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Care Technology Systems says Healthcare venture veteran Hertik joins board

Sep 04, 2012 at 11:29 am by miltcapps

CARE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, the Nashville-based provider of comprehensive electronic monitoring for the elderly or disabled living independently, has added entrepreneur-investor.... Read More

VentureNotes: Council Capital, Solidus at Work

Aug 27, 2012 at 12:54 pm by miltcapps

Dennis Bottorff COUNCIL CAPITAL-backed NuScriptRX, the Nashville-based mail order institutional pharmacy, has reached a $30MM revenue run-rate and has closed on a gro.... Read More

VenturePeople, January 23, 2012

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:43 am by miltcapps

Click one...► William Griggs of Startup Slingshot► Alex Tolbert of Bernard Health► David Box of Trinisys► William Paddock of WAP Sustainability William Griggs WILLIAM.... Read More

Cortac, Hubble Telemed and venture follow-ons get TNInvestco nods

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:43 am by miltcapps

AMONG RECENTLY REPORTED investments by TNInvestco funds, Memphis-based Hubble Telemedical recently obtained a $250K investment from MB Biomed Ventures Tennessee I, the TNInves.... Read More

Haslam INCITE entrepreneurial capital-access<br>program moves stepwise toward launch

Dec 22, 2011 at 11:51 am by miltcapps

Update 28 December 2011 4:14 p.m.: ECD release the investor application form and program guidelines today here. Gov. Bill Haslam's $29.7MM INCITE entrepreneurial co-investmen.... Read More

Moontoast launches $6MM equity-capital raise

Dec 22, 2011 at 11:51 am by miltcapps

Updated Oct. 24, 2014: Moontoast shuffles team, rebrands as Spendsetter, TSN reports. Crunchbase shows Martin Cos. has invested nearly $20MM in the two cos. 5 Jan. 2012: Moon.... Read More

TNInvestco data flows, funds mull providing more updates

Mar 28, 2011 at 03:25 pm by miltcapps

Updated: March 31, 10:08 a.m.: Cook explained today the quarterly update will be a high-level summary updating TNInvestcos' results on an aggregated basis. Original repor.... Read More

NewsBits, March 28, 2011

Mar 28, 2011 at 03:25 pm by miltcapps

McWhorter Startup investment: Stuart McWhorter, co-founder and president of Clayton Associates, the Brentwood venture-capital firm, has personally invested in 24/7 Sp.... Read More

NewsBits, Feb. 14, 2011

Feb 14, 2011 at 07:58 am by miltcapps

Joe Cook Jr. Joe Cook Jr. became chairman of Life Science Tennessee, effective Feb. 3. In a VNC interview a year ago, Cook said Nashville needed a culture of "true in.... Read More

CEO says Moontoast considers A-round capital raise

Feb 07, 2011 at 07:40 am by miltcapps

Moontoast, the Boston-based and Nashville-linked social-commerce platform that enables "brands" and their owners to generate fan income, may conduct an A-round capital raise t.... Read More

Customers queued, SIGNiX asks $5MM from VCs

Mar 22, 2010 at 06:26 am by miltcapps

Update: On March 27, Angel Capital Group CEO Rachael Qualls confirmed for VNC the ACG has invested in SIGNiX's capital raise, but did say how much ACG invested. Original stor.... Read More

NEWSBITS, March 18, 2010

Mar 18, 2010 at 12:19 pm by miltcapps

David Mason (left), who was CEO of Nashville-based StudioNow before its sale in January to AOL for $36.5 million, is now SVP of the AOL Content Platform, reporting to former G.... Read More

DMA taps Buffkin Group to find CEO to face Digital Era

Mar 11, 2010 at 09:25 am by miltcapps

Buffeted by discord and with Digital Era pressures mounting, the Direct Marketing Association has retained The Buffkin Group LLC of Nashville to conduct the search for the glo.... Read More

Solidus, Co-Founders launch JumpStart Foundry for seed-stage investing

Mar 10, 2010 at 12:35 pm by miltcapps

Solidus Company and nearly 20 co-founders have launched JumpStart Foundry LP, which will invest $15,000 in an array of individual seed-stage ventures. Solidus Partner Vic Gat.... Read More

Briefly: Petra Capital invests in med transcription company

Oct 23, 2009 at 03:18 pm by miltcapps

Nashville-based Petra Capital Partners has invested $6 million in sub-debt and preferred stock in Plano, Texas-based Superior Global Solutions Inc. According to a Petra relea.... Read More

Whitney: NV techies should 'think', not just 'follow'

Oct 22, 2009 at 11:52 am by miltcapps

On Saturday, Marcus Whitney began his Barcamp Nashville presentation by telling his techie audience, "We better start learning some open source code around here." Okay, so it.... Read More

Update: Moontoast's cap round closes, CEO named

Jun 18, 2009 at 10:12 am by miltcapps

UPDATED and corrected 3:20 p.m. : Moontoast LLC, the online knowledge network, has completed a seed-round capital raise and named an acting chief executive. Accord.... Read More

Venture Capital tax credit approved by General Assembly

Jun 18, 2009 at 10:12 am by miltcapps

UPDATED: 5:52 P.M. June 18, 2009 -- Enabling legislation will go to Gov. Bredesen and is likely to become law, soon. The Senate voted 30-0 in favor of passage at 5:52 p.m. T.... Read More

Local FiledBy startup asks authors to claim 1.8 million webpages

Mar 25, 2009 at 12:41 pm by miltcapps

Nashville's FiledBy Inc. formally ended the private phase of its beta launch today by inviting authors to claim web pages created for them at the company's online venue. In a.... Read More

Star-backed Nashville startup toasts global knowledge

Mar 22, 2009 at 08:27 pm by miltcapps

Nashville-based Internet startup Moontoast LLC aims to connect people with problems to experts with solutions, worldwide. Moontoast is claiming a giant step forward in the cr.... Read More

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