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General Assembly spotlights venture investing

Apr 06, 2009 at 12:22 am by miltcapps

Tennessee private-equity and early-stage venture investment may soon get another boost from the General Assembly. During a meeting Thursday, venture-capital executives who are.... Read More

Venture Notes -- April 20, 2009

Apr 20, 2009 at 01:47 pm by miltcapps

Startup-oriented VC Innova Memphis, a division of [corrected] Memphis Bioworks led by President Ken Woody, announced it has invested in 7-year-old Memphis venture Cagenix Inc..... Read More

Informatics Corp. 'no longer a startup', imagines IPO

Apr 27, 2009 at 10:18 am by miltcapps

Informatics Corporation of America asserts it has graduated from the ranks of health IT startups. The pronouncement by Gary Zegiestowski, CEO of the West End Avenue company,.... Read More

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

CredenceHealth leverages Angel money and Feds' pressure

May 14, 2009 at 08:58 am by miltcapps

Note: CredenceHealth sold in March 2011 to Xerox's Affiliated Computer Services, release here. Data Advantage, referred to in this story, was sold in 2010 to sector consolidat.... Read More

NEWSBITS May 26, 2009

May 26, 2009 at 10:22 am by miltcapps

VNC has learned scholar-entrepreneur Harry Jacobson's (at left) new office is at 3401 West End, where many tenants are VU or VU-linked offices and businesses. Jacobson's term.... 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

Nashville Q could lure Cisco innovation exec to tell all

Jul 15, 2008 at 05:19 pm by miltcapps

David Hsieh, the man who managed Cisco's massive I-Prize competition the past year or so, told VentureNashville during a recent interview he believes the innovation contest co.... 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

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

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

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

KravTek Media prepares pitch to Nashville investors

May 08, 2008 at 03:11 pm by miltcapps

Nashville-based KravTek Media could help trigger the next wave of global innovation in digital on-demand entertainment. What's more, if the emerging company's projections pr.... Read More

PassAlong dies, Jaworski lives, Bandbox bets on boom

Jul 01, 2009 at 01:41 pm by miltcapps

The cycle of life and death has killed PassAlong Networks, but has given fresh impetus to Bandbox and other Nashville startups. First, the obituary: Dave Jaworski,.... 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

VCs form industry consortium, as TNInvestco nears kickoff

Jul 27, 2009 at 07:25 am by miltcapps

The state's venture capitalists are studying the rulebook, scouting for teammates and sizing-up the referees who'll control the TNInvestco tournament for 10 years. Just over t.... 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

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

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