strategy

B2B: Chalkline Sports in $1MM Seed raise for bettor-content platform

Jan 09, 2017 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

CHALKLINE Sports, a Nashville startup mobile media technology company that powers platforms for online communities and marketplaces of sports bettors, is coming out of stealth.... Read More

InSage's 2nd Data Monetization event Feb. 1 at Loews Vanderbilt Hotel

Jan 03, 2017 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 5 Jan. 2017 - InSage announced a speaker addition: Brian Jelenek, executive director of JP Morgan Intelligent Solutions. Prior to JPM, he served in UBS and Boston Cons.... Read More

Venture Notes 15 August 2016

Aug 15, 2016 at 04:53 pm by miltcapps

Petra's Rob Smith FRONTIER Capital (N.C.) and Petra Capital Partners (Nashville) recently announced collaborating on funding geospatial/data-oriented PlanetRisk, whic.... Read More

Reporter's Notebook:<br>VU Music, Mind & Society Program may feed Nashville innovation

Aug 15, 2016 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

THE PROGRAM for Music, Mind and Society at Vanderbilt University will on Sept. 12 convene its Annual Symposium, "Science of Song," at the Blair School of Music. Tech innovator.... Read More

Nashville EC's Project Healthcare Accelerator to launch in Fall 2016

Feb 02, 2016 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Entrepreneur Center's new year-round Project Healthcare is likely to take applications this summer for a 14-week Accelerator program beginning this fall, as part of.... Read More

Vanderbilt University Innovation Center's first chief to be Robert Grajewski

Feb 01, 2016 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

ROBERT S. GRAJEWSKI, a North Carolina entrepreneur, has been chosen through a national search to be the first executive director of the new Vanderbilt University Innovation Ce.... Read More

Early exit: Welsh Carson-backed naviHealth said sold to Cardinal Health

Aug 24, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 11 a.m. 25 Aug. 2015: A Cardinal spokesperson confirmed this morning it is moving to buy 71% of naviHealth for $290MM cash, with Welsh Carson retaining a stake. Cardin.... Read More

Governor, ECD Commissioner announce rural development task force

Aug 17, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: Aug. 19, 2015 10:08am - A source confirmed Memphis Bioworks Foundation will lead efforts to identify investable agri-tech companies, inline with the Haslam-Boyd push..... Read More

Strategist Kate O'Neill exits Nashville for New York City

Aug 17, 2015 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Note: We seldom do farewells for the living, but we must note Nashvillians who will both speak their minds, and listen.-Ed. KATE O'NEILL, the Nashville-based strategist who ta.... Read More

Event 2016: Influential SIIA plans Nashville<br>focus on Software companies' growth

Aug 17, 2015 at 04:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 18 Dec. 2015: Final date for this event is now March 16, 2016. Related event coverage here. Previous update 15 Sept. 2015: SIIA report says financial gains by small an.... Read More

TTDC-as-LaunchTN gets vital runway extension from Haslam Administration

Jun 07, 2012 at 02:55 pm by miltcapps

OPTIMISM and concern, alike, have arisen in the wake of the most recent slow-motion shakeup at Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC). TTDC, which now uses the st.... Read More

NBIC: Nashville incubator seeks next executive director, while strategy unfolds

Jun 06, 2012 at 11:43 am by miltcapps

NBIC, the Nashville Business Incubation Center, is expected to launch its search for a new executive director after it receives an impending consultant's report on its develop.... Read More

Nashville execs say they'll launch 'smoke-free cigarette'

Apr 21, 2009 at 12:12 pm by miltcapps

Two Nashville executives say they'll launch their smokefree cigarette-like electronic device in Europe by year's-end. Chairman Evert Wilbrink and CEO Thomas Schroepfer of Smo.... Read More

Strategics: Nashville's Emma invests in New Zealanders

Apr 20, 2009 at 01:48 pm by miltcapps

Emma Inc. has made a strategic investment in a New Zealand technology company. In a VNC interview, Emma Co-founder Clint Smith said that after "many months" of consideration,.... Read More

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