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Belmont bootstrapping advocate Jeff Cornwall unveils family business

Aug 10, 2015 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

JEFF CORNWALL, the Belmont University entrepreneurship professor who far more often favors bootstrapping over taking outside capital, now has a family-owned business he's quie.... Read More

FinTech: St. Louis' SixThirty accelerator beckons Nashville startups

Jul 01, 2015 at 03:33 pm by miltcapps

THE DEADLINE is July 10 for applying for the SixThirty accelerator in St. Louis -- which has quietly become Nashville's sister city for all things FinTech. SixThirty Managing.... Read More

ProjectMusic: EVAmore in business/platform dev push + pursuing capraise

Jun 25, 2015 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Update Sept. 8, 2016 10:21a: Evamore announced it has completed a Series A round of undisclosed amount, and a spokeswoman for the firm said the lead investor in the company is.... Read More

Payments entrepreneur Daily completes 8th acquisition,<br>may not need full $100MM raise before considering IPO

Jun 22, 2015 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

Updates 1 Feb 2017 - Daily buys Randall Data and CSC Links, enters healthcare verticals, release here. 19 April 2016 - i3 Verticals announced buying Bill & Pay of Minneapo.... Read More

'War' ahead? Startup Initial State Technologies preps for capital raises

Jun 02, 2015 at 03:45 am by miltcapps

INITIAL STATE TECHNOLOGIES, the Internet of Things-oriented data-solutions startup based in Nashville, was founded by a system engineer whose ambitions were kindled as he soug.... Read More

Scorebird mobile sports-data startup preps $1MM-plus Series A raise

May 20, 2015 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

SCOREBIRD LLC, the mobile sports-data startup based in Nashville, is preparing to pursue a Series A capital round of $1MM or more. Scorebird Co-Founder and CEO Jason Damewood.... Read More

Tailwind: Snaproll Media pursues UAV growth, mulls smart-capital raise

May 20, 2015 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

SNAPROLL Media, a Franklin unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services startup, isn't TRYing to be stealthy. They're just busy. CEO Steve Brugman told VNC the company has played a.... Read More

CEO: Edgenet doubles-down on NVille as Tech 'beehive', but has concerns

Apr 03, 2015 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

EDGENET, the reborn provider of product-information management technology that helps its customers intercept buyers globally, is moving back into Nashville -- and it's top exe.... Read More

Everly, the mix and beverages startup, preps for Series A raise this spring

Mar 26, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

EVERLY, the Nashville natural mix and beverages startup, is "in high gear" preparing for a Series A capital raise, said Kyle McCollom, its CEO and co-founder. McCollom, who is.... Read More

Ebb & Flow: Former Emdeon SVP relishes growth-oriented CarePayment role

Mar 02, 2015 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 7 Dec 2017: Carepayment recruits another $7.5MM SEC filing. 13 March 2017: DFW-area PEs Cedar Springs Capital and Crestline Investors announced that together they acqu.... Read More

Gun.io CEO keeps finger off fund-raising trigger, outlines broad ambitions

Feb 25, 2015 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

UPDATED 9 Aug 2022 - Nashville-centric CEO Teja Yenamandra, 33, announced completion of a $5.2MM Series A raise that drew investor Tampa-based Ballast Point Ventures. The vint.... Read More

Kozicki: Brentwood Capital Advisors eyes pure-play Technology deals

Dec 18, 2014 at 01:06 pm by miltcapps

PURE-PLAY TECHNOLOGY companies in Nashville seem likely to get unprecedented attention from 15-year-old Brentwood Capital Advisors (BCA). Recently appointed BCA Managing Direc.... Read More

XOEye Technologies wearables gameplan could include Series B in 2015

Dec 15, 2014 at 03:27 pm by miltcapps

Updates: Aug. 7, 2019: XOi announced $11MM Series C raise, with PeakSpan, Grotech, Vocap and NCN. Could mean total capital-in has passed $18MM, based on Crunchbase. Dec. 11, 2.... Read More

NVille's InCrowd Capital adds Angels + investments, seeks SE partners

Nov 10, 2014 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 15 June 2015 6:36 a.m.- InCrowd filed with SEC for open-ended Healthcare fund-of-funds fund raise here. 17 Nov. 2014 - InCrowd and Global Action Platform announced th.... Read More

WaffleMe.com: Startup eyes capital raise, keeps customers' <br> social-media from being scattered, smothered

Nov 05, 2014 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

BOOTSTRAPPED Nashville startup Waffle LLC is "looking hard" at possibly raising $300K in Seed capital to accelerate growth of its WaffleMe.com user base. Its WaffleMe.com pla.... Read More

JSF startup CEO: E-language Boomalang a 'dream come true, already'

Sep 04, 2014 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated June 7, 2016 - Gerding, now 29, said today management is in conversations with Angels ahead of an anticipated capital raise toward yearend 2016. Oct. 23, 2015 - Gerdin.... Read More

ETN's Cathedral Innovation Group may be buttressed<br> by Charlotte-SanFran accelerators ahead of Seed raise

Sep 04, 2014 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

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

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

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