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Former VC Les Wilkinson now Hashed Health chief development officer

Apr 25, 2017 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

LES WILKINSON, formerly managing director of Martin Ventures, is now chief development officer for Hashed Health, the startup information technology company focused on commerc.... Read More

Condra's Amplion Clinical Communications elevates Grant to presidency

May 01, 2017 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

AMPLION Clinical Communications, the Nashville company that offers a patient-care assurance platform (PaaS) for the healthcare sector, has elevated Frank Grant to president, f.... Read More

Marcom: Snell's Gyrosity eyes capital raise and Crosshair spin-out

May 01, 2017 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

Update July 2018: Gyrosity became part of NYC-based Stadiumred Group, which also took a stake in Crosshair.-Ed. GYROSITY Projects, the interactive agency based in Nashville, h.... Read More

Mid-TN's SafeSurv preps $1MM capital raise for ID validation startup

May 08, 2017 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

CHARLIE Jordan, the Hendersonville native now CEO of ID scan and validation startup SafeSurv today confirmed the company plans to raise $1MM to ramp marketing and begin addres.... Read More

Nashville's Saltvest Alto-IRA fintech startup enters LittleRock accelerator

May 11, 2017 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 29 Aug 2019: Saltvest total capital raised is now $9MM+. NashvillePost reported Aug. 29 the company had raised $5.4MM from investors including Jefferson River Capital,.... Read More

Tennessee doubles down on LaunchTN, 36|86 looms as inflection point

May 14, 2017 at 02:06 pm by miltcapps

IN 21 DAYS, The State of Tennessee's flagship 36|86 Conference, designed to advance startups and spur investment in high-growth businesses, could become the latest inflection.... Read More

Lured by 36|86, Sportstech startup UPGRADED's founder just might be biggest TN Titans fan in the Bay Area

May 24, 2017 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

IT'S NOT LIKELY there's a bigger Tennessee Titans fan in the Bay Area than Sanzib "Sandy" Khaund, the founder of SportsTech startup UPGRADED Inc. UPGRADED, which is now in ful.... Read More

Jumpstart Foundry seeks greater mindshare among U.S. HC entrepreneurs

May 24, 2017 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

VIC GATTO, the 46-year-old chairman of Seed-stage investor Jumpstart Foundry, wants every U.S. healthcare entrepreneur noodling startup plans in Starbucks everywhere to make a.... Read More

Advisors: FBT attorney Josh Rosenblatt deep-dives Blockchain

Jun 08, 2017 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

JOSH Rosenblatt, the Nashville-based head of the Frost Brown Todd law firm's Blockchain and Digital Currency team, told Venture Nashville the firm now has nearly a dozen Block.... Read More

RADx Innovation Challenge cohort of May 15, 2017

Jun 19, 2017 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

THE RADx entrepreneurial business incubator initiative at Vanderbilt University announced the field of business concepts and initiatives that were formally unveiled during a M.... Read More

TwelveStone Health Partners aims to connect acute-, post-acute worlds

Jun 20, 2017 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated July 24, 2018: The company announced receiving another $4.3MM from Claritas, release here.-Ed. WITH A $3.35MM DOSE of capital from Claritas Capital just injected, Twel.... Read More

Claritas Cornerstone Fund likely to invest in 4 to 6 more companies

Jun 20, 2017 at 04:35 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Cornerstone Fund filed Jan. 5, 2018 on a $7.75MM raise.- Ed. CLARITAS Capital's $20MM Claritas Cornerstone Fund is likely to invest in 4 to 6 more early-stage compani.... Read More

Fintech: Ed Braswell's G2Lytics startup targets sales-tax cheats globally

Jun 23, 2017 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

Updated: G2LYTICS filed Dec. 18, 2017 on a further $2MM raise effort. Details here. -Ed. STEALTHY serial entrepreneur Ed Braswell has launched another fintech platform, and th.... Read More

Venture Notes - 23 June 2017

Jun 23, 2017 at 02:38 pm by miltcapps

Board of directors update for Nashville Technology Council

Jul 10, 2017 at 07:12 am by miltcapps

Nashville Technology Council (NTC), which is led by CEO Brian Moyer, on June 28 announced its 44-member board of directors for 2017-2018 (the 14 directors in blue are new): G.... Read More

LaunchTN eyes creation of model anti-sexual harassment policy

Jul 17, 2017 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE management is developing a suggested policy template for possible use by stakeholders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem who are committed to addressing sexual.... Read More

Impact Lab cohort members unveiled by Nashville Social Enterprise Alliance

Jul 18, 2017 at 10:52 am by miltcapps

SOCIAL Enterprise Alliance Nashville (link) on July 18 announced eight teams for the 2017 startup training cohort. For full background on the 5-day program designed to help so.... Read More

Nashville: Media, Entertainment & Technology Alliance to lobby, form PAC

Jul 18, 2017 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated May 15, 2018 - META celebrates Gov. Haslam signing TN Visual Content Modernization Act, story here. It makes more digital/cloud media eligible to compete for economic.... Read More

emids Technologies gets suitors, eyes M&A, plus IoT and Blockchain plays

Aug 15, 2017 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 10 March 2020: Today, emids announced investment of undisclosed magnitude from Blue Cross Blue Shield Venture Partners (the Blue Venture Fund). In September 2019, emid.... Read More

Venture Notes - 15 August 2017

Aug 15, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

This issue: Updates on Blockchain Alliance and Twee Updated 28 Aug. 2017: Frost Brown Todd law firm announced today they now accept Bitcoin in payment of clients' legal.... Read More