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Rubicon Founders' Fund II said to have commitments of $1BN+
Rubicon Founders' Fund II said to have commitments of $1BN+

Founder's early track record and discipline of 'value lens' investing may be generating sustained momentum.

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Bartholomew, Fox, Futch file for $50MM Rockmont GrowthTech Fund I
Bartholomew, Fox, Futch file for $50MM Rockmont GrowthTech Fund I

Early-stage fintech and health tech targets are priority for firm with deep operator and securities experience.

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VocalBrain CEO eyes bootstrap, capraise options for vocal-training platform
VocalBrain CEO eyes bootstrap, capraise options for vocal-training platform

Founder-CEO's renewed focus on roles of voice and expression part of launch impetus.

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ThriveAP investor's $3MM bet focuses on Advanced Practice Provider needs
ThriveAP investor's $3MM bet focuses on Advanced Practice Provider needs

Labordemic hits employers recovering from COVID19 pressures + workers drive for upskilling, certification and licensing.

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Altitude Ventures taps Deshpande, eyes Fund III-driven portfolio expansion
Altitude Ventures taps Deshpande, eyes Fund III-driven portfolio expansion

New Strategic Limited Partner says Altitude is a 'good fit', given it understands how to add value beyond capital.

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Vanderbilt IP licensed to IPO-prospect Neumora might earn VU millions
Vanderbilt IP licensed to IPO-prospect Neumora might earn VU millions

Scenario: VU could garner up to $422MM, as fight against neurospsych disorders, degenerative diseases advances.

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Tom Noser: 'When to broaden product offerings at early-stage companies'
Tom Noser: 'When to broaden product offerings at early-stage companies'

Edtech and healthcare SaaS veteran with stripes in credentialing, training and other businesses offers advice.

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Vanderbilt's 2024 Summit to extend scrutiny of global competition, threats and strategic gaps, with an eye toward 'radical collaboration'
Vanderbilt's 2024 Summit to extend scrutiny of global competition, threats and strategic gaps, with an eye toward 'radical collaboration'

Chancellor says VU has strategic advantage in collaborating to confront challenges in a 'networked world'.

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Update: Martin-, Heritage-backed Wellvana files further $10MM capraise
Update: Martin-, Heritage-backed Wellvana files further $10MM capraise

[updated] Amid sector consolidation, Wellvana financings now total at least $150MM.

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VC Caduceus Capital Partners advances early-stage digital health fund
VC Caduceus Capital Partners advances early-stage digital health fund

[updated] Firm pursues $100MM raise, with progress reported for Early Stage Digital Health Fund I.

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OtherLeft Ventures joins 'driven innovators' to co-create health tech businesses
OtherLeft Ventures joins 'driven innovators' to co-create health tech businesses

Nashville HC and technology veterans plan to co-found multiple SaaS businesses in the next few years.

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Heritage Group execs plant flag for $400MM Healthcare Innovation Fund IV
Heritage Group execs plant flag for $400MM Healthcare Innovation Fund IV

Private equity execs and their strategic investors set sail on next fund amid crosswinds.

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CEO McDaniel: S3 Recycling Sols eyes growth, draws interest, mulls capraise
CEO McDaniel: S3 Recycling Sols eyes growth, draws interest, mulls capraise

Early-growth startup with EBITDA enters third phase of life amid growing environmental concerns.

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Venture Notes - December 7, 2022
Venture Notes - December 7, 2022

Venture bullets: DARVIS, Dropper, SeeSnap, Rockmont, Simple Solutions, AngelEye, HotPoppy, Campus Protein, AgLaunch, SmartRIA and more.

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Venture Notes - May 13, 2022
Venture Notes - May 13, 2022

Updating PathGroup Recap | Lirio | Ursa Health | Thynk Health | Unity Wellness | EasyVet | Artemis | Iron Path | TSG.Mammoth

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CME-CE startup ConveyMED begins $2MM Seed for mobile audio platform
CME-CE startup ConveyMED begins $2MM Seed for mobile audio platform

Continuing-ed content purveyor also sees Series A + diverse markets ahead in U.S. and beyond.

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Venture Notes - May 7, 2022
Venture Notes - May 7, 2022

Venture updates on new Funds, raises in Fintech, Music-Ent, Wealth, LifeSci, HCare, Media, HRtech, blockchain and other arenas.

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Altitude Ventures eyes $100M Fund III for digital health, HC services
Altitude Ventures eyes $100M Fund III for digital health, HC services

Backed/advised by key players, firm hits quick first close, attracts Kleiner Perkins veteran Deshpande

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CareEco CEO Johnson eyes $2MM raise to drive Engine deeper into market
CareEco CEO Johnson eyes $2MM raise to drive Engine deeper into market

Expanding team and advisors include Nashville serial healthcare entrepreneur Joe Hutts

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MedHaul startup propelled by Erica Plybeah, backed by InnovaMemphis
MedHaul startup propelled by Erica Plybeah, backed by InnovaMemphis

The challenges are real, but this mission-oriented entrepreneur is 'grateful for the journey'.

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EC says Twende event Feb. 15 coincides with 'Black Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day' proclaimed by Nashville Mayor Cooper
EC says Twende event Feb. 15 coincides with 'Black Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day' proclaimed by Nashville Mayor Cooper

Updated: VC Marcus Whitney, entrepreneurs Victoria Butler, Courtney Hale are empaneled to share and to judge presentations.

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Venture Notes - February 3, 2022
Venture Notes - February 3, 2022

Dozens of updates on capraises, new funds, exec moves, startups and more.

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VC-backed Reimagine Care urges systems, oncologists<br> to ally for tech-enabled transformation of cancer care
VC-backed Reimagine Care urges systems, oncologists
to ally for tech-enabled transformation of cancer care

Its $25M Series A in-hand, its healthcare- and tech-deep board, investors and management chart an ambitious path.

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Charlie Martin chairs SPAC as First Digital Health Acquisition preps listing
Charlie Martin chairs SPAC as First Digital Health Acquisition preps listing

Nashville HC venture veteran marshals team and money to sort hundreds of potential targets, against the clock.

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Ward: Graham Healthcare Capital investment firm grows Nashville presence
Ward: Graham Healthcare Capital investment firm grows Nashville presence

With discipline and fresh capital, firm aims for control investments up to $30MM per firm in businesses that match its criteria.

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

B2B2C startup confirms convertible raise ahead of a Series C, expands services, values leverage of GM and other strategics.

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

Updated 4/18/22: Of the healthcare-focused VC's 22 currently active portfolio companies, 12 are located in the Greater Nashville area.

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

Optimized nutrition startup producing revenue, eyes roadmap + milestones, with a possible A-round ahead.

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Lindsey Cox building head o' steam at CoLab in Chattanooga
Lindsey Cox building head o' steam at CoLab in Chattanooga

Healthcare, transportation, mobility among targets of new Chattanooga Regional Catalyst Fund

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Nashville ECD Director Pogue reaches out, preps plan, mulls target options
Nashville ECD Director Pogue reaches out, preps plan, mulls target options

Veteran of finance, recruitment and development and other fields cites fintech as hypothetical target vertical.

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Venture Notes - June 1, 2021
Venture Notes - June 1, 2021

Eighteen updates on startups, capital raises, and more from TN, KY, ALA

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CEO confirms Meharry MMC VC partnerships with Ambitna, ReCoVer Health
CEO confirms Meharry MMC VC partnerships with Ambitna, ReCoVer Health

New organization promises to raise even further Meharry's regional and national standing among innovators.

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Venture Notes - May 19, 2021
Venture Notes - May 19, 2021

Couple-dozen bulletins on spacs, letter rounds, startups, innovators, execs in motion, resources from around the ecosystem

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RoundingWell capraise decision ahead for workflow orchestration platform
RoundingWell capraise decision ahead for workflow orchestration platform

Care management tech company has new customers for repointed platform, mulls priced round guided by advisor.

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Venture Notes - April 28, 2021
Venture Notes - April 28, 2021

Twenty updates on VC/PE moves, startups, innovation funding, family offices and more, plus Resources.

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Tech Commercialization Notes - April 28, 2021
Tech Commercialization Notes - April 28, 2021

Current and future startups being spawned by TTO focused on commercializing innovation.

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NOHO DENTAL INC. in Nashville filed Friday on a $124.9M raise
NOHO DENTAL INC. in Nashville filed Friday on a $124.9M raise

[Updated] Serial healthcare entrepreneur stacks C-round capital for TEND business from his Tennessee base.

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Jumpstart Health principals file for $30MM Jumpstart Nova Fund I raise
Jumpstart Health principals file for $30MM Jumpstart Nova Fund I raise

Impetus for fund has been growing amid rampant awareness of inequities in backing for Black entrepreneurs.

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Hodges exits, Caldwell named interim CEO for CarePayment Technologies
Hodges exits, Caldwell named interim CEO for CarePayment Technologies

PE-backed fintech, services company expands role as consumers, providers seek solutions.

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CEO preps $1MM Seed raise, sees Titans package burnishing CPRWrap brand
CEO preps $1MM Seed raise, sees Titans package burnishing CPRWrap brand

UPDATED Advisors in place, early conversations with potential investors underway, founder seeks increased market traction.

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Venture Notes - January 25, 2021
Venture Notes - January 25, 2021

TN IPO enlarges, Pharos and other VC updates, plus action in spacs, fintech, insuretech, sports odds and more.

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IPO: Nashville regulars aboard $160MM shelf filing for EQ Health SPAC
IPO: Nashville regulars aboard $160MM shelf filing for EQ Health SPAC

EQHA plans for offering come after long period of scant IPO activity in healthcare services sector.

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Beacon CEO: Tennessee 'Innovation Fast Track' is goal in General Assembly
Beacon CEO: Tennessee 'Innovation Fast Track' is goal in General Assembly

Amid pandemic and General Assembly session looming, 'broadest sandbox program in the U.S.' is the goal.

