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Venture Notes -- Aug. 1, 2019

Aug 01, 2019 at 04:48 pm by miltcapps

Jamari Brown succeeds Wiltshire as Nashville Mayor Briley's ECD lead

Mar 28, 2019 at 12:44 pm by miltcapps

Metro Nashville/Davidson County Mayor David Briley today announced experienced jobs developer Jamari Brown as the new director of the Mayor's Office of Economic and Community.... Read More

CEO: Wealth Access aggressive growth options could include strategic-sale

Mar 27, 2019 at 03:37 pm by miltcapps

NOTWITHSTANDING the fintech sector's recent surge in M&A deals, Wealth Access Inc. founder David Benskin's recent acknowledgement that selling his firm to a strategic bidd.... Read More

Nashville EC: 17 local startups report INFLIGHT takeoff efforts

Mar 20, 2019 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

TOMORROW evening, March 21, seventeen Nashville-area startups will report their progress, five months into their InFlight experience with the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC.... Read More

Change Healthcare $100MM IPO prep comes out of stealth onto SEC shelf

Mar 19, 2019 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

Updated: C:H trading now. July 1 summary release. Forbes column 6/26 by David Trainer on the stock here. Our previous coverage here. C:H EFFECT Noon ET 26 June, all fil.... Read More

Fintech: Maxwell leads FINTOP II fund raise

Mar 15, 2019 at 03:16 pm by miltcapps

UPDATED: Fintop II closed at $126MM, with six portfolio investments at the outset. Press Release May 14, 2020.-Ed. FINTECH serial entrepreneur Joe Maxwell filed yesterday on h.... Read More

Nashville's Black tech entrepreneurs sometimes weigh locating elsewhere

Dec 11, 2018 at 09:43 am by miltcapps

Updated 21 Dec 2018: Coko Eason's Milk the Moment has been inducted into the 2019 cohort of Velocity Accelerator in Birmingham, she told VNC today. BBJ coverage. -Ed. COURTNEY.... Read More

Fintech: Acquisitive startup Celero Commerce<br>picks Nashville for headquarters

Dec 04, 2018 at 03:02 pm by miltcapps

Updated 18 June 2019: Celero acquired two payment companies on undisclosed terms: Elmhurst Financial Services and Tandem Innovative Payment Solutions. Release here. Earlier: C.... Read More

VU-branded 'Vanderbilt Coding Boot Camp' to debut via Trilogy partnership

Aug 29, 2018 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

VANDERBILT University, acting through program co-leads Owen Graduate School of Management (OGSM) and its School of Engineering (VUSE), has entered a partnership with NYC-based.... Read More

New VU Entrepreneurship Conference powered by Owen's C4E + donors

Aug 27, 2018 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

THE VANDERBILT Entrepreneurship Conference set for this autumn is being convened by the Center for Entrepreneurship (C4E) at Owen Graduate School of Management and is largely.... Read More

Venture Notes - 21 August 2018

Aug 21, 2018 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Chart: Women-Owned Businesses 2018

Aug 21, 2018 at 11:36 am by miltcapps

. TO SEE MAIN ARTICLE associated with this chart, please click here. from the 2018 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report - Related article here.

FINTOP Capital DealCloud exit transaction marks Joe Maxwell's first as a VC

Aug 16, 2018 at 04:54 pm by miltcapps

JOE MAXWELL, the recent founder of FINTOP Capital who was for many years known as one of Nashville's most successful fintech entrepreneurs, has confirmed that he's got a lot t.... Read More

Vreeland confirms Jumpstart Capital's<br>SimplifyASC and HIGI SH LLC investments

Aug 03, 2018 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated March 11, 2019: SimplifyASC should pass $7MM cap-in milestone soon, full story here. 22 Aug 2018 - CyramedX filed today on a $2MM raise with $1.8MM reported in.-Ed. JU.... Read More

Venture Notes - Aug. 2, 2018

Aug 02, 2018 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Charlie Coiner CHARLIE COINER, former Dooley-era UT football assistant coach, is back in Knoxville and working with developers at Austin's Workhorse Marketing on V2.0.... Read More

Petra Capital files for $150 Million Growth Fund IV

May 30, 2018 at 05:20 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Petra announced June 4, 2020, its completion of Fund IV, leaving it with $208MM to invest; and, Petra said it had joined other investors both to form Three Oaks Hospi.... Read More

Update: SEC gives nod to Greg Daily's i3 Verticals IPO, NASDAQ listing

May 25, 2018 at 05:01 pm by miltcapps

Updated 10 June 2019 - The June 5 offering was completed June 10. June 8 2019 - i3 Vertical Inc.'s common offering became effective June 5, 2019 and was, prior to execution, p.... Read More

Urmy: Artist Growth's new CEO drives capital raises for roadmap, scaleup

May 23, 2018 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 28 June 2018 - Co. launches AGFinance, with PNFP for Tour Advance financing, here. May 28 story below.-Ed. MATT URMY, co-founder, former CEO and now chief strategy an.... Read More

NIH Awards Second $1 Million Grant to Nashville Data Science Company IQuity Labs Inc.

May 07, 2018 at 03:47 pm by miltcapps

Nashville data science company IQuity Labs Inc. announced today that it has received a second $1 million Phase 2 grant from the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Small Bus.... Read More

Venture Notes - May 2, 2018

May 02, 2018 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

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