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VNC's May 2025 Venture Calendar VNC's June 2025 Venture Calendar CEO Mark Blaze may cut new pathways for Nashville Technology Council ITIF: TN has strengths, but underperforms as hub for key innovation sectors Frist Cressey Ventures pursues $400MM Fund IV, plans next exec Forum Fintech CEO Afshin Yazdian leads expansion of KURV fka Electronic Merchant Systems VNC's July 2025 Venture Calendar Fintech: Thoma Bravo bets $100MM+ on McGowan's HubSync platform Claritas Capital leads Series A for Bookit N Go, a TGV portfolio company Hollis: RoI for AI: Optura's $6.5M+ Seed spurs AI Ops orchestration New entrepreneurial, innovation centers rise in Southern Middle Tennessee EO Nashville membership might come easier if you 'can't get fired' TN envoys take entrepreneurial, econdev, FDI savvy to Amsterdam, Paris Chicago-Nashville's PE Shore Capital's FAB III draws $450MM commitments Nashville's Bitetime Kitchens reenters Atlanta, maps growth + capital Raghavan to drive Vanderbilt 'vision as catalyst + incubator of innovation' Obituary: Fred Goad, 84, Nashville entrepreneur and investor has died New VC: Nashville consumer proptech GoEx Venture Capital raising Fund I Shannon Terry sportsmedia record grows as On3 parentco plans to acquire Rivals from Yahoo Sports Brief: Kimberlin raising capital as CrushTeam's AI agents automate CRM Nashville Entrepreneur Center Impact Grants sweeten recruitment pot Interregional 'AI compact' could help TN drive economy, prosperity Warner Music Group, Bain Capital JV could invest $1.2BN in music catalogs

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