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Healthtech entrant 86Borders maps capital raises to advance ConnectAllCare
Healthtech entrant 86Borders maps capital raises to advance ConnectAllCare

Platform company draws Greater Nashville venture, policy veterans + mulls further advisors and capital options.

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Ark Global Acquisition IPO could give Nashville view of tech-centric M&A
Ark Global Acquisition IPO could give Nashville view of tech-centric M&A

[Updated] With Data/AI target filter, former Google CEO preps to lead SPAC sortie into healthtech, fintech, consumer internet and marketplace

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Venture Notes - December 29, 2020
Venture Notes - December 29, 2020

Fund passes $100M, raises in healthcare, fitness, musictech, fintech, insurance, plus policy push, Angel credit, Smokies and more.

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Decode Health CEO widens view of COVID19 impact, as projections play-out
Decode Health CEO widens view of COVID19 impact, as projections play-out

With perilous Winter ahead, startup continues support of response to COVID19, while preparing for 'next pandemic'.

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Venture Notes - December 18, 2020
Venture Notes - December 18, 2020

Dozens of news items on startups, capital raises, executive moves and business resources.

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Venture Notes - Kentucky ventures - December 4, 2020
Venture Notes - Kentucky ventures - December 4, 2020

20 pieces of evidence that startup-, innovation- and deal-oriented folks find plenty to like in Kentucky.

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Whitney to lead Jumpstart fund investing in Black-owned Health startups
Whitney to lead Jumpstart fund investing in Black-owned Health startups

Jumpstart Health Investors deploys new VC to pursue compelling opportunities among Black-owned firms.

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Exec launches Rocket Propulsion Fund via AngelList rolling-funds platform
Exec launches Rocket Propulsion Fund via AngelList rolling-funds platform

Nashville Founder/GP targets fintech, insurtech, digital-health verticals, affirms cap-table diversity goal

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Menūd, Plankk merge for growth via fitness influencers, pro's, brands, fans
Menūd, Plankk merge for growth via fitness influencers, pro's, brands, fans

Nashville+ Calgary startups partnered more than a year, chose to merge, now raising capital.

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Scott Boruff-led startup Healthcare Integrated Technologies eyes capraise
Scott Boruff-led startup Healthcare Integrated Technologies eyes capraise

A veteran of tough slogs, CEO sees lift in enterprise demand for critical care monitoring of seniors in communities.

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Transparency Health startup BaseCamp seeks partners + Ascend adopters
Transparency Health startup BaseCamp seeks partners + Ascend adopters

Backed by Transparency Health and Noon Management, this TN startup aims to help folks get safely back to work or school.

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Venture Notes - July 7, 2020
Venture Notes - July 7, 2020

Music innovation push, startup scouts, fintech, Y-Combinator entrant, Angel Tax Credit takers, partnerships, exec moves, resources + more...

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CEO: Martin Ventures-backed Wellvana Health eyes Series A raise
CEO: Martin Ventures-backed Wellvana Health eyes Series A raise

New CEO charts rapid path toward 40 markets, says indie physician model both disruptive, scalable

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Prediction modeler Decode Health eyes city-county COVID-19 spike risks
Prediction modeler Decode Health eyes city-county COVID-19 spike risks

[updated] Data science, machine learning tech and prediction services startup brings to bear its SDOH learning curve.

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Tennessee entrepreneurs, government<br>coalesce for COVID-19 counterattack
Tennessee entrepreneurs, government
coalesce for COVID-19 counterattack

Opportunities for startup growth and service are plentiful in the new Pandemic Era.

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Wearables: Mark Harris-led HeroWear raising Seed, maps Series A round
Wearables: Mark Harris-led HeroWear raising Seed, maps Series A round

Serial entrepreneur leverages technology create by Vanderbilt University investigators.

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Exploring an Alt-scenario for Bill Frist's filings for $40MM RSV QOZB LTSS
Exploring an Alt-scenario for Bill Frist's filings for $40MM RSV QOZB LTSS

[updated] Frist discloses details about what's under the hood of the healthtech startup now in stealth mode.

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Venture Notes - October 24, 2019
Venture Notes - October 24, 2019

A new healthtech spinout, capraises, M&A, people moves, advisors, key events and a couple dozen more nuggets.

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Pharos Capital Partners Fund IV-A filing eyes $250M healthcare investing
Pharos Capital Partners Fund IV-A filing eyes $250M healthcare investing

[Updated 25 Nov 2020] Healthcare specialists file on Fund IV companion.

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Embold Health files on $22MM+ capital raise
Embold Health files on $22MM+ capital raise

[Updated] VNC seeks comment from team, meanwhile research suggests interesting ecosystem forming around company.

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JourneyPure preps $20MM raise ahead of larger private equity round
JourneyPure preps $20MM raise ahead of larger private equity round

The five-year-old company has already secured $70MM capital and is at 400 employees.

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Startup IP dispute: Global e-dentity founder squares-off against Apple Inc.
Startup IP dispute: Global e-dentity founder squares-off against Apple Inc.

Founder says he continues planning for capital raise and Nashville presence.

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Knoxville's EDP Biotech eyes $5MM Series A, atop $17.5MM raised
Knoxville's EDP Biotech eyes $5MM Series A, atop $17.5MM raised

[updated] Fighting colorectal cancer, CEO eyes growing Knoxville biotech scene and Euro and U.S. markets

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Agrin Health eBiography raises capital to transform healthcare consumerism
Agrin Health eBiography raises capital to transform healthcare consumerism

Founder says consumers will transform healthcare; she eyes series of raises, senior hires, partnerships.

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Chattanooga's healthcare accelerator entrants enter homestretch
Chattanooga's healthcare accelerator entrants enter homestretch

Eight teams are enrolled in the Erlanger-Unum-CoLab HealthTech Accelerator.

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EvidenceCare secures capstone Jumpstart Capital role in $7.3MM Series A
EvidenceCare secures capstone Jumpstart Capital role in $7.3MM Series A

[updated] Medical Decisions team believes it has unique offering, propelled by quality-of-care and economics tailwinds.

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Venture Notes - May 14, 2019
Venture Notes - May 14, 2019

News from Frist Cressey, fintechs, Washtopia, Episode Sols, Sphere, Veterans VC, FedEx, Ballast, VendEngine, and many more.

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Remedichain LLC in blockchain drug transfer pilot closely watched by FDA
Remedichain LLC in blockchain drug transfer pilot closely watched by FDA

Serial social-impact entrepreneur creates several potentially investable Pharmacy-related startups.

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Venture Notes - April 24, 2019
Venture Notes - April 24, 2019

HealthStream ties-up with early-growth cos, Alphabet-backed Clover hits Music City, a startup's $6MM raise, money for June Medical, HempTenn, BeastBrands, SmartRIA, and much more.

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mobileMed devices: Franklin-based Cardiac Profiles pursues Series A2 raise
mobileMed devices: Franklin-based Cardiac Profiles pursues Series A2 raise

CEO maps course for Series A-2, Series B raises and views Goggle and Apple moves as reinforcing vision.

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TN General Assembly, Lobbyists + Clients engage on ed, tech,<br>medicine, taxes, myriad other issues
TN General Assembly, Lobbyists + Clients engage on ed, tech,
medicine, taxes, myriad other issues

As bill-filing deadlines loom, bills that shape TN economy, startups, entrepreneurial momentum are in prospect.

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BlueSky Medical stands-up NurseBackPack for credentials management
BlueSky Medical stands-up NurseBackPack for credentials management

Co-founders see sector receptive to Cloud-linked technology and sensitive to search and review costs.

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Meharry Medical College Data Science Institute to impact<br>health policy, talent pipeline, clinical standards
Meharry Medical College Data Science Institute to impact
health policy, talent pipeline, clinical standards

Years of work have prepared Meharry researchers to play influential role by drawing data from Nashville General Hospital.

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Brookings: TN located in 'Heartland' region<br>with weakspot for entrepreneurship
Brookings: TN located in 'Heartland' region
with weakspot for entrepreneurship

A sobering report from Brookings Institution researchers inevitably shows there's work yet to be done.

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HealthStream Q3 earnings ahead, with analysts poised on the sidelines
HealthStream Q3 earnings ahead, with analysts poised on the sidelines

[update] A unique Tennessee business makes its way step-by-step through SaaS growth-company terrain.

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Vreeland confirms Jumpstart Capital's<br>SimplifyASC and HIGI SH LLC investments
Vreeland confirms Jumpstart Capital's
SimplifyASC and HIGI SH LLC investments

[Updated] While still growing its $30MM-$50MM growth fund, JSCap adds notches to its moneybelt.

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HC adaptive learning entrant OnSomble targets Nashville, mulls capraise
HC adaptive learning entrant OnSomble targets Nashville, mulls capraise

Healthtech startup signals emergence from customer validation -- and it's ready to tackle Nashville market.

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Healthtech: Iasis, BulldogIT veteran Ken Perry<br>raising capital for Servicesdot startup
Healthtech: Iasis, BulldogIT veteran Ken Perry
raising capital for Servicesdot startup

After three decades in health-sector Finance/Technology, founder makes another run at processes and outcomes.

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

Here's the skinny on HHS Startup Day in Nashville, cosponsored by NHCC, LSTN, et al.

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NIH Awards Second $1 Million Grant to Nashville Data Science Company IQuity Labs Inc.
NIH Awards Second $1 Million Grant to Nashville Data Science Company IQuity Labs Inc.

More nondilutive capital for data-oriented lifesciences company.

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Venture Notes - 17 April 2018
Venture Notes - 17 April 2018

Simplr's $8MM Series A, Resolute and Americoin raises, Blockchain congregating and more.

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Venture Notes - 23 March 2018
Venture Notes - 23 March 2018

Money, moves and management in 30 telegraphic updates from MidTn and State ecosystems.

