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TN entrepreneurship allies launch AIM HIGH for Appalachian Highlands

Jul 29, 2021 at 05:07 pm by miltcapps

JOHNSON CITY-based entrepreneur Heath Guinn, founder of Sync Space, has joined with ETSU Research Corporation and Kingsport-based TSG Innovation Group to launch a broad entrep.... Read More

Updated: Frist Cressey Ventures ups to $300MM Fund III fundraising target

Sep 20, 2021 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

UPDATED 18 April 2022: FCV raised its Fund III target to $300MM. FIII file here. QP file here. VNC's original 20 Sept. 2021 story is below.-Editor FRIST CRESSEY VENTURES in Na.... Read More

Silicon Ranch reports $838MM capraise as investors double-down

Jan 03, 2022 at 09:01 am by miltcapps

Update: Jan. 5, 2023: Silicon Ranch filed with the SEC for a $600MM raise, apparently still in process, and issued a press release here. Investors cited in the release include.... Read More

FINTOP Capital Fund III eyes $250MM, Joe Maxwell active on multi-fronts

Jan 14, 2022 at 04:51 pm by miltcapps

UPDATED: 27 July 2022 - FINTOP Capital announced this morning that Fund III had closed at $220MM, surpassing its internal goal of $200MM. Statements by FINTOP Founder Joe Maxw.... Read More

Bill Frist launches Collective with ears to ground, eyes on better healthcare

Feb 01, 2022 at 09:37 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE VC Frist Cressey Ventures and its co-founder, physician and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist MD, today announced launching the firm's FCV Collective, a.... Read More

Skuidify, aligned with Salesforce.com, pursues $4MM Series A capital raise

Aug 13, 2014 at 12:52 pm by miltcapps

UPDATES Feb. 3, 2022: Skuid acquired InFlight, release here. 5 May 2019: Marlin Equity Partners private equity acquired control of Skuid, the TFP reported. Prior to Marlin's m.... Read More

Led by Black&Decker veteran, Discovery Sound Technology eyes $6.5M raise

Mar 01, 2022 at 01:05 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Discovery Sound Technology LLC's (DST) filing for an equity raise of up to $6.5MM could signal pursuit of growth for sales of the company's ultrasound technolo.... Read More

VC Martin Ventures in capital raise for Shulkin-led Global Pain Center

Mar 17, 2022 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

MARTIN VENTURES CEO Devin Carty represents the Nashville VC aboard an SEC filing for a potential $3.5MM equity capital raise for Pennsylvania-based Global Pain Center Corp., a.... Read More

Nashville Capital Network says Fund IV commitments pass $70MM

Apr 13, 2022 at 02:49 pm by miltcapps

Update: On April 23, 2023, NCN observed the 20-year milestone since its founding, press release here. In August 2022, NCN reported NCN Fund IV had raised $77.3MM, filings here.... Read More

Heritage Group execs plant flag for $400MM Healthcare Innovation Fund IV

Apr 10, 2023 at 04:57 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE: On July 24, 2025, Heritage Group announced final closing of Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund IV at north of $370MM. VNC's original April 10, 2023 story is belo.... Read More

Headsup: Sponsored tickets gratis for 1st CoMobility Summit this week

May 08, 2023 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

SOME SPONSORED tickets remain available without charge for individual attendees of the inaugural CO.MOBILITY Summit, which convenes this week in Chattanooga. The host -- The C.... Read More

Tom Noser: 'When to broaden product offerings at early-stage companies'

Aug 05, 2023 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

There are five instances in which leaders of an early-stage company should expand their product offerings: ❶ When an outside factor produces a remarkable opportunity or threat.... Read More

PitchBook radar tracks entrepreneurial Vanderbilt alumni startups, capital

Sep 12, 2023 at 07:51 am by miltcapps

Updated Aug. 30, 2024 - PitchBook's latest university rankings here. Our 2023 story below. - Ed. PITCHBOOK's annual rankings of universities based on its sifting of 150,000 o.... Read More

Claritas Capital's Chadwick puts forward Sharecare share buyout offer

Oct 11, 2023 at 09:39 am by miltcapps

UPDATE: Oct. 3-4, 2024: See update to this story here.-Ed.JOHN CHADWICK, co-founder of Nashville investment firm Claritas Capital, is on record in an SEC filing that was publi.... Read More

Mountain Group Partners joins Bonnie Anderson on $40M PinkDx raise

Oct 26, 2023 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

JOE COOK III, managing director of Nashville-based Mountain Group Partners, is aboard a filing for a $40MM raise for Indianapolis-based biotech startup PinkDx Inc. The SEC fil.... Read More

DigitalSelf eyes $300MM raise, has 'major' focus here + fan of Nashville SC

Nov 20, 2023 at 03:47 pm by miltcapps

CRAIG MUIR, the New York-based founder and CEO of DigitalSelf Inc., confirmed today that Nashville is "a major focus" of his firm, which offers the DigitalSelf (Live) dentrali.... Read More

Carbon Conversion Group S1 may prove R&D, commercialization venture's step toward scaleup

Feb 14, 2024 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

CARBON Conversion Group Inc. (CCG), which on Jan. 18 filed its draft S-1 registration statement with the SEC, is adding senior staff for its principal office in Murfreesboro a.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 21, 2024

Mar 21, 2024 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Today: ZeroTo510 | Mamaya | We Are Nations | Lodestone | Homeware LARGELY inactive the past two years or so, the Memphis-based ZeroTo510 accelerator is due to open the.... Read More

Brief: HealthStream remains alert for platform-enhancing SaaS deals

Apr 01, 2024 at 02:58 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based HealthStream (NASDAQ-HSTM) didn't complete a business acquisition in roughly the past 14 months, but the company has done more than two-dozen deals since 1999.... Read More

Leader-designee bound for UTC Research Institute's Quantum Center

Apr 29, 2024 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

RICK MUKHERJEE PhD, most recently a scientist in the Department of Physics of the University of Hamburg, Germany, is scheduled in September to pick up his duties as professor.... Read More

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