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Mountain Group Partners joins Bonnie Anderson on $40M PinkDx raise

Oct 26, 2023 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

JOE COOK III, managing director of Nashville-based Mountain Group Partners, is aboard a filing for a $40MM raise for Indianapolis-based biotech startup PinkDx Inc. The SEC fil.... Read More

Venture Notes - May 13, 2022

May 13, 2022 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: PathGroup | Lirio | Ursa Health | Thynk Health | Unity Wellness | EasyVet | Artemis | Iron Path | TSG.Mammoth Ben Davis ► RECAP: PE MAJOR GTCR ann.... 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

VC-backed Reimagine Care urges systems, oncologists<br> to ally for tech-enabled transformation of cancer care

Jan 25, 2022 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Reimagine Care Inc., a startup that aims to offer tech-enabled services to address "healthcare's fundamental design flaw," is urging health systems and.... Read More

3 Winners! among TN challengers for 2019 EDA Regional Innovation grants

Jul 23, 2019 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

UPDATING our June 19, 2019 story: US EDA announced July 23 that the Tennessee proposals tagged below as WIN did indeed win the grants they sought. State and Federal fun.... Read More

Knoxville's EDP Biotech eyes $5MM Series A, atop $17.5MM raised

Jun 18, 2019 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Updates - July 5, 2023: EDP merges with Boca Raton-based New Day Diagnostics, release here. May 19, 2021 - EDP announced investment of undisclosed magnitude by Sheltowee Angel.... Read More

Centerstone Research Institute eyes capital for healthcare analytics spin-out

Jul 28, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

CENTERSTONE Research Institute (CRI) looks to raise $2.2MM in capital for a predictive-analytics spin-out that will serve the behavioral healthcare market. CRI CEO Tom Doub, P.... Read More

Vanderbilt University commercialization team tallies spin-outs, startups

Jul 27, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

AT LEAST 16 startups in the past 24 months were launched toward their markets with Vanderbilt University intellectual property licenses aboard, via a process managed by VU's C.... Read More

Nashville's Project Music music+tech accelerator names 2015 startup cohort

Jan 06, 2015 at 09:57 am by miltcapps

PROJECT MUSIC of Nashville today announced the eight members of its 2015 music-and-technology accelerator program, which convenes Jan. 18 in the Nashville Entrepreneur Center,.... Read More

PE-backed Aegis Sciences acquires startup Diagnovus' assets

Jan 06, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

AEGIS Sciences Corporation, based in MetroCenter, announced today its acquisition of assets of VC-backed molecular-diagnostics startup Diagnovus, also based in Nashville. Term.... Read More

Angel Capital Group chapter fate uncertain in Memphis

Oct 03, 2011 at 08:19 am by miltcapps

The fate of the infant Memphis Chapter of the Nashville-based Angel Capital Group (ACG) is uncertain and the group has been closed, at least temporarily. ACG founder and Presi.... 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

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

VenturePeople, Sept. 20, 2011

Sep 20, 2011 at 10:18 am by miltcapps

Today: Les Wilkinson of The Martin Cos., Si Deane of Baden and Luke Simons of Council Capital. Luke Simons W. LUCAS 'Luke' SIMONS told VNC he's having loads of fun he.... Read More

Nashville TNInvestcos targeted by Computable Genomix

Dec 16, 2009 at 10:46 am by miltcapps

Computable Genomix CEO Brad Silver arrives Nashville tomorrow from Memphis, looking for investors. Memphis-based Silver (at left) told VNC yesterday that, among other stops,.... Read More

VU scientists' startup Revalida seeks capital, C-level team

Dec 16, 2009 at 08:04 am by miltcapps

Life-sciences startup Revalida LLC, driven by knowledge spawned at Vanderbilt University, is scouting for a CEO and recruiting its first round of capital. The venture relies.... 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

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