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VU inventors' Adaptive Technology startup faces IntelliCane funding hurdles
VU inventors' Adaptive Technology startup faces IntelliCane funding hurdles

Startup commercializing VU IP to reduce injury, death and mitigate $50BN annual medical spend.

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Nashville's Juice Analytics mulls Series A raise and bridge finance options
Nashville's Juice Analytics mulls Series A raise and bridge finance options

HealthStream has been minority stakeholder since 2013.

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Startups: GymCloud digital platform helps fitness trainers' build businesses
Startups: GymCloud digital platform helps fitness trainers' build businesses

BunkerLabs grad and cofounders pushing forward toward possible capraise.

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Venture Notes - 9 February 2018
Venture Notes - 9 February 2018

Solaster capraise out of Jumpstart, new crypto fund, some blockchain plays and more.

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Ascension's incubation chief invites solutions for 'jobs that need to be done'
Ascension's incubation chief invites solutions for 'jobs that need to be done'

Focusing on success criteria, outcomes takes priority.

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Venture Notes - 6 December 2017
Venture Notes - 6 December 2017

27 short takes on Venture developments statewide, from robots and healthcare, to hair dye and video security.

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

Digital Health from wearables and IT to blockchain and more will be Daisley's bailiwick in international group

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emids Technologies gets suitors, eyes M&A, plus IoT and Blockchain plays
emids Technologies gets suitors, eyes M&A, plus IoT and Blockchain plays

[updated] Healthcare IT, solutions and consulting provider has apparently passed a revenue milestone.

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Venture Notes - 11 July 2017
Venture Notes - 11 July 2017

Publisher rating VCs!? plus new capital raises, deals, NVille EC scholarships and more.

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CEO charts Core Rights' path after Dart asset buy, confirms investor talks
CEO charts Core Rights' path after Dart asset buy, confirms investor talks

[updated] Startup has already won key role in creating Canada's digital marketplace for licensing.

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LLR Partners' Kemberton Healthcare deal illustrates M&A checkpoints
LLR Partners' Kemberton Healthcare deal illustrates M&A checkpoints

CEO wasting no time in preparing for push with private-equity backing.

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Advisors: Jack Waddey says 'Nashville still needs major research park'
Advisors: Jack Waddey says 'Nashville still needs major research park'

Years after his initial appeal, Waller IP attorney sticks to his guns.

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Vanderbilt University steps-up pace in pursuit of international agenda
Vanderbilt University steps-up pace in pursuit of international agenda

VU seeks reputational gains, greater awareness of research, more diversity.

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CEO: Startup CEAdvisory doesn't rule-out some M&A ahead of strategic exit
CEO: Startup CEAdvisory doesn't rule-out some M&A ahead of strategic exit

Global continuing professional education demand is viewed as rising sharply.

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Wearables startup WiseWear's Series A underway, plans Nashville office
Wearables startup WiseWear's Series A underway, plans Nashville office

Founder spent nearly a decade here earning degrees at Vanderbilt University.

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HCTec Partners taps former UL/PureSafety chief Bill Grana as President
HCTec Partners taps former UL/PureSafety chief Bill Grana as President

Entrepreneur and investor seems Nashville momentum growing, despite traffic and other concerns.

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Nashville startups scouted by Cedars-Sinai<br>Healthcare Accelerator with Techstars
Nashville startups scouted by Cedars-Sinai
Healthcare Accelerator with Techstars

Opportunity helps close gap after closure of EC's healthcare cohort accelerator.

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Briefing: Hashed Health to convene blockchain consortium in Nashville
Briefing: Hashed Health to convene blockchain consortium in Nashville

Converging activities could raise Nashville profile on global blockchain map.

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Nashville investors with hospital savvy eyed by Patientory PHM startup
Nashville investors with hospital savvy eyed by Patientory PHM startup

[updated] Grad of Boomtown, StartupHealth accelerators presses forward.

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Life Science TN convenes GOP panel here to mull Election 2016's impact
Life Science TN convenes GOP panel here to mull Election 2016's impact

Journalists to be excluded, Dem's not invited to panel.

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Former US Senator Frist 'cautiously optimistic'<br>nation will address healthcare effectively
Former US Senator Frist 'cautiously optimistic'
nation will address healthcare effectively

Expresses confidence stage is set for constructive engagement about insurance exchanges and more.

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Venture Notes - 19 October 2016
Venture Notes - 19 October 2016

Boyd & Brock of LaunchTN respond on sustainability, Healthcare, Rural Metrics and more.

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Expression Health Analytics presses Seed round, eyes Series A raise
Expression Health Analytics presses Seed round, eyes Series A raise

Startup has attracted a Tech Coast Angels participant.

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Martin Ventures-backed Hashed Health unveiled<br>for healthcare blockchain dev + commercialization
Martin Ventures-backed Hashed Health unveiled
for healthcare blockchain dev + commercialization

[Updated] Blockchain initiatives now said to be expanding in Nashville.

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Venture Notes - Sept. 29, 2016
Venture Notes - Sept. 29, 2016

VU spawns Predictgov, Clayton Associates, REDCap Cloud update, NextGxDx raise, Project Healthcare, The TENN and more.

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Venture Notes - 23 September 2016
Venture Notes - 23 September 2016

More than a dozen nuggets from around the state.

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Charlie Martin: Time for trumpet and an assault on Healthcare's Jericho?
Charlie Martin: Time for trumpet and an assault on Healthcare's Jericho?

Healthcare entrepreneur believes status quo may be no more 'impregnable' than storied city's walls.

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Bredesen: Straight talk on HealthIT, procurement and 'Darwinian tensions'
Bredesen: Straight talk on HealthIT, procurement and 'Darwinian tensions'

A tech-savvy chief executive lays-out what he sees as some hard truths.

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October 3: Distributed Health CLE on Blockchain + legal, regulatory issues
October 3: Distributed Health CLE on Blockchain + legal, regulatory issues

Sponsored by BTC, publisher of Distributed Magazine, unprecedented event addresses lawyers' needs.

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TriStar Health Partners eyes $100MM fund for healthIT, medtech and more
TriStar Health Partners eyes $100MM fund for healthIT, medtech and more

TriStar and Innovation Institute leaders 'get along well as human beings'

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Martin Ventures Founder Charlie Martin to Keynote Distributed: Health
Martin Ventures Founder Charlie Martin to Keynote Distributed: Health
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Charlie Martin on the Disruptive Potential<br>of Blockchain Technology for Healthcare
Charlie Martin on the Disruptive Potential
of Blockchain Technology for Healthcare
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Reporter's Notebook:<br>VU Music, Mind & Society Program may feed Nashville innovation
Reporter's Notebook:
VU Music, Mind & Society Program may feed Nashville innovation

Within this scientific work are pain-points that could spawn inventions, innovations and startups.

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CaredFor: Polidor siblings eye Seed raise for referral-marketing startup
CaredFor: Polidor siblings eye Seed raise for referral-marketing startup

(updated) The CellJournalist veterans have brought another startup to the starting-line, this time in marketing software.

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Venture Notes - 27 July 2016
Venture Notes - 27 July 2016

Speakers ahead and a Nashville startup joins Louisville healthcare accelerator.

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mSIGNIA nears end of Series A raise, sees Nashville as its techdev center
mSIGNIA nears end of Series A raise, sees Nashville as its techdev center

User-authentication startup pledges to grow Nashville headquarters.

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Enterprise Wellness: Chattanooga's Spire Labs looks to accelerate
Enterprise Wellness: Chattanooga's Spire Labs looks to accelerate

VTC Chattanooga startup made very strategic pivot, and builds bizdev presence in Nashville.

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CEO: Healthcare Blocks raising capital, navigates Tech-Angel shortage
CEO: Healthcare Blocks raising capital, navigates Tech-Angel shortage

[updated] Long-time Nashville resident Kelso rather not relocate, but needs Tech-savvy investors.

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HealthQRS current investors can fund ramp-up,<br>but strategic money + marketshare attractive
HealthQRS current investors can fund ramp-up,
but strategic money + marketshare attractive

HealthIT entrepreneur Eric Winter signs-on for another startup rodeo.

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Proximity Aware chooses Nashville, sets Seed raise for its Menud platform
Proximity Aware chooses Nashville, sets Seed raise for its Menud platform

Departing tech-centric Bay Area, co-founder cites Nashville's numerous advantages.

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Healthtech veteran sees blockchain technology upside for Nashville, industry
Healthtech veteran sees blockchain technology upside for Nashville, industry

John Bass, CEO of HCA's InVivoLink, has joined the Blockchain expedition.

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Startup capital raises reported for HoneyCo indie-living + Ampersand Health
Startup capital raises reported for HoneyCo indie-living + Ampersand Health

While talk of industry consolidation and impediments continues, entrepreneurs keep innovating.

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EC seeks Entrepreneur in Residence, add advisors for Project Healthcare
EC seeks Entrepreneur in Residence, add advisors for Project Healthcare

[Updated] The EC also seeks an Entrepreneur in Residence for the PH initiative.

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Winners announced from Statewide University Pitch Competition
Winners announced from Statewide University Pitch Competition

[Updated] Effort intended to engage student-led startup teams statewide.

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June 14, Oct. 3 events target Blockchain adoption<br>in Healthcare, Supply Chain, Financial Services
June 14, Oct. 3 events target Blockchain adoption
in Healthcare, Supply Chain, Financial Services

Updated - Nashville's BTCMedia is examining Blockchain in Nashville and St. Louis.

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Healthtech: Spera Health F&F raise likely prelude to true Seed round
Healthtech: Spera Health F&F raise likely prelude to true Seed round

Behavioral Health, particularly addiction treatment, is the launchpad.

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TeleMed: WeCounsel Solutions completes $3.5MM Series A capital raise
TeleMed: WeCounsel Solutions completes $3.5MM Series A capital raise

VTC Founder and investors express strong confidence in market headway.

