NEST TN

From Cicero to Church Street:<br>Startup Contigo Financial challenges payday lending

Aug 27, 2012 at 12:53 pm by miltcapps

[Update: July 1, 2013] Contigo announced it has been merged with San Francisco-based Emerge Financial, following the two companies' restructuring by Serious Change, a social i.... Read More

TNInvestco funds still had $84 Million dry powder at year-end 2011, ECD says

Aug 21, 2012 at 08:11 am by miltcapps

The state's TNInvestco-supported venture-capital funds had deployed roughly $55.3 million for 76 firms by year-end 2011, according to a report posted today by the program admi.... Read More

TN companies at pivot-points might attract funding via River Associates

May 17, 2012 at 10:05 am by miltcapps

AFTER 22 years in operation, Chattanooga-based's River Associates has secured its first institutional partners, completing a $222 million private-equity fundraise in "a very c.... Read More

Gov. Haslam's INCITE program stirs to life via 'Venture Incite' A-round

May 14, 2012 at 10:08 am by miltcapps

VENTURE INCITE, the Oak Ridge-based company founded by Nashville-based Solidus and its TNInvestco fund, will use recent A-round funding to "attract the best regional and natio.... Read More

The Raise: Split|Secnd helps save lives, tests local investors' tech-readiness

Feb 21, 2012 at 06:51 am by miltcapps

Update: 13 May 2016 - On 12 May, Cyber Physical Systems, reported its $2.4MM debt raise bringing its total capital-in to about $9.2MM, according to SEC and Crunchbase. In Apri.... Read More

Feb. 22nd: Mind2Marketplace spotlights Tennessee<br>regional accelerators for entrepreneurs

Feb 20, 2012 at 01:28 pm by miltcapps

MIND2MARKETPLACE, Middle Tennessee's consortium for technology commercialization and entrepreneurship, is host for lunchtime presentations Wednesday (Feb. 22) from representat.... Read More

Education Networks of America vets launch $6MM raise for Vid-Teller venture

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:43 am by miltcapps

SEVERAL EXECUTIVES long associated with Nashville-based Education Networks of America (ENA) are party to a $6 million capital raise for VTM LLC, a virtual-teller network and c.... Read More

Cortac, Hubble Telemed and venture follow-ons get TNInvestco nods

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:43 am by miltcapps

AMONG RECENTLY REPORTED investments by TNInvestco funds, Memphis-based Hubble Telemedical recently obtained a $250K investment from MB Biomed Ventures Tennessee I, the TNInves.... Read More

Noted: Tailwind, McWhorters buy into Cumberland Consulting

Jan 05, 2012 at 06:58 am by miltcapps

Health IT services provider Cumberland Consulting Group, based in Franklin, announced Jan. 4 that some of its management team have joined with New York City-based Tailwind Cap.... Read More

TNInvestco funds stay busy with further tech-sector investments

Jan 04, 2012 at 08:35 am by miltcapps

AT LEAST SIX of the state's 10 TNInvestco funds have recently reported transactions with early-stage companies. TriStar Technology Fund invested $1MM in Montara, Calif.-.... Read More

Parental Health attracts Innova Fund II as investors close Series A cap raise

Dec 01, 2011 at 10:16 am by miltcapps

Update Jan. 4, 2012: An Innova filing with State ECD indicates the fund has invested at least $750K in Parent Health.-Ed. PARENTAL HEALTH, the two-year-old Franklin "age-in-pl.... Read More

Rabbit Hole Creative projects disruptive video, with more to be revealed

Dec 01, 2011 at 10:11 am by miltcapps

Note 22 Sept. 2016: Rabbit Hole was acquired by Nashville/Boston-based Ovation. founded by Clay Sifford. Former Rabbit Hole Operations Director Mark Eicher remains with Ovatio.... Read More

VenturePeople: Kate O'Neill of Metamarketer

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

METAMARKETER founder Kathleen "Kate" O'Neill, a 37-year-old Chicago-area native who's happily spent nearly a decade in Music City, acknowledges that the Nashville talent pool.... Read More

Regional Roundup, Oct. 26, 2011

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

VENTURE Capital has a new face in Tullahoma: Marcum Capital, its TNInvestco NEST-TN and other entities are now operating beneath the brand umbrella of Relevance Capital.... Read More

NewsBits, Sept. 20, 2011

Sep 20, 2011 at 10:37 am by miltcapps

Antoine Agassi ANTOINE AGASSI, who moved from CIO to President of Cogent Healthcare during the past three years, has exited to pursue other interests. He told VNC tha.... Read More

VenturePeople, Sept. 20, 2011

Sep 20, 2011 at 10:18 am by miltcapps

Today: Les Wilkinson of The Martin Cos., Si Deane of Baden and Luke Simons of Council Capital. Luke Simons W. LUCAS 'Luke' SIMONS told VNC he's having loads of fun he.... Read More

Economy: Music City Music Council moves from rehearsal to live performance

Sep 20, 2011 at 08:38 am by miltcapps

Nashville is in for an unprecedented economic-development push, if Co-Chairs Mayor Karl Dean and Randy Goodman and their allies can marshall the talent, energy and t.... Read More

Regional Roundup, Aug. 29, 2011

Aug 29, 2011 at 08:01 am by miltcapps

Sean Carson VENTURE INCITE (VI), backed by Solidus TNInvestco, has signed a license Agreement With Babcock & Wilcox Y-12 that could lead to production of body arm.... Read More

VenturePeople: Rick Oliver, Jay Frank, Jason Dinger, Jeff Nahley

Aug 29, 2011 at 08:01 am by miltcapps

Today: Dinger of MissionPoint, Jay Frank, Nahley of IB Signal Hill, Rick Oliver of American Sentinel Jason Dinger JASON DINGER, the 37-year-old CEO of St. Thomas Heal.... Read More

Next Nashville Technology Council CEO is Liza Lowery Massey

Aug 09, 2011 at 01:29 pm by miltcapps

Updated 11 July 2013 11:34 a.m.: Nashville Business Journal reports NTC CEO Liz Massey has a resigned and a search is being mounted for her successor. The 2011 NTC CEO job des.... Read More

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