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ESPN-backed company buys Nashville ventures

Nov 11, 2008 at 08:23 pm by miltcapps

By Milt Capps ESPN-backed Active Network Inc., has bought two Nashville ventures that provide state governments the technology and services they need to conduct hunting and f.... Read More

Nashville VC: 'Pushover' entrepreneurs need not apply

Nov 09, 2008 at 05:43 pm by miltcapps

During last week's venture-capital panel discussion here in Nashville, the Most Sobering Comment Award probably went to Sid Chambless, the executive director of Nashville Capi.... Read More

Tennessee Technology Development Corp. sharpens venture focus

Nov 07, 2008 at 10:56 am by miltcapps

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation yesterday reported further progress in stitching-together the state's science and technology stakeholders. The TTDC board of direc.... Read More

POV: Ventures at risk mean C-level IT role must change

Nov 06, 2008 at 07:51 am by miltcapps

Consultant Dave Chapman, who commutes between his 200-acre ranch in the Nashville area from another home in his native Massachusetts, began his career as an IBM engineer fifty.... Read More

PayMaxx Founder Ferdowsi is 'failing' at retirement

Nov 05, 2008 at 07:07 pm by miltcapps

Farsheed Ferdowsi, the Tehran-born, Vanderbilt Engineering-educated, long-time Nashville entrepreneur is failing miserably at what most of us think of as retirement. Though h.... 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

InfoWorks' Clayton names Heard president

Nov 03, 2008 at 01:09 pm by miltcapps

InfoWorks Inc. Founder Jim Clayton today announced that Tony Heard has been named president of the 11-year-old provider of business consulting and custom technology services..... Read More

Pathfinder Therapeutics gets $5.2MM A-round infusion

Oct 30, 2008 at 01:06 pm by miltcapps

Pathfinder Therapeutics' wandering in the VC desert has ended with announcement it has closed a $5.2 million round of funding, led by Hatteras Venture Partners of Research Tri.... Read More

VC panelists: Entrepreneurs in good standing, please rise

Oct 29, 2008 at 11:03 am by miltcapps

The good news: There's venture capital available for deals. The bad news: If you're not already on a venture capitalist's speed-dial, please take a number and wait. That seeme.... Read More

ProfitPoint invites M&A candidates, moves corporate flag to Pennsylvania

Oct 28, 2008 at 04:33 am by miltcapps

Five years ago, when the two co-founders created ProfitPoint Inc., neither the Tennessean nor the Pennsylvanian wanted to move to the other's homestate. Since then, CEO Vaden.... Read More

Startup: ArtistOne aims to unseat Nielsen for download data services

Oct 27, 2008 at 10:51 am by miltcapps

A Nashville startup chief says Music Row executives and others can sell more songs and videos by targeting downloading hotspots that are identified by ArtistOne Analytics, whi.... Read More

McWhorter-backed coalition, Solidus-backed company are health-reform allies

Oct 23, 2008 at 02:24 pm by miltcapps

At 26, he's a student of politics and shares his mentor's passion for rescuing America's wobbling healthcare system. What's more, Landon Gibbs believes he can get 1 million m.... Read More

Neither Gov. Bredesen nor Volkswagen blinked

Oct 22, 2008 at 12:38 pm by miltcapps

Gov. Phil Bredesen told reporters during a transatlantic telephone press briefing this morning that both he and Volkswagen executives assured one another this week at VW headq.... Read More

World Trade Center Nashville gets fresh impetus from CenTradeX founder

Oct 22, 2008 at 07:08 am by miltcapps

Earlier this year, Robert Thompson secured the franchise for World Trade Center Nashville. Now, he's stepping out of the daily operations of his international trade technology.... Read More

VU portfolio company TyraTech's relocation 'suspended', but not dead

Oct 21, 2008 at 08:19 am by miltcapps

TyraTech Inc.'s consideration of relocating to Nashville is "on hold for now," according to Essam Enan, who is chief science officer for the Melbourne, Fla.-headquar.... Read More

NHHC Family Tree Release Oct. 20, 2008

Oct 20, 2008 at 01:32 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – October 20, 2008 – Despite the national economic slowdown, Nashville’s health care industry still saw numerous start-up companies enter th.... Read More

NV entrepreneur preps 'game-changing' tech for Sports-Entertainment

Oct 19, 2008 at 09:09 pm by miltcapps

[Update: On Jan. 1, 2009, Frazer and MusicRowSearch CEO Tom Truitt announced what they called a 'strategic merger', with Truitt taking on sales-leadership duties at Digome and.... Read More

Cybera trims sails to remain on-course

Oct 19, 2008 at 03:43 pm by miltcapps

Update: Cybera announced Sept. 16, 2015 that the majority of Cybera equity has been sold to Sumeru EP, with Duffey succeeded as CEO by Andrew Lev. Our 10/08 story is below. -E.... Read More

FCC: TN broadcasters challenge Commissioner Tate as Digital deadline looms

Oct 17, 2008 at 07:35 am by miltcapps

UPDATE 3:45 PM - A spokeswoman for Tate confirmed this afternoon that the commissioner "supports a Notice of Inquiry into the issues raised regarding cable carriage of LP.... Read More

Health Systems-Emageon deal draws on Bass Berry attorneys

Oct 16, 2008 at 11:00 pm by miltcapps

Nashville-based attorneys with Bass, Berry & Sims negotiated the $62 million deal to sell Birmingham-based Emageon Inc. to Health Systems Solutions. Representing the Emag.... Read More

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