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2016 Memphis Accelerator Portfolios announced
2016 Memphis Accelerator Portfolios announced

VTC Teams arriving for array of Memphis accelerators.

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2016 Memphis Portfolios announced
2016 Memphis Portfolios announced

More than 50 entrepreneurs represented in companies in flock of Memphis accelerators.

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Reporter's Notebook: Healthcare M&A Conference in Nashville, June 16-17
Reporter's Notebook: Healthcare M&A Conference in Nashville, June 16-17

VNC Discount: Healthcare consolidation is robust and the landscape rapidly shifting.

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PYA Analytics keeps Healthcare emphasis, mulls eventual MD Radio capital raise or sale and welcomes opportunities in other verticals
PYA Analytics keeps Healthcare emphasis, mulls eventual MD Radio capital raise or sale and welcomes opportunities in other verticals

VTC PYA's long-standing 'dream' of attracting ORNL talent is paying off in varied forms.

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Their Take on Capital: Grant Jackson, Council Capital managing partner
Their Take on Capital: Grant Jackson, Council Capital managing partner

Managing General Partners gives fresh view of region's Healthcare sector.

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VUSE's Fauchet: $5MM gift spurs innovation in Medicine, Energy, Security
VUSE's Fauchet: $5MM gift spurs innovation in Medicine, Energy, Security

Engineering Dean sees opportunities to address large-scale global needs.

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

[updated] Chairman/CEO says company can be in Top 10 ranks nationally by EOY16.

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HealthIT: Both hard realities and major opportunities are C4MI targets
HealthIT: Both hard realities and major opportunities are C4MI targets

Center for Medical Interoperability begins ramping-up its architectural and assessment work.

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Gem founder ranks NVille Healthcare sector as a key Blockchain market
Gem founder ranks NVille Healthcare sector as a key Blockchain market

CEO Winkelspecht is working with HC customers on proof of concept technologies.

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$20MM in techdev lets startup VortexT Analytics deliver Big-Data insights
$20MM in techdev lets startup VortexT Analytics deliver Big-Data insights

VTC P2S-Covenant JV tackles Big Data analytics for array of verticals.

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Medical Decisions LLC plans $2MM-plus Series A for EvidenceCare platform
Medical Decisions LLC plans $2MM-plus Series A for EvidenceCare platform

Spying opportunity to speed adoption of evidence-based medicine, startup asserts itself.

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IQuity Labs' VU license + Eurofins partnership could lead to global market
IQuity Labs' VU license + Eurofins partnership could lead to global market

[Updated] Team says rapid Angel-investor enlistment is one reason this is a 'W' for region's LifeSciences

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Martin Ventures' bet on Carena telemed a signal for Nashville HealthIT?
Martin Ventures' bet on Carena telemed a signal for Nashville HealthIT?

Frank Coliano shares the view from one of Nashville's most interesting vantage-points.

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Qualderm Partners raises $31.8MM for practice growth,<br>PE Cressey and VC Apple Tree back the transaction
Qualderm Partners raises $31.8MM for practice growth,
PE Cressey and VC Apple Tree back the transaction

A consolidator has been quietly established in Nashville, focusing on an aging-driven sector.

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Venture Notes - February 8, 2016
Venture Notes - February 8, 2016

[updated] Raises by SertintyONE, Lincor, MedPass and others updated here.

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Startup assistive-device maker TabletTable considering recruiting capital
Startup assistive-device maker TabletTable considering recruiting capital

[updated] Entrepreneur says he knows his limits, wants assistive-device mission to succeed.

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FinTech Nashville: Bitcoin, Blockchain at center of BTCMedia event plans
FinTech Nashville: Bitcoin, Blockchain at center of BTCMedia event plans

[updated] Advocates believe Healthcare could be linchpin in new cyberindustrial role for Nashville.

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CEO: Entrepreneur Center views Jumpstart accelerator exit as opportunity
CEO: Entrepreneur Center views Jumpstart accelerator exit as opportunity

[updated] Prepared for change, EC CEO has already sketched-out 2016 strategy.

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Angels: NueCura MP eyes science-driven health-tech startups, sees Williamson County as likely hub for nextgen technologies
Angels: NueCura MP eyes science-driven health-tech startups, sees Williamson County as likely hub for nextgen technologies

[updated] Its Angel ranks could rise to 50 in 2016, and it may do a half-dozen deals.

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Venture Notes 9 December 2015
Venture Notes 9 December 2015

Here's an update on salient capital raises and related.

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NVille's GoNoodle gets strategic investment from Children's Health of Texas
NVille's GoNoodle gets strategic investment from Children's Health of Texas

[updated] CEO McQuigg has had quite a journey. Now, he sees a global opportunity.

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Venture Calendar 2015 - Updated
Venture Calendar 2015 - Updated

Updated No matter where you are in Tennessee, you'll want to consider many of these.

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VC's Lucro Marketplace for Healthcare solutions seeks array of partners
VC's Lucro Marketplace for Healthcare solutions seeks array of partners

[updated] Startup greenlighted with patient capital, golden Roladexes.

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Aegis Health Security, Global Action eye impact-investment partnership
Aegis Health Security, Global Action eye impact-investment partnership

[Updated] Partnership would support a network of investors and entrepreneurs.

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Gov. Haslam's evolving performance dashboard<br>gains heft and sheds some graphic impact</center>
Gov. Haslam's evolving performance dashboard
gains heft and sheds some graphic impact

[updated] Even terrorism and immigration issues may affect performance monitoring.

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Nashville healthcare services, HealthIT players<br>urged to innovate and engage policy-rulemakers
Nashville healthcare services, HealthIT players
urged to innovate and engage policy-rulemakers

[Update] A panel focuses on the need for value-adding innovation and public-policy advocacy.

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Bunker Labs for Veterans emerging at Nashville Entrepreneur Center
Bunker Labs for Veterans emerging at Nashville Entrepreneur Center

New services for Veterans who aim to become entrepreneurial troopers may lie ahead.

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Claritas Capital-backed PGT entrant Genomind pursues $13MM capraise
Claritas Capital-backed PGT entrant Genomind pursues $13MM capraise

[Updated] Nashville VC continues building its healthcare portfolio.

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Dan Hogan's Medalogix files to pursue $1.5MM capraise
Dan Hogan's Medalogix files to pursue $1.5MM capraise

Healthcare analytics player follows $5MM raise with a smaller, possible bridge move.

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$20MM raise: Former Chattem execs, Entrepreneur team for Focus Consumer Health launch
$20MM raise: Former Chattem execs, Entrepreneur team for Focus Consumer Health launch

VTC By year-end, this Chattanooga group could be buying personal-care brands.

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HealthIT: Brentwood-based Healthspek eyes $1.5MM Series A capraise
HealthIT: Brentwood-based Healthspek eyes $1.5MM Series A capraise

Seed to B-round scenario begins to emerge, with pharmacogenetic testing a driver.

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Early exit: Welsh Carson-backed naviHealth said sold to Cardinal Health
Early exit: Welsh Carson-backed naviHealth said sold to Cardinal Health

[CONFIRMED] Cardinal takes majority stake; naviHealth's model examined for other verticals.

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Jumpstart Foundry's Health:Further - presenting companies
Jumpstart Foundry's Health:Further - presenting companies

Here's the up-to-date listing of presenting companies.

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Innertainment Delivery Systems broadens footprint, mulls capital needs
Innertainment Delivery Systems broadens footprint, mulls capital needs

[Updated with IDS sale] California Corrections confirms major edtech contract for early-stage company.

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Payments entrepreneur Daily completes 8th acquisition,<br>may not need full $100MM raise before considering IPO
Payments entrepreneur Daily completes 8th acquisition,
may not need full $100MM raise before considering IPO

[Update] In 3rd outing, CEO focuses on technology for enterprises that 'don't go out of business'.

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'War' ahead? Startup Initial State Technologies preps for capital raises
'War' ahead? Startup Initial State Technologies preps for capital raises

Founder views new entrants to Internet of Things market as validation.

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Amplion Clinical Comms builds value before considering capital or exit
Amplion Clinical Comms builds value before considering capital or exit

[Updated] Investors bide their time, to catch the wave they see building.

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Expansion-minded Addiction Campuses has raised $20MM -- and it's early
Expansion-minded Addiction Campuses has raised $20MM -- and it's early

Year-old company may consider Series B raise within 12 months

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Mainsail Group capraise funds contract-marketing, alt-revenue startup
Mainsail Group capraise funds contract-marketing, alt-revenue startup

Initially targeting health systems, startup is advised by Harpeth Capital.

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Pet health: Vet on Demand telemed startup to raise capital
Pet health: Vet on Demand telemed startup to raise capital

Co-founder says Seed money seems more likely to come for the Coast.

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CEO: Edgenet doubles-down on NVille as Tech 'beehive', but has concerns
CEO: Edgenet doubles-down on NVille as Tech 'beehive', but has concerns

Exec sees new digs, job growth, sales - plus cultural + media challenges.

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MedPass Health data-workflow startup aces Seed round, eyes Series A raise
MedPass Health data-workflow startup aces Seed round, eyes Series A raise

[updated] This immunization data-collection startup is being accelerated via a university alliance.

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Data-centric WPC Healthcare eyes capital raise to deepen Taproot
Data-centric WPC Healthcare eyes capital raise to deepen Taproot

[updated] Suitors queued, this compliance and insights specialist considers tapping the private market.

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X Factor: NextGxDx eyes fresh capital raise, dismisses exit notion
X Factor: NextGxDx eyes fresh capital raise, dismisses exit notion

[updated] With sector veterans on its board and access to capital, this startup girds for raise.

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Ebb & Flow: Former Emdeon SVP relishes growth-oriented CarePayment role
Ebb & Flow: Former Emdeon SVP relishes growth-oriented CarePayment role

[updated] Though relo'd from Nashville to Portland, CEO keeps eye on Nashville.

