Jeff Balser

Startup's GeoAir recipe calls for Drones, pest DNA and AgBiz savvy

Oct 18, 2017 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

WHEN it comes to pest control, most farmers still do it the old-fashioned way -- scouting the fields on foot to see if plants show signs of blight or infestation. But perhaps.... Read More

'Person First Alliance' emerges in response to Brookings' HealthIT challenge

Oct 16, 2017 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

LARGELY OFF-RADAR, a small ad hoc committee of Nashville tech and healthcare executives has framed a campaign branded as the "Person First Alliance," after sketching possible.... Read More

Advisors: Jack Waddey says 'Nashville still needs major research park'

May 24, 2017 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

DESPITE Nashville's progress on many fronts since The Great Recession began in Spring 2008, attorney Jack Waddey on May 12 confirmed for Venture Nashville that he feels just a.... Read More

Venture Notes - 18 May 2017

May 18, 2017 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

NEA partner eyes 'huge opportunity' for Nashville healthcare technologists

May 16, 2016 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

FOR A MOMENT, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) Partner Mohamad Makhzoumi seemed ready to accord Nashville something like a gentleman's "C" on healthcare technology, but landed.... Read More

Venture Notes - May 11, 2016

May 11, 2016 at 05:13 pm by miltcapps

Travis Broome RESONANCE defined: When Vanderbilt School of Medicine Dean Jeff Balser MD PHD tells his Health:Further audience, as he did yesterday, that each day, yea.... Read More

Council Capital launches Fund III with $125MM target, exits Ingenious Med

Oct 24, 2014 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 12 April 2016: Council Capital announced today it recently closed Fund III at more than $150MM, surpassing its previously declared target of $125MM and hitting its har.... Read More

Health IT: Nashville possible candidate for<br> Center for Medical Interoperability presence

Oct 22, 2014 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updates: CMI announced its inaugural board of directors April 9, 2015. The list, including Nashville-based execs from Vanderbilt University, Lifepoint and CHS, follows this st.... Read More

Northstar: Jumpstart Foundry event 22 August to be live-streamed

Aug 14, 2013 at 09:16 am by miltcapps

Release submitted 14 August by Northstar: Nashville’s largest full production television studio, NorthStar Studios, is hosting Investor Day for Jumpstart Foundry, a mentor-dr.... Read More

Vanderbilt's Lutz kicks-off 'One Vanderbilt IT' cultural-change initiative

Jul 01, 2013 at 07:11 am by miltcapps

CONSULTANT BAIN & CO. not long ago completed its work at Vanderbilt University, leaving John Lutz, vice chancellor for information technology, and his specially chosen tea.... Read More

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

Angel Capital Group, RightSide fund confirm collaboration

Mar 17, 2010 at 09:42 am by miltcapps

Nashville's Angel Capital Group and Rightside Capital Management have confirmed their alliance. San Francisco-based RightSide created some excitment in February, when the de.... Read More

'One Vanderbilt': VU retains recruiters for leadership searches

Mar 17, 2010 at 08:38 am by miltcapps

Vanderbilt University has retained two national search firms to fill strategically important slots in its executive ranks. Assignments that could produce leaders who will h.... Read More

Bondware launches publishing brand, acquires 3-D catalog

Nov 30, 2009 at 10:22 am by miltcapps

Bondware Inc. has launched its new RPublishing brand and has made a strategic acquisition of digital content. Tim Choate, founder and CEO of Murfreesboro-based Bondware, told.... Read More

Medical Trade Center would expand Convention Center

Nov 30, 2009 at 07:33 am by miltcapps

Update, 3:23 p.m. Nov. 30: Metro, State and local officials and stakeholders announced detail on NMTC plans during a press conference this morning. Plans call for.... Read More

Osborn: Nashville Medical Trade Center advancing toward announcement

Nov 13, 2009 at 11:50 am by miltcapps

Announcement of the location and design of the proposed Nashville Medical Trade Center should come within about 30 days, according to David Osborn, senior advisor for the.... Read More

TNInvestco Tri-Star principals now 'on leave' from VU

Nov 11, 2009 at 02:16 pm by miltcapps

Reflecting an apparent abundance of caution, two Vanderbilt University technology-transfer executives have been placed on leave, in the wake of their new venture winning a rol.... Read More

Centrum Equities control shifts amid recapitalization

Jul 07, 2009 at 10:07 am by miltcapps

Brentwood-based Centrum Equities XV has been recapitalized, and is now controlled by Chicagoland-based Wynnchurch Capital. Terms of the transaction were not revealed, but a W.... Read More

Vanderbilt names former Harvard exec to CFO post

Jul 06, 2009 at 08:22 am by miltcapps

Vanderbilt University's new vice chancellor and chief financial officer is Brett Sweet, a former Harvard executive, consultant and U.S. Navy officer. Sweet was previously dean.... Read More

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