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1.CEO: XMi Acquisition has $15MM dry powder, more M&A moves likely
With access to funds that have total $50MM AUM, XMi believes it can complete 1-2 deals per year.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:55 pm

2.XMi Holdings' XMi High Growth & Opportunity Fund sets $20MM fund raise
XMi unit is sector agnostic, but expects to see plenty of healthcare.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, April 30, 2015 4:00 pm

3.Tennessee ranks in Tech trade globally
Tennessee made a strong showing in a key high-tech sector, even while the industry continues to fall short of the heights achieved prior to the Tech Bust
VN Staff / Published Tuesday, September 23, 2008 5:00 am

4.XMi High Growth Development Fund, LLC
At left, Mike Shmerling
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:29 am

5.Angel-backed Chattanooga Renaissance Fund launches
Brock of FourBridges joins XMi-linked Lupton executive in finishing-out Chattanooga early-stage infrastructure
By Milt Capps Updated 5:45 p.m. / Published Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:56 am

6.GigVision: Chattanooga pushes toward role as high-tech launchpad
VTC The ultimate design of the city's technology strategy is emerging.
VTC Milt Capps / Published Monday, December 8, 2014 1:00 pm

7.Jim Phillips CEO of relaunched XMI backed by Engelbrecht's SCI of Evansville
[updated] Former XMi executive holds minority stake, in wake of entrepreneur Shmerling's peel-off.
Milt Capps updated 4:55pm 2 May 2017 / Published Tuesday, May 2, 2017 9:56 am

8.Tech Economy: TTDC targets Angels and Entrepreneurs
Local Angel net and Mercury Labs shoulder high-profile assignments for the state's tech-driven economic development leader
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:19 pm

9.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
By Milt Capps Updated 19 Nov. 2014 11:15 a.m. / Published Wednesday, October 19, 2011 10:32 am

10.TNInvestco: Goldrush underway to fund TN ventures
$120MM program should inject more than $80MM into seed- and early-stage companies in Tennessee over next few years
By Milt Capps Last updated 10:29 a.m. Nov. 5, 2009 / Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:30 am

11.TNInvestco finalists named by ECD-Revenue
Ten companies of 25 are advancing toward interviews and a shot at more than $80MM in tax-credit allocations that can be capitalized
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, October 7, 2009 9:53 am

12.14 Startups to spend Summer launching high-bandwidth biz in Chattanooga
VTC Chattanooga's ramping-up for a feverish startup season.
Published Tuesday, April 26, 2016 9:00 am

13.Post-36|86: VC Mitchell seeks dealflow, Nashville affiliate candidates
Question mark hangs over Nashville's shot at being a Consumer startup breeder.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, June 13, 2016 4:30 pm

14.TTDC, Mind2Marketplace relationship expands
With ties to key members of the Congressional delegation, M2M has a leg-up in seeking funding of various sorts
By Milt Capps Last Updated 1:08 p.m. / Published Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:12 pm

15.Charlotte's Frontier Capital eyes Nashville market for investments
With the closing of its Fund IV, Frontier activity here may rise.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, June 24, 2015 12:30 am

16.Petra Capital files for $150 Million Growth Fund IV
Twenty-one-year-old firm could hit $600MM raised since inception.
By Milt Capps Updated 4 June 2020 / Published Wednesday, May 30, 2018 5:20 pm

17.State-backed LaunchTN Awards $7MM in matching funds to 37 TN firms
Launch Tennessee announced latest SBIR fundings.
adapted from submitted release / Published Wednesday, October 5, 2022 10:00 am

18.Nashville entrepreneur Mike Shmerling offers Seed Capital reality-check
State-backed programs like TNInvestco 'have a place', but capital complaints seem exaggerated.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, January 11, 2016 5:00 pm

19.Tennessee approved for $116M+ via US Treasury's SSBCI initiative
The long-gestating verdict is official. Read more here.
ECD press release / Published Monday, February 27, 2023 10:41 am

20.Frontier Capital pushes West toward Nashville
North Carolina deal-flow prospector says his firm is focusing more attention on Music City
Milt Capps LAST Updated 9:53 a.m. / Published Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:23 am

21.Nashville Capital Network says Fund IV commitments pass $70MM
[Updated] Approaching its 20th anniversary, NCN says it has has recruited its largest fund, yet.
Milt Capps updated March 24, 2023 / Published Wednesday, April 13, 2022 2:49 pm