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HealthIT: Scale-focused RoundingWell in Super-Angel raise, may double staff
HealthIT: Scale-focused RoundingWell in Super-Angel raise, may double staff

[updated] Smithwick says early market penetration signals 'time to step on the gas'.

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Healthbox grad Atlas Health Technologies eyes Seed capital round
Healthbox grad Atlas Health Technologies eyes Seed capital round

[updated] Accelerator grad moving toward an inflection point, and Healthbox tweaks its model.

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Edtech: Ingram Content Group Ventures invests in Austin's Querium Corp
Edtech: Ingram Content Group Ventures invests in Austin's Querium Corp

Education content and assessment are hot segments that Ingram seems to eye.

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Owners of TNInvestco-backed Hubble Telemedical exit in sale to Welch Ally
Owners of TNInvestco-backed Hubble Telemedical exit in sale to Welch Ally

VTC First exit for the fund affiliated with Memphis-based MB Venture Partners.

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Executive response on the Nashville FinTech opportunity
Executive response on the Nashville FinTech opportunity

The question remains whether the Change Agents' enthusiasm is contagious.

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Agassi named CEO of Trinisys enterprise technology company
Agassi named CEO of Trinisys enterprise technology company

Veteran executive gains helm of company seeking strong growth.

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Ferrell: After acquisition, changes ahead for some Southcomm properties
Ferrell: After acquisition, changes ahead for some Southcomm properties

[updated] Chris Ferrell will focus on operations, while Cygnus exec takes the company's helm

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PE-backed Aegis Sciences acquires startup Diagnovus' assets
PE-backed Aegis Sciences acquires startup Diagnovus' assets

Two Tennessee-born science-centered companies are united

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Kozicki: Brentwood Capital Advisors eyes pure-play Technology deals
Kozicki: Brentwood Capital Advisors eyes pure-play Technology deals

Veteran of the Nashville HIT, software and entrepreneurial scenes joins boutique.

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XOEye Technologies wearables gameplan could include Series B in 2015
XOEye Technologies wearables gameplan could include Series B in 2015

[updated] Google Glass is not a large blip on this startup's radar, thus far.

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Council Capital launches Fund III with $125MM target, exits Ingenious Med
Council Capital launches Fund III with $125MM target, exits Ingenious Med

[Updated] Private equity firm with $200MM capital managed, seeks to increase its opportunities

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Health IT: Nashville possible candidate for<br> Center for Medical Interoperability presence
Health IT: Nashville possible candidate for
Center for Medical Interoperability presence

[updated] Board named. Nashville's role with a transformative Tech-standards player

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VU prof's Maize Analytics targets health-info breaches, mulls capital raise
VU prof's Maize Analytics targets health-info breaches, mulls capital raise

[updated] Protecting personal health information resident in electronic medical records is startup's timely focus.

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Morris, Cruze create ClearPath Ventures to propel startups in KVL region
Morris, Cruze create ClearPath Ventures to propel startups in KVL region

Partners plan to invest mainly human capital in promising startups

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Venture Notes: EO-Nashville, Back Porch Group,<br> Sagents, PBM365, Frontier Capital, Tandum
Venture Notes: EO-Nashville, Back Porch Group,
Sagents, PBM365, Frontier Capital, Tandum

Updates on Endorsee, Sagents, Tandum, EO Nashville, PBM365, Back Porch Group, Exile.

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M&A ahead: Fetherling's Perception Health<br> teams with PYA Analytics, XSolis/Advent
M&A ahead: Fetherling's Perception Health
teams with PYA Analytics, XSolis/Advent

Serial entrepreneur doesn't understand why the Tech sector consolidation is so hesitant.

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VentureNotes: Jumpstart Foundry, TNovation initiative
VentureNotes: Jumpstart Foundry, TNovation initiative

[Yes is answer] Might JSF become a single-vertical startup accelerator? TN HiMSS unveils new program identity.

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HealthTech: Stratasan sharpens messages ahead of capital-raise decision
HealthTech: Stratasan sharpens messages ahead of capital-raise decision

With products defined, this startup aims to cut through the 'Big Data' hype.

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TN CRS: Hellman & Friedman VIII gets $80MM<br> PE commitment from TN retirement system
TN CRS: Hellman & Friedman VIII gets $80MM
PE commitment from TN retirement system

HFCP is a familiar name to Emdeon, Amsurg, Sedgwick and others in the region.

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MedCenterDisplay advances Series B raise, sharpens digital-comm role
MedCenterDisplay advances Series B raise, sharpens digital-comm role

[Updated] President Aylward said he believes the market is now coming more in MedCenterDisplay's direction

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Advisors: LBMC took its time picking pivotal M&A services leader
Advisors: LBMC took its time picking pivotal M&A services leader

Firm feels it surprised some folks by doubling-down on transactions-services work.

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Gold Mobile seeks Nashville customers and capital for GoMo Health platform
Gold Mobile seeks Nashville customers and capital for GoMo Health platform

New Jersey-based engagement and loyalty company says Healthcare may become its sole focus.

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Mid-TN's NueCura Partners gathers Angels, some join MEDArchon capraise
Mid-TN's NueCura Partners gathers Angels, some join MEDArchon capraise

Entrepreneurial Nashville physician, a strategic advisor and a startup CTO rally Seed investors

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Jumpstart: Healthcare MarketMaker bridges toward Seed capital raise
Jumpstart: Healthcare MarketMaker bridges toward Seed capital raise

Despite deep financial experience, CEO has taken deliberate steps to ensure startup success

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CEO says Medalogix's Series A journey<br>brings Nashville investment issues into focus
CEO says Medalogix's Series A journey
brings Nashville investment issues into focus

[updated] Dan Hogan earned his stripes in healthcare delivery, aims to win stars in predictive analytics

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Healthcare: Former Avondale analyst Dolliver has global mindset
Healthcare: Former Avondale analyst Dolliver has global mindset

Kemp Dolliver says ties to developing nations' companies are important

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People: LaunchTN's Denenberg preps NourishWise startup
People: LaunchTN's Denenberg preps NourishWise startup

Agency's entrepreneurship director seems to have caught the bug.

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Revolution Ventures' Case seeks to light fire under Nashville entrepreneurs
Revolution Ventures' Case seeks to light fire under Nashville entrepreneurs

John Ingram asks the founder of AOL about ways to 'disrupt' politics-as-usual.

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Nashville Technology Council 2013 Awards
Nashville Technology Council 2013 Awards

The votes are in for the 2013 NTC Awards!

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Tech R&D: Vanderbilt partners to explore<br>outpatient workflows and communications
Tech R&D: Vanderbilt partners to explore
outpatient workflows and communications

Vanderbilt University Medical Center fights readmissions, teams with Institute and major process outsourcer on outpatient healthcare

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LifeScience: TNInvestco-funded Diagnovus' growth may lie in hands of East/West coastal investors
LifeScience: TNInvestco-funded Diagnovus' growth may lie in hands of East/West coastal investors

President James Stover says company has good talks with potential strategic partners

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Shareable Ink names McGraw CEO, succeeding Founder Steve Hau
Shareable Ink names McGraw CEO, succeeding Founder Steve Hau

[update 15 May 2015] Hal Andrews new CEO. A company drawn here by the healthcare magnet gets a new leader.

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Consultant PYA doubles-down with U.S. healthcare data startup
Consultant PYA doubles-down with U.S. healthcare data startup

Brentwood sister company is among allies for Oak Ridge-linked startup

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LaunchTN appoints commercialization director from Nashville startup ranks
LaunchTN appoints commercialization director from Nashville startup ranks

TTDC now seems to be fully staffed to further pro-venture programs

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Launch Tennessee beefs-up board of directors,<br>sheds TTDC branding while CEO search continues
Launch Tennessee beefs-up board of directors,
sheds TTDC branding while CEO search continues

A true startup leader, investment pros and others are aboard for the continuing relaunch

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Anthem Healthcare Intelligence capital raise underway with NEST-TN aboard
Anthem Healthcare Intelligence capital raise underway with NEST-TN aboard
[Updated] Agilum, fka Anthem Health Intelligence, updated its $5.5MM capital raise.
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Commercialization: Eagle's VU team launching Vitalnx Corporation
Commercialization: Eagle's VU team launching Vitalnx Corporation

Med Center and Biomed Engineering faculty and students collaborate in commercialization effort

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Former HMS chief Stephenson now Condra's president/COO<br>at Dalcon Communications, says Linkedin entry
Former HMS chief Stephenson now Condra's president/COO
at Dalcon Communications, says Linkedin entry
[Confirmed] Dalcon now sports a gathering of Tech eagles.
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Not Invented Here:<br>HealthPrize 'engagement engine' increases medication compliance
Not Invented Here:
HealthPrize 'engagement engine' increases medication compliance
A serial entrepreneur and a physician draw on behavioral economics and other fields
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VentureNotes, September 10, 2012
VentureNotes, September 10, 2012

Galen, VentureIncite, LaunchTN, Dobie Media, FamilyVenture Management and more

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Care Technology Systems says Healthcare venture veteran Hertik joins board
Care Technology Systems says Healthcare venture veteran Hertik joins board
There are other shoes to drop at Care Technology, but today's is a good start
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Smithwick-Weaver prep RoundingWell for provider-patient engagement market
Smithwick-Weaver prep RoundingWell for provider-patient engagement market

Tech entrepreneurs tackle the healthcare engagement knot from a different angle

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Briefly: TriStar Technology Ventures invests in Cerebrotech
Briefly: TriStar Technology Ventures invests in Cerebrotech
Another bet in medical devices is m ade by Jacobson-led venture firm
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Diabetes Care Group adds Cook's MGC/Limestone via $5MM round
Diabetes Care Group adds Cook's MGC/Limestone via $5MM round

The rising tide of diabetes attracts investment to companies with convincing models

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

VTC TNInvestco's network effect is just one source of encouragement, but there remain issues to ponder

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Updated: Former Frist staffer Ketchel files for MDSave capital raises
Updated: Former Frist staffer Ketchel files for MDSave capital raises

[Updated] Patient-pay firm continues its capital-raising.

