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Leaders: Bio-entrepreneur sees leverage in TNInvestco

Oct 08, 2009 at 01:08 pm by miltcapps

Life-sciences entrepreneur and investor Joe Cook Jr. has made clear he wants to devote more energy to helping grow Tennessee's life-sciences sector. Although Cook has thus far.... Read More

Vanderbilt University Innovation Center's first chief to be Robert Grajewski

Feb 01, 2016 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

ROBERT S. GRAJEWSKI, a North Carolina entrepreneur, has been chosen through a national search to be the first executive director of the new Vanderbilt University Innovation Ce.... Read More

Venture Notes, May 11, 2015

May 11, 2015 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

36|86: Veteran-led Kanga Technology has suitors, eyes $3M-$5M Series A

Dec 03, 2015 at 02:45 am by miltcapps

KANGA Technology, the Atlanta parent of the Kanga Delivery driver-on-demand platform, is eyeing a $3MM-$5MM Series A raise for 3Q 2016, and the company receives serious approa.... Read More

Venture Notes - November 17, 2022

Nov 17, 2022 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

VU alum Megan Feely raises capital, preps EDDY Aesthetic's market entries

Jun 14, 2024 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

SINCE MAY 2022, Bay Area-based Founder-CEO and sole designer Megan Eddings Feely has been selling her startup EDDY Aesthetic's elevated-bohemian outfits and accessories for wo.... Read More

New VU Entrepreneurship Conference powered by Owen's C4E + donors

Aug 27, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

THE VANDERBILT Entrepreneurship Conference set for this autumn is being convened by the Center for Entrepreneurship (C4E) at Owen Graduate School of Management and is largely.... Read More

Nashville VCs may soon hear Google ally knocking

Jun 01, 2008 at 10:20 pm by miltcapps

Updated Mon., June 2, 2008 0758 Smart Furniture Founder-CEO Stephen Culp told VNC Friday his Chattanooga-based company may soon launch an effort to raise up to $15 million.... Read More

Angel Capital Group, RightSide fund confirm collaboration

Mar 17, 2010 at 09:42 am by miltcapps

Nashville's Angel Capital Group and Rightside Capital Management have confirmed their alliance. San Francisco-based RightSide created some excitment in February, when the de.... Read More

Venture Notes - February 1, 2021

Feb 01, 2021 at 03:54 pm by miltcapps

CEO: 'Pass It Down' gets strategic interest, eyes Seed, Series A capraises

Aug 04, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

PASS IT DOWN, the Chattanooga startup that's about to launch a platform for storytelling and other knowledge transfer, is preparing to raise capital, with an eye toward both C.... Read More

Whitney unmasks Jumpstart Nova VC focused on Black-led HC companies

Jan 12, 2022 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

MARCUS WHITNEY, the Black 46-year-old founder and managing partner of Jumpstart Nova, today revealed the venture capital firm has surpassed its recruitment goals for Fund I, h.... Read More

Reporter's Notebook:<br>VU Music, Mind & Society Program may feed Nashville innovation

Aug 15, 2016 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

THE PROGRAM for Music, Mind and Society at Vanderbilt University will on Sept. 12 convene its Annual Symposium, "Science of Song," at the Blair School of Music. Tech innovator.... Read More

Intelligent Systems wins Sohr Grant at VU Owen GSM, eyes Seed raise

Jan 07, 2020 at 11:44 am by miltcapps

TIMOTHY DARRAH'S Intelligent Systems LLC, which offers a machine-learning and predictive solution for monitoring and management of indoor air quality and related HVAC equipmen.... Read More

Venture Notes - June 11, 2021

Jun 11, 2021 at 03:42 pm by miltcapps

TNInvestco engine warms-up, as funds pass crucial test

Dec 02, 2009 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 9:09 a.m., Thurs., Dec. 3, to make clear in the 11th paragraph that Overbey and Sargent have expressed interest in exploring the Administration's plans to seek $40 mil.... Read More

Fintech entrepreneur Silas Deane relishes momentum in Tyler Technologies

Dec 13, 2022 at 04:18 pm by miltcapps

SILAS DEANE, the Nashville entrepreneur who sold VendEngine and its financial and communications technology offerings to Tyler Technologies (NYSE:TYL) for $84MM in 2021, respo.... Read More

Apple Inc. approves Nashville techies' iPhone game

Jun 09, 2009 at 11:18 am by miltcapps

Nashvillian Nicholas Holland believes that, at age 30, with a new baby at home and his business thriving, it's time to take some freshly calculated risks. Thus, this week, ro.... Read More

Venture Notes - Sept. 15, 2020

Sep 15, 2020 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Pathfinder's Stefansic comments on Nashville leverage, challenges

Feb 08, 2010 at 11:05 am by miltcapps

For five years within startup Pathfinder Therapeutics, Chief Operating Officer Jim Stefansic has seldom spoken publicly. In a recent exchange with VNC, however, Stefansic see.... Read More

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