Freddie O'Connell

VNC's May 2025 Venture Calendar

Apr 29, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

•West | •Central | •Eastern | •Other Below, events in May 2025. (See June '25 and beyond here.) May 1 • Dealmakers Middle Market M&A Conference by Smart Business, at Nashv.... Read More

Global-minded Nashville execs bound for West Yorkshire Innovation Festival

Feb 26, 2025 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

Lori Odom THREE Nashvillians intent on building two-way business bridges with other nations will soon travel to the West Yorkshire Innovation Festival, in England. Th.... Read More

Nashville, UK's West Yorkshire CA team for MedTech-innovation & trade

Oct 11, 2024 at 07:45 am by miltcapps

THIS WEEK'S Global Health Innovators Summit in Nashville's Omni Hotel addressed innovation, challenges and impact of emerging technologies in the healthcare sector. Exe.... Read More

Vanderbilt University's West Palm Beach development scenario unfurls

Aug 19, 2024 at 09:38 am by miltcapps

Updated Sept. 27, 2024: Vanderbilt announced it has leased land in the Chelsea district of New York City for a new campus, release here. Update Aug. 22, 2026: Florida media (s.... Read More

New $75MM+ Nashville Catalyst Fund to create, preserve, develop affordable housing

Jun 28, 2024 at 12:55 pm by miltcapps

Release issued 1135 28 June 2024 by the Office of Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell, verbatim (pdf here): Mayor Freddie O'Connell and Community Partners Launch the Nashv.... Read More

Metro Mayor, VU Chancellor seek traction for Nashville Innovation Alliance

Jun 21, 2024 at 08:24 am by miltcapps

Daniel Diermeier Freddie O'Connell VOWING TO SERVE the public interest through collaborative efforts, the Nashville Innovation Alliance has been launched to.... Read More

Relevance Ventures Fund IV eyes $75MM target, Native founders pipeline

Mar 28, 2024 at 03:59 pm by miltcapps

RELEVANCE VENTURES of Brentwood has set the target for Relevance Capital Fund IV at $75MM. Its filing yesterday shows $50.6MM in the Fund IV till, thus far. Fund IV's current.... Read More

Hard choices: TN venture scene pops with dozens of events just ahead

Jan 24, 2024 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Stepping back from the fray, we find there are a myriad of scheduled events just ahead. We've chosen to spotlight 40+ below. Errors are ours. Updates, corrections are w.... Read More

Mayor O'Connell, Nashville Chamber close gap, uplift AI, spotlight BNA chief

Oct 24, 2023 at 01:59 pm by miltcapps

Hon. Freddie O'Connell NASHVILLE MAYOR Freddie O'Connell announced he has joined with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and Partnership 2030 in a relationship th.... Read More

Nashville Mayor O'Connell taps campaign treasurer Isaac Addae as Metro's business engagement, entrepreneurship lead

Oct 06, 2023 at 01:16 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Mayor Freddie O'Connell today announced his appointment of Isaac Yao Addae PhD to manage Small and Minority Business Engagement matters within the new Administration.... Read More

Nashville Mayoral candidates' views on Nashville entrepreneurial ecosystem

Aug 07, 2023 at 12:13 pm by miltcapps

AMID WHITE-HOT campaigning to succeed incumbent Mayor John Cooper via Sept. 14 run-off voting for mayor of Metropolitan Nashville Davidson County, candidates Freddie O'Connell.... Read More

CEO departs, TN's nationally ranked ZeroTo510 accelerator charts journey

Sep 05, 2017 at 04:26 pm by miltcapps

MEMPHIS' ZeroTo510 medical-device accelerator -- which has ranked among the best U.S. accelerators, three years running -- is looking for new leadership and considering adopti.... Read More

Venture Notes - 15 August 2017

Aug 15, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

This issue: Updates on Blockchain Alliance and Twee Updated 28 Aug. 2017: Frost Brown Todd law firm announced today they now accept Bitcoin in payment of clients' legal.... Read More

QuickTake: Will the Google algorithm like your content?

Feb 14, 2011 at 07:58 am by miltcapps

Some of Nashville's search-engine optimization and interactive marketing pro's seem to live and breathe Google rules, rumors and rants. We know: It's dirty work, but somebody'.... Read More

CEO: CellJournalist helps news media 'win the big story'

Feb 14, 2011 at 07:58 am by miltcapps

Updated 23 April 2014: VNC hears from a reliable source today that CellJournalist has been sold to Toronto-based ScribbleLive. Seeking confirmation.-Ed. Nashville-based CellJ.... Read More

Tech Startup: O'Connell launches SearchViz

Aug 05, 2009 at 09:03 am by miltcapps

'Search' is the name of the game these days, and it's a big part of why Freddie O'Connell is leaving Southcomm Communications. On Friday, O'Connell will end his service as dir.... Read More

VC-backed StudioNow adding capital, clients and creativity

Aug 05, 2009 at 08:49 am by miltcapps

Having just raised a bit more capital for StudioNow, David Mason says with apparent ease that maybe next time he'll focus more on strategic investors. Mason has recruited $4..... Read More

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