22.Digital Reasoning Systems secures $24MM GS + Credit Suisse NEXT capital
DRS's passage via the New York City Fintech accelerator was apparently right step.
Press release / Published Thursday, October 9, 2014 11:55 am

23.Game-changing ideas for Tennessee venture capital
Could new Angel tax credits, grant programs and quasi-debt facilities provide the critical mass of capital Tennessee needs?
Milt Capps / Published Friday, November 28, 2008 2:47 pm

24.TN companies at pivot-points might attract funding via River Associates
This private-equity firm attracted out-of-state institutionals to its $222MM fund VI
By Milt Capps updated May 19, 2012 6:57 a.m. / Published Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:05 am

25.Nashville 49th among 60 cities in creating Tech jobs
UPDATED June 27 - Recent reports suggest Nashville's foothold in the world's Tech economy is real, but tenuous
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:51 am

26.Aegis Sciences muscles-up for growth in Nashville
Corporate ambitions may suggest a role for outside capital in this high-profile local growth company
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, May 26, 2009 10:16 am

27.Pharos Capital Partners Fund IV-A filing eyes $250M healthcare investing
[Updated 25 Nov 2020] Healthcare specialists file on Fund IV companion.
Milt Capps Updated 25 November 2020 / Published Thursday, October 10, 2019 4:30 pm

28.
IDEAS: Helping Tennessee's growth companies
develop leadership capacity and secure capital

A leading private-equity executive puts the Ideas spotlight on an overlooked group
Published Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:59 pm

29.Memphis's ESO Fund files for $150MM Fund V to back venture option moves
Memphians Lackie, Roberts, Sousoulas and San Mateo-backed Chou are among leaders.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, May 2, 2022 4:03 pm

30.Amid the recession, Gazelles, Geezers and LifeStyle Businesses
Reflections on lifestyle and venture-backed businesses, amid the Great Recession.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, April 9, 2008 10:00 am

31.Griffin Technology commits $200K in time, talent
for Academy of Design and Technology

President and dozens of Griffin employees commit to deep involvement at high school
Milt Capps / Published Monday, August 18, 2014 10:30 am

32.FourBridges exec: More insurers would invest if TNInvestco reopens
Some believe the General Assembly should next move to increase the TNInvestco pot to $200 million
By Milt Capps Last Updaed 2:23 p.m. / Published Friday, January 15, 2010 10:29 am

33.Consensus Point sets B-round, reveals Euro partnership
Tech-marketing veteran Linda Rebrovick looks to create a crowd around SaaS predictive marketing provider
By Milt Capps Updated 11:25 a.m. / Published Monday, March 8, 2010 8:42 am

34.'Creative Nashville' may lure high-growth ventures
Tonight, NBC provides another test of Nashville's brand-image -- while the Entrepreneur Project confronts 'lagging innovative capacity', inadequate capital and slow tech commercialization.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, June 9, 2008 6:46 am

35.Nanomechanics gets investor-bidder approaches, eyes valuation and growth
VTC While organic growth is aggressively pursued, this early-stage company is open to strategic/PE talks
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, June 15, 2016 5:30 pm

36.Briefly: Luminetx adds 3rd CEO
A promising technology, but lacklustre progress breed caution around this Memphis med-devices startup
Venture Nashville Staff UPDATED 11:51 PM / Published Wednesday, March 25, 2009 1:36 pm

37.Beat Check: Sitemason. No news, just want you to know they're not hiring
Two of Nashville's Internet veterans seem to be sailing through the economic downturn, in a venture that's really going somewhere, slowly.
Milt Capps / Published Saturday, November 29, 2008 4:22 pm

38.Inova Payroll gets $1MM bump from CRF, Nashville Angels
Farsheed Ferdowsi updates us on the raise he saw coming in VNC's earlier story
By Milt Capps Updated 12:25 p.m. / Published Thursday, July 7, 2011 11:13 am

39.Mergers & Acquisitions: Mountain Group Capital targets solid companies owned by 'Boomers
Mountain Group Capital is a family-owned business with five portfolio companies, and is looking for more 'quality deals'
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, August 6, 2009 3:32 pm

40.Angel Brennan says EC, StartupTN help
prepare entrepreneurs to seek capital

There are more Angels among us that most of us realize; one of his holdings is preparing for a C Round
By Milt Capps Updated 5:57 p.m. / Published Sunday, December 4, 2011 4:04 pm

