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Tech consolidator Blattner acquires DevDigital from Peter Marcum

Jul 27, 2023 at 07:53 am by miltcapps

Russ Blattner NASHVILLE-based tech-firm consolidator Russ Blattner's platform firm -- Blattner Technologies -- announced today its acquisition of DevDigital, the 15-y.... Read More

OtherLeft Ventures joins 'driven innovators' to co-create health tech businesses

May 02, 2023 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

FOUNDERS of OtherLeft Ventures LLC, a venture studio based in Brentwood, plan during the next 12 months to join with healthtech entrepreneurs as co-founder and investor in "2.... Read More

Obit: Nashville's Ed Braswell, 65, serial fintech-payments entrepreneur

Apr 16, 2023 at 04:26 pm by miltcapps

Nashville fintech and regtech entrepreneur and investor Edward Wardlaw "Ed" Braswell died April 9 at age 65, more than two years after a glioblastoma diagnosis. For roughly fo.... Read More

Updating Mike Uchrin-led Monogram Health's latest growth-capital raise

Jan 09, 2023 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 9 January 2023: Monogram announced raising another $375MM (an apparent Series C), having earlier raised at least $165MM in Seed, Series A/A-1 and B. Today's release he.... Read More

Tennessee's innovators rally toward NSF Regional Innovation Engines

Aug 11, 2022 at 02:23 pm by miltcapps

THERE ARE AT LEAST 10 teams with strong Tennessee roots that have signaled they are prepared to compete for major, potentially transformative grant funding through the Nationa.... Read More

TN ECD, LaunchTN, allies await $117M SSBCI impact-funding call

Aug 08, 2022 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Treasury funding could lead to $1BN-plus decade impact in Tennessee Initiatives span Equity and Debt capital recruitment, could mobilize Angels Elements include largely unpre.... Read More

Chris Cashwell spins-up Azra AI by acquiring Smarsh/DRS healthtech assets

Mar 14, 2022 at 10:56 am by miltcapps

CHRIS CASHWELL, once the leader of the healthcare workflow automation/AI unit that was acquired in 2020 by Smarsh Inc. along with the rest of Digital Reasoning Systems, confir.... Read More

Techstars accelerator integrating 10 startups into Oak Ridge-Knoxville

Feb 07, 2022 at 06:15 am by miltcapps

TECHSTARS, the global seed-investor network that helps advance scalable startups, today announced the 10 tech-heavy members of the first Industries of the Future Accelerator c.... Read More

TN Innovation: State's artificial-intelligence sector may soon get good jolts

Jan 28, 2022 at 02:18 pm by miltcapps

Opinion and ideas on AI in the TN economy from:Lifeworks | Brian Moyer | Guy Barnard |Tricia Martinez | Marten den Haring | Amy Kauppila | John Liu SOME ADVOCATES of a.... Read More

Charlie Martin chairs SPAC as First Digital Health Acquisition preps listing

Jan 17, 2022 at 01:13 pm by miltcapps

Editor's note: This SPAC S-1 was administratively declared abandoned by SEC staff in November 2022.-Ed. NASHVILLE serial healthcare entrepreneur and investor Charles N. "Charl.... Read More

One to Watch: DRS's Tim Estes retires, Smarsh brand prevails

Jan 13, 2022 at 05:06 pm by miltcapps

THE ULTIMATE IMPACT of 21-year-old, Franklin, Tenn.-based Digital Reasoning Systems on the Nashville region and the world beyond has rested for more than a year in the hands o.... Read More

Harry Jacobson, Tony Harkin advance iCitizen civic-engagement platform

Dec 31, 2021 at 03:43 pm by miltcapps

INVESTOR and entrepreneur Harry Jacobson MD has quietly been backing the new iCitizen civic-tech engagement platform since 2019, the year he and cofounders shuttered a predece.... Read More

MidTN Coalition may launch Lifeworks Accelerator and VC+AI+Data initiatives to deepen Greater Nashville life-sciences ecosystem

Dec 07, 2021 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: EDA release Dec. 13, 2021 showed this program was not a finalist in the grant process.-Ed. A COALITION of Middle Tennessee academic, government and nonprofit al.... Read More

Venture Notes - November 30, 2021 - Healthtech + Wellness

Nov 30, 2021 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Today: MGP Fund III | LumeNXT | Relevance | Iron Path | Tend | Whistler | SpendCare | Solas | Claritas | Entac | EIR Sys | Lirio | Rubicon | Pharos | Heritage | Hashed | MiCAR.... Read More

Ark Global Acquisition IPO could give Nashville view of tech-centric M&A

Jan 01, 2021 at 10:58 am by miltcapps

Reports June 23, 2023 of planned combo with Mindmaze here. Earlier: Following its planned merger with Babylon Holdings -- a London-based global digital health company -- ARK's.... Read More

Digital Reasoning to be acquired by Portland, Ore.-based Smarsh Inc.

Nov 10, 2020 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

PORTLAND, Ore. and NASHVILLE-based SMARSH Inc. today announced plans to acquire locally based Digital Reasoning Systems, the 21-year-old entrant in natural language processing.... Read More

Tennessee artificial-intelligence center among Presidential advisors' ideas

Jul 10, 2020 at 02:57 pm by miltcapps

A ROADMAP both pragmatic and ambitious has been published by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) includes scores of observations and recommen.... Read More

Launch Tennessee leaders, staff confront budget headwinds

Jun 08, 2020 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH Tennessee's budget has been ramped-up in recent years, but the nonprofit agency has for months been bracing alongside its lead sponsor, Tennessee Economic and Community.... Read More

Venture Notes -- June 1, 2020

Jun 01, 2020 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Today: HGP | LTN | JSC | JSF | CHC | BLU | GLN | PWR | IDB | FCV | DIT | MIL | WRK | COC | Resources | ► HERITAGE GROUP affiliate Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund I.... Read More

Prediction modeler Decode Health eyes city-county COVID-19 spike risks

May 21, 2020 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 20 July 2020 - Decode Health announced members of its new strategic advisory board, on team page here. Our May 21, 2020 story is below.-Ed.DECODE HEALTH INC., the Nash.... Read More

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