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Griffin Technology founder again CEO as exec returns to campus

Sep 24, 2008 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Griffin Technologies Founder Paul Griffin is once again CEO, as well as president, following David Owens' return to his former faculty position at the Owen Graduate School of.... Read More

Dan Hammond whets VCs' appetites for 'Just A Pinch' media spin-out

May 11, 2011 at 09:22 am by miltcapps

Dan Hammond, the Nashville media-culture entrepreneur, has apparently consulted his heartland gut and decided to keep 'dancing with the one that brung him'. Hammond, the 51-y.... Read More

CapControls' $3.8m cap raise and AnalytX pact drive Maxwell start-up's pursuit of growth

May 22, 2011 at 06:03 pm by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE venture CapControls is aggressively pursuing growth through a strategic partnership with AnalytX, after securing capital from a TNInvestco and other investors, sai.... Read More

VC scouts venture talent for The Buffkin Group

Aug 17, 2008 at 06:59 am by miltcapps

These days, Don Mundie, the venture capitalist who founded Delta Capital Management, applies his due-diligence skills to finding executives who can ignite portfolio companies.... Read More

Fetherling eyes HealthDataSource role, resigns NTC; Tech Council sets CEO search and strategic review

May 24, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

ENTREPRENEUR Tod Fetherling, the man who said he aimed to energize an association some thought had become "old and stodgy," has resigned his post as president of Nas.... Read More

Ventures: BlankSlate fund debuts, 5 venture updates

Jun 05, 2011 at 11:12 pm by miltcapps

Cliff Duffey GROWTH COMPANY CYBERA, the Franklin-based provider of hosted IT network, application and event security solutions for retail stores, announced.... 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

The Raise: Nashville startup lands in TechCrunch 'DemoPit'

Sep 13, 2008 at 01:33 pm by miltcapps

Having won a coveted slot within San Francisco's TechCrunch startup showcase, a father-son team from Nashville will pitch their developing tech company to West Coast investors.... Read More

Nashville's Emdeon asserts influence on health tech, privacy debates

Aug 29, 2008 at 07:54 am by miltcapps

True, it was only breakfast for some Democratic National Convention participants. However, for Nashville-based Emdeon Business Services, co-sponsoring the Denver event Monday.... Read More

Startup Tennessee launch to draw Gov. Haslam, Startup America CEO to Entrepreneur Center

Jun 27, 2011 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

UPDATE 1:14 P.M. 28 June: ECD issued a request for information (RFI here) from potential bidders representing regional business accelerators, with responses due by July 1.... Read More

Disruptive Capital: Dr. Harry Jacobson's push for investment could help make Nashville 'the Silicon Valley of Healthcare'

Jul 04, 2011 at 02:37 pm by miltcapps

HARRY JACOBSON, M.D., believes U.S. healthcare needs a dose of reality and that Nashville needs injections of growth capital before it can truly become the Silicon Valley of H.... Read More

NewsBits, July 5, 2011

Jul 04, 2011 at 07:56 pm by miltcapps

Gov. Haslam ► GOV. BILL HASLAM's economic-development conference will be Sept. 22-23 at the Renaissance Hotel, Nashville. The governor recently announced an appointme.... Read More

Credibility Crunch: Health M&A and innovation shaped by Feds

Sep 17, 2008 at 09:04 am by miltcapps

No matter who's in The White House during the next three years, financial, economic and regulatory pressures will probably make life sciences, rather than healthcare services.... Read More

At 16, Technology 2020 takes innovation challenges in stride

Jul 10, 2011 at 10:13 pm by miltcapps

TECHNOLOGY 2020 absolutely plans to be among competitors for the State of Tennessee's new funding for business accelerators, said President and CEO Mike Cuddy. Of course, en.... Read More

Eyes on TNInvestco: New funds commit an estimated $30MM+ for TN startups

Jul 11, 2011 at 09:33 pm by miltcapps

The ten Tennessee firms certified to operate TNInvestco funds have thus far committed more than $30.3 million to 53 companies, according to VNC’s informal review of reco.... Read More

Liverpool's Ditto Music has Nashville foothold, mulls taking outside capital

Jul 17, 2011 at 06:40 pm by miltcapps

Updated: The Tennessean reports 12 December 2012 that Ditto passed $2MM annual revenue and plans to raise $2MM-$3MM capital and has annual revenue now north of $2MM. Our 7/17/.... Read More

VenturePeople, August 1, 2011

Aug 01, 2011 at 07:58 am by miltcapps

► Today: Peterson (Bandbox), Francis (Brightwurks), Garner (games scene), Poland (Cardagin), Karleski (Chrysalis) Entrepreneurin full Dad-Mode BRIAN PETERS.... Read More

Kahootzz eyes capital raise to fuel 'opportunity engine'

Aug 01, 2011 at 07:59 am by miltcapps

Note: Kahootzz was renamed Wannado. The company reported July 10, 2015, it is about halfway along in a $750K raise.- Ed. KAHOOTZZ, nurtured by ConduIT and JumpStart Foundry an.... Read More

Investment Scorecard execs are at it, again

Oct 15, 2008 at 06:56 am by miltcapps

[After this story was published, the principals revealed ESS raised $1.6MM to launch the firm, which aims to help private investors track shareholder records. - Ed.] At leas.... Read More

Next Nashville Technology Council CEO is Liza Lowery Massey

Aug 09, 2011 at 01:29 pm by miltcapps

Updated 11 July 2013 11:34 a.m.: Nashville Business Journal reports NTC CEO Liz Massey has a resigned and a search is being mounted for her successor. The 2011 NTC CEO job des.... Read More

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Griffin Technology founder again CEO as exec returns to campus

Dan Hammond whets VCs' appetites<br>for 'Just A Pinch' media spin-out

CapControls' $3.8m cap raise and AnalytX pact<br>drive Maxwell start-up's pursuit of growth