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Angels: Crom Carmichael will 'restock pond' after some 2012 venture exits

Sep 06, 2011 at 09:43 am by miltcapps

Updated Dec. 7, 2013: Carmichael told VNC that, though a company or two have gone away, he has done no actual exits as he anticipated when this story was first published in 20.... Read More

Discovery Vanderbilt gives nod to startups HeroWear, IDBiologics, Virtuoso

May 23, 2023 at 05:23 pm by miltcapps

THREE startups co-founded by Vanderbilt University faculty are targeted for investments from the university's Discovery Vanderbilt program. The University today announced appr.... Read More

Solidus' Venture Incite options ORNL technology to bring its start-up 'assembly line' to life

Jun 19, 2011 at 02:32 pm by miltcapps

VENTURE INCITE (VI), based in Oak Ridge and thus far funded by Nashville-based Solidus, has secured an option to license Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology that is likel.... Read More

New $100MM Jumpstart Nova Fund II now JS Health Investors flagship

Nov 18, 2024 at 03:20 pm by miltcapps

AGAINST the backdrop of current U.S. politico-economic and judicial tensions, Jumpstart Health Investors' Jumpstart Nova Fund II LP sallied-forth last week, making its initial.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 11, 2023

Jul 11, 2023 at 04:28 pm by miltcapps

Venture Notes - April 14, 2025

Apr 14, 2025 at 11:56 am by miltcapps

High on Nashville, tech startups 24/7 Sports, Comicbook.com mull growth strategies

Jun 23, 2014 at 12:55 pm by miltcapps

[May 24, 2016 - Terry et al in $1.7MM raise for ComicBook.com. Cites Terry, Bill King, Stuart McWhorter, et al. Filing here. Dec. 16, 2015: 24/7 Announced it's been sold on un.... Read More

Fintech: Ed Braswell's G2Lytics startup targets sales-tax cheats globally

Jun 23, 2017 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

Updated: G2LYTICS filed Dec. 18, 2017 on a further $2MM raise effort. Details here. -Ed. STEALTHY serial entrepreneur Ed Braswell has launched another fintech platform, and th.... Read More

Maxwell's interests go beyond Venture to Banking, bank-embedded fintech

May 11, 2021 at 05:01 pm by miltcapps

IN ROUGHLY the past 15 months, Nashville investor and serial fintech entrepreneur Joe Maxwell has further expanded the portfolio of his FINTOP Capital and completed its $125MM.... Read More

ProfitPoint invites M&A candidates, moves corporate flag to Pennsylvania

Oct 28, 2008 at 04:33 am by miltcapps

Five years ago, when the two co-founders created ProfitPoint Inc., neither the Tennessean nor the Pennsylvanian wanted to move to the other's homestate. Since then, CEO Vaden.... Read More

Update: Nashville Fintech, Blockchain initiatives

Sep 16, 2016 at 07:00 am by miltcapps

VNC Publisher's Update on Fintech/blockchain, An Offer and A Request for Readers: THE UPDATE: FINTECH was the topic that drew 120+ of us together in the jam-packed Learni.... Read More

LaunchTN: Randy Boyd accepts baton from Hagerty, who returns to PE firm

Jan 27, 2015 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE is now overseen by Chairman Randy Boyd, who is also Gov. Bill Haslam's newly appointed commissioner of economic and community development. Boyd, 55, is best k.... Read More

New LaunchTN CEO Brock cites innovation 'momentum', surveys challenges

Jan 08, 2013 at 11:11 am by miltcapps

CHARLIE BROCK'S widely anticipated appointment as CEO of LaunchTN was confirmed today by the high-growth advocate's board of directors. Brock, 48, takes-up his duties later t.... Read More

'Proudly capitalist' Jumpstart Foundry unfurls plan for its U.S. and regional ascendancy

Aug 23, 2014 at 02:14 pm by miltcapps

ANYONE not familiar with the bluntness and dark humor that sometimes accompany Vic Gatto's impromptu remarks, might have been discomfited when at the end of Jumpstart Foundry'.... Read More

'Proudly capitalist' Jumpstart Foundry unfurls plan for its U.S. and regional ascendancy

Aug 25, 2014 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

ANYONE not familiar with the bluntness and dark humor that sometimes accompany Vic Gatto's impromptu remarks, might have been discomfited when at the end of Jumpstart Foundry'.... Read More

Life Science Tennessee sets priorities, rallies industry, leverages support of Gov. Bill Haslam for commercialization

Nov 07, 2011 at 07:49 am by miltcapps

Life Science Tennessee has fewer than 80 corporate members today, but will soon be knocking on doors of nearly 700 non-member firms within the state, as well as strategizing t.... Read More

Solidus-backed Healthcare Learning Innovations plants flag in Nashville

Apr 26, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

HEALTHCARE Learning Innovations, owned by American Sentinel University, has planted its flag in Nashville, where it will market its interactive online courses, simulation tech.... Read More

LifeFileZ startup seeks $3M Seed-B, maps Series A, eyes key partners

Jul 22, 2020 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Beth Krauklis said in an Oct. 7, 2021, update that the firm had raised $528K in its Seed-B raise, with goals now including completing its Seed-B at $1.5MM, and deploy.... Read More

COPILOT TRAVEL in Seed raise, eyeing Series A to drive ticketing from any website or device

Jan 21, 2020 at 11:10 am by miltcapps

COPILOT TRAVEL INC. says its new software platform enables most website owners to monetize their traffic by enabling their visitors to book price-optimized travel via their pr.... Read More

Gov. Bill Lee: ECD's Stuart McWhorter to succeed Deputy Gov Butch Eley Oct. 15

Sep 17, 2025 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee today announced fellow Cabinet member Stuart McWhorter will succeed Deputy Governor Butch Eley as Deputy Governor of Tennessee, effective Oct. 15..... Read More