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Noted: Pathfinder Therapeutics has named Jim Cloar president, CEO
Noted: Pathfinder Therapeutics has named Jim Cloar president, CEO
The latest CEO appointment at the helm of Pathfinder has a med-devices background.
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AirStrip attracted HCA strategic capital and expanded operational ties
AirStrip attracted HCA strategic capital and expanded operational ties
An alliance with HCA leads to Nashville presence for this ambitious San Antonio company
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ERM Legal Solutions startup is thinking big beyond its $1.25MM A round
ERM Legal Solutions startup is thinking big beyond its $1.25MM A round
If VC's embrace this startup, there could soon be 100 new tech-centric jobs in Music City
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NextGxDx A-round aids launch of genetic-testing marketplace for physicians
NextGxDx A-round aids launch of genetic-testing marketplace for physicians
Helping doc's pick the right genetic tests is the mission of this Web-based marketplace
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Cardiovascular Care Group seeks $40MM capital infusion
Cardiovascular Care Group seeks $40MM capital infusion

Long-time allies go to the well once more for one of their many healthcare businesses.

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NeighborMD's $2.5MM raise attracts Nashville Capital Network
NeighborMD's $2.5MM raise attracts Nashville Capital Network
Healthcare gets another boost from local investors, successfully closes round.
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Noted: Tailwind, McWhorters buy into Cumberland Consulting
Noted: Tailwind, McWhorters buy into Cumberland Consulting
Now a Delaware company, CCG looks to diversify offerings and targets platform growth, including M&A
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Memphis VC-allied MB Innovations eyes medical-devices development
Memphis VC-allied MB Innovations eyes medical-devices development
VC and industry veteran Mike Sherman will leave work, starting with Spine Wave
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Gary Ferguson named chief healthcare strategist for TIBCO Software
Gary Ferguson named chief healthcare strategist for TIBCO Software
Former NotifyMD joins a major player in the
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Still scouting Nashville: Kathy Harris heads M&A for Sharecare;<br>one VC dubs the startup the nation's 'next-gen WebMD'
Still scouting Nashville: Kathy Harris heads M&A for Sharecare;
one VC dubs the startup the nation's 'next-gen WebMD'
This startup has ties to Discovery Communications, which bought a Nashville tech venture in 2006
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Healthbox Technologies' startup scenario signals rapid hiring, eventual M&A
Healthbox Technologies' startup scenario signals rapid hiring, eventual M&A
UPDATE Andrews move on to revenue-cycle venture, leaving Healthbox behind.
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Fauchet to succeed Ken Galloway as Dean<br>of Vanderbilt University School of Engineering
Fauchet to succeed Ken Galloway as Dean
of Vanderbilt University School of Engineering
Vanderbilt University's 34-ranked Engineering Schools bows recognition of one Dean's contributions, announces his successor
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Proponents of 'OneC1ty' techbiz campus may need a bigger Bandwagon
Proponents of 'OneC1ty' techbiz campus may need a bigger Bandwagon
Life sciences, healthcare services and technology and more could cluster in a redeveloping area of Metro Nashville
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HCA Parallon unit taps O'Boyle as president
HCA Parallon unit taps O'Boyle as president
HCA's business-solutions unit is diversifying and names successor to retiring president
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Franklin-based PureSafety sells to Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
Franklin-based PureSafety sells to Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

Performance, occupational safety and other fields are supported by PureSafety software and services

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Health online: Big City Docs plans to target Nashville consumers in 2012
Health online: Big City Docs plans to target Nashville consumers in 2012

An Owen grad and former Cybera exec puts his venture skills to work for an Alabama startup that's eying Nashville

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Healthcare disruptors: Jacobson's Healthcare Investment Group<br>adds MK-ShattuckHammond's Dashiff to create innovative businesses
Healthcare disruptors: Jacobson's Healthcare Investment Group
adds MK-ShattuckHammond's Dashiff to create innovative businesses

It seems that as promised, this portfolio of private equity and venture capital assets will be deployed for innovation

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VentureNote: Digital Reasoning Systems $7MM raise reported
VentureNote: Digital Reasoning Systems $7MM raise reported
Stealthy Tim Estes and his stealthy company are making another move of some kind
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ORNL's Ballard joins PYA, hands-off portfolio to scientist Roberto
ORNL's Ballard joins PYA, hands-off portfolio to scientist Roberto

Veteran emissary to institutions' stakeholders and allies is re-potting himself after a 41-year-career

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NewsBits, Oct. 26, 2011
NewsBits, Oct. 26, 2011

Milestone events, capital raises, a whiskey resurrected, and local venture news recapped.

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VentureNotes: Change|Healthcare, XMi High Growth,<br>Shareable Ink, StreamWeaver
VentureNotes: Change|Healthcare, XMi High Growth,
Shareable Ink, StreamWeaver

[UPDATED] A newly created healthcare fund gives the nod to a Nashville startup, plus updates from XMi, Shareable Ink and more

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ShareableInk CEO 'not yet convinced' he can build techco in Nashville
ShareableInk CEO 'not yet convinced' he can build techco in Nashville
Steve Hau is hopeful that he can not only change healthcare for the better, but join other locals in creating an engineer's haven
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Nashville Entrepreneur Center gains Galen Partners as lead Healthcare sponsor
Nashville Entrepreneur Center gains Galen Partners as lead Healthcare sponsor

Galen-Burcham alliance goes back years; other firms had a shot at top-billing in NEC healthcare work

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TNInvestcos-funded 'S2 Interactive' debuts at Musculoskeletal venture forum
TNInvestcos-funded 'S2 Interactive' debuts at Musculoskeletal venture forum
Larry Foster's been nursing this idea for improving surgi-team proficiency for years; the iPad made it possible
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NewsBits, Sept. 20, 2011
NewsBits, Sept. 20, 2011

Executive transitions, capital raises, alliances and innovations.

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BreatheAmerica B-round hits $22MM with Essex Woodlands in lead
BreatheAmerica B-round hits $22MM with Essex Woodlands in lead
A veteran healthcare entrepreneur takes another stride toward scaling-up his venture.
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Newsbits, August 29, 2011
Newsbits, August 29, 2011

McWhorter shepherds EC, JumpStarters wait verdict, a rash of local SEC filings, Collins rides an IPO and more

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Healthcare-focused Council Ventures adds HealthSpring CEO Fritch<br>for CEO council that guides health and related portfolio companies
Healthcare-focused Council Ventures adds HealthSpring CEO Fritch
for CEO council that guides health and related portfolio companies

Bottorff-, Gambill-led firm is amassing quite a healthcare brain trust

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Entrada ramps-up marketing, products with B-round capital infusion
Entrada ramps-up marketing, products with B-round capital infusion

[Sale updated] Early-stage company has room for further capital recruitment, as it aims to leverage rising interest in electronic health records-related technology

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VenturePeople, August 1, 2011
VenturePeople, August 1, 2011
Five more updates from a VCs, an entrepreneur, a couple of developers and a bizdev pro.
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TNInvestco-backed VenX vein-treatment device gets FDA nod
TNInvestco-backed VenX vein-treatment device gets FDA nod
Venture persists within the regulatory system to advance its product
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MB Ventures makes its first TNInvestco bet: Veracity Medical Solutions
MB Ventures makes its first TNInvestco bet: Veracity Medical Solutions
MB partner says new fund has traction, with more announcements coming soon
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Disruptive Capital: Dr. Harry Jacobson's push for investment<br>could help make Nashville 'the Silicon Valley of Healthcare'
Disruptive Capital: Dr. Harry Jacobson's push for investment
could help make Nashville 'the Silicon Valley of Healthcare'

To be the seat of innovation in healthcare delivery, Nashville must attract new capital and novel ideas

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

Strategic allies will include marketing, PR and healthcare strategy firms, among others

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HealthTeacher reaches venture's 'inflection point';<br>backer Chrysalis joined by SSM as Petra exits
HealthTeacher reaches venture's 'inflection point';
backer Chrysalis joined by SSM as Petra exits
Strategy and financing now inplace, HealthTeacher may have graduated to growth-company status
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VenturePeople: Heritage Group gains Wallace from SVLS
VenturePeople: Heritage Group gains Wallace from SVLS

Nashville VC finds his way home and once more into the healthcare arena

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Apple Inc.'s Herbold joins HealthTeacher drive<br>to make U.S. youth health 'cool & aspirational'
Apple Inc.'s Herbold joins HealthTeacher drive
to make U.S. youth health 'cool & aspirational'
HealthTeacher suddenly looks pretty 'cool and aspirational' as it drives to improve youth health
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NewsBits, June 6, 2011
NewsBits, June 6, 2011

East TN developments... Entrepreneur Center rebrands Future 50, Nashville 'on the edge' and news roundup.

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Ventures: BlankSlate fund debuts, 5 venture updates
Ventures: BlankSlate fund debuts, 5 venture updates
Five ventures are updated, some raising millions, others bootstrapping, none waiting for others to make it real.
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NewsBits, May 11, 2011
NewsBits, May 11, 2011

A Brailer exec joins regional VC, Nutraceuticals' Grindstaff, Investor Days ahead for incubators, Amazon thing gets awkward and more

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NHCC panel: Nashville healthcare stakeholders must promote elsewhere
NHCC panel: Nashville healthcare stakeholders must promote elsewhere
Financing the deal conferees make a point about telling Nashville's story, again.
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Vanderbilt University shifts tech-transfer portfolio
Vanderbilt University shifts tech-transfer portfolio
Further signals of increasing emphasis on pursuit of opportunities in translational research and tech transfer, commercialization
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New Beasley-Rolfe PE firm targets 'business orphans'
New Beasley-Rolfe PE firm targets 'business orphans'
Leveraging personal networks, two entrepreneurs look for things bigger companies should sell.
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Founder of local $95MM Hope Investments fund<br>aims to support Just Hope global relief work
Founder of local $95MM Hope Investments fund
aims to support Just Hope global relief work

[updated] A former Franklin corporate executive hopes to turn her investment-management savvy into a boon for the impoverished

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Bullpen Ventures preps for pitches, aims for the fence
Bullpen Ventures preps for pitches, aims for the fence
McWhorter's team will field up to a dozen startups per year, once the season begins
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TNInvestco pace mounts; Consensus Point next up?
TNInvestco pace mounts; Consensus Point next up?
NEST-TN busy adding portfolio companies as the TN capital-formation program enters second cycle
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NewsBits, March 28, 2011
NewsBits, March 28, 2011

Get that extra cup o' coffee, you'll need it for news from McWhorter, Council Ventures, Vaden Landers and more.

