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State venture-capital incentive gains traction in Gen. Assembly

May 01, 2009 at 08:37 am by miltcapps

A House subcommittee voted earlier this week to support increasing venture-capital investment in Tennessee businesses. On Tuesday, after a series of pointed questions from an.... Read More

Sidebar: Opinions on CAPCO vary among VCs

May 01, 2009 at 08:35 am by miltcapps

As previously reported by VNC, venture capitalists, particularly those who want state incentives managed by Tennessee firms, have differing opinions on the legislative proposa.... Read More

Airplay Direct chooses Nashville, attracts investors

Jun 11, 2009 at 03:01 pm by miltcapps

Airplay Direct LLC CEO Robert Weingartz told VNC today his early-stage company will soon be headquartered in Nashville. With its founder still its primary fulltime employee,.... Read More

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

Jun 16, 2009 at 02:55 pm by miltcapps

Updated: NBJ reported April 14, 2016, that Qualifacts now has about 150 FTE and forecasts strong organic growth.-Ed. Nashville's Qualifacts Inc. and strategically well-placed.... Read More

Cycles: Nashville CEO makes sagacious reports for The Fed

Apr 23, 2008 at 10:34 am by miltcapps

Updated 11:49 a.m. Sage Group CEO Rich Ford told VNC this morning his company's recently completed first quarter was the "best we've ever had," since he and co-inve.... Read More

Venture Capital tax credit approved by General Assembly

Jun 18, 2009 at 10:12 am by miltcapps

UPDATED: 5:52 P.M. June 18, 2009 -- Enabling legislation will go to Gov. Bredesen and is likely to become law, soon. The Senate voted 30-0 in favor of passage at 5:52 p.m. T.... Read More

Tech commerce: Leadership shakeup reported at UT Research Foundation

Jun 25, 2009 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated, Oct. 30, 2009: Randy Gentry, a professor of engineering at UT-Knoxville, was earlier this month named president of UTRF, succeed Fred Tompkins. Our story as original.... Read More

Medical Trade Center rivalry simmering twixt Nashville and New York

Jul 14, 2009 at 01:17 pm by miltcapps

If it involved a new musical opening on Broadway, New York City might wish Nashville and Cleveland good luck, by saying "Break a Leg!" as the curtain rises. In real.... Read More

TTDC predicts venture-cap program will be 'over-subscribed'

Jul 16, 2009 at 03:13 pm by miltcapps

NOTE: At 10:40 a.m., VNC corrected a significant typo in the 18th graf of this story. - MFC Tennessee's recently enacted venture-capital initiative to stimulate funding for hi.... Read More

HealthStream faces another round of challenges

Apr 28, 2008 at 06:33 am by miltcapps

One can only wonder whether 43-year-old Jeff Doster (at left) of Brentwood has yet listened to the online replay of HealthStream's April 23 conference call with analysts. D.... Read More

Costantine eyes exit from Nashville Technology helm

Jul 25, 2008 at 08:51 am by miltcapps

For an update on this story, see THE VN BLOG here.-Editor, 11:55 a.m. As originally reported: Confirming one of Nashville's worst-kept secrets, Nashville Technology Council.... Read More

ECD's Kisber reasserts State authority for venture-capital push

Jul 30, 2009 at 01:01 pm by miltcapps

Two members of Gov. Phil Bredesen's Cabinet want to erase all doubt about who's leading the effort to accelerate capital formation in Tennessee. Economic and Community Develo.... Read More

Tazzle founder slips into town to capitalize on technology

Aug 06, 2009 at 11:40 am by miltcapps

A few days ago, Chris Savoie stood at a microphone in a local hotel ballroom and asked a question clearly out of step with conventional wisdom. The occasion was a panel discus.... Read More

Belmont University is hatching new ventures

Apr 29, 2008 at 01:35 pm by miltcapps

Belmont University Senior Kevin Jennings, age 23, told me yesterday that "not starting sooner" is the only regret he has about his startup, soundAFX. soundAFX is a marketing.... Read More

Law ventures simmer in Nashville

Aug 12, 2008 at 09:49 am by miltcapps

Many will remember Brentwood-based Juris Inc. sold out to Lexis/Nexis, with many of its employees then offered jobs in the new parent's Cary, N.C., technology center. By year.... Read More

Cumberland IPO now active: 10-year journey with Vanderbilt reaches milestone

Aug 07, 2009 at 09:51 am by miltcapps

UPDATED Aug. 11, 6:45 a.m.: Cumberland Pharmaceuticals [NASDAQ:CPIX] went effective 3 p.m. Aug. 10 and is listed this morning as CPIX on NASDAQ. The share price was set.... Read More

World Trade Center in Nashville moves closer to reality

May 01, 2008 at 02:22 pm by miltcapps

Venture Nashville has confirmed that a Nashville entrepreneur has secured a license to create a World Trade Center in Middle Tennessee. Robert Thompson said his application to.... Read More

Dream Systems founder targets healthcare technology

Aug 11, 2009 at 04:54 pm by miltcapps

[Editor's note: Terriance Moody died May 9, 2019. Obit here.] A company's world vision depends partly on its prism: Within Dream Systems LLC, the prism is video, and the world.... Read More

'Smart' tech ventures spawned by VU student-entrepreneurs

Aug 14, 2009 at 09:20 am by miltcapps

One of Nashville's newest technology ventures was spurred by Vanderbilt students and faculty connecting theory and practice. Soon to debut: Nashville Pulse and VandyUpon, a pa.... Read More

Nashville Medical Trade Center team blitzes NV influentials

Aug 21, 2009 at 09:40 am by miltcapps

Updated: On Friday, Aug. 21, Metro Council voted 33-3 in favor of creating the Convention Center Authority, which many believe increases the certainty of the proposed Mu.... Read More

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