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Coleman to succeed CEO Schulz at Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Jan 07, 2025 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Ralph Schulz Stephanie Coleman The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has named Stephanie Coleman MA MBA to be its next president and.... Read More

Heinz Ventures Fund I eyes medtech targets, adds venture partners

Jan 06, 2025 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

Solo GP leverages career for pre-Seed medtech investing Names three Venture Partners to investment committee Pipeline has 15 targets, two prioritized for diligence Firm now h.... Read More

Epicenter Memphis's ZeroTo510 accelerator builds on fresh momentum

Jan 01, 2025 at 04:14 pm by miltcapps

VNC offers this heads-up to med-device and other med-tech innovators contemplating applying for the next cohort of the Epicenter Memphis's ZeroTo510 accelerator program. Appli.... Read More

Shore Capital plants flag for new Agentis Longevity platform in Nashville

Dec 30, 2024 at 12:10 pm by miltcapps

CHICAGO- and Nashville-based PE Shore Capital Partners -- a deal producer dubbed "Founder Friendly" by Inc. five years running -- announced its Agentis Longevity platfo.... Read More

2025 TN venture calendar is bubbling, not yet boiling

Dec 26, 2024 at 02:55 pm by miltcapps

► OPEN: The Company Lab's Spring 2025 CO.LAB Sustainable Mobility Accelerator -- powered by partnership with gener8tor -- is accepting applications through Jan. 27. ► OPEN: Ap.... Read More

Fabbri's Brim Analytics has VUHealth, Brock Family Center, ARPA-H support

Dec 24, 2024 at 08:42 am by miltcapps

DANIEL FABBRI PHD, a 39-year-old serial founder and associate professor of Biomedical Informatics and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, told Venture Nashville he beli.... Read More

Incoming Chair McDaniel leads CEO search for Nashville Technology Council

Dec 20, 2024 at 04:48 pm by miltcapps

Update: NTC announced May 1, 2025, that Mark Blaze has been selected NTC's next CEO, beginning duty May 12, 2025. Release. -Editor NASHVILLE TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL today released.... Read More

CEO: Nashville EC to 'expand impact, empower more entrepreneurs'

Dec 19, 2024 at 10:35 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER CEO Sam Davidson declared this morning the NEC is "poised to expand our impact and empower even more entrepreneurs to achieve success." In.... Read More

Keckley Health System Manifesto, December 18, 2024

Dec 18, 2024 at 11:11 am by miltcapps

Context: The U.S. Health industry is big business -- $4.8 trillion in 2023. It accounts for 17.6% of the GDP and employs 18.3 million -- the biggest private employer in the ec.... Read More

[Obit] 'Buzz' Heidtke, 82, Nashville investment-brokerage icon

Dec 18, 2024 at 06:50 am by miltcapps

LYMAN OSCAR 'BUZZ' HEIDTKE JR., a half-century member of the Nashville investment-brokerage industry, died Sunday, Dec. 15, at age 82. Visitation will be Saturday, December 21.... Read More

Allison Duke to take helm of Lipscomb University College of Business

Dec 16, 2024 at 04:26 pm by miltcapps

ALLISON BURGESS DUKE PHD MBA has been named to succeed Ray Eldridge DBA MBA as dean of the College of Business within Lipscomb University in Nashville, as-of Jan. 1, 2025. In.... Read More

Headsup: 'Women + AI Summit' slated at Vanderbilt University

Dec 16, 2024 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

THE FIRST Women + AI Summit on the Vanderbilt University campus is scheduled for Feb. 1, 2025. The in-person Saturday event is to take place at Vanderbilt Law School an.... Read More

Lead Capital Partners advances on $125MM LCP II goal for healthcare deals

Dec 12, 2024 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

EXECUTIVES in Nashville private-equity firm Lead Capital Partners reported to the SEC yesterday on a prospective $125MM raise, showing north of $61.4MM raised and 41 investors.... Read More

Mid-state's GNVCA ramps-up onboarding venture execs, investors, sponsors

Dec 10, 2024 at 04:07 pm by miltcapps

GREATER Nashville Venture Capital Association (GNVCA), which registered in Tennessee 474 days ago, has outlined its prospective 2025 events and is stealthily expanding its boa.... Read More

Innovation, threats and more at core of US Financial Stability report

Dec 06, 2024 at 01:40 pm by miltcapps

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today issued the nation's Annual Report of the The Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council). Also, earlier today, a fresh job.... Read More

SportsMedia, Lifestyle player Shannon Terry's On3 Media raises $36.M+

Nov 21, 2024 at 01:27 pm by miltcapps

UPDATED: 30 April 2025 - According to an On3 press release today, Shannon Terry, co-founder and CEO of sports publisher On3 and co-owner of On3's parentco, has agreed with cur.... Read More

CEO: TTDC-LaunchTN 'not anticipating' SSBCI funding changes under Trump Administration

Nov 20, 2024 at 05:01 pm by miltcapps

LINDSEY COX MBA, CEO of Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee, said today that contracts previously executed between the State of Tennessee.... Read More

Healthtech: VanderbiltHealth said joining Aegis Ventures Digital Consortium

Nov 19, 2024 at 05:17 pm by miltcapps

STARTUP studio Aegis Ventures today announced Vanderbilt Health has joined Aegis's 11-system strategic Digital Consortium of health systems that have allied to build, invest i.... Read More

New $100MM Jumpstart Nova Fund II now JS Health Investors flagship

Nov 18, 2024 at 03:20 pm by miltcapps

AGAINST the backdrop of current U.S. politico-economic and judicial tensions, Jumpstart Health Investors' Jumpstart Nova Fund II LP sallied-forth last week, making its initial.... Read More

CEO: Express Wages signs corporate beta, readies Next Big Thing pitch

Nov 18, 2024 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

ALFRED MILAN, founder and CEO of startup Express Wages LLC, recently completed the Project Fintech curriculum at Nashville Entrepreneur Center and is back home in Memphis pr.... Read More

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