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VUMC scientists seek partners for neuro-drug discovery
VUMC scientists seek partners for neuro-drug discovery
Two pharmas are already aboard and other allies for accelerating drug development may be in-the-offing
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FCA Venture Partners, TN Angel Fund<br>bless Silvercare 3MM B-round
FCA Venture Partners, TN Angel Fund
bless Silvercare 3MM B-round
Buntin, Chambless and King comment on completion of incontinence startup's capital raise
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TriStar, Limestone TNINvestco funds<br>form Device Innovation Group
TriStar, Limestone TNINvestco funds
form Device Innovation Group

Medical devices may get a boost from the collaboration of two life-science weighted funds and an innovation driver

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Nashville's Frank Grant leaves Cisco to lead Adreima growth
Nashville's Frank Grant leaves Cisco to lead Adreima growth

[updated] Tech-sales leader joins private-equity backed firm with announced M&A ambitions

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Lackey: Entrepreneur Center shows city<br>putting 'money where mouth is'
Lackey: Entrepreneur Center shows city
putting 'money where mouth is'

Another 'complaining' serial entrepreneur is having trouble retiring, as one venture happily leads to another

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Healthcare leaders aboard, Parental Health builds traction
Healthcare leaders aboard, Parental Health builds traction
2011 could see profitability for this Nashville telemedicine startup, which gathers luminaries 
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NewsBits, Feb. 14, 2011
NewsBits, Feb. 14, 2011

New chair at lifesciences association..Parental Health update.. Bredesen aide moves.. Silicon Ranch and Venture Incite add staff.. PE investors disappear after liquidation.. bio-entrepreneurs..more

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NewsBits, February 7, 2011
NewsBits, February 7, 2011

TTDC chief to Gov. Haslam, IP, Claritas, incubators, Angels, Louisville innovation, HiMSS-TN descends on Orlando and more

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VC Coleman Swenson Booth realized $44MM in 2010; portfolio exits likely to continue in 2011
VC Coleman Swenson Booth realized $44MM in 2010; portfolio exits likely to continue in 2011
One of Tennessee's pioneering VC's will remain focused on 'realizations' in 2011, while mulling raising another fund
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Dalcon and C7 Technologies put new alliance in context
Dalcon and C7 Technologies put new alliance in context

One CEO says 'meaningful use' may be the Y2K of this decade, and these firms see opportunities

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iCare EMR sells, so TN e-learning firm re-targets
iCare EMR sells, so TN e-learning firm re-targets
After a Dutch-owned firm snaps-up Knoxville startup's technology, the venture team is reloading
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In Burcham's mind, Entrepreneur Center is in Trolley Barn creating 'Wow!' companies to serve state and nation
In Burcham's mind, Entrepreneur Center is in Trolley Barn creating 'Wow!' companies to serve state and nation
Educator, consultant and serial entrepreneur is determined to demonstrate EC value quickly, to win further support
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HealthDataSource unveils advisors for health data startup
HealthDataSource unveils advisors for health data startup
Latest health data entry aims to help providers determine demand for services and facilities.
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ANOVA: Biomet co-founder, Spires in ortho implant startup
ANOVA: Biomet co-founder, Spires in ortho implant startup
This Brentwood orthopedic-implants venture has decades of industry experience, and wants Nashville investors to have skin in the game
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NewsBits, Dec. 13: Böer, Ivy, TNInvestco and more
NewsBits, Dec. 13: Böer, Ivy, TNInvestco and more

Herewith, items of interest from around the state.

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Background:  NotifyMD and Ferguson
Background: NotifyMD and Ferguson
During his 13 years with the physicians-messaging company, this entrepreneur drove corporate evolution
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Venture Nashville Calendar Update
Venture Nashville Calendar Update
Nashville and Tennessee are quickly becoming year-round innovation venues, as this sampling of events makes clear
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Claritas Capital invests in Entrada Healthcare, eyes EHRs
Claritas Capital invests in Entrada Healthcare, eyes EHRs
Rebranded company attempts to leverage its transcription track-record to provide gateway to increasingly common e-health records
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Applied Health Analytics aims for 'preemptive healthcare'
Applied Health Analytics aims for 'preemptive healthcare'

With B-round in offing, CEO says demand 'remarkable' for data-driven alignment of employer trends and providers' services

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ISO Capital: Hudsmith prepares Parental Health cap raise
ISO Capital: Hudsmith prepares Parental Health cap raise
From reminding patients of meds and signaling for homehealth help, to recording oral histories and health data, this startup aims to become your parents' next big screen
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Martin Cos. deepens bench at DisastersNet, as HealthStream ally broadens target sectors
Martin Cos. deepens bench at DisastersNet, as HealthStream ally broadens target sectors

Shifts in command, marketing duties may add momentum in company now backed by entrepreneur with deepest pockets

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UT-Battelle, NellOne Therapeutics license patents for tissue therapy
UT-Battelle, NellOne Therapeutics license patents for tissue therapy
Biomed venture that spun-out of Oak Ridge National Laboratory now has intellectual property to address heart damage
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Health IT Roundup: Executives comment on Nashville's leadership options
Health IT Roundup: Executives comment on Nashville's leadership options

Energy and ideas abound among a sample of Nashville healthcare, investment and technology executives rounded-up in just the past few days

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VU's Conn advocates new models for drug discovery
VU's Conn advocates new models for drug discovery

Vanderbilt pharma program inches cautiously toward tech transfer, while key faculty member keeps firm hand on the tiller

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Nashville TNInvestcos targeted by Computable Genomix
Nashville TNInvestcos targeted by Computable Genomix
The boom in genetic research and some apparently market-ready technology suggest an interesting vehicle for early-stage investment
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VU scientists' startup Revalida seeks capital, C-level team
VU scientists' startup Revalida seeks capital, C-level team
Nanotechnology innovation promises better drug delivery for treatment of numerous diseases
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Medaxion goes mobile to capture medical charges
Medaxion goes mobile to capture medical charges

[updated] HealthStream co-founder's latest technology play aims to awaken sleeping value in medical niche

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Medical Trade Center would expand Convention Center
Medical Trade Center would expand Convention Center
New 12-story tower will crown Nashville Convention Center. That's Crow Holdings' Bill Winsor at left.
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Osborn: Nashville Medical Trade Center advancing toward announcement
Osborn: Nashville Medical Trade Center advancing toward announcement
While a Cleveland, Ohio, project's been rocked by controversy, 1.5 million sq. ft. facility still seems a "go" for Downtown Nashville
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Briefly: Jacobson on Informatics Corporation of America
Briefly: Jacobson on Informatics Corporation of America
There may or may not be a place in the future for an Informatics Corp IPO
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Frist:  Quorum alliance, M&A to boost HealthStream 'earnings power'
Frist: Quorum alliance, M&A to boost HealthStream 'earnings power'
HealthStream seems ready to use its cash to innovate or acquire products, buy companies and sell more aggressively alongside its partners
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Venture Notebook:  Change:Healthcare update
Venture Notebook: Change:Healthcare update

Innovative healthcare technology company has completed an Angel round, and looking ahead to valuation and B-raise

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Emdeon shares may get 'bump', but analyst prefers Passport's posture
Emdeon shares may get 'bump', but analyst prefers Passport's posture
[Updated] Case for discounting Emdeon stock doesn't rule-out the company's acquiring transformative assets, to be more than a middleman
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Venture Strategy: HealthTeacher mobilizing community allies to advance contract sales
Venture Strategy: HealthTeacher mobilizing community allies to advance contract sales
With schools' funding hammered, Nashville health-education venture sets out to galvanize local alliances nationwide, to support funding for its curricular and instructional materials.
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HealthStream performance draws analyst's tough love
HealthStream performance draws analyst's tough love
[Updated] There's food for thought, some of which may cause indigestion, in a Noble Financial analyst's views on what is arguably Nashville's oldest Internet-driven company
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Dream Systems founder targets healthcare technology
Dream Systems founder targets healthcare technology

A desire to master a niche in healthcare technology, patience and an engineer's eye for detail may produce a leader on 3rd Avenue

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Tazzle founder slips into town to capitalize on technology
Tazzle founder slips into town to capitalize on technology

An accomplished young entrepreneur tackles his next venture in Music City, starting with moving photos from your cellphone, perhaps ending in healthcare

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C-level team-building:  e+CancerCare names CAO
C-level team-building: e+CancerCare names CAO
A company with a timely mission gains a veteran of Nashville healthcare ventures, as the nation's focus on cancer intensifies
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Briefly:  Ernst & Young VC watcher has eye on Nashville
Briefly: Ernst & Young VC watcher has eye on Nashville

Keep an eye on what your 'constrained' customer must buy, suggests E&Y exec for the hemisphere.

