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Yarbrough Capital joins Greater Nashville Private Capital Assn

Sep 29, 2025 at 01:06 pm by miltcapps

GNPCA members last updated 12 February 2026 within our 9/29/25 story below. YARBROUGH CAPITAL, the family office created by entrepreneur, investor and Managing Dire.... Read More

VU Owen Armed Forces Club connects Veterans, entrepreneurs, executives

Sep 30, 2025 at 03:58 pm by miltcapps

LED BY an MBA-seeking former U.S. Marine named Pete Witte, on Sept. 26 the Armed Forces Club at the Owen Graduate School of Management convened roughly 150 Veteran and no.... Read More

Venture Notes - Oct. 16, 2025

Oct 16, 2025 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

Monique Villa Capra's Daytrip Ventures eyes pre-scale startups in South

Oct 13, 2025 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Monique Villa Capra has launched Daytrip Ventures LLC to pursue opportunities in "the New American South," where "pre-scale (pre-Series A)" startups are in sea.... Read More

Smithwick-Weaver prep RoundingWell for provider-patient engagement market

Jun 25, 2012 at 08:25 am by miltcapps

ROUNDINGWELL LLC, the SaaS startup supporting provider-patient engagement, is scheduled for formal market entry yet this summer, according to founders John Smithwick and Will.... Read More

VentureNotes: June 25, 2011

Jun 25, 2012 at 11:12 am by miltcapps

LEAD CAPITAL PARTNERS, a year-old venture-capital and private-equity firm based in Nashville and backed by an undisclosed number of high net-worth families, will eventu.... Read More

Closeup.fm perseveres through strain of capital raise for its Music platform

Oct 13, 2014 at 07:39 am by miltcapps

Updated May 4, 2015: Closeup.fm announced that Knoxville-based Angel Capital Group has made an investment of undisclosed nature and magnitude in the startup. Our Oct.... Read More

SeedHatchery: Graph Story maps Painpoint to Profits, gauges capital

Jun 14, 2017 at 07:45 am by miltcapps

Updated June 28, 2017: Memphis High Ground reported Jordan has raised north of $1MM to date. May 11, 2016 - GraphStory filed for a $550K raise. Our 10/2014 stor.... Read More

Commercialization: UTRF, VU execs aim to raise awareness of TN's IP assets

Oct 27, 2014 at 07:45 am by miltcapps

HEADLINING a conference panel just ahead of the cocktail hour is a daunting assignment. But, making the best of it last week were David Millhorn, Ph.D., CEO of the Unive.... Read More

VC- and Tech2020-led TennesSeed eyes capraise, regional investments

Apr 01, 2015 at 11:43 am by miltcapps

TECH2020 in Oak Ridge is sponsoring the launch of the TennesSeed Proof of Concept (PoC) fund, using a Federal grant of $250K and match contributions from Meritus Ventures, Inn.... Read More

VentureNotes

Aug 16, 2012 at 10:36 am by miltcapps

Seigenthaler [updated 9 July 2014: SEC filing today shows heavy Healthcare allocation, Healthstream only Tech target, filing here.-Ed.] LOCAL SHARES, the finan.... Read More

Venture money: 'Access to capital' to be sole focus of Tech2020 successor

Mar 30, 2016 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Update: In August 2016, Tech2020 was renamed Three Roots Capital, led by Vanderhoofven. It apparently retains the Center for Entrepreneurial Growth brand, as well. -.... Read More

Noted: NuScriptRx's Taylor succeeds Mercadante as CEO

Aug 20, 2012 at 11:47 am by miltcapps

NuScriptRx, the Nashville mail-order institutional pharmacy company formerly known as New Day Pharmacy, today announced appointment of Donald Taylor as CEO, succeeding Ed Merc.... Read More

Franklin-based Metova mobile-appmaker sells control to Arkansas' A4Solutions

Sep 05, 2012 at 10:57 am by miltcapps

Franklin-based Metova, the mobile-app developer, has sold majority interest in the firm to Cabot, Arkansas-based A4 Solution, which will do business as Metova. Metova founder.... Read More

Anthem Healthcare Intelligence capital raise underway with NEST-TN aboard

Sep 20, 2012 at 06:46 pm by miltcapps

Updated 21 Sept. 2012 0753: Agilum, the dba adopted in March 2012 by Anthem Healthcare Intelligence, reported to the SEC 20 September 2012 that it had raised $4.8MM against a.... Read More

VentureNotes: Tennessee Venture Council moving to starting-blocks?

Nov 01, 2012 at 12:14 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE VENTURE COUNCIL, a proposed nonprofit organization for VC's, seems to have moved closer to becoming operational. According to a new website that purports to represe.... Read More

This week's LifeScienceTN program lineup is likely to spark venture ideas

Nov 13, 2012 at 09:10 am by miltcapps

LIFESCIENCE Tennessee's annual meeting in Nashville brings venture pitches, innovation imperatives and a deeper dive into many things Bio. Some VNC readers will call that with.... Read More

VNC Venture Calendar November 2025

Nov 05, 2025 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

• West | • Central | • Eastern | • Other Updated 30 Nov. 2025 - Send events info to Milt Capps via LinkedIn. NOVEMBER N.... Read More

Bizplans: Churchill asks no equity from Young Entrepreneur Contest entrants

Dec 20, 2012 at 12:22 pm by miltcapps

Updated 12 March 2013: Churchill announced its winners, 11 March, in a release here. The original VNC story appears below.-Ed. MIDSTATE ENTREPRENEURS under age 30 still have.... Read More

NVL's Maura Cunningham of Rock The Street, Wall Street among Dealmakers honorees

Feb 03, 2026 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

MAURA CUNNINGHAM, the Nashville-based founder and executive chair of Rock The Street, Wall Street, will be honored Feb. 5 for her continuing contributions to preparation of hi.... Read More

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