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Venture Notes - 28 November 2016

Nov 28, 2016 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

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Venture Calendar - 2016 - Updated

Nov 25, 2016 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Also Visit : 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | January 6 - 9 - CES - Consumer Technology Association re Music-Communications interests, Nashville panelists, details h.... Read More

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Big Win!? Edgenet sells control stake to P/E Marlin Equity Partners

Nov 21, 2016 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

Update: Edgenet announced Jan. 7, 2019 its sale to Chicago-based Gladson, owned by NYC-based The Jordan Co. private-equity firm and Wicks Capital Partners. - Ed. EDGENET, the.... Read More

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2016 Next Awards by Nashville Chamber, Entrepreneur Center

Nov 18, 2016 at 07:07 am by miltcapps

The Next Awards for entrepreneurship, sponsored by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC), with presenting sponsor Lipscomb Universi.... Read More

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TN Comptroller: TNInvestco program 'doesn't appear successful'

Nov 10, 2016 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

[The Comptroller's full technical report is here. PREVIOUS VENTURENASHVILLE COVERAGE HERE and BACKGROUNDER HERE. -Editor] From a release today from the Office of the State Com.... Read More

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Surgiorithm among 5 Startups pitching LaunchTn-LSTN Venture Match

Nov 02, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Update 17 March 2017 Surgiorithm won the NSW pitch competition. 5 Nov 2016 0858: Surgiorithm placed 1st in the VentureMatch competition, earning $5K bestowed by Waller Lansden.... Read More

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

Nov 02, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

JUST ahead of the nation's pivotal Presidential election, representatives of Life Science Tennessee (LSTN), an industry association, say LSTN wants to keep journalists out of.... Read More

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Synchronous Health's AI-bot Karla may attract capital<br>to help 'disrupt' population behavioral healthcare

Nov 01, 2016 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE - On 2 October 2024, Lynchburg-based Thriveworks, founded in 2008 and having raised north of $400MM since inception, announced its acquisition of Synchronous, on undisc.... Read More

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Reporter's Notebook: Nashville Capital Network could play a broader role

Oct 27, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 10 July - NCN announced its total take closed at $34MM. 7 June 2017: NCN announced raising its new $25MM NCN Partners Fund with individual investors drawn from ranks o.... Read More

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

Oct 27, 2016 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

BILL FRIST M.D., the cardiothoracic surgeon and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, said today he is "cautiously optimistic" there "will be a window of about two years" after.... Read More

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Ingram Content Group ends 1440 accelerator gambit, keeps innovation focus

Oct 24, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

INGRAM Content Group (ICG), a unit of Nashville-based Ingram Industries, has confirmed that the first cohort of its once unique 1440 publishing-startup accelerator is its last.... Read More

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Faros Healthcare names board chair, as Centerstone plan advances

Oct 24, 2016 at 04:08 pm by miltcapps

Updated August 2017 - Company's name changed to Raiven Healthcare. 31 Oct 2016 - Centerstone said in a release it generates about $310MM revenue and has 4,500 employees in 5 s.... Read More

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Launch Tennessee Update shows multifaceted mission, wide-ranging action

Oct 20, 2016 at 06:15 pm by miltcapps

TODAY's meeting of the board of directors of Launch Tennessee -- formally chartered as Tennessee Technology Development Corporation or TTDC -- was broad-ranging. ECD's T.... Read More

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The TENN master accelerator cohort for 2016-17

Oct 20, 2016 at 06:43 am by miltcapps

Launch Tennessee (Tennessee Technology Development Corp.) on Oct. 19 announced the 2016-17 cohort of The TENN, the master accelerator program for startups selected from among.... Read More

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Nashville Software School eyes new offerings, leadership succession plans

Oct 19, 2016 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated July 25: The Greenville (S.C.) News reported July 20 that competitor Ironyard closing 15 sites, including Nashville.-Ed. JOHN WARK, a co-founder, president and self-av.... Read More

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Venture Notes - 19 October 2016

Oct 19, 2016 at 11:42 am by miltcapps

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PEOPLE: Cournoyer helms The Iron Yard - Nashville

Oct 17, 2016 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

THIS SUMMER, Joshua 'Josh' Cournoyer tightened his focus as campus director for the Nashville market for The Iron Yard (TIY), the technology-education company based in Greenvi.... Read More

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Martin, O'Rourke lead formation of new ROND Capital buyout firm

Oct 14, 2016 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

[Updated 8 Feb 2019 - O'Rourke wrote this morning that she and Martin have shuttered ROND Capital.-Ed. ENTREPRENEUR Charlie Martin and Fund Manager Danielle O'Rourke are launc.... Read More

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BIGR Media to raise capital for hyperlocal media and marketing group

Oct 13, 2016 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

Update: HomePage and BIGR ended their consolidation efforts in 2017. On Oct. 1, 2018, Gilfillan and FW Publishing, owned by Bill Freeman and Jimmy Webb, co-founders of Freeman.... Read More

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Venture Notes - 12 October 2016

Oct 12, 2016 at 05:44 pm by miltcapps

Josh Nickols InvisionHeart, the Nashville startup that 18 months ago received 510(k) clearance by the FDA as a Class II medical technology that allows care providers.... Read More

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