41.Finalists chosen for Nashville Technology Council Awards XII
Winners in each of category are to be announced during an April 15, 2021, ceremony.
From submitted release / Published Monday, December 14, 2020 4:35 pm

42.SSM Partners quietly files for Growth Equity III raise;
Exec sees Nashville edge in youthful exhuberance

Fund exec sees little to envy in Silicon Valley models, says bringing youthful talent into Nashville has been a boon.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, July 30, 2019 1:45 pm

43.Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund launches in N'ville
Vanguard's Martin, Community Health's Smith among those signing-on to to drive outcomes, drive down costs.
VNC Staff / Published Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:40 am

44.TNInvestco funds stay busy with further tech-sector investments
A steady stream of commitments, often made to familiar names, continues, with results not yet due
By Milt Capps updated 8:46 p.m. / Published Wednesday, January 4, 2012 8:35 am

45.Vanderbilt's $50M discovery fund, TTDC's signal event
TTDC convenes investors and scientists in Nashville -- and Chancellor Zeppos announces new money for VU's academic discovery fund
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, September 4, 2008 7:56 am

46.VentureNVTN: Tennessee happily braces for Entrepreneurial avalanche
We take a pause to contemplate the event-driven fun that lies ahead.
Milt Capps / Published Friday, May 8, 2015 5:30 pm

47.Kickoff: VentureSouth Chattanooga investor forum possible model for Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville
VentureSouth Fund V raise underway targets $10MM to augment Angels' individual bets and sidecar participation.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, July 18, 2022 5:30 pm

48.Gov. Haslam's INCITE program stirs to life via 'Venture Incite' A-round
There are some new faces among the 'usual suspects' applying at INCITE Fund
By Milt Capps updated May 26, 2012 / Published Monday, May 14, 2012 10:08 am

49.Private equity: State pension fund commits $150MM
Heavy-hitters among the threesome of fund managers chosen to handle the state's inaugural PE investments
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:47 am

50.ITIF: Tennessee has risen sharply in New Economy Index
[updated] A pronounced rise in overall ranking comes with weaker showing on some of 25 dimensions.
By Milt Capps updated 7 Nov 2017 1717 / Published Monday, November 6, 2017 10:15 am

51.Stakes are rising for TTDC, as VC group presses for change
Tennessee Technology Development Corporation has a great gameplan, but the clock is ticking for policymakers, VCs, scientists and entrepreneurs
Milt Capps / Published Friday, November 28, 2008 2:50 pm

52.'Build To Scale' entries target TN entrepreneurial pipeline, capital, rural
Annual grant competition draws rigorous programs from campus and accelerator advocates for entrepreneurship, investment.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, August 4, 2020 3:24 pm

53.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.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, April 1, 2021 5:08 pm

54.VC scouts venture talent for The Buffkin Group
He'll keep his hand in deal flow, but now he's jazzed about finding talent to reinforce venture-backed companies or breathe life into technology players
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, September 2, 2008 6:59 am

55.Startup POPVOX could double as case study for LaunchTN tech-venture push
Tech-driven civics venture could mean high-growth jobs for Tennessee, or not
By Milt Capps updated 4:34 p.m. / Published Thursday, November 1, 2012 12:02 pm

56.Council Capital: Rick Apple spreads TNInvestco seeds for Nashville moneytree
One of 10 TNInvestco's is now being led by a VU/Princeton product
By Milt Capps updated 9:22 a.m. / Published Thursday, August 9, 2012 8:28 am

57.Senator Ketron would broaden TNInvestco and Institute's mission
Legislator sees synergies not yet tapped in Middle Tennessee, and wants to see discussion of Tullahoma-centered proposal
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, December 14, 2009 8:43 am

58.LaunchTN's Lanahan on coastal VC realities, authenticity + Unicorns
Exec averse to encouraging all to 'shoot for the middle', notes need for champion investors.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, June 1, 2017 3:45 pm

59.NVille Chamber's 'Business Studio' to run SBA-backed Scaleup America push
Chamber-SBA program supports scaling potential high-growth businesses
Submitted / Published Monday, November 2, 2015 9:09 am

60.Maxwell-led FINTOP Capital FTP1 fintech fund closes north of $50MM goal
Nashvillian-led fund could invest up to $10MM in current operating year.
By Milt Capps / Published Friday, November 3, 2017 11:00 am

61.Nashville Bitcoin execs ramp $10MM raise with eye on crypto market cycle
In what could become $100MM fund, crypto exec aim to connect digital-asset investors with trading opportunities.
By Milt Capps updated 18 March 2021 / Published Tuesday, January 28, 2020 5:15 pm

