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Frist Cressey Ventures pursues $400MM Fund IV, plans next exec Forum

May 16, 2025 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

FRIST CRESSEY VENTURES of Nashville filed May 15 for its $400MM parallel Fund IV QP LP and Fund IV LP, showing 115 investors aboard and $169.7MM-in, at that point. The firm al.... Read More

Brief: Kimberlin raising capital as CrushTeam's AI agents automate CRM

Jun 10, 2025 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Bill Kimberlin Nashville tech entrepreneur Bill Kimberlin's CrushTeamAI platform deploys AI Agents to automate customer relationship management (CRM) systems..... Read More

Chicago-Nashville's PE Shore Capital's FAB III draws $450MM commitments

Jul 03, 2025 at 06:43 am by miltcapps

SHORE CAPITAL PARTNERS, a Chicago-based private equity firm with substantial presence in Nashville, announced two days ago its close of its Shore Capital Partners Food & B.... Read More

Warner Music Group, Bain Capital JV could invest $1.2BN in music catalogs

Jul 03, 2025 at 08:23 am by miltcapps

WMG-Bain's 1 July 2025 press release is below. VNC reached-out to WMG and its PR representative to explore what, if any, impact this could have on Warner Chappell Music and an.... Read More

Obituary: Fred Goad, 84, Nashville entrepreneur and investor has died

Jul 15, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

FRED CURTIS GOAD JR., a widely respected Nashville-area private investor, entrepreneur and advisor, died June 4, at age 84. Goad's healthcare-weighted career most recently inc.... Read More

Interregional 'AI compact' could help TN drive economy, prosperity

Jul 16, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

THE BROOKINGS Institution, based in Washington, D.C., today released its report on Mapping the AI Economy, which posits that hundreds of U.S. cities and other regions -- inclu.... Read More

TN's pre-Seed-to-SeriesA founders have til Aug. 15 to ask into 3686 pitch-off

Jul 27, 2025 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

'TENNESSEE-located' startups in the pre-Seed to Series A portion of the venture spectrum must apply by Aug. 15 for consideration of their requests to compete in the pitch comp.... Read More

Nelson joins Memphis Bioworks Foundation as VP-Agriculture Innovation

Dec 15, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

PETER NELSON, co-founder and CEO of Ag Innovation Development Group (AgIDG), recently joined Memphis Bioworks Foundation as VP for Agriculture Innovation. Nelson's AgIDG.... Read More

Update: Innova Memphis seeks Fed'l certification ahead of new fund raise

Apr 15, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Jan Bouten INNOVA MEMPHIS, the venture capital firm owned by Memphis Bioworks Foundation, has taken further steps toward gaining Federal sanction and, ultim.... Read More

Veteran Ventures Capital scours TN for U.S. veterans' investable dual-use companies

Aug 19, 2025 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

VETERAN VENTURES CAPITAL (VVC) aims to invest near-term at least $3MM in Tennessee-based businesses led by U.S. military veterans, with emphasis on early-stage companies offer.... Read More

Douglas Grindstaff Sr., executive, investor, civic partisan, dies at 85

Oct 05, 2025 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Corporate executive, Angel startup investor and prominent Williamson County Republican Edward Douglas Grindstaff Sr. of Brentwood died October 2 at age 85. He was born in Kno.... Read More

KnoxEC: Vuture looks to wrap some VC money around Angels

Sep 14, 2014 at 05:18 am by miltcapps

VUTURE, the startup with plans for a platform for storing, prior scheduling and custom-sending video messages, says it's hovering with Angel investors while seeking a venture-.... Read More

Sky High startup Care2Manage aims to preserve caregiver mission

Sep 25, 2014 at 04:00 am by miltcapps

CARE2MANAGE, the caregiver-support startup based in Memphis, will maintain a public-service emphasis, whether it launches as for-profit or nonprofit. Founder Ela Emam.... Read More

Dig!entertainment: Street Jelly Media raises capital to spread Jelly footprint

Sep 29, 2014 at 06:29 am by miltcapps

STREET JELLY knew it had a sticky Music brand that brings a smile, even before it got to the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC) MediaWorks Demo Day this summer, said Frank Po.... Read More

Destiny? Pro-gamer PHASE seeks TN Seed capital, has backup ideas

Oct 06, 2014 at 06:45 am by miltcapps

PHASE, the Memphis-born app that gives multiplayer gamers easy ways to schedule competition 24/7 online, has set a $300K goal for its Seed rais.... Read More

JumpFund updates investments in women-owned startups

Nov 24, 2014 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

THE JUMP FUND in Chattanooga recapped its recent investments in a release Nov. 24, 2014. The Fund said in a release it had invested more than $500K total via investments of u.... Read More

Tullahoma: JusticeXL accelerator announces inaugural cohort

Aug 25, 2015 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

Update 2 Nov. 2015: Eight startups will present during JusticeXL Demo Day Nov. 18, 2015, Noon to 5pm. Our original Aug. 25, 2015 story below has been annotated with chang.... Read More

Former Chattem execs, Entrepreneur launch Focus Consumer Health, file plan for $20MM capraise for portfolio push this year

Nov 04, 2015 at 02:13 pm by miltcapps

ENTREPRENEURS who previously served with Chattanooga-based Chattem are launching a consumer-health products company and have reported undertaking a $20MM capital rai.... Read More

Spotlight Dec. 2: Nashville anchors Global Health Innovators Virtual Pitch

Dec 01, 2025 at 09:55 am by miltcapps

GLOBAL Health Connector (GHC), with its headquarters in Belfast and its U.S. hub in Nashville, convenes its one-hour Virtual Pitch Event tomorrow at 11 a.m. Central Time, with.... Read More

Satz trades AltoCryptoIRA assets to Public Holdings for $65M, eyes growth

Nov 18, 2025 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

FOUNDER and CEO Eric Satz of Alto Solutions Inc. (aka AltoIRA fka Saltvest) confirmed that assets of his former AltoCryptoIRA unit totaling $600MM were recently sold for $65MM.... Read More

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