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VentureNotes: Tennessee Venture Council moving to starting-blocks?

Nov 01, 2012 at 12:14 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE VENTURE COUNCIL, a proposed nonprofit organization for VC's, seems to have moved closer to becoming operational. According to a new website that purports to represe.... Read More

Launch Tennessee beefs-up board of directors,<br>sheds TTDC branding while CEO search continues

Nov 01, 2012 at 12:09 pm by miltcapps

Update: 21 November 6:26 a.m.: Chattanoogan.com reports that TN House Speaker Beth Harwell appointed UT COO David Milhorn to the board of LaunchTN/TTDC. Milhorn succeeds Alex.... Read More

Startup POPVOX could double as case study for LaunchTN tech-venture push

Nov 01, 2012 at 12:02 pm by miltcapps

POPVOX, the California-, DC- and Jackson, Tennessee-based legislative-action platform created by a Tennessean and her co-founder, could prove to be a case study for the state'.... Read More

Care Technology Systems says Healthcare venture veteran Hertik joins board

Sep 04, 2012 at 11:29 am by miltcapps

CARE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, the Nashville-based provider of comprehensive electronic monitoring for the elderly or disabled living independently, has added entrepreneur-investor.... Read More

VentureNotes: Council Capital, Solidus at Work

Aug 27, 2012 at 12:54 pm by miltcapps

Dennis Bottorff COUNCIL CAPITAL-backed NuScriptRX, the Nashville-based mail order institutional pharmacy, has reached a $30MM revenue run-rate and has closed on a gro.... Read More

INCITE program announces more grant winners

Aug 20, 2012 at 02:33 pm by miltcapps

Noted: NuScriptRx's Taylor succeeds Mercadante as CEO

Aug 20, 2012 at 11:47 am by miltcapps

NuScriptRx, the Nashville mail-order institutional pharmacy company formerly known as New Day Pharmacy, today announced appointment of Donald Taylor as CEO, succeeding Ed Merc.... Read More

Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund LP pursues $200MM raise

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:47 am by miltcapps

Update 2 May 2016: Heritage announced today that Heritage Fund I hit $170MM and Fund II has now been closed at $220MM. -Ed. HERITAGE Healthcare Innovation Fund LP, based in Br.... Read More

King: FCA Venture Partners now follows more 'ideas' for possible investment

Jan 19, 2012 at 09:51 am by miltcapps

FCA VENTURE PARTNERS' intense observation of companies in which it might invest has more than doubled, said FCA Managing Partner Matt King. Previously, FCA typically monitore.... Read More

TNInvestco-backed startup 'Krush' raises $4.5MM for predictive-network entry

Jan 09, 2012 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

TNINVESTCO-backed Krush Inc. has raised $4.5MM to advance the predictive-networks startup that operates from Nashville, to which it relocated its headquarters in 2010, and Bos.... Read More

Noted: Tailwind, McWhorters buy into Cumberland Consulting

Jan 05, 2012 at 06:58 am by miltcapps

Health IT services provider Cumberland Consulting Group, based in Franklin, announced Jan. 4 that some of its management team have joined with New York City-based Tailwind Cap.... Read More

'Populr' decision: Bullpen Ventures corrals CentreSource's Nick Holland

Dec 19, 2011 at 09:05 am by miltcapps

NICHOLAS HOLLAND has handed the reins of CentreSource to his management team and is launching his Populr venture using the first-ever investment by Nashville's Bullpen Venture.... Read More

Public Service: Thistle Farms' entrepreneurship heals lives, but needs sales

Dec 19, 2011 at 09:03 am by miltcapps

Shopping this week? Thistle Farms, the nonprofit venture founded by Magadalene program founder Rev. Becca Stevens, needs sales acceleration now to meet its goals in 2012, Stev.... Read More

Parental Health attracts Innova Fund II as investors close Series A cap raise

Dec 01, 2011 at 10:16 am by miltcapps

Update Jan. 4, 2012: An Innova filing with State ECD indicates the fund has invested at least $750K in Parent Health.-Ed. PARENTAL HEALTH, the two-year-old Franklin "age-in-pl.... Read More

Rabbit Hole Creative projects disruptive video, with more to be revealed

Dec 01, 2011 at 10:11 am by miltcapps

Note 22 Sept. 2016: Rabbit Hole was acquired by Nashville/Boston-based Ovation. founded by Clay Sifford. Former Rabbit Hole Operations Director Mark Eicher remains with Ovatio.... 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

TNInvestco portfolios: Hapten, ConsensusPoint, iScreen, Cagenix updates

Aug 09, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

Several TNInvestco funds and their portfolio companies are reporting investments or hires. Rebrovick Consensus Point, the predictive-markets firm led by CE.... Read More

Entrada ramps-up marketing, products with B-round capital infusion

Aug 09, 2011 at 09:40 am by miltcapps

Updated 12 April 2017: NextGen Healthcare (QSI) acquired Entrada for north of $30MM cash, release here. I reported the companies' strategic relationship in 2013 via Forbes for.... Read More

MB Ventures makes its first TNInvestco bet: Veracity Medical Solutions

Jul 11, 2011 at 08:38 am by miltcapps

MB VENTURES' TNInvestco affiliate has weighed-in with its first investment, a $1 million allocation to Veracity Medical Solutions, an orthopedic device-prototyping and -manufa.... Read More

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