOSCHEDULER.AI in Franklin, Tenn., offers a cloud-based warehouse orchestration platform to support control of operations data-driven decision-making. Thomas Moore of Franklin is founder, while Austin-based Keith Moore is CEO. Via LinkedIn, Moore today announced the release of the company's "warehouse decision agent. The company has announced having raised more than $7.5MM in equity capital since its founding in 2020. Boca Raton-based Blue Impact Supply Chain Ventures and Atlanta-based Noro-Moseley are among investors.

•  STUDIO BANK, Studio Financial Holdings Inc., led by co-founder Aaron Dorn, recently reported on having raised $40MM in debt. Others associated with the filing included Silicon Ranch's Matt Kisber, real-estate veteran Janet Miller, et al. The bank made a similar filing for $20MM debt in 2022. The most recent raise effort was supported by Performance Trust Capital Partners (Atlanta). The round in '22 was supported by PNC Capital Markets. Debt filings.

• TEAMWORTHY Ventures, the Boston VC that recently joined the Greater Nashville Private Capital Association (GNPCA), announced it led a Seed round for Drug Hunter, a Portland, Ore., platform for drug discovery R&D teams.

• LIFESCI: Vintage-2023 ADAPTX Growth Equity Fund LP, led in Nashville by president Josh Trantum and VP Rob Ferrari, say in their Sept. 26 filing that they raised $2.62MM in equity capital The two men are also shown as associated with Curex Capital Advisors.

• WAYBRIDGE Health Inc., based in Omaha and partnered with independent specialists in interventional psychiatry care and related therapies there and in Nashville filed to raise $2.7MM equity capital. The Delaware business was registered in Tennessee in 1QCY25. Associated with the filing are Kevin Standefer, Erik Stiller and Richard Apple.

• LEXINGTON, Ky.-based MiddleGround Partners III LP on Oct. 2 reported having raised nearly $263MM toward its target of nearly $1.2BN pooled interests. MiddleGround Capital--with deep ops talent in Lexington, New York City and Amsterdam-- currently reports north of $4BN AUM. It makes control equity investments in middle market B2B industrial and specialty distribution businesses. Its portfolio suggests a pipeline weighted toward the manufacturing heartland of upper mid-America, apparently with no holdings based in Tennessee. In 2021, the firm reported raising $20MM from one investor for its MiddleGround Mobility Opportunity Fund LP. Lazard Freres (NYC) and First Avenue Partners (London) are helping with the MGP-III raise. VNC

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