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Venture Notes - November 30, 2021 - Healthtech + Wellness

Nov 30, 2021 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

7th Round: Latest Sohr Grants help fund tenant-matching,<br>carp-harvesting startups led by VU Owen alumni

May 02, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

The OwenGSM at VU __ Romance? Shrewdness? Chaos driven by the flapping of entrepreneurial butterfly wings? __ Who really knows what causes Founders to fix their gaze.... Read More

Venture Notes - 17 April 2018

Apr 17, 2018 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

TN CRS: Hellman & Friedman VIII gets $80MM<br> PE commitment from TN retirement system

Sep 08, 2014 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

Updated 16 Sept. 6:50pm: PEHub reported today that H&F is likely to close HFCPVIII at its $10.25BN hard cap.-Ed. HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN Capital Partners (HFCP) VIII recen.... Read More

Nashville: INVEST-TN Sept. 18 spotlights C-level execs<br> addressing critical business issues, updating companies' stories

Sep 07, 2014 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

THE 3rd INVEST-TN Conference is in Nashville on Sept. 18, with C-level speakers from eight Tennessee public companies and a private held company that is raising capital. The.... Read More

SilverMark Partners: Fitzgibbon, Lundblade joined by Harrington

Jun 05, 2013 at 11:49 am by miltcapps

Updated 12 Sept. 2018: i-banker Silvermark announced it was exclusive advisor to Tennessee Oncology, which joined New York Cancer & Blood Specialists and West Cancer Cente.... Read More

Aquation hopes Angels bless bottled water for competitive beverage sector

Jun 05, 2013 at 11:28 am by miltcapps

AQUATION LLC, a Nashville startup with a hydration and hygiene pitch, is tapping into America's reportedly growing thirst for bottled water and its owners hope local Angels wi.... 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

Judges like 'Nashville: Where Innovation Sings' for city branding

Jun 12, 2009 at 02:20 pm by miltcapps

During the annual Owen Accelerator competition this morning, "Nashville: Where innovation sings" topped seven other brand themes for marketing Nashville. Students in the Acce.... Read More

Briefly: edo Interactive files for $8MM private placement

Jun 12, 2009 at 01:38 pm by miltcapps

In October, when edo Interactive announced completion of a $5 million A-round, CEO Ed Braswell said at the time he thought the funding would be sufficient to fund the company'.... Read More

NEWSBITS May 26, 2009

May 26, 2009 at 10:22 am by miltcapps

VNC has learned scholar-entrepreneur Harry Jacobson's (at left) new office is at 3401 West End, where many tenants are VU or VU-linked offices and businesses. Jacobson's term.... Read More

Aegis Sciences muscles-up for growth in Nashville

May 26, 2009 at 10:16 am by miltcapps

Nashville-based Aegis Sciences Corp. has been quietly expanding its workforce to meet rising demand for its drug- and chemical-testing services. In a VNC interview Friday, fou.... Read More

$5MM E-Dough: Edo Interactive re-loads with local VCs

Oct 06, 2008 at 03:49 am by miltcapps

Nashville-based edô Interactive has closed a $5 million Series A round of funding, with investment from venture-capital firms Claritas Capital and Clayton Associates. The rais.... Read More

McQuigg tweaks management at ConnectivHealth

Oct 05, 2008 at 03:32 pm by miltcapps

ConnectivHealth CEO Scott McQuigg is putting more weight on Steve NeSmith, the company's former director of technology operations, appointing him to the newly created position.... Read More

Strength in numbers: Claritas Capital wants more VCs in Nashville's early-stage deals

Sep 02, 2008 at 06:42 am by miltcapps

For the third year in a row, Claritas Capital Managing Partner John Chadwick is pretty happy about being the only Tennessee fund to make Entrepreneur magazine's ranking of "To.... Read More

Nashville's Emdeon asserts influence on health tech, privacy debates

Aug 29, 2008 at 07:54 am by miltcapps

True, it was only breakfast for some Democratic National Convention participants. However, for Nashville-based Emdeon Business Services, co-sponsoring the Denver event Monday.... Read More

VCs: Nashville 'doesn't exist' in minds of many healthcare, tech investors

May 21, 2008 at 08:55 pm by miltcapps

On Monday, Kin Clinton, CEO of Woolsthorpe Technologies, told VNC he has learned the hard way that Nashville's healthcare prowess isn't nearly as well recognized among U.S. mo.... Read More

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