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Skuidify, aligned with Salesforce.com, pursues $4MM Series A capital raise

Aug 13, 2014 at 12:52 pm by miltcapps

Gold Mobile seeks Nashville customers and capital for GoMo Health platform

Aug 11, 2014 at 08:13 am by miltcapps

GOLD MOBILE has targeted Nashville and the Mid-South for introduction of its GoMo Health patient-engagement offering and has a pilot program underway with an undisclosed healt.... Read More

Strategy: Startup ComputeCycles seeks 'defensible' IoT mobile-app roles

Aug 11, 2014 at 05:30 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE returnee Van Simmons aims for his ComputeCycles mobile software development firm to become widely known as a go-to vendor for Internet of Things (IoT) contracts. To.... Read More

Mid-TN's NueCura Partners gathers Angels, some join MEDArchon capraise

Aug 08, 2014 at 02:22 pm by miltcapps

NUECURA PARTNERS has quietly gathered a core group of 15 to 20 Angel investors, some of whom are aboard a Series B raise just completed for MEDArchon, said Don Lazas, M.D., Nu.... Read More

Quotable: Quick-takes on key issues from Böer, Jahns, Yaeger

Aug 06, 2014 at 02:03 pm by miltcapps

SOME COMMENTS we get have a way of sticking in one's mind. Here are a few of our examples. Germain Böer Wanted: Investment Bankers? Germain Böer, Owen Entrepreneursh.... Read More

Jumpstart: Healthcare MarketMaker bridges toward Seed capital raise

Aug 06, 2014 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated: May 13, 2015 - The company announced Chiromarkets, targeting chiropractors. Aug. 8, 2014: The company closed a total $65K financing involving five Angel investors, in.... Read More

Dan Hammond's American Hometown Media cooks-up $5MM Series B raise

Aug 04, 2014 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Updates 20 Oct. 2015: On 19 Oct., AHM reported a $2.3MM capital raise.-Ed. AMERICAN Hometown Media, parent of Just A Pinch Recipe Club, will have all the lip-smacking ingredi.... Read More

Startups, Buyouts: TNCRS nears $2BN PE mark<br>with Charlesbank, Khosla commitments

Aug 04, 2014 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

PRIVATE EQUITY commitments now total nearly $2BN via the alternative assets investment program of Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS). TCRS recently opted to comm.... Read More

Entrepreneurs, Investors, Advisors comment<br>on Nashville deal dynamics, traditions

Jul 31, 2014 at 06:15 am by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE investment gets a close look in Nashville, as Medalogix CEO Dan Hogan pursues a Series A capital raise. Return to the main story and Hogan's views, right here. Ho.... Read More

'New Economy' analysis shows Tennessee lagging 39 other states

Jul 07, 2014 at 11:28 am by miltcapps

Updated Oct. 27, 2016: ITIF said its next report will be in Fall 2017. LaunchTN's July 7, 2014 statement in response to the earlier ITIF report is posted in full at this link..... Read More

Nashville loyalty-rewards startup textLIVING says $1MM raise wrapping-up

Jul 07, 2014 at 10:04 am by miltcapps

OLD-FASHIONED connections and shoe leather seem to have netted loyalty-rewards startup textLIVING an expanding customer base and nearly $1MM in investment. According to Co-Fo.... Read More

High on Nashville, tech startups 24/7 Sports,<br>Comicbook.com mull growth strategies

Jun 23, 2014 at 12:55 pm by miltcapps

[May 24, 2016 - Terry et al in $1.7MM raise for ComicBook.com. Cites Terry, Bill King, Stuart McWhorter, et al. Filing here. Dec. 16, 2015: 24/7 Announced it's been sold on un.... Read More

Angel Capital Group criteria and deal flow

Jun 18, 2014 at 12:28 pm by miltcapps

Go to: Criteria | Recent investments Return to Main Article Investment criteria: 1. Companies with unique or protectable products or services (see 10, below) with large market.... Read More

Nashville Technology Council 2013 Awards

Jan 30, 2014 at 10:00 pm by miltcapps

Nashville Technology Council's 2013 Awards were presented Jan. 30, 2014, at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum, downtown. The winners were: CIO OF THE YEAR Ryan Boo.... Read More

LifeScience: TNInvestco-funded Diagnovus' growth may lie in hands of East/West coastal investors

Dec 09, 2013 at 11:39 am by miltcapps

Updated: Jan. 6, 2015: Aegis Sciences Corp. acquired Diagnovus, story here.-Ed. FRESH ON THE HEELS of startup Diagnovus' introduction of its second molecular-diagnostic assay,.... Read More

Tennessee State official applauds Pantheon Park innovation aims,<br>but rejects proposal to sell Old TN State Prison as site

Oct 28, 2013 at 04:23 am by miltcapps

FAILURE to develop an idea like the proposed Pantheon Park campus for software and performing arts education, production and business in Nashville would be "a great loss for o.... Read More

Nashville's investor-backed YouScience startup charts paths to marketplace

Oct 27, 2013 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

Updates: 7 May 2015: Earlier this week, YouScience filed a Form D citing raising $2.2MM vs a $5MM target. In a release today, YouScience said they're raised $3.9MM vs the $5MM.... Read More

New owner TJ Wilt pushes Cumberland Transit along e-commerce trail

Oct 21, 2013 at 07:07 pm by miltcapps

LOCAL INVESTOR TJ Wilt is now majority owner of Cumberland Transit (CT), and is pushing the West End retailer deeper into both e-commerce and East Nashville. CEO Wilt, age 37,.... Read More

Search! Cornwall no longer leads Belmont University entrepreneur center

Jun 19, 2013 at 05:13 pm by miltcapps

JEFF CORNWALL, the bootstrap-entrepreneurship evangelist and mentor who has for years led Belmont University's Center for Entrepreneurship, has stepped-down from that post, Co.... Read More

Shareable Ink names McGraw CEO, succeeding Founder Steve Hau

Jun 11, 2013 at 12:20 pm by miltcapps

Hal Andrews Update: Sept. 3, 2015 - The company announced shortening its name to Shareable. May 15, 2015 - Shareable Ink filed for a $4MM raise, with about $3MM in, i.... Read More

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