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Venture Notes 9 December 2015

Dec 09, 2015 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updates on SSM Partners - Evermind - MindCare - POPVOX - JourneyPure - Contessa Health - Tortola Advisors - Agisent - InQuicker SSM PARTNERS, the Memphis-based growth e.... Read More
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NVille's GoNoodle gets strategic investment from Children's Health of Texas

Dec 08, 2015 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Update: Earlier this month, McQuigg joined Healthstream (HSTM) as SVP to advance the hStream platform. Release here. In January 2018, KC Estenson, formerly SVP CNN Digital, su.... Read More
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Feds greenlight VCs Meritus Kirchner & Innova Memphis to pursue $125MM+ for new rural-oriented funds

Dec 05, 2015 at 12:15 am by miltcapps

RURAL America probably got a boost today, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Meritus Kirchner Capital and Innova Memphis have been certified under a Federal pro.... Read More
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VentureNotes: Mike Carroll licenses PYA tech; Joy Fisher eyes UT assets

Dec 03, 2015 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

  Mike Carroll Ken Woody MIKE CARROLL, a Knoxville-based serial entrepreneur who was instrumental in founding the Knoxville En.... Read More
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TN Treasurer names investment deputy, updates private-equity weight

Dec 03, 2015 at 04:45 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Treasurer David Lillard this week announced Chief Investment Officer Michael Brakebill's new deputy is Derrick Dagnan, a native Tennessean working within Treasury si.... Read More
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36|86: Veteran-led Kanga Technology has suitors, eyes $3M-$5M Series A

Dec 03, 2015 at 02:45 am by miltcapps

KANGA Technology, the Atlanta parent of the Kanga Delivery driver-on-demand platform, is eyeing a $3MM-$5MM Series A raise for 3Q 2016, and the company receives serious approa.... Read More
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Venture Calendar 2015 - Updated

Dec 02, 2015 at 06:00 am by miltcapps

Also Visit : 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | March 1 - Deadlines for Memphis StartCo accelerators Seed Hatchery (B2B), Upstart (Women), SkyHigh (Social impact). Mar.... Read More
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Headsup: Governor's budget hearing spotlights Captive Insurance startups

Dec 01, 2015 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 20 Feb 2020: State says it now is home to 200 Captives and TN is 7th largest Captives domecile. Jennifer Stalvey is Captives director in TNC&I, which is led by Com.... Read More
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VC's Lucro Marketplace for Healthcare solutions seeks array of partners

Dec 01, 2015 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated 17 Sept. 2018 - Frisco/Dallas-based Valify, backed by Frist Cressey, Step5 Capital, Meridian St. Capital, bought Martin Ventures-backed Lucro, it announced yesterday..... Read More
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Aegis Health Security, Global Action eye impact-investment partnership

Nov 18, 2015 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

GLOBAL Action Platform (GAP), an international development program led by Nashville social entrepreneur Scott Massey, Ph.D., is exploring a strategic partnership that could ea.... Read More
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Kauffman Foundation, Nashville Entrepreneur Center confirm Nashville pact

Nov 17, 2015 at 08:51 am by miltcapps

KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION of Kansas City today announced it intends to plant up to $500K in Nashville's entrepreneurial ecosystem over an 18-month period, with the Nashville Entrepr.... Read More
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Gov. Haslam's evolving performance dashboard<br>gains heft and sheds some graphic impact</center>

Nov 16, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Update 16 Dec. 2015: UnitedHealth Foundation ranking: Tennesseans' Health dropped further to 43rd among states.-Ed. GOV. BILL HASLAM's online performance dashboard was at firs.... Read More
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Capital on-tap, REZLI platform serves career needs of interactive gamers

Nov 16, 2015 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

REZLI, the software platform created by a Chattanooga startup that previously produced tournaments, will now focus on supporting interactive gamers and others wh.... Read More
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People: Phil Gibbs' Disruption Lab hits the road to Chattanooga

Nov 12, 2015 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 16 Nov. 2015 - Gibbs posted an interesting trip report on his blog here. Original story follows, below. - Ed. PHIL GIBBS, Ph.D., is clearly an incorrigible lifelong l.... Read More
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SouthernAlpha changes afoot, as Ayumi Bennett charts new course

Nov 12, 2015 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

AYUMI FUKUDA BENNETT, who for about six months was the prolific lead editor/writer for Southern Alpha (SA), is aggressively pursuing other plans, having parted ways with SA an.... Read More
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Nashville healthcare services, HealthIT players<br>urged to innovate and engage policy-rulemakers

Nov 12, 2015 at 01:45 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE's healthcare providers, HealthIT execs and entrepreneurs have been warned: More policy changes and disruptive technology and business models are coming, and locals w.... Read More
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Bunker Labs for Veterans emerging at Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Nov 10, 2015 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Entrepreneur Center enlisted Blake Hogan earlier this year as director of business partnerships and as lead for a Bunker Labs program for entrepreneurship-minded vet.... Read More
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GrowthX partners eye $50MM fund, visit Nashville startups, investors

Nov 10, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: 16 Nov. 2015 - Brad Holliday told VNC today that GrowthX portfolio interests include Logistics, thus he'll attend EPICenter Memphis's Logistics Accelerator Demo Day, N.... Read More
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TuLook Exchange eyes $1MM Seedcap for hyperlocal sharing platform

Nov 10, 2015 at 12:21 pm by miltcapps

TULOOK EXCHANGE seeks $1MM Seed capital for its free-to-consumers platform for sharing, shopping or trading goods and services among a circle of friends identified by each use.... Read More
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Claritas Capital-backed PGT entrant Genomind pursues $13MM capraise

Nov 06, 2015 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 18 Sept. 2020: Genomind files for $21.7MM raise. 8 Feb 2017: Genomind completed an $11MM financing with Silicon Valley Bank and existing investors. 20 April 2016: Pro.... Read More

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