62.Guest commentary: Growing SaaS requires shift to Account Based Selling
With Investors and Entrepreneurs focusing strongly on Growth and Performance, VNC invites a SaaS benchmarking expert to comment.
By Lauren Kelley, CEO and Founder OPEXengine / Published Wednesday, July 25, 2018 9:14 am

63.TN entrepreneurship allies launch AIM HIGH for Appalachian Highlands
Entrepreneurial and economic development allies have crafted roadmap to Rural development leadership.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, July 29, 2021 5:07 pm

64.LaunchTN's Gindt departs to lead LinkdCare healthcare startup
[updated] Stefansic and Hogin among those departing, with interest in private-sector jobs.
Milt Capps updated Nov. 2, 2015, 1939hrs / Published Friday, October 10, 2014 2:45 pm

65.Petra Capital makes $5MM tech investment
Nashville's Petra Capital backs entrepreneur in Boston area, mining the HR/Payroll platform space
By Milt Capps Updated 3:58 P.M. / Published Monday, April 6, 2009 12:22 pm

66.TCRS: Retirement fund commits $40MM total to Bain Capital VF12, Canaan IX
The state's retirement system advances toward the half-billion dollar level in private-equity commitments
By Milt Capps updated 5:37 p.m., Feb. 11, 2012 / Published Friday, February 10, 2012 2:30 pm

67.Launch Tennessee recruiting Director of Commercialization
Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee is making a signal hire.
Published Tuesday, February 21, 2023 7:12 am

68.Innova Memphis: Innova Fund III announced $20MM first close
VTC Firm will continue bio/investment pace, likely to eye yet another fund in coming years
Milt Capps / Published Monday, September 8, 2014 8:00 am

69.Scorebird mobile sports-data startup preps $1MM-plus Series A raise
Presenting in 36|86 next month, startup targets TN, then TX and beyond.
Milt Capps updated May 21, 2015 9:32 a.m. / Published Wednesday, May 20, 2015 9:15 am

70.Carbon Conversion Group S1 may prove R&D, commercialization venture's step toward scaleup
CCG lands amid rising global interest in scitech commercialization, engineering, adv-manufacturing and more.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, February 14, 2024 4:15 pm

71.Sopris' Quovant has access to capital, is opportunistic on buys or merger
Four years after VC/PE control investment, legal-spend management company has a number of options.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, September 9, 2019 4:30 pm

72.FCA Venture Partners said to co-manage Dioko fund, files for $75M Fund VI
[Updated] Clayton Associates affiliate obviously pushing on more than one front.
Milt Capps UPDATED March 15, 2016 11:23 a.m. / Published Monday, February 22, 2016 2:52 pm

73.Nashville's women-owned Collegiate Sports Data considers partnerships
ISTS is not likely to sell, but CSD is open to entrepreneurial partnership or stake sale
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:37 am

74.Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund LP pursues $200MM raise
Updated: Rock Morphis and David McClellan are adding tons of dry powder to their healthcare venture arsenal.
VNC Staff Updated 2 May 2016 / Published Monday, January 23, 2012 7:47 am

75.VentureNotes, Oct. 3, 2011
Investors are busily putting capital into ventures young and older, in Chattanooga, Oak Ridge and elsewhere
By Milt Capps Updated 4:07 p.m. / Published Monday, October 3, 2011 8:19 am

76.Recession ahead, Maxwell's FINTOP Capital Fund II passes goal, hits $125M
[updated] VC looks to do at least six deals per year, and watches portfolio companies' KPIs amid chaos.
By Milt Capps updated / Published Tuesday, March 17, 2020 2:37 pm

77.Commentary: Nashville Entrepreneur Center
search committee chair on EC CEO search

VNC asked EC Chair Emeritus and Search Committee chair to share an update on the search process.
Guest: Beth Chase, EC Board Chair Emeritus / Published Thursday, July 25, 2019 1:00 pm

78.Entrepreneur, Angel investor Freedman still has eye for startups
after selling majority of tents-events biz to PE funds

CEO has fresh powder for growing leasing biz, while still helping fund or drive startups.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, July 21, 2016 2:45 pm

79.Their Take on Capital: Grant Jackson, Council Capital managing partner
Managing General Partners gives fresh view of region's Healthcare sector.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, April 27, 2016 3:00 pm

