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MedCenterDisplay advances Series B raise, sharpens digital-comm role

Sep 01, 2014 at 10:10 am by miltcapps

Updated: June 2017: Patientpoint raised $140M from investors including Searchlight Capital Partners (London) and Silver Point Capital (Greenwich, Conn.). November 11, 2016 - 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

With major partners, Tech startup LeanKit expects to 'make a lot of noise'

Sep 08, 2014 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

FULLY ENGAGED, yet seemingly at-ease during an interview for this story, LeanKit Co-founder and CEO Chris Hefley said his five-year-old software company is, at least figurativ.... Read More

Entrepreneurs sought for Nashville Business Incubation Center

Jun 30, 2009 at 09:11 am by miltcapps

The 23-year-old Nashville Business Incubation Center downtown seeks to fill a record number of entrepreneur-tenant vacancies. NBIC Director Mildred Townsend Walters (at right.... Read More

Nashville EC's Music-Tech accelerator to debut with Investors at-the-ready

Sep 11, 2014 at 08:15 am by miltcapps

Updated: 21 Oct. 2014 - The Music accelerator, now dubbed Project Music, indeed has a Seed investors at the ready, the EC announced today: The founding investors are Creative.... Read More

Startup: Arcivr finds Nashville Tech talent issue manageable, sets 2.0 launch

Sep 19, 2014 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

"I STRUGGLE to understand this idea that there's a shortage of Tech talent in Nashville," said Chris Korbey, founder and CEO of Arcivr, the Cloud-based photo-sharing and colla.... Read More

VU Space-Defense institute growing on Music Row

Jul 06, 2009 at 08:22 am by miltcapps

Vanderbilt University's Institute for Space and Defense Electronics anticipates further growth after its impending relocation to Music Row. ISDE Director Ron Schrimpf, Ph.D..... Read More

CEO: TuneCore keeps eye on Nashville Music innovation, partners, capital

Sep 25, 2014 at 11:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 22 Dec. 2014: TuneCore announced Dec. 18 its acquisition of DropKloud and creation of its new innovation center in Boston.-Ed. TUNECORE, the Brooklyn-based 'Label as a.... Read More

Reporter's notebook: TNInvestco 2.0

Sep 25, 2014 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

TNINVESTCO is the subject of this reporter's notebook entry, which is offered as a glimpse into the mindset that partly shapes our coverage of the issue. The Tennessee TNInve.... Read More

Venture Notes: EO-Nashville, Back Porch Group, Sagents, PBM365, Frontier Capital, Tandum

Oct 06, 2014 at 08:26 am by miltcapps

Joe Glaser JOE GLASER, the Nashville investor and entrepreneur who was in at the ground floor in both Artist Growth and Moontoast launches, is collaborating wi.... Read More

VU prof's Maize Analytics targets health-info breaches, mulls capital raise

Oct 13, 2014 at 03:37 pm by miltcapps

Updated: In July 2022, Maize buyer SecureLink was acquired by Thoma Bravo-backed Imprivata. In 2021: VU Profile of Fabbri, founder of Maize, which was acquired in May this yea.... Read More

Histories unfolding: Maker-entrepreneur Barry Walker + Marathon Village

Oct 20, 2014 at 07:55 am by miltcapps

BARRY WALKER, the Maker who saved Marathon Village in Nashville from the scrapheap of history, told VNC that during more than 30 years of adventurous projects, "I never even t.... Read More

Health IT: Nashville possible candidate for Center for Medical Interoperability presence

Oct 22, 2014 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updates: CMI announced its inaugural board of directors April 9, 2015. The list, including Nashville-based execs from Vanderbilt University, Lifepoint and CHS, follows this st.... Read More

CEO: Essex Technology growth has its eyes on Execution, Tech and Capital

Oct 27, 2014 at 04:24 pm by miltcapps

Update 4 Dec. 2015 - Boston PE Thomas H. Lee announced today its recap of and controlling interest in BargainHunt, with CEO Echols remaining aboard. Terms were not disclosed..... Read More

Haslam Admin eyes AgLaunch support for TN rural entrepreneurs, growers

Nov 12, 2014 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 18 Nov. 2014 - During the annual Global Action Platform (GAP) conference in Nashville yesterday, Cambridge Holdings Chairman-CEO Jean-Claude Saada annou.... Read More

Internet of Things: BLEON's Filaroski eyes $1MM raise for Beacon entry

Dec 04, 2014 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE serial Tech entrepreneur Mark Filaroski doesn't aim to spend a decade or more on his newest startup. Been there, done that. His earlier high-growth CompNation ventu.... Read More

Healthcare entrepreneurs, investors convene tomorrow

Aug 03, 2009 at 07:30 am by miltcapps

The nation's early-stage venture capital community is "broken," and VCs are investing "later and safer" in proven companies, rather than in startups. Fort.... Read More

Strategy for gauging 'transformative' TNInvestco value yet to be determined

Dec 10, 2014 at 09:37 am by miltcapps

Update: The Tennessean reported 29 Dec. 2014 that General Assembly House Speaker Beth Harwell is guiding a review of the process by which Fiscal Notes are developed for the Ge.... Read More

FinTech: iQuantifi trajectory may take it to Series A raise this year

Jan 06, 2015 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

UPDATED 9 March 2015 - iQuantifi announced today it won Best of Show recognition and has been accepted to the Plug and Play FinTech Accelerator at Sunnyvale, Calif.-Ed. FINTE.... Read More