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Rash hospital startup draws Warburg Pincus investment
Rash hospital startup draws Warburg Pincus investment

[Updated] In the best Nashville tradition, a veteran healthcare entrepreneur takes another dip in the nation's hospital gene pool

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Medical Trade Center rivalry simmering twixt Nashville and New York
Medical Trade Center rivalry simmering twixt Nashville and New York
Against a backdrop of prolonged economic uncertainty, three cities' advocates race to plant their flag atop Health
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Healthtech:  Zepherella's Tennessee roll-out set for Fall
Healthtech: Zepherella's Tennessee roll-out set for Fall

[updated] As 'transparency' and payment-cycle issues converge, PatientPay targets the front-end of the revenue cycle

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Bredesen's Qualifacts, NC ally push for e-health consortia
Bredesen's Qualifacts, NC ally push for e-health consortia

CEO says despite growth, the specter of failed implementations by any vendors 'keeps him up at night'

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Briefly: Council Ventures leads New Day Pharmacy raise
Briefly: Council Ventures leads New Day Pharmacy raise

Council Ventures tells raise for once-fragile Nashville company, with an undisclosed strategic partner

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NEWSBITS May 26, 2009
NEWSBITS May 26, 2009

Jacobson's new digs, Universal Robotics' placement, WSJ taps local analysts, Solidus' stake, antitrust cautions and more...

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Aegis Sciences muscles-up for growth in Nashville
Aegis Sciences muscles-up for growth in Nashville

Corporate ambitions may suggest a role for outside capital in this high-profile local growth company

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CredenceHealth leverages Angel money and Feds' pressure
CredenceHealth leverages Angel money and Feds' pressure

With $17.2 billion soon under the scalpel, startup feels it has a better mousetrap for improving quality and financial returns

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Passport's Lackey stands aside for new CEO
Passport's Lackey stands aside for new CEO
After nearly 13 years at the helm, revenue-cycle pioneer steps up to the chairman's office, with health IT veteran now aboard
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Nashville HQ possible for Healthcare Management Partners
Nashville HQ possible for Healthcare Management Partners

[updated] Bracing for 'intense shakeout' and scouting for talent, company now counts HCA, Lifepoint among its clients, playing the upside among distressed properties

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ConduIT's eDoc4u describes rampant growth
ConduIT's eDoc4u describes rampant growth
Hospitals looking for greater revenue as elected procedures drop are helping propell health-portal revenue
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VC CEO steps aside for new man at Pathfinder Therapeutics
VC CEO steps aside for new man at Pathfinder Therapeutics
UPDATED 12:44 p.m.Nationwide search lands med-devices veteran for persistent Vanderbilt spin-out
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'Growth advisor' Campbell stays close to the money
'Growth advisor' Campbell stays close to the money
Native daughter turns drive and contacts into a series of healthcare-oriented ventures
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ConnectivHealth divests unit, focuses on key business
ConnectivHealth divests unit, focuses on key business

Evolving Brentwood company focuses fresh capital on latest acquisition, divests once flagship business

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UK exec views Nashville's 'unrivalled' pool of health execs
UK exec views Nashville's 'unrivalled' pool of health execs
Briton observes Nashville healthcare execs as they contemplate their fates, amid an uncertain economy
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STHS Ventures 'accelerates' companies reshaping healthcare
STHS Ventures 'accelerates' companies reshaping healthcare

From his Nashville vantage-point, Jason Dinger works to find opportunities that produce a plus for the community's healthcare

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'Hospitals' primary focus of new Avondale analyst
'Hospitals' primary focus of new Avondale analyst
With all eyes on Nashville's healthcare services sector, Avondale fills a key slot on its bench, leaving Health IT for another day
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Nashville tech ventures to pitch at Southeast Venture Conference
Nashville tech ventures to pitch at Southeast Venture Conference
Two very different enterprises - Uloop and Pathfinder Therapeutics - are on the money trail, once again
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Passport Health not retreating from M&A strategy
Passport Health not retreating from M&A strategy
Management may 'measure twice, cut once' in looking at deals, but local revenue-cycle player still aims for 'choice' standing in the sector
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Opening gambit:  DisastersNet partners with HealthStream
Opening gambit: DisastersNet partners with HealthStream

The stakes for hospitals are high and rising, amid disasters and other incidents, and two tech-driven Nashville companies respond

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HealthStream 'Constitution' sharpens focus
HealthStream 'Constitution' sharpens focus

CEO-driven initiative aims to heighten employee engagement in the company's success

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Council Ventures adds VC general partner
Council Ventures adds VC general partner

Eight-year-old VC adds its fourth general partner, heading into a buyer's market

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Passport Health deal with Aequitas Capital focuses on front-end collections
Passport Health deal with Aequitas Capital focuses on front-end collections
As Passport jockeys for position in the potentially consolidating revenue-cycle sector, it takes on a credit partner
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Rick Oliver's American Sentinel launches D-Round capital raise
Rick Oliver's American Sentinel launches D-Round capital raise

A supposed transformation of education, plus sustained support from key moneymen seem to have given ALS staying-power

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Nashville VC:  'Pushover' entrepreneurs need not apply
Nashville VC: 'Pushover' entrepreneurs need not apply

While waiting for chaos to subside, entrepreneurs should be careful not to overplay their hands, but they should come to bargain hard

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Pathfinder Therapeutics gets $5.2MM A-round infusion
Pathfinder Therapeutics gets $5.2MM A-round infusion
After a long sojourn in the VC desert, a VU spinout finds it A-round lead in North Carolina
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McWhorter-backed coalition, Solidus-backed company are health-reform allies
McWhorter-backed coalition, Solidus-backed company are health-reform allies
Veteran healthcare leader and venture-capitalist joins youthful advocates for a fresh, and aggressive look at health care reform
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NHHC Family Tree Release Oct. 20, 2008
NHHC Family Tree Release Oct. 20, 2008
The much-anticipated annual family tree of Nashville-based healthcare ventures has been released by Nashville Health Care Council, and affiliate of the Greater Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
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Solidus capital morphs Galbraith's M21 into OnFocus Healthcare
Solidus capital morphs Galbraith's M21 into OnFocus Healthcare

This private-equity funded Brentwood firm aims to make healthcare organizations transparent for management teams under pressure for quality and performance

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McQuigg tweaks management at ConnectivHealth
McQuigg tweaks management at ConnectivHealth
Facing waves of technologies and possible future M&A deals, this venture-backed organization gets a tuneup
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VU-linked Informatics Corporation expands Nashville presence amid growth
VU-linked Informatics Corporation expands Nashville presence amid growth
Nashville's leading candidate for informatics dominance is adding customers and headcount, leveraging VU technology
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Analytics: SeniorMetrix passes $5MM mark in frail-elderly sector
Analytics: SeniorMetrix passes $5MM mark in frail-elderly sector
This 9-year-old management-led buyout is bootstrapping its way into the future of predictive modeling of treatment outcomes
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Bredesen finance chief eyes legislation for eHealth
Bredesen finance chief eyes legislation for eHealth
Bredesen Administration and its allies believe there's no time like the present to push forward with e-health information, encouraging businesses to spawn on the infohighway.
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Credibility Crunch: Health M&A and innovation shaped by Feds
Credibility Crunch: Health M&A and innovation shaped by Feds

At deal-making summit, investment bankers and others say focus on regulatory pressure for cost-reductions, rather than on next President

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Nashville's Emdeon asserts influence on health tech, privacy debates
Nashville's Emdeon asserts influence on health tech, privacy debates
Under new 'thought-leadership' strategist, the company is asserting its credentials for a seat at the table when talk turns to issues critical to its healthcare business
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Liquidity event: Passport Health deal shows power of health-revenue cycle
Liquidity event: Passport Health deal shows power of health-revenue cycle
Angels, VCs from near and far: Nashville gets a look inside another hot health technology sector, which some think will be driven by M&A activity for years to come.
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VU spin-out ICA promotes Med Center ties
VU spin-out ICA promotes Med Center ties
3401 West End has become something of an enclave of VU innovation. It's home to Informatics Corporation of America (ICA), a spin-out company VU hopes will help revolutionize clinical care.
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Nashville exec immersed in Cisco's healthcare mission
Nashville exec immersed in Cisco's healthcare mission
Based out of Nashville, Frank Grant works overtime to stay on top of the healthcare industry's needs and his own company's initiatives
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Governor's e-Health quarterback shifting back to private sector
Governor's e-Health quarterback shifting back to private sector
UPDATED JUNE 25 1015 - While Agassi joins Cogent, continuity for the eHealth Council will be preserved. Agassi's role there, navigating the Council's path among competing healthcare and insurance stakeholders, has been key.
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Passport Health founder once faced 'blank stares'
Passport Health founder once faced 'blank stares'
Today, he's just put another notch on his acquisitions belt, but not long ago Jim Lackey was begging for that first customer as he attempted to introduce technology in a sector fond of sticky notes, faxes and phone calls.
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VCs: Nashville 'doesn't exist' in minds of many healthcare, tech investors
VCs: Nashville 'doesn't exist' in minds of many healthcare, tech investors

Former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist (left) predicted 'we're going to spend more on healthcare', but four VCs told local execs that few investors know much about Nashville's healthcare track record -- unwelcome news for Kin Clinton's Woolsthorpe Technologies.

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UPDATE:  Pathfinder Therapeutics is back on the money trail
UPDATE: Pathfinder Therapeutics is back on the money trail
Making scientific discoveries that can survive the punishing path toward the market is hard enough. Now that the FDA has approved marketing that could save liver-cancer patients' lives, Pathfinder Therapeutics hopes local investors and the State of Tennessee can lend a hand. But, they're not holding their breath.
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BioMimetic shakes-off FDA bruise,<Br> carves-out Biotechnology niche
BioMimetic shakes-off FDA bruise,
carves-out Biotechnology niche

Now, after selling its first FDA-approved product to a close ally, BioMimetic is flush with cash and experience -- and committed to developing biotechnologies in Middle Tennessee.

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HealthStream faces another round of challenges
HealthStream faces another round of challenges
HealthStream analyst asks when company will 'get legs', while reinforced management team seeks fresh traction to integrate the company
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