Petra Capital

Petra Capital Partners nails fundraising on $270MM Petra Growth Fund V

Jan 30, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Petra Capital Partners announced completing fund-raising for Petra Growth Fund V at its hardcap and now has $270MM Fund V capital available to invest. The firm.... Read More

Transparency Health startup BaseCamp seeks partners + Ascend adopters

Jul 09, 2020 at 03:55 pm by miltcapps

BASE CAMP HEALTH's recent pact with Franklin, Tenn.-based RxGenomix may turn out to be part of a bigger series of partnerships forged to advance BaseCamp's new Ascend digital.... Read More

Venture Notes - June 25, 2020

Jun 25, 2020 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Files - June 6, 2018 - HHS Startup Day Agenda & Release

Jun 05, 2018 at 03:20 pm by miltcapps

For the HHS Startup Day Nashville agenda, please click here. For related Nashville Health Care Council event info, click here. For the initial press release on the event, ple.... Read More

Petra Capital files for $150 Million Growth Fund IV

May 30, 2018 at 05:20 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Petra announced June 4, 2020, its completion of Fund IV, leaving it with $208MM to invest; and, Petra said it had joined other investors both to form Three Oaks Hospi.... Read More

Entrepreneur Center: Sullivan is EIR and startup Alumni Relations lead

Aug 05, 2016 at 10:19 am by miltcapps

ON MONDAY, Yvonne Gilbrech Sullivan began her new role as Entrepreneur in Residence and Alumni Relations lead for the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Sullivan -- Angel investor.... Read More

Venture Notes - 27 July 2016

Jul 27, 2016 at 05:23 pm by miltcapps

FORMER Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen will address Tennessee HiMSS "Summit of the Southeast" in Nashville, Sept. 14, at Music City Center. He'll talk about his experiences w.... Read More

EPIcenter: Entrepreneurial 7.0 Quake in Memphis as accelerators erupt

Apr 19, 2016 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Urgent Team may turn to large PE house if $100MM M&A target looms

Apr 14, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: Jan. 23, 2019: Urgent Team filed 10/12/18 for a roughly $7.4MM raise, with some Pharos execs associated with the filing.-Ed. URGENT TEAM, the Nashville consolidator of.... 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

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

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

<center>IDEAS: Time to step-up local university-industry<br>collaboration in Information Technologies</center>

Feb 13, 2012 at 06:07 am by miltcapps

By Douglas C. Schmidt Douglas C. Schmidt, Ph.D., is the associate chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Program, a professor of Computer Science, and a senior research.... Read More

Noted: WellNow Urgent Care reports $7.7MM capital raise

Feb 10, 2012 at 02:59 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 15 February 2012: WellNow announced its commitments total $35MM and investors include SV Life Sciences, in addition to those we reported earlier. WellNow's update rel.... Read More

NewsBits, Oct. 26, 2011

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

NELSON'S GREEN BRIER DISTILLERY's recently launched $500K capital raise promises to rekindle the Nelson's Green Brier Tennessee Whiskey brand, now led by founder Charles Nelso.... Read More

Regional Roundup, Oct. 26, 2011

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

VENTURE Capital has a new face in Tullahoma: Marcum Capital, its TNInvestco NEST-TN and other entities are now operating beneath the brand umbrella of Relevance Capital.... Read More

Fetherling joins Moore in rebranded Stratasan startup;<br>Nashville Tech Council CEO search makes strides, says Sloan

Jul 02, 2011 at 03:27 pm by miltcapps

STRATASAN, the healthcare marketing analytics firm originally known as HealthDataSource, announced July 1 that investor, Chairman and Founder Tod Fetherling is now fulltime in.... Read More

VenturePeople: Heritage Group gains Wallace from SVLS

Jun 28, 2011 at 09:20 am by miltcapps

Paul Wallace, a Nashvillian long associated with private-equity funds and Healthways, has joined Burton Hills-based Heritage Group LLC, according to his LinkedIn posting. Wall.... Read More

Pathway Lending, UT Research Foundation have intersecting commercialization interests

May 03, 2011 at 08:07 am by miltcapps

Pathway Lending, the statewide economic development lender based in Nashville, is solidifying its position along the "access-to-capital continuum" that serves Tennessee's jobs.... Read More

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