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CEO search at Nashville Technology Council as Cambournac departs EOY24

Oct 24, 2024 at 09:25 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL today announced it will form a search committee to recruit a successor to current CEO Elise Cambournac, whose departure, effective Dec. 31, 2024,.... Read More

NEXT Awards 2024 Winners chosen by Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Oct 22, 2024 at 07:00 am by miltcapps

Nashville Entrepreneur Center (NEC) has announced details on its 2024 NEXT Awards finalists and Hall of Fame inductions, scheduled for Schermerhorn Symphony Center. S.... Read More

BioTN Life Science Venture Program now led by Karrie Dudek PhD

Oct 16, 2024 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

BioTN Foundation, which helps propel bioscience entrepreneurship and STEM education in Tennessee, has named Karrie Dudek PhD director of its Life Science Venture Progr.... Read More

Nashville, UK's West Yorkshire CA team for MedTech-innovation & trade

Oct 11, 2024 at 07:45 am by miltcapps

THIS WEEK'S Global Health Innovators Summit in Nashville's Omni Hotel addressed innovation, challenges and impact of emerging technologies in the healthcare sector. Exe.... Read More

State's new AI Advisory Council eyes risks and leadership opportunities

Oct 01, 2024 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

Jim Bryson THE TENNESSEE Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council (AIAC), created by the General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee last spring,.... Read More

TCRS: Tennessee Consolidated report includes PE-Alt Assets angle

Sep 30, 2024 at 07:45 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) on Sept. 26 issued a press release saying it had realized an actual 10.06% rate of investment return for the year, via a portfo.... Read More

Haslam Family Capital, Ara Partners detail $725MM decarbonization scenario

Sep 26, 2024 at 01:27 pm by miltcapps

HF CAPITAL, the Knoxville-based investment arm of multi-generational Haslam family investors, stands ready to invest up to $725MM to support and help shape the emerging Energy.... Read More

Acquisitive techcos i3 Verticals, Payroc WorldAccess wrap $438MM M&A deal

Sep 23, 2024 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

i3 VERTICALS INC (IIIV), based in Burton Hills, Nashville, today announced the Sept. 20 closing of the sale of its previously announced merchant services business -- deemed "n.... Read More

Company Lab wants Sustainable Mobility Accelerator entrants to grow in TN

Sep 21, 2024 at 09:55 am by miltcapps

CHATTANOOGA-based The Company Lab (CO.LAB) and accelerator gener8tor announced earlier this week that five startups originating outside Tennessee were inducted into the.... Read More

Bruck + Bruce-led Market Square Ventures might average deal-a-month

Sep 19, 2024 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

John Bruck Brandon Bruce BASED on its current pipeline trends, Market Square Ventures LLC, the pre-Seed and Seed-stage-oriented venture capital firm co-found.... Read More

Memphis: VC Ridgeline Ventures Fund II reports raising $28MM+

Sep 19, 2024 at 08:46 am by miltcapps

MEMPHIS-based, early-stage-oriented Ridgeline Capital Management's Ridgeline Ventures Fund II has thus far raised nearly $28.8MM, according to its Sept. 18 SEC filing. Record.... Read More

Chris Hefley advances LLM As A Service toward market, maps capital raise

Sep 09, 2024 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

NATIVE Tennessee tech entrepreneur Chris Hefley now co-leads Predictability at Scale LLC and is mapping a capital raise with an eye toward propelling the AI-oriented company's.... Read More

Virtuous Cycles: Native local VC Rockmont Partners leads Lab Logs' Series A

Sep 06, 2024 at 06:15 pm by miltcapps

Fox, Bartholomew, Futch advance $50MM GrowthTech Fund I VC Rockmont now has $45MM assets under management First VC bet helps lab operators document audit compliance Portfolio.... Read More

Entrepreneurial deadline looms for Logistics Industry Opportunity Challenge

Sep 04, 2024 at 01:42 pm by miltcapps

ENTREPRENEURS seeking to operationalize and scale logistics and supply-chain businesses in one of four industry domains have through Sept. 13 to apply for admission to Memphis.... Read More

VUMC Brock Center GM to forge R&D ties for pharma, digital transformation

Sep 03, 2024 at 04:09 pm by miltcapps

VU Medical Center Context: Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) six days ago posted notice (below) of its search for additional leadership in forging more life.... Read More

Nashville execs join board of Greater Nashville Venture Capital Association

Aug 27, 2024 at 11:51 am by miltcapps

Greater Nashville Venture Capital Association (GNVCA), the year-old (501(c)(6) association organized to foster and grow the region's venture capital investment ecosystem, toda.... Read More

Metro Nashville seeks Manager, Entrepreneurship & Economic Development

Aug 26, 2024 at 05:57 pm by miltcapps

FYI: To apply, visit this Metro Nashville site, put word entrepreneurship in search field. For quick review, copy of particulars below.-Editor Manager, Entrepreneurs.... Read More

FINTECH: TN AG Skrmetti joins USDOJ action vs RealPage, which rejects price-fixing complaints

Aug 24, 2024 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti JD announced Friday, Aug. 23, that his office has joined the U.S. Department of Justice and seven other states in a lawsuit.... Read More

CEO: Meharry Medical College's MMCV Inc. considers $100MM Fund I

Aug 20, 2024 at 05:23 pm by miltcapps

MEHARRY Medical College for-profit subsidiary MMCV Inc. is assessing the market for a potential $100MM Fund I, according to MMCV CEO Reginald "Reggie" Holt MS BBA. Responding.... Read More

Vanderbilt University's West Palm Beach development scenario unfurls

Aug 19, 2024 at 09:38 am by miltcapps

Updated Sept. 27, 2024: Vanderbilt announced it has leased land in the Chelsea district of New York City for a new campus, release here. Update Aug. 22, 2026: Florida media (s.... Read More

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