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7th Round: Latest Sohr Grants help fund tenant-matching,<br>carp-harvesting startups led by VU Owen alumni

May 02, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

The OwenGSM at VU __ Romance? Shrewdness? Chaos driven by the flapping of entrepreneurial butterfly wings? __ Who really knows what causes Founders to fix their gaze.... Read More

American Hometown Publishing to 'saturate' mid-TN with Rover media

Apr 30, 2018 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 5 Feb 2019: Sic transit: NBJ reports Rover sold to Texas-based Community Impact. THE FIRST iteration of Rover hyperlocal media has been unveiled in affluent Green Hil.... Read More

WeCounsel relocates headquarters to Franklin from Chattanooga

Apr 30, 2018 at 11:40 am by miltcapps

WeCounsel Solutions, creator of the VisuWell telehealth technology platform, has relocated its headquarters to Franklin from Chattanooga, said Sam Johnson, who is the startup'.... Read More

Venture Notes - 17 April 2018

Apr 17, 2018 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

PlayMakerCRM's backer Mainsail Partners ranks<br>Nashville best for bootstrapping healthcare

Apr 16, 2018 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Updates: 4 February 2020: Griscavage now Exec Chairman with firm's former VP-CTO Gregg Boyle now CEO. Release here. July 17, 2018 - PlayMaker acquired Vibra Health, its previo.... Read More

Project Music: & ME LLC startup weighs Nashville HQ advantages

Apr 14, 2018 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

& ME LLC Founder Cori Banyon says her recent enrollment in Nashville's Project Music is making it tougher to choose between her current home Charleston, S.C., and her "dre.... Read More

Project Music: RootNote capital raises may lift Music venture hub

Apr 10, 2018 at 01:49 pm by miltcapps

STARTUP RootNote LLC aims to invest in and help drive development and growth of Musician-led businesses, with Nashville currently serving as the hub of its U.S. portfolio oper.... Read More

With Hank Ingram aboard, Brown Water Spirits raises capital for startup

Apr 05, 2018 at 04:07 pm by miltcapps

Update: Dec. 17, 2020 - Now they've added Rye. Release. Oct. 9, 2020 - Hank Ingram formally announced O.H. Ingram River Aged Straight Whiskey. Our April 5, 2018 story is below.... Read More

VUMC spin-up Nashville Biosciences taps advisors, builds team, eyes growth

Apr 04, 2018 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

Newly established Nashville Biosciences LLC supports life-sciences researchers' drug and diagnostics discovery and development efforts by using genomic and bioinformatics reso.... Read More

Drumbeat: Another signal on HealthStream's blockchain interest

Apr 04, 2018 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Canaccord Genuity Managing Director of Healthcare Equity Research Richard Close today published a research note that suggests HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) and so.... Read More

Growth-equity firm SSM Partners eyes Nashville investment opportunities

Apr 04, 2018 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

Update: Additional investments have been added to list below.-Ed. SSM PARTNERS, based in Memphis, is likely to make an additional four growth-equity investments in the next 1.... Read More

CEO Sinead Miller charts PATH EX course to capital, partner & market

Mar 29, 2018 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

PATH EX Inc., the Nashville startup built around blood-cleansing technology created at Vanderbilt University, has amassed an enviable network of advisors, grantors and industr.... Read More

Stuart McWhorter unveils 400-acre Rolling Hills Retreat on Lewisburg Pike

Mar 27, 2018 at 07:15 am by miltcapps

After nearly two years of quiet planning and development, entrepreneur Stuart McWhorter's 400-acre Rolling Hills Retreat on Lewisburg Pike is projected to open soon for smalle.... Read More

Venture Notes - 23 March 2018

Mar 23, 2018 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Blockchain: Will Gov. Haslam affix his name<br>to electronic transactions amendment?

Mar 20, 2018 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

Update: Gov. Haslam signed the bill into law on March 22, according to state records online.-Ed. GOVERNOR Bill Haslam may soon decide whether or not to sign into law a measure.... Read More

Jax is Back: He masters Retail and preps for $2MM capraise for SaaS play

Mar 19, 2018 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

JACKSON MILLER, the native Nashville businessman who in 2002 co-founded L2M LLC dba Plato's Closet with father Glen Miller, plans to raise about $2MM capital to advance the co.... Read More

New Constructs rates Brookdale Senior Living, other local stocks

Mar 19, 2018 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

During his upcoming trips to Boston and New York City, analyst and financial-technology entrepreneur David Trainer probably won't spend much energy thinking about Brookdale Se.... Read More

VU inventors' Adaptive Technology startup faces IntelliCane funding hurdles

Mar 19, 2018 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

MAKE no mistake: Two Vanderbilt University inventors-turned-entrepreneurs are working hard to secure the grants and private investment they need to keep moving forward with de.... Read More

Self-storage development maintains momentum in Williamson County

Mar 08, 2018 at 12:47 pm by miltcapps

Lines of self-storage units overlook Brentwood from a slope just south of Old Hickory Boulevard. Land is being cleared for a multi-story self-storage facility just across I-65.... Read More

Local advisors: Punching Nun's Cecconi has advised 25+ portfolio companies

Mar 05, 2018 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

It's little wonder Amanda Cecconi found her career in helping companies that are competing for market share, the lifeblood of venture-backed businesses. After all, the woman w.... Read More

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