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Mountain Group affiliate targets raising $125MM in venture capital funds

Jul 13, 2018 at 08:12 am by miltcapps

Updated 2:37pm see notes in story.-Ed. MGC Venture Partners 2018 LP, an affiliate of Nashville-based Mountain Group Partners (MGP), has filed to raise $125MM and on July 11 it.... Read More

Cleantech startup Active Energy Systems maps path toward market

Jul 06, 2018 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

MITCH ISHMAEL PhD and his colleagues at Active Energy Systems are working to solve one of the world's biggest energy problems in a lab space so small that one can nearly touch.... Read More

Venture Notes - February 8, 2016

Feb 08, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

SertintyONE in Brentwood (fka Echarge2) said Jan. 29 it had raised $3MM toward a $10.5MM goal for a business that, VNC research suggests, involves mobile software applications.... Read More

Tech-talented VU School of Engineering alumni quickly spread afar

Feb 05, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE has a major concentration of Vanderbilt University alumni, generally. But, samplings of the whereabouts of recent School of Engineering (VUSE) undergraduates and do.... Read More

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

'Pinky Gonzales' meets the digital Age of Fanatics

Jan 17, 2011 at 06:01 pm by miltcapps

Editor's note: In a move apparently planned well in advance of this interview, Jansen subsequently relocated to Portland, Ore. The story as it originally appeared follows. Jo.... Read More

U.S. economy in 'depression', says prominent former TN official

Jul 22, 2009 at 01:25 pm by miltcapps

The nation is in an economic 'depression', says economist Pat Choate, the prominent Washington, D.C.-based author and former Tennessee government official. While some call th.... Read More

Waddey Patterson IP lawyer ranks rising

Jul 22, 2009 at 01:24 pm by miltcapps

The lawyers at Waddey & Patterson PC, the Roundabout Plaza law firm that focuses on intellectual property, will soon number a baker's dozen. The firm recently hired Rebec.... Read More

NEWSBITS May 1, 2009

May 01, 2009 at 08:35 am by miltcapps

Those wishing for more R&D parks in Davidson County might take a close look at the 28th Avenue Connector project, among the highlights in Mayor Dean's recent State of Metr.... Read More

Informatics Corp. 'no longer a startup', imagines IPO

Apr 27, 2009 at 10:18 am by miltcapps

Informatics Corporation of America asserts it has graduated from the ranks of health IT startups. The pronouncement by Gary Zegiestowski, CEO of the West End Avenue company,.... Read More

Briefly: McWhorter launches another Health advocate

Apr 06, 2009 at 01:24 pm by miltcapps

Clayton McWhorter, who founded VC Clayton Associates and built his reputation across decades at or near the top of HCA, and who not long ago launched ShoutAmerica to mobilize.... Read More

Passport's Lackey stands aside for new CEO

Apr 06, 2009 at 01:01 pm by miltcapps

Private equity-backed Passport Health Communications, Inc. has hired health IT veteran Scott MacKenzie to succeed Jim Lackey as CEO. Lackey (at right), who was the company's.... Read More

HealthStream 'Constitution' sharpens focus

Dec 28, 2008 at 04:28 pm by miltcapps

Updated: July 23, 2019 - Founder-CEO Frist said the company has more than 50 jobs to fill by year's-end; has spent more than a year updating its Constitution (below); and, is.... Read More

Council Ventures adds VC general partner

Dec 26, 2008 at 11:05 am by miltcapps

Nashville's Council Ventures has added a general partner with deep VC experience in healthcare and healthcare IT investing. Grant A. Jackson (left) previously spent nearly fou.... Read More

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