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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

Cost-effective healthcare: Texans join Morphis, Marconcini in Precedent Health launch

Jan 10, 2011 at 02:28 pm by miltcapps

Precedent Health Inc. is launching in Nashville with investor Rock Morphis as chairman and Glen Marconcini as CEO, Morphis confirmed. VNC's online research suggests Precedent.... Read More

NewsBits, January 10, 2011

Jan 10, 2011 at 02:27 pm by miltcapps

Gina Ashe Eric Satz KRUSH: Local entrepreneur and VC Eric Satz may have "spotted the next new thing" in Boston. XconomyBoston, citing an SEC filing, recently.... Read More

SecureWaters: TN VC's could take ORNL technology global

Dec 19, 2010 at 07:44 am by miltcapps

SecureWaters Inc., a Tennessee startup, is looking for roughly $500,000 in seed capital to make AquaSentinel water-security and monitoring technology ready for production.... Read More

Females in Finance focus of Templeton's UT-C work

Dec 18, 2010 at 06:24 am by miltcapps

Lauren Templeton, a grand-niece of the late Sir John Templeton, directs a new University of Tennessee - Chattanooga program with emphasis on female perspective, leadership and.... Read More

ANOVA: Biomet co-founder, Spires in ortho implant startup

Dec 13, 2010 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

ANOVA Implant Solutions, a Brentwood startup, can become a nationally recognized orthopedic implant brand, according to founder and CEO Walter Spires. That's part of the.... Read More

NewsBits, December 7, 2010

Dec 07, 2010 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Gov. Bredesen IN A VICTORY lap only a physicist could love, Gov. Phil Bredesen visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory last week to celebrate the opening of the Joint I.... Read More

Ferguson CEO of ClearPractice, backed by VC Doerr

Apr 05, 2010 at 04:28 am by miltcapps

Nashville's Gary Ferguson has been named president and CEO of ClearPractice LLC, an electronic medical records (EMR) and revenue-cycle spin-off backed by fabled venture capita.... Read More

VoicesHeard Media ends A-round, eyes TNInvestco funds

Mar 30, 2010 at 02:02 pm by miltcapps

Update 13 July 2015: CrunchBase says VoicesHeard raised $2.9MM through 8/2012.-Ed. Voices Heard Media management is meeting with TNInvestco funds in Nashville today, having ju.... Read More

Venture Notes, March 26, 2010

Mar 26, 2010 at 11:54 am by miltcapps

Claritas Capital Managing Partner John Chadwick (left) told PEHub earlier this week that "mobile couponing" has caught his eye. Chadwick told the online newsletter, in part, ".... Read More

Farr sides with Angels, sees tougher investor standards as 'paternalistic' and hurting ventures

Mar 26, 2010 at 11:04 am by miltcapps

State Revenue Commissioner Reagan Farr says Congress should not raise investor accreditation criteria as it goes about sweeping financial regulatory reform. The Restoring Ame.... Read More

Franklin-linked Nodality nets $15.5MM from VC funds

Mar 22, 2010 at 01:44 pm by miltcapps

San Francisco-based Nodality Inc., a biotechnology company with a key research and development laboratory in Franklin, today announced raising $15.5 million from venture capit.... Read More

Angels' complaint to Corker may precede stepped-up TN efforts

Mar 22, 2010 at 08:31 am by miltcapps

Updated 5:56 a.m., March 25.:  A portion of our March 22 story was inadvertently omitted, previously. It is now restored (italicized portion). The NCN letter to Sen..... Read More

NEWSBITS, March 18, 2010

Mar 18, 2010 at 12:19 pm by miltcapps

David Mason (left), who was CEO of Nashville-based StudioNow before its sale in January to AOL for $36.5 million, is now SVP of the AOL Content Platform, reporting to former G.... Read More

Great Expectations: Informatics Corporation of America

Mar 18, 2010 at 08:04 am by miltcapps

Update March 1, 2018: ICA has sold to SSI Group of Mobile, Ala., which says it'll keep a presence here. CEO Gary Zegiestowski left in 2016. May 14, 2015: Nashville Business Jo.... Read More

Solidus, Co-Founders launch JumpStart Foundry for seed-stage investing

Mar 10, 2010 at 12:35 pm by miltcapps

Solidus Company and nearly 20 co-founders have launched JumpStart Foundry LP, which will invest $15,000 in an array of individual seed-stage ventures. Solidus Partner Vic Gat.... Read More

TCRS Private equity investment jumps with $50MM placement

Mar 09, 2010 at 03:13 pm by miltcapps

The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System has made a $50 million private-equity investment commitment to Oaktree PPIP Private Fund. The announcement brings to $225 mi.... Read More

Briefly: Errant 'VC secrecy' reference in legislation provokes mild hubbub

Mar 09, 2010 at 11:20 am by miltcapps

A Tennessee Senate bill carrying a 'Venture Capital' title chosen for expediency has slightly rocked the legislative boat this week. State Sen. Andy Berke (D-Chattanooga) tol.... Read More

KaiNexus targets performance with Vanderbilt technology

Mar 09, 2010 at 10:31 am by miltcapps

A Vanderbilt University licensee that aims to improve healthcare organizations' performance is harvesting a round of seed capital. Dallas-based KaiNexus LLC intends to become.... Read More

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