information technology

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

Gary Ferguson named chief healthcare strategist for TIBCO Software

Dec 21, 2011 at 08:36 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE tech entrepreneur Gary Ferguson has been hired as "chief healthcare strategist" by TIBCO Software, the NASDAQ listed infrastructure-software provider. TIBCO is rega.... Read More

Still scouting Nashville: Kathy Harris heads M&A for Sharecare; one VC dubs the startup the nation's 'next-gen WebMD'

Dec 21, 2011 at 08:36 am by miltcapps

KATHY HARRIS, the erstwhile Nashvillian who recently left Noro-Moseley Partners in Atlanta, has popped-up as SVP for corporate development at Sharecare, an e-health venture wi.... Read More

'Populr' decision: Bullpen Ventures corrals CentreSource's Nick Holland

Dec 19, 2011 at 09:05 am by miltcapps

NICHOLAS HOLLAND has handed the reins of CentreSource to his management team and is launching his Populr venture using the first-ever investment by Nashville's Bullpen Venture.... Read More

Rosen's Atiba creates SLK Digital for acquisitions, starting with FiledBy

Dec 18, 2011 at 06:52 pm by miltcapps

ATIBA Software is the majority owner of newly formed SLK Digital LLC, which seeks to buy digital businesses and assets, Atiba founder-owner JJ Rosen confirmed for VNC. FiledB.... Read More

Healthbox Technologies' startup scenario signals rapid hiring, eventual M&A

Dec 16, 2011 at 09:23 am by miltcapps

Updated 20 February 2013: Hall Andrews is now CEO of revenue-cycle player nTelagent, said a company press release today. Long ago, Healthbox pivoted, Styers departed. No sign.... Read More

ISO Capital: American Hometown Media, OnFocus Healthcare sally forth

Dec 16, 2011 at 09:23 am by miltcapps

'TIS THE SEASON: Dan Hammond's American Hometown Media and Steven Mason's OnFocus Healthcare have reported capital raises to the SEC. CEO Mason told VNC that its recent.... Read More

Health online: Big City Docs plans to target Nashville consumers in 2012

Dec 05, 2011 at 11:19 am by miltcapps

Big City Docs LLC, the Birmingham startup that is building online consumer guides to healthcare providers, plans to launch its site Nashville in 2012, CEO Scott Kubiszyn told.... Read More

Angel Brennan says EC, StartupTN help prepare entrepreneurs to seek capital

Dec 04, 2011 at 04:04 pm by miltcapps

THE REGION's pipeline of investable Angel deals is becoming "more organized and more professional" as a result of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (NEC) and Startup Tennessee.... Read More

Life Science Tennessee sets priorities, rallies industry, leverages support of Gov. Bill Haslam for commercialization

Nov 07, 2011 at 07:49 am by miltcapps

Life Science Tennessee has fewer than 80 corporate members today, but will soon be knocking on doors of nearly 700 non-member firms within the state, as well as strategizing t.... Read More

Regional Roundup, Nov. 7, 2011

Nov 07, 2011 at 05:48 am by miltcapps

Erik Carlson Streamweaver may be in self-avowed "stealth" mode, but LinkedIn indicates the TNInvestco-backed company is the result of an acquisition and it has a new.... Read More

TNT: Hagerty's state economic-development portfolio gets heavier

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:55 am by miltcapps

HASLAM Administration efforts to open new cross-border markets for Tennessee goods and services, launch a new trade website and conduct one or more Asia trade missions are und.... Read More

VenturePeople: Kate O'Neill of Metamarketer

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

METAMARKETER founder Kathleen "Kate" O'Neill, a 37-year-old Chicago-area native who's happily spent nearly a decade in Music City, acknowledges that the Nashville talent pool.... Read More

NewsBits, Oct. 26, 2011

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

NELSON'S GREEN BRIER DISTILLERY's recently launched $500K capital raise promises to rekindle the Nelson's Green Brier Tennessee Whiskey brand, now led by founder Charles Nelso.... Read More

Regional Roundup, Oct. 26, 2011

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

VENTURE Capital has a new face in Tullahoma: Marcum Capital, its TNInvestco NEST-TN and other entities are now operating beneath the brand umbrella of Relevance Capital.... Read More

IP imperative: MyWerx, Cumberland Center and Universities ally for iExchange

Oct 19, 2011 at 10:32 am by miltcapps

A partnership between tech entrepreneur Tim Smith and nonprofit CEO Scott Massey seems likely to ensure that the fledgling Cumberland Center becomes an action tank, rather tha.... Read More

VentureNotes: Change|Healthcare, XMi High Growth, Shareable Ink, StreamWeaver

Oct 19, 2011 at 10:32 am by miltcapps

Update: Nov. 19, 2014 11:15 a.m. - Emdeon announced it has acquired Change|Healthcare for $135MM+. Our October 2011 item is below.-Ed. CHANGE|HEALTHCARE, which provides consum.... Read More

TTDC's Stover is departing for Diagnovus venture backed by TNInvestco's

Sep 30, 2011 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

JAMES STOVER, Ph.D., vice president-operations for Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), is stepping-down from that post to join Diagnovus, a Nashville startup.... Read More

'Pantheon Park' idea concentrates Music City techies, entrepreneurs, Creatives

Sep 30, 2011 at 02:23 pm by miltcapps

A platoon of well-connected Nashvillians is advancing with a concept for a Davidson County urban haven that would be home to creatives, technology developers and entrepreneurs.... 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