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VC Coleman Swenson Booth realized $44MM in 2010; portfolio exits likely to continue in 2011

Jan 18, 2011 at 07:38 am by miltcapps

Coleman Swenson Booth's exits from portfolio firms in 2010 yielded $44 million and further exits lie ahead, said CSB Managing Partner Larry Coleman. Full or partial exits fro.... Read More

VNC's Top 25 Reads for 2010

Jan 10, 2011 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Top 25 Venture Nashville reports in 2010, 1-25, Most Read at top:   ► Consensus Point sets B-round, reveals Euro partnership.... Read More

Ferguson CEO of ClearPractice, backed by VC Doerr

Apr 05, 2010 at 04:28 am by miltcapps

Nashville's Gary Ferguson has been named president and CEO of ClearPractice LLC, an electronic medical records (EMR) and revenue-cycle spin-off backed by fabled venture capita.... Read More

Doerr and KPCB: Tennessee ties may be growing

Apr 05, 2010 at 04:28 am by miltcapps

In VNC's accompanying story on CEO Gary Ferguson's launch of ClearPractice LLC, Chairman Frank Ingari seemed to echo themes expressed years earlier by the company's chief inve.... Read More

Background: NotifyMD and Ferguson

Apr 05, 2010 at 04:25 am by miltcapps

►This backgrounder accompanies VNC's story today on Gary Ferguson's appointment as CEO of ClearPractice LLC. In 1997, Gary Ferguson, Ph.D., joined NotifyMD as vice presi.... Read More

Informatics pro chosen to execute e-Health plan for TN

Mar 26, 2010 at 07:23 am by miltcapps

Will Rice a former Vanderbilt University informatics consultant, has been chosen to lead Tennessee's strategic e-Health information and technology initiatives. Rice reports t.... Read More

Franklin-linked Nodality nets $15.5MM from VC funds

Mar 22, 2010 at 01:44 pm by miltcapps

San Francisco-based Nodality Inc., a biotechnology company with a key research and development laboratory in Franklin, today announced raising $15.5 million from venture capit.... Read More

$750MM target: Dollar General lays IPO red herring on SEC shelf

Aug 20, 2009 at 06:19 pm by miltcapps

Goodlettsville-based Dollar General Corporation today registered with the SEC a draft prospectus for its anticipated initial public offering. Though Dollar General's net and.... Read More

Private equity: State pension fund commits $150MM

Aug 19, 2009 at 08:47 am by miltcapps

Up to $150 million for private-equity investments has been allocated to several prominent companies now managing funds for the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System. It wa.... Read More

STHS Ventures 'accelerates' companies reshaping healthcare

Feb 05, 2009 at 10:39 am by miltcapps

STHS Ventures, a unit within Saint Thomas Health Services, helps accelerate early-stage companies that could transform and improve healthcare delivered by community hospitals..... Read More

Life Sciences: VC-backed Nodality opens Franklin lab

Feb 03, 2009 at 08:55 am by miltcapps

Nashville-centered scientific talent has lured venture-backed Nodality to establish a key research and development facility in Franklin. Nodality Inc., a South San Francisco.... Read More

Stakes are rising for TTDC, as VC group presses for change

Nov 28, 2008 at 02:50 pm by miltcapps

Feelings run deep among venture-capital executives who believe the state is doing far too little to advance high-growth sectors of the Tennessee economy. In the face of that e.... Read More

Game-changing ideas for Tennessee venture capital

Nov 28, 2008 at 02:47 pm by miltcapps

If high-growth development in Tennessee doesn't accelerate in the next few years, it won't be because of a shortage of ideas or a lack of smart plans and programs designed to.... Read More

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