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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

Socialmedia entrant PARLER raises $22MM + CloutHub too eyes Music City

Jan 07, 2022 at 03:31 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Today, April 14, 2023, Starboard announced its acquisition of Parler (Parlement Technologies) press release here. Ryan Coyne is CEO of Starboard (fka Olympic Media)..... Read More

One to Watch: DRS's Tim Estes retires, Smarsh brand prevails

Jan 13, 2022 at 05:06 pm by miltcapps

THE ULTIMATE IMPACT of 21-year-old, Franklin, Tenn.-based Digital Reasoning Systems on the Nashville region and the world beyond has rested for more than a year in the hands o.... 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

Nashville's Rouland confirms Phosphorus Cybersecurity Raises $38MM

Feb 22, 2022 at 09:05 am by miltcapps

Updated 24 May 2022 - Phosphorus chose John Vecchi as CMO and analyst relations lead, release here. 6 April 2022 - SF-based cybersec veteran Art Coviello Jr. is now chair of t.... Read More

Nashville gains a video-game development unit of Iron Galaxy Studios

Feb 23, 2022 at 08:56 am by miltcapps

CHICAGO-based Iron Galaxy Studios LLC today announced it will spend about $1MM to create a video-game development studio in Metro Nashville. Its entry here could mean creation.... 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

Memphis's ESO Fund files for $150MM Fund V to back venture option moves

May 02, 2022 at 04:03 pm by miltcapps

MEMPHIS-based The Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund) filed on a $150MM venture-capital raise for ESO Venture Fund V LP (Delaware). Fund V's general partner is ESO GP V LLC,.... Read More

HRtech: Memphis Meats veteran Will Clem's Bite Ninja raises hit $15MM+

May 09, 2022 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

COFOUNDER William "Will" Clem and his team have now raised more than $15MM in outside capital for Bite Ninja Inc., their Memphis-based tech startup that enables staffing of re.... Read More

Launch Tennessee seeks US EDA funding to expand Industry Networks

Aug 16, 2022 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

RFP for (2) Fintech and Consumer Products industry networks disclosed Nov. 14, 2022, documentation begins here. - Editor LAUNCH TENNESSEE has requested roughly $1.99MM federal.... Read More

State-backed LaunchTN Awards $7MM in matching funds to 37 TN firms

Oct 05, 2022 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

Launch Tennessee (LaunchTN) today unveiled the full list of this year's SBIR/STTR Matching Fund grant recipients. Developed and administered by LaunchTN, the SBIR/STTR Matchin.... Read More

Jumpstart Foundry fund eyes $6.5M via general solicitation

Mar 16, 2023 at 05:17 pm by miltcapps

JUMPSTART Health Investors in Nashville today reported some progress in raising funds from accredited investors for Jumpstart 2023 LLC, the ninth fund supporting the Jumpstart.... Read More

CEO Steph Disher in Nashville would lead Atmus split-off from Cummins

Apr 12, 2023 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Shares of ATMU began trading May 26, 2023. Release here.-Ed. STEPHANIE "STEPH" DISHER, a 47-year-old native of Australia who is now based in Nashville, is soon likely.... Read More

Year-old Nashville-Seattle platform startup Goodship raised at least $7.4M

Apr 14, 2023 at 03:37 pm by miltcapps

Update: This story amended due to uncertainty regarding the type of the earlier funding.-Ed. GOODSHIP Inc., a trucking analytics platform startup created by Nashville and Seat.... 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

Innova Memphis's $75MM farmtech raise advances to first-close at $40MM

Jun 28, 2023 at 07:05 am by miltcapps

MEMPHIS-based VC Innova Memphis this morning announced having reached a first close at the $40 MM mark in its planned $75MM campaign for its farmtech-focused Innova Ag Innovat.... Read More

Meharry Medical College's MMC Ventures names Reginald Holt its CEO

Jun 28, 2023 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE today announced the appointment of Reginald Holt as CEO of MMC Ventures (MMCV Inc.). Holt is quoted on the Meharry website this afternoon as saying, "M.... Read More

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