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HCA search for successor to retiring CIO Noel Williams underway

Jan 23, 2012 at 12:35 pm by miltcapps

NOEL WILLIAMS, HCA's SVP and CIO is retiring, winding-up her work at the end of May, she told friends and colleagues in message today. A 2004 report by VNC sister publication.... Read More

Memphis VC-allied MB Innovations eyes medical-devices development

Dec 22, 2011 at 08:58 am by miltcapps

MB Venture Partners' TNInvestco fund has created and invested $500,000 in MB Innovations, which will develop medical devices for commercialization by its industry partner.... 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

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<br> 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,<br>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

BIONewsTN, Nov. 7, 2011

Nov 07, 2011 at 06:29 am by miltcapps

 Pitt Hyde ► University of Tennessee Research Foundation is host for "Invention to Venture" Friday, Nov. 11, for those interested in entrepreneurship i.... 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

Startup Tennessee launch to draw Gov. Haslam,<br>Startup America CEO to Entrepreneur Center

Jun 27, 2011 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

UPDATE 1:14 P.M. 28 June: ECD issued a request for information (RFI here) from potential bidders representing regional business accelerators, with responses due by July 1.... Read More

Apple Inc.'s Herbold joins HealthTeacher drive<br>to make U.S. youth health 'cool & aspirational'

Jun 21, 2011 at 09:25 am by miltcapps

HealthTeacher, the online health-education curriculum provider based in Brentwood, has hired former Apple Inc. senior product manager John Herbold as vice president-product, s.... Read More

TCRS PE commitments hit $424 Million with nods<br>to Khosla Ventures IV, Berkshire Partners fund

May 26, 2011 at 09:50 am by miltcapps

THE Tennessee Consolidated Retirement Systems (TCRS) board of trustees' investment committee has committed a total $75 million to two funds, bringing the pension fund's c.... 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 11, 2011

May 11, 2011 at 09:21 am by miltcapps

Roy Ziegler ► Louisville-based Chrysalis Ventures has added healthcare services and technology VC Roy Ziegler, previously with Health Evolution Partners, the private.... Read More

NEXT TN: Research-industry-capital links are key<br>to state's intellectual-property commercialization

May 10, 2011 at 07:54 am by miltcapps

Too few Tennessee-born ideas are translating into start-up businesses, but stronger outreach and collaboration could improve upon the state's "mixed record of entrepreneurial.... Read More

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