Bill Frist

Frist Cressey Ventures pursues $400MM Fund IV, plans next exec Forum

May 16, 2025 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

FRIST CRESSEY VENTURES of Nashville filed May 15 for its $400MM parallel Fund IV QP LP and Fund IV LP, showing 115 investors aboard and $169.7MM-in, at that point. The firm al.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 25, 2025

Apr 25, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Today: ExpressWages | Raise Financial | MyVFO | FCV | Totem | Basa Futura | Somavac | CareEco | Ten31 | UTC | AgylAI | Yarbrough | Topbins | Novestus | Comma | EvidenceCare |.... Read More

NHCC Council Fellows 2025 Class seeks insights amid times still turbulent

Jan 29, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Three weeks ago, on Jan. 7, Nashville Health Care Council (NHCC) announced 27 members of its 2025 Council Fellows Class, in keeping with its goal of "Connecting the Brightest.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 11, 2023

Jul 11, 2023 at 04:28 pm by miltcapps

Today: DynamoVC | WavMaker | Artist Growth | Relode | GTCR | Bambu | FCV | NKore | AgLaunch | Angels | EVA | LaunchTN | Ferdowsi | Caduceus | Payments | Datadose |Haslams | Th.... Read More

Updating Mike Uchrin-led Monogram Health's latest growth-capital raise

Jan 09, 2023 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 9 January 2023: Monogram announced raising another $375MM (an apparent Series C), having earlier raised at least $165MM in Seed, Series A/A-1 and B. Today's release he.... Read More

Adam Boehler-led Rubicon hits $471MM in Opp Fund I for HC investments

Aug 30, 2022 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Rubicon Founders Opportunity Fund I, led by CEO Adam Boehler of Rubicon Founders LLC, has thus far raised $471,075,000 in sales of equity securities for health.... Read More

CEO: Nashville 'center of gravity' for BehaVR's Virtual Reality in HC push

Mar 03, 2022 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: Dec. 23, 2022 - BehaVR today filed with the SEC here for a target-$20MM Series B raise, which includes the previously reported first close. Dec. 13, 2022 - BehaVR anno.... Read More

Bill Frist launches Collective with ears to ground, eyes on better healthcare

Feb 01, 2022 at 09:37 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE VC Frist Cressey Ventures and its co-founder, physician and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist MD, today announced launching the firm's FCV Collective, a.... Read More

Bryan Frist grows Yoshi portfolio, lauds TN edge ahead of Series C raise

Dec 15, 2021 at 02:11 pm by miltcapps

Convertible debt raise underway, precedes Series C in 2022 Revenue ramp accelerating after pandemic blow Strategic ties yield corporate and cross-border opportunities Tailori.... Read More

Updated: Frist Cressey Ventures ups to $300MM Fund III fundraising target

Sep 20, 2021 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

UPDATED 18 April 2022: FCV raised its Fund III target to $300MM. FIII file here. QP file here. VNC's original 20 Sept. 2021 story is below.-Editor FRIST CRESSEY VENTURES in Na.... Read More

Claya Inc's precision-nutrition entry Rootine draws $4.5M, mulls roadmap

Aug 13, 2021 at 03:21 pm by miltcapps

AGAINST the backdrop of the pandemic, startup brand Rootine is targeting an opportunity that has "shot to the forefront" in the minds of consumers and care professionals who i.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 14, 2021

Jul 14, 2021 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: OrcoGuard | MBV | AgLaunch | AccelUp | Courseflow | Opya | Harbert | Claritas | 1stAve | Wendal | Vets | Paper | MSRural | Resources | Twende Laurence Zwiebel Ph.... Read More

Venture Notes - June 30, 2021

Jun 30, 2021 at 07:45 am by miltcapps

Today (27): ZERV | Claritas | CoPilot | Scholars | Lirio | TutorUp | FPK | CPRwrap | VidaFuel | Valkyrie | HODL | Bridgestone | EvidenceCare | PD | Joseph | FBSci | VIP | Spir.... Read More

Venture Notes - February 24, 2021

Feb 24, 2021 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

TODAY (37): B2S | AgLaunch | FCAHI | IHC | Hero | Adair | Cauble | ArtiphonMono | Insur | Potluck | RDPF | GTV | Blue | Optix | Soccer | Veno | PTrust | Beer | Kamp | Grazr |.... Read More

Venture Notes - January 25, 2021

Jan 25, 2021 at 02:24 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: Shoals | Pharos | BehaVR | Flisk | Soundways | Spacs | Spoken | DPL | ALTO | Brown | Vitro | Martin | CBD | Strike | Thrive | Select | Edj | Brew | ► UPDATE: Th.... Read More

Venture Notes - Kentucky ventures - December 4, 2020

Dec 04, 2020 at 03:58 pm by miltcapps

THERE'S LONG BEEN a lot of venture activity going on in neighboring Kentucky, and some of it involves Tennesseans you may recognize. We hope you'll find this mere sample of r.... Read More

Venture People - Sept. 21, 2020

Sep 21, 2020 at 12:27 pm by miltcapps

. Today: Saint | Bartholomew | Octerra | Ganjei | Marker | Wall | Tolleson | Landaiche | Heritage | Cressey | Townsend | Smith | Taveau | Pieper | Oppong | McPeak | Weaver.... Read More

Policy: Innovation & Startups Equity Investment Program draws TN interest

Jun 09, 2020 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Former Gov. Bill Haslam MANY Tennessee entrepreneurs, policy-makers and their allies and advisors have hoped that Congress, The White House, the U.S. Treasury Departm.... Read More

Venture Notes -- June 1, 2020

Jun 01, 2020 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Today: HGP | LTN | JSC | JSF | CHC | BLU | GLN | PWR | IDB | FCV | DIT | MIL | WRK | COC | Resources | ► HERITAGE GROUP affiliate Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund I.... Read More

EC's Project Music captures broader range of entertainment plays

Apr 13, 2020 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

The Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC) announced April 2 the 11 members of the 2020-2021 Cohort of its Project Music program. The cohort includes startups related to music, li.... Read More

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