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Passing of academic, founder, investor + veteran David Furse lamented

Feb 10, 2025 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

David Houseal Furse 1943-2024 NASHVILLE'S David Houseal Furse, husband, parent, entrepreneur, university educator, advisor, investor and U.S. Army veteran, died unexp.... Read More

People: CEO Gregg Lehman leads Pharos-backed <i>The Difference Card</i>

Oct 02, 2018 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

GREGG Lehman PhD explains that unlike many of his contemporaries, "I can't seem to retire, as folks keep hiring me to ramp-up underperforming companies," adding that such work.... Read More

Cybersecurity startup Optio Labs creates Nashville dev foothold with VUSE grad

Mar 07, 2012 at 10:37 am by miltcapps

OPTIO LABS, a venture-backed cybersecurity startup currently focused on the mobile sector, says it will maintain a development outpost in Nashville. John Serafini, the Optio.... Read More

Edtech: Ingram Content Group Ventures invests in Austin's Querium Corp

Jan 30, 2015 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

QUERIUM CORPORATION, a two-year-old Austin edtech startup, won a minority-stake investment from Tennessee's ICG Ventures and has raising further capital very much in mind. ICG.... Read More

VocalBrain CEO eyes bootstrap, capraise options for vocal-training platform

Mar 06, 2024 at 11:27 am by miltcapps

Tech veteran weighs pros + cons of early funding options Vocal coaching, training via community platform easing thru betas engineering talent with heart for Music a priority.... Read More

FOH&BOH: Nashvillians raise capital to soothe global Hospitality painpoint

Dec 02, 2019 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE startup FOH & BOH Inc. is tackling a global Hospitality problem that is especially visible in restaurants where operators are pushed up-against the wall by 75% a.... Read More

Shore Capital plants flag for new Agentis Longevity platform in Nashville

Dec 30, 2024 at 12:10 pm by miltcapps

CHICAGO- and Nashville-based PE Shore Capital Partners -- a deal producer dubbed "Founder Friendly" by Inc. five years running -- announced its Agentis Longevity platfo.... Read More

CEO charts Core Rights' path after Dart asset buy, confirms investor talks

Jun 14, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 2 Oct 2017 1143 - Core Rights LLC today announced appointing Ted Ferguson as chief product officer. Ferguson was previously with Sony and Universal Music Group units,.... Read More

Stuart McWhorter succeeds Burcham as CEO of Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Apr 02, 2015 at 10:57 am by miltcapps

Note: The following release was issued today by The Strategy Group, which represents Ingram Industries, among other clients.-Ed. John R. Ingram, Chairman of the Board of Dire.... Read More

FinTech: Seed-stage BancList pops-up in Nashville, eyes capital raise

Feb 17, 2015 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

BANCLIST, the successor to a FinTech startup born near Atlanta, has chosen Nashville as home and plans to pursue bridge financing and capital totaling about $1MM. The company.... Read More

LaunchTN names Capital Formation, Entrepreneurship leaders

Aug 11, 2016 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE once again has a full-time director of Capital Formation, having recruited John Lanahan, formerly a senior associate of Cambridge-, New York- and Palo Alto-ba.... Read More

TokenizeTN names exec director to advance blockchain ecosystem

Feb 06, 2019 at 01:25 pm by miltcapps

CARI JOHNS ISHAM brings experience in both the public affairs and events-management arenas to her new role as executive director of TokenizeTN, an advocate for making the Tenn.... Read More

HealthIT: Scale-focused RoundingWell in Super-Angel raise, may double staff

Feb 27, 2015 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 29 June 2016 RoundingWell in Rogosin Institute pact for kidney disease care here. 15 March 2016: Strategic relationship with Redox Engine for API path to major EHR ven.... Read More

Booker: CapitalTN aiming to improve Tennessee PE/VC investor ecosystem

Jul 06, 2016 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

CAPITALTN, a group of investment professionals that has met during the past couple years at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC), is formalizing its structure and plans in o.... Read More

Quick Take: TN VCs comment on Private-Company Exchanges

Feb 11, 2010 at 12:37 pm by miltcapps

Some Tennessee VCs say they see merit in the exit options provided by a batch of new private-company exchanges, including Portal Alliance and Second Market. In a Jan. 25 repo.... Read More

INVEST TN draws Barron's scribe, CCA, Tractor Supply

Feb 11, 2010 at 12:32 pm by miltcapps

Barron's Michael Santoli and executives from Tractor Supply and Corrections Corporation of America will highlight the INVEST Tennessee Equity Conference, May 27. The unpreced.... Read More

Education Networks of America vets launch $6MM raise for Vid-Teller venture

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:43 am by miltcapps

SEVERAL EXECUTIVES long associated with Nashville-based Education Networks of America (ENA) are party to a $6 million capital raise for VTM LLC, a virtual-teller network and c.... 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

Knoxville's EDP Biotech eyes $5MM Series A, atop $17.5MM raised

Jun 18, 2019 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Updates - July 5, 2023: EDP merges with Boca Raton-based New Day Diagnostics, release here. May 19, 2021 - EDP announced investment of undisclosed magnitude by Sheltowee Angel.... Read More

Vanderbilt University Board of Trust taps Private Equity execs as chairs

Apr 25, 2016 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated April 22, 2017: Evans and Rothschild assume their duties July 1, 2017.-Ed. VANDERBILT University said Friday the next leaders of its Board of Trust are to be Chairman-.... Read More

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