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Hard choices: TN venture scene pops with dozens of events just ahead

Jan 24, 2024 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Stepping back from the fray, we find there are a myriad of scheduled events just ahead. We've chosen to spotlight 40+ below. Errors are ours. Updates, corrections are w.... Read More

RoundingWell capraise decision ahead for workflow orchestration platform

May 07, 2021 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

WILL WEAVER, the cofounder, president and CTO of RoundingWell LLC, told Venture Nashville that a decision regarding the form, magnitude and timing of the company's next capita.... Read More

Rabbit Inc. seeks debt raise ahead of A-round for Carrot power-bricks rental kiosks

Nov 25, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

NATHAN RUFF, the Nashville founder-CEO behind Rabbit Inc.'s kiosks for charging mobile devices with its branded Carrot power bricks, confirmed he is pursuing a target-$5MM deb.... Read More

BOS Framework eyes cap-raises to accelerate tech across biz spectrum

Nov 18, 2019 at 04:06 pm by miltcapps

BELLE MEADE-based tech entrepreneur Sashank Purighalla has gained both initial business traction and professional recognition since his founding of BOS Framework two years ago.... Read More

New VU Entrepreneurship Conference powered by Owen's C4E + donors

Aug 27, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

THE VANDERBILT Entrepreneurship Conference set for this autumn is being convened by the Center for Entrepreneurship (C4E) at Owen Graduate School of Management and is largely.... Read More

Venture Notes - 21 August 2018

Aug 21, 2018 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Blockchain startup The Opinion Economy maps token, ICO, equity offerings

Jun 21, 2018 at 11:29 am by miltcapps

TED WAZ, the Nashville-based CEO of The Opinion Economy Inc., is moving steadily along his blockchain startup's roadmap, the milestones of which include a utility token offeri.... Read More

Venture Notes - June 13, 2018

Jun 13, 2018 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

► NASHVILLE's SportsSense Inc., led by former MedCare, Vanderbilt Medical Center and RenalCare exec and now startup CEO Tom Noland filed for a $1.25MM capital raise. The compa.... Read More

Nashville Mayor Barry names Kelsey Metro's first Chief Strategy Officer

Dec 14, 2016 at 03:53 pm by miltcapps

Dec. 13, 2016 - Starting in January, Brian Kelsey will become Metro Nashville's first Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) focused on ensuring the government is delivering the very be.... Read More

Emma bulks-up further with SaaS industry-veteran CFO, CRO hires

Dec 07, 2016 at 09:33 am by miltcapps

Updated: 10 Oct. 2017 - NBJ today reports Emma has been sold to Insight Venture Partners on undisclosed terms. Insight previously invested in Nashville's Leankit. Venture Nash.... Read More

Synchronous Health's AI-bot Karla may attract capital to help 'disrupt' population behavioral healthcare

Nov 01, 2016 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE - On 2 October 2024, Lynchburg-based Thriveworks, founded in 2008 and having raised north of $400MM since inception, announced its acquisition of Synchronous, on undisc.... Read More

Reporter's Notebook: Nashville Capital Network could play a broader role

Oct 27, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 10 July - NCN announced its total take closed at $34MM. 7 June 2017: NCN announced raising its new $25MM NCN Partners Fund with individual investors drawn from ranks o.... Read More

Market Monitor: Investor, Entrepreneur schedules in next 30 days could test road warriors

Aug 31, 2016 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

WE INVITE Venture Nashville and Venture Tennessee readers to join us in focusing on upcoming events and issues that might've gotten off our radars during the Dog Days. There a.... Read More

VNC Market Monitor Services

Aug 27, 2016 at 02:03 pm by miltcapps

MARKET MONITOR is a research and services offering for Venture Nashville Connections Members and prospective Members. Market, public policy and business ecosystem reports, nav.... Read More

Will Emma's discipline attract partner who shares Nashville commitment?

Aug 23, 2016 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

THIRTEEN years ago, Co-Founder Clint Smith told this reporter that by February 2003 the company had signed 30 users for its then-fledgling Emma email platform, with all or mos.... Read More

New board member McCormick sees Emma's upside prospects and its requirements

Aug 23, 2016 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

[Updated: Emma announced 12 Oct. 2016 that former Salesforce exec Jeff Middlesworth has joined as chief of product and engineering.-Ed.] PETER MCCORMICK, recently appointed to.... Read More

LaunchTN 36:86: Partpic eyes Series A in 2016, focuses on growth after wins

Jul 09, 2015 at 04:42 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Partpic was acquired by Amazon in 2HCY16.-Ed. PARTPIC, the platform for online visual search of replacement parts, is all about supplier ties, revenue growth and key.... Read More

Gambit: E-mail player Emma sees NCN, Square1 capital as bridge to future

Jul 08, 2015 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

EMMA INC., the 13-year-old e-mail marketing platform based in Nashville, has accepted $5MM in funding from a Nashville Capital Network (NCN) affiliate and Square1 Bank, a capi.... Read More

Project Music: Jammber leverages Chicago's 1871 + Nashville gravity

Apr 20, 2015 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Jan. 4, 2016 - Since the April 20, 2015 publication of the original story below, Jammber added Nashville-based Yvonne Gilbrech Sullivan as an advisor. Other advisors.... Read More

Noted: Bootstrap Nashville 2015 plans under review

Apr 13, 2015 at 04:06 pm by miltcapps

BOOTSTRAP Nashville 2015, which has been quietly touted as a collaboration between TalkApolis and The Entrepreneurial Mind, is being rescheduled. Kane Harrison, identified as.... Read More