80.Leadership succession at Tennessee Technology Development Corporation
TTDC lands prominent healthcare CEO, scientist and policy influential to help navigate the shores of business, academe and government
Milt Capps / Published Monday, September 29, 2008 8:04 am

81.Nashville Mayoral candidates' views on Nashville entrepreneurial ecosystem
Candidates Alice Rolli and Freddie O'Connell are to vie in Metro's mayoral run-off contest Sept. 14, 2023
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, August 7, 2023 12:13 pm

82.LaunchTN details INCITE investment tallies, investors, portfolio companies
As INCITE comes to halt, we take at look at the ground that's been covered.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, February 17, 2016 3:00 pm

83.Jamari Brown succeeds Wiltshire as Nashville Mayor Briley's ECD lead
Matt Wiltshire's successor has led key deals for state economic and community development.
from submitted press release / Published Thursday, March 28, 2019 12:44 pm

84.Alexander and Gordon keep pressure on Bush White House
Strange Days: A sitting President signs a bill funding science, technology and education and simultaneously vows to gut funding. The federal budget has been held up, ever since.
Published Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:21 pm

85.Booker: CapitalTN aiming to improve Tennessee PE/VC investor ecosystem
Group working from Nashville EC plans to draw more investors in from the sidelines.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, July 6, 2016 10:00 am

86.Angel Capital Group updates Nashville and Appalachian microfunds
CEO says sees first close on HealthIT fund by end of 1Q 2018.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, January 25, 2018 11:08 am

87.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
By Milt Capps Last updated 10:34 a.m. / Published Monday, July 13, 2009 8:27 am

88.Council Capital launches Fund III with $125MM target, exits Ingenious Med
[Updated] Private equity firm with $200MM capital managed, seeks to increase its opportunities
Milt Capps Updated 12 April 2016 / Published Friday, October 24, 2014 3:15 pm

89.Limestone Fund LLC
At left, Joe Cook Jr.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:29 am

90.New $100MM venture fund creator retains 2nd Generation
Entrepreneur who hit jackpot in technology for gambling is establishing a rigorous process for targeting his investments
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, October 1, 2008 8:40 am

91.Eyes on TNInvestco: New funds commit an estimated $30MM+ for TN startups
There's now a small army of TNInvestco portfolio companies loose in the State of Tennessee.
By Milt Capps Updated July 12, 2011, 9:45 p.m. / Published Monday, July 11, 2011 9:33 pm

92.Carmichael reveals he's founding investor with Seraph super-Angel group
While managing dozens of his own plays, he tied-up with Bay Area group.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, July 9, 2015 5:15 pm

93.Lamp Post Group advances incubation in Chattanooga
With EPB, Renaissance Fund and other alliles, River City takes another step toward its 'Smart City' closeup
By Milt Capps Updated 5:36 p.m. / Published Monday, April 25, 2011 8:56 am

94.Nashville Entrepreneur Center gets project manager
Tech veteran of digital entertainment and online media is coordinating online resource center
By Milt Capps Last updated 7:50 p.m. / Published Wednesday, July 22, 2009 1:25 pm

95.Briefly: ORNL, Tennesseans respond to China's supercomputing rise
Jaguar's fall from No. 1 in the twice-yearly supercomputing 500 may give researchers impetus for funding
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, December 13, 2010 6:46 am

96.Angel Capital Group outlines deal-syndication strategy
Leveraging a North Carolina Angel-investing network and attempting to launch a microfund, the ACG hasn't lowered its expectations, as it makes a fresh push to gain traction in Tennessee.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, May 26, 2008 11:06 pm

97.Tennessee rural economy is focus of new econ-development Fund
Initiatives complement Rural EDev Task Force and operate under Fund umbrella.
Submitted / Published Thursday, October 15, 2015 11:15 am

98.Grants: Kauffman Foundation scouting Nashville/VU entrepreneur scene?
[Updated] Who knows, such relatively stealthy encounters may be underway, daily.
Milt Capps updated Nov. 16, 2015 4:20pm / Published Tuesday, July 14, 2015 2:45 pm

99.LaunchTN names Kelliher chief investment officer amid SSBCI push
Tennessean succeeds Monique Villa.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, October 17, 2023 2:00 pm

100.New board member McCormick sees Emma's
upside prospects and its requirements

[Updated] Advisor says Emma needs more people who have accelerated growth to and beyond $100MM sales.
Milt Capps updated Oct. 12, 2016 / Published Tuesday, August 23, 2016 5:45 pm

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