digital entertainment

Noted: Gibson Guitar $3.8MM SEC filing notes Tek Group

Feb 06, 2012 at 09:37 am by miltcapps

GIBSON Guitar's $3.8MM filing Jan. 3 with the SEC may or may not signal another aquisition. The registration filing gives no clue, but mentions The Tek Group Inc., which VNC.... Read More

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation at another inflection point

Feb 06, 2012 at 09:36 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), the public-private partnership devoted to tech-driven economic development, may be reaching another inflection point. The.... Read More

Atiba adds Cabedge Design team led by Chris Blanz

Jan 17, 2012 at 08:35 am by miltcapps

Update: In March, Atiba marketing director Paul Hickey assumed responsibility for the Cabedge unit, as managing director, according to Linkedin.-Ed. ATIBA, the 20-year-old Na.... Read More

'Artist Growth' tech for Music industry is first of 'action alignment' series

Jan 17, 2012 at 08:35 am by miltcapps

ACHIEVING VIBE will be the least of Nashville-based Artist Growth's worries, it seems. After months of intense development and market-teasing viral communications, there's ple.... Read More

VentureNotes: DAIO and Pearescope score

Jan 17, 2012 at 08:28 am by miltcapps

Ben Stucki BEN STUCKI'S DAIO (chartered as Reflex Software Inc.) now has three undisclosed Angel investors, a termsheet and plans to close an initial $250K.... Read More

Noted: Joe Galante is Entrepreneur in Residence at Entrepreneur Center

Jan 10, 2012 at 03:10 pm by miltcapps

JOE GALANTE, the former Sony Music chairman, has been named entrepreneur-in-residence at Nashville Entrepreneur Center, according to a release issued today by NEC CEO Michael.... Read More

TNInvestco funds stay busy with further tech-sector investments

Jan 04, 2012 at 08:35 am by miltcapps

AT LEAST SIX of the state's 10 TNInvestco funds have recently reported transactions with early-stage companies. TriStar Technology Fund invested $1MM in Montara, Calif.-.... Read More

Fivestone Partners' investors put 'skin in the game' for lean-finance enterprise

Jan 03, 2012 at 07:06 pm by miltcapps

FIVESTONE PARTNERS, the Franklin firm that guides and invests mainly in technology-driven companies, has asked its initial group of outside investors to make collectively a "s.... Read More

Tech targets: TCRS PE program makes $25MM nod to Gen. Catalyst Group VI

Dec 21, 2011 at 08:36 am by miltcapps

THE PRIVATE-EQUITY investment program of Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System has committed $25 million to General Catalyst Partners' affiliate General Catalyst Group VI f.... Read More

LogoGarden buys Whoosh! from Franktown creators; FCA takes $2MM stake

Dec 21, 2011 at 08:36 am by miltcapps

LOGOGARDEN founder John Williams and his wife decided they wanted out of Carlsbad, California. So, not long ago they made their first-ever visit to the Nashville they'd been h.... Read More

NewsBits, Sept. 20, 2011

Sep 20, 2011 at 10:37 am by miltcapps

Antoine Agassi ANTOINE AGASSI, who moved from CIO to President of Cogent Healthcare during the past three years, has exited to pursue other interests. He told VNC tha.... Read More

VenturePeople, Sept. 20, 2011

Sep 20, 2011 at 10:18 am by miltcapps

Today: Les Wilkinson of The Martin Cos., Si Deane of Baden and Luke Simons of Council Capital. Luke Simons W. LUCAS 'Luke' SIMONS told VNC he's having loads of fun he.... Read More

Liverpool's Ditto Music has Nashville foothold, mulls taking outside capital

Jul 17, 2011 at 06:40 pm by miltcapps

Updated: The Tennessean reports 12 December 2012 that Ditto passed $2MM annual revenue and plans to raise $2MM-$3MM capital and has annual revenue now north of $2MM. Our 7/17/.... Read More

Mayor names Galante to lead Nashville Music Council

Jul 12, 2011 at 09:03 am by miltcapps

Updated Nov. 10, 2015 - The Tennessean reports today that ProjectMusic Founder and former SONY Nashville chief Joe Galante will head the Council. He had two predecessors in th.... Read More

Ferdowsi's latest venture was obvious path<br>after his Austin Ventures gig ended

Jun 06, 2011 at 06:25 am by miltcapps

Farsheed Ferdowsi, now 56, was failing at retirement even more miserably than we realized. For several months in 2010, the founder and successfully exited CEO of Paymaxx quie.... Read More

Ventures: BlankSlate fund debuts, 5 venture updates

Jun 05, 2011 at 11:12 pm by miltcapps

Cliff Duffey GROWTH COMPANY CYBERA, the Franklin-based provider of hosted IT network, application and event security solutions for retail stores, announced.... Read More

NewsBits, June 6, 2011

Jun 05, 2011 at 04:31 pm by miltcapps

► GO FIGURE: Nashville is listed 27th among the nation's "Cities on the Edge" that are "poised for greatness," according to Sperling's BestPlaces, which considers pro sports,.... Read More

Fetherling eyes HealthDataSource role, resigns NTC;<br>Tech Council sets CEO search and strategic review

May 24, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

ENTREPRENEUR Tod Fetherling, the man who said he aimed to energize an association some thought had become "old and stodgy," has resigned his post as president of Nas.... Read More

NewsBits, May 23, 2011

May 23, 2011 at 08:29 am by miltcapps

Stuart McWhorter NEW COUNCIL of TN venture capitalists? Stuart McWhorter, co-founder of Bullpen Ventures and co-founder and president of Clayton Associates here confi.... Read More

Bandbox, RedRovor founders sell to Social Chutes

May 22, 2011 at 10:16 pm by miltcapps

Updated 10:02 a.m. corrections in italics. BRIAN PETERSON and Mike Taylor, founders of both Bandbox and its RedRovor widget, have sold both to Social Chutes, a holding company.... Read More

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