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Local Rivals.com CEO faced only 'one jackass'

May 27, 2008 at 09:26 am by miltcapps

Just a year ago, Brentwood-based Rivals.com was acquired by Yahoo! Inc. in a deal valued by some observers at about $100 million -- or, what Founder-CEO Shannon Terry, tongue.... Read More

Tech2020 venture leadership shifts to entrepreneur John Morris

Jan 30, 2012 at 08:11 am by miltcapps

Updated 30 August 2014: Morris announced he's resigning to pursue entrepreneurial interests, Knoxville News Sentinel reported today. Our 2012 story on Morris' appointment is b.... Read More

Fintech CEO Afshin Yazdian leads expansion of KURV fka Electronic Merchant Systems

May 05, 2025 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based fintech veteran Afshin Yazdian is CEO and executive chairman of private-equity-backed KURV, formerly known as Electronic Merchant Systems, which is headquarter.... Read More

Noted: StartupTN launches state's first startup database

Feb 01, 2012 at 07:53 am by miltcapps

StartupTN yesterday formally launched what seems to be the state's first public startup database, currently including more than 200 seed- through private-equity stage companie.... Read More

CEO Mark Blaze may cut new pathways for Nashville Technology Council

May 09, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

MARK BLAZE, the 10th consecutive President and CEO of Nashville Technology Council since its founding in 1999, is to begin work Monday, May 12. NTC Chairman Rod McD.... Read More

EO Nashville membership might come easier if you 'can't get fired'

May 14, 2025 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

EO NASHVILLE, with 347 members as-of May 5, is recognized as the largest EO Chapter in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Moreover, the local chapter -- whi.... Read More

Nashville's Bitetime Kitchens reenters Atlanta, maps growth + capital

Jun 10, 2025 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Founder-CEO and Majority Owner Jason Gries's Bitetime Kitchens LLC produces and delivers 18 core-brand meal cuisines from its own kitchens for corporate and industri.... Read More

Updated: RoI for AI: Optura's $6.5M+ Seed spurs AI Ops orchestration

Jun 11, 2025 at 12:56 pm by miltcapps

Update 17 Oct 25: Havertown, Pa.-based HC9 Ventures announced Oct. 16, 2025, its investment of undisclosed magnitude in Optura. Release here.-Ed. MICHAEL HOLLIS, co-founder a.... Read More

TN envoys take entrepreneurial, econdev, FDI savvy to Amsterdam, Paris

Jun 13, 2025 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE economic and entrepreneurial leaders are heading to Amsterdam and Paris next week, reinforcing this state's interest in innovation, cross-border trade.... Read More

New VC: Nashville consumer proptech GoEx Venture Capital raising Fund I

Jul 02, 2025 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based GoEx Venture Capital filed July 1 an update with the SEC on its target-$5MM Fund I, which is focused heavily on consumer-facing property technology companies t.... Read More

VenturePeople: Highly interactive Dave Delaney makes a move

Feb 05, 2012 at 05:14 pm by miltcapps

DAVE DELANEY, the social-marketing thought-leader who personifies a vaguely defined, but zesty slice of Nashville's Geek culture, has returned to full-time consulting and spea.... Read More

AutoXLR8R at Tech2020 announces 3rd startup cohort

Jun 15, 2015 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

AUTOXLR8R, the automotive-sector accelerator at Tech2020 in Oak Ridge, announced its 3rd class of startups, which are to begin work July 7, 2015, led by Program Director .... Read More

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation at another inflection point

Feb 06, 2012 at 09:36 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), the public-private partnership devoted to tech-driven economic development, may be reaching another inflection point. The.... Read More

NextGxDx A-round aids launch of genetic-testing marketplace for physicians

Feb 09, 2012 at 07:03 am by miltcapps

Updated March 5, 2012, with link to beta site.-Ed. NextGxDx, the Nashville startup that is creating a Web-based marketplace for physicians' informed selection and ordering of.... Read More

Startups: After Transparency LLC 'takes sides' in providing payors' transparent pricing only to healthcare providers

Aug 13, 2025 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

PETE BRUMM, founder of After Transparency LLC, emphasized that he and his team are fully aware that "we're choosing a side" by assigning their priority to.... Read More

Nashville Chamber, YP Nashville name NELAs generational changemakers

Aug 19, 2025 at 06:30 am by miltcapps

THE SIXTEEN professionals ages 21-40 who won this year's Nashville Emerging Leader Awards (NELAs) are capable of actively and significantly shaping the future of the Nashville.... Read More

Sherry Deutschmann maps $7MM BrainTrust equity raise, new markets, credit fund

Sep 05, 2025 at 03:44 pm by miltcapps

FOUNDER-CEO Sherry Stewart Deutschmann is launching her Nashville-born BrainTrust women's business programs into Charlotte, Austin and other markets. She told Venture Na.... Read More

Nashville on course for Global Health Innovators Summit II landing Oct. 1

Sep 08, 2025 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

GLOBAL Health Innovators (GHI) Summit II convenes Oct. 1 at Nashville's Cannery Hall, as the result of collaboration between Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, The Global Hea.... Read More

AirStrip attracted HCA strategic capital and expanded operational ties

Feb 17, 2012 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated, March 5, 2012: AirStrip announced creating a Nashville-area office, headed by Connie McGee, formerly with KPMG. Release here.-Ed. HCA's Insight Capital subsidiary ha.... Read More

Feb. 22nd: Mind2Marketplace spotlights Tennessee<br>regional accelerators for entrepreneurs

Feb 20, 2012 at 01:28 pm by miltcapps

MIND2MARKETPLACE, Middle Tennessee's consortium for technology commercialization and entrepreneurship, is host for lunchtime presentations Wednesday (Feb. 22) from representat.... Read More

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