Stuart McWhorter

Venture-backed Songkick taps Nashville's JD May for growth push

Jul 03, 2015 at 02:50 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE entrepreneur JD May has left his EVP-bizdev role at Nashville's FLO.CO to become international startup SongKick's VP for growth. May, 44, has many prior venture notc.... 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

Charlotte's Frontier Capital eyes Nashville market for investments

Jun 24, 2015 at 12:30 am by miltcapps

FRONTIER CAPITAL, based in Charlotte, N.C., may invest in "one or two" Tennessee companies via its recently closed Fund IV, and those targets are likely to be based in Nashvil.... Read More

Off-script: Project Music's Heather McBee joins Pandoland moderators

Jun 13, 2015 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 2:11pm June 15, 2015: The EC announced today McBee has been promoted to Program Director of Project Music.-Ed. HEATHER MCBEE, the industry lead for Project Music at th.... Read More

CEO McWhorter names Julia Polk program officer at Entrepreneur Center

May 21, 2015 at 09:21 am by miltcapps

Stuart McWhorter, president and CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, announced today that Julia Polk [LinkedIn] will be the EC's new chief program officer effective June.... Read More

edo Interactive: $20MM Series E, Badran CEO, Braswell exec chairman

May 20, 2015 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

The following is an edo Interactive press release, May 20, 2015. On May 26, an edo spokesman said the company has 92 employees, including 38 in Chicago, 39 (including remote w.... Read More

Pet health: Vet on Demand telemed startup to raise capital

Apr 13, 2015 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

VET ON DEMAND, the first digital startup by the Revelette brothers, who cut their entrepreneurial teeth in family businesses, is eyeing a capital raise. Co-founders Curt, 33,.... Read More

Indigo Woman: CEO says Stony Creek Colors' capraise awaits pilot results

Apr 07, 2015 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

STONY CREEK COLORS' decision on a capital raise awaits results from Indigo crop-production scale-up tests this summer, said Sarah Bellos, the company's founder, CEO and majori.... Read More

McWhorter sets Entrepreneur Center diligence,<br>mulls accelerators, capital links, other ideas

Apr 06, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

STUART MCWHORTER, soon to become CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, is poised to conduct a 30-day survey of how best to build on the foundation established by Founding.... 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

Stuart McWhorter succeeds Burcham as CEO of Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Apr 02, 2015 at 10:57 am by miltcapps

Note: The following release was issued today by The Strategy Group, which represents Ingram Industries, among other clients.-Ed. John R. Ingram, Chairman of the Board of Dire.... Read More

Nashville Technology Council dips cyber-toe into public policy waters

Feb 02, 2015 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Technology Council (NTC) recently became affiliated with a grassroots industry coalition that advocates federal, state and regional policies that it asserts are "imp.... Read More

LaunchTN: McWhorter board resignation adds to agency's to-do's

Jan 27, 2015 at 01:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: See ECD comment added below.-Ed. LAUNCHTN, led by CEO Charlie Brock and new Chairman and State Economic Development Commissioner Randy Boyd, has an ample list of to-d.... Read More

No leg-up? TCRS pension-assets 'Set-aside' for TN firms uncertain

May 13, 2013 at 06:44 am by miltcapps

THE NOTION of creating allocations of Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) assets expressly for investment by in-state private-equity firms remains an idea with few.... Read More

TCRS private-equity commitments reach $900MM as Villere departs

May 13, 2013 at 06:44 am by miltcapps

Update: 28 January 2014 - TCRS announced that formerly Interim PE director Daniel Crews was named successor to Lamar Villere.-Ed.   MAJOR PLAYERS among national and global v.... Read More

LaunchTN appoints commercialization director from Nashville startup ranks

Mar 05, 2013 at 09:54 am by miltcapps

JIM STEFANSIC, Ph.D., an entrepreneur and biomedical engineer, has taken point as commercialization director for LaunchTN, officially the state-sponsored Tennessee Technology.... Read More

New LaunchTN CEO Brock cites innovation 'momentum', surveys challenges

Jan 08, 2013 at 11:11 am by miltcapps

CHARLIE BROCK'S widely anticipated appointment as CEO of LaunchTN was confirmed today by the high-growth advocate's board of directors. Brock, 48, takes-up his duties later t.... 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

Startup POPVOX could double as case study for LaunchTN tech-venture push

Nov 01, 2012 at 12:02 pm by miltcapps

POPVOX, the California-, DC- and Jackson, Tennessee-based legislative-action platform created by a Tennessean and her co-founder, could prove to be a case study for the state'.... Read More

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