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McWhorters' CA healthcare innovation impetus reflected in new Fund filings

Jul 16, 2021 at 02:48 pm by miltcapps

IT HAS BEEN just over 25 years since Stuart McWhorter and his father, Clayton McWhorter, co-founded Clayton Associates (CA), a family office that also spawned Seed- and Growth.... Read More

Expansion-minded Launch Tennessee funding at-issue,<br>while Seed Fund proposal still likely to see daylight

Mar 21, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE has had its share of wobbly years since it was created in 1997 by enactment of State law and then launched under its formal name, Tennessee Technology Develop.... Read More

Frist Cressey Ventures pursues $400MM Fund IV, plans next exec Forum

May 16, 2025 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

FRIST CRESSEY VENTURES of Nashville filed May 15 for its $400MM parallel Fund IV QP LP and Fund IV LP, showing 115 investors aboard and $169.7MM-in, at that point. The firm al.... Read More

Council Capital and its TNInvestco affiliate invest in Payment America Systems

Nov 29, 2011 at 12:21 pm by miltcapps

Update Jan. 4, 2012: Council recently reported that its TNinvestco affiliate made a $480K investment in PAS.-Ed. Nashville-based Council Capital and Council and Enhanced Tenn.... Read More

Update: Nashville Fintech, Blockchain initiatives

Sep 16, 2016 at 07:00 am by miltcapps

VNC Publisher's Update on Fintech/blockchain, An Offer and A Request for Readers: THE UPDATE: FINTECH was the topic that drew 120+ of us together in the jam-packed Learni.... Read More

National Advisory Council on Innovation-Entrepreneurship seeks members

Apr 19, 2016 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

THE NATIONAL Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship is recruiting new members to succeed its current slate, including out-going Co-Chair Michael Burcham, who is F.... Read More

VC: Innova Memphis RBIC pursues $75MM Ag Innovation Fund VI

Mar 20, 2023 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

INNOVA Ag Innovation VI, overseen by general partner Innova Memphis RBIC LLC, has filed a placeholder with the SEC for a planned $75MM raise. That $75MM Fund VI target, if att.... Read More

Vanderbilt responds to news report on endowment loss

Jan 28, 2009 at 06:31 pm by miltcapps

As originally posted Jan. 28, 2009, 6:21 p.m. UPDATED Feb. 5 / 1421: See The VN Blog Post here. Early this afternoon, The Tennessean's newsfeed informed e-.... Read More

Venture Notes - 9 February 2018

Feb 09, 2018 at 04:16 pm by miltcapps

THE Health-IT leadership challenge laid out for Nashville nearly 2 years ago by Brookings Institution researchers could hypothetically be partly satisfied by a new Nash.... Read More

NVille's InCrowd Capital adds Angels + investments, seeks SE partners

Nov 10, 2014 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 15 June 2015 6:36 a.m.- InCrowd filed with SEC for open-ended Healthcare fund-of-funds fund raise here. 17 Nov. 2014 - InCrowd and Global Action Platform announced th.... Read More

Venture Notes - 8 June 2017

Jun 08, 2017 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

'Voodoo venture valuations', other truths told at Forum

Dec 08, 2009 at 10:35 am by miltcapps

In Nashville, a venture community-aborning, whenever investors and entrepreneurs are packed into the same room, the air is electric. Last week's capital panel discussion, whi.... Read More

$27B State pension fund has 18 advisors after competition

Nov 05, 2008 at 09:51 am by miltcapps

The State's $27 billion pension fund has just refreshed the ranks of its investment advisors. No Tennessee-based firms were among the roughly 50 companies that competed for ad.... Read More

Stuart McWhorter leads formation of D17 Ventures media/tech-oriented VC

Jun 04, 2018 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 3:42pm 4 June 2018 (See below). STUART McWhorter, who is chairman and partner of Brentwood-based Clayton Associates recently became managing member of a new venture c.... Read More

VentureNVTN: Tennessee happily braces for Entrepreneurial avalanche

May 08, 2015 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

THANK YOU for your readership of Venture Nashville Connections, founded seven years ago this spring, and its sibling Venture Tennessee Connections. An avalanche of busines.... Read More

LaunchTN IMPACT group grows to 21, with $65.4MM SSBCI decisions due

May 20, 2021 at 12:48 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE continues to add members -- all 21 are listed below in this story -- to its Impact Fund Investment Committee. The Investment Committee, the members of which s.... Read More

Digital Reasoning Systems names new president

Jan 11, 2010 at 02:09 pm by miltcapps

Update: DRS Oct. 9, 2014 announced raising $24MM in a Series C round led by Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse NEXT Investors, noting that previous investors have included Partne.... Read More

Charlotte's Frontier Capital eyes Nashville market for investments

Jun 24, 2015 at 12:30 am by miltcapps

FRONTIER CAPITAL, based in Charlotte, N.C., may invest in "one or two" Tennessee companies via its recently closed Fund IV, and those targets are likely to be based in Nashvil.... Read More

Bullpen Ventures preps for pitches, aims for the fence

Apr 04, 2011 at 08:11 am by miltcapps

Bullpen Ventures is warming-up to fund up to 12 start-ups per year, said the VC-backed incubator's co-founder, Stuart McWhorter. Bullpen's home plate is within the Nashville E.... Read More

Venture Capital tax credit approved by General Assembly

Jun 18, 2009 at 10:12 am by miltcapps

UPDATED: 5:52 P.M. June 18, 2009 -- Enabling legislation will go to Gov. Bredesen and is likely to become law, soon. The Senate voted 30-0 in favor of passage at 5:52 p.m. T.... Read More

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