Stuart McWhorter

Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund LP pursues $200MM raise

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:47 am by miltcapps

Update 2 May 2016: Heritage announced today that Heritage Fund I hit $170MM and Fund II has now been closed at $220MM. -Ed. HERITAGE Healthcare Innovation Fund LP, based in Br.... Read More

King: FCA Venture Partners now follows more 'ideas' for possible investment

Jan 19, 2012 at 09:51 am by miltcapps

FCA VENTURE PARTNERS' intense observation of companies in which it might invest has more than doubled, said FCA Managing Partner Matt King. Previously, FCA typically monitore.... Read More

TNInvestco-backed startup 'Krush' raises $4.5MM for predictive-network entry

Jan 09, 2012 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

TNINVESTCO-backed Krush Inc. has raised $4.5MM to advance the predictive-networks startup that operates from Nashville, to which it relocated its headquarters in 2010, and Bos.... 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

'Populr' decision: Bullpen Ventures corrals CentreSource's Nick Holland

Dec 19, 2011 at 09:05 am by miltcapps

NICHOLAS HOLLAND has handed the reins of CentreSource to his management team and is launching his Populr venture using the first-ever investment by Nashville's Bullpen Venture.... Read More

Public Service: Thistle Farms' entrepreneurship heals lives, but needs sales

Dec 19, 2011 at 09:03 am by miltcapps

Shopping this week? Thistle Farms, the nonprofit venture founded by Magadalene program founder Rev. Becca Stevens, needs sales acceleration now to meet its goals in 2012, Stev.... Read More

NewsBits, August 1, 2011

Aug 01, 2011 at 07:59 am by miltcapps

► [Update] Steve Turner, Joe Galante and Mark Montgomery -- previously associated with Dollar General, Sony Music and Echomusic, respectively -- will invest a total $500K in.... Read More

VenturePeople, August 1, 2011

Aug 01, 2011 at 07:58 am by miltcapps

► Today: Peterson (Bandbox), Francis (Brightwurks), Garner (games scene), Poland (Cardagin), Karleski (Chrysalis) Entrepreneurin full Dad-Mode BRIAN PETERS.... Read More

Cumberland Signal startup takes off in aviation sector with investors onboard

Jul 05, 2011 at 07:42 am by miltcapps

RICHARD HARDIN'S Cumberland Signal Labs is taking off on more than a wing and a prayer. Hardin's wiring hub for aircraft instrumentation has attracted investors, the cur.... Read More

NewsBits, July 5, 2011

Jul 04, 2011 at 07:56 pm by miltcapps

Gov. Haslam ► GOV. BILL HASLAM's economic-development conference will be Sept. 22-23 at the Renaissance Hotel, Nashville. The governor recently announced an appointme.... Read More

Fetherling eyes HealthDataSource role, resigns NTC;<br>Tech Council sets CEO search and strategic review

May 24, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

ENTREPRENEUR Tod Fetherling, the man who said he aimed to energize an association some thought had become "old and stodgy," has resigned his post as president of Nas.... Read More

NewsBits, May 23, 2011

May 23, 2011 at 08:29 am by miltcapps

Stuart McWhorter NEW COUNCIL of TN venture capitalists? Stuart McWhorter, co-founder of Bullpen Ventures and co-founder and president of Clayton Associates here confi.... Read More

Bullpen Ventures preps for pitches, aims for the fence

Apr 04, 2011 at 08:11 am by miltcapps

Bullpen Ventures is warming-up to fund up to 12 start-ups per year, said the VC-backed incubator's co-founder, Stuart McWhorter. Bullpen's home plate is within the Nashville E.... Read More

Founder of local $95MM Hope Investments fund<br>aims to support Just Hope global relief work

Apr 04, 2011 at 08:11 am by miltcapps

Updated 15 January 2017 - Brentwood fund manager Karen Bruton filed Jan. 13 on a $238.5MM raise. Our original April 4, 2011 story is below.-Ed. Karen Bruton, a Brentwood fund.... Read More

TNInvestco data flows, funds mull providing more updates

Mar 28, 2011 at 03:25 pm by miltcapps

Updated: March 31, 10:08 a.m.: Cook explained today the quarterly update will be a high-level summary updating TNInvestcos' results on an aggregated basis. Original repor.... Read More

NewsBits, March 28, 2011

Mar 28, 2011 at 03:25 pm by miltcapps

McWhorter Startup investment: Stuart McWhorter, co-founder and president of Clayton Associates, the Brentwood venture-capital firm, has personally invested in 24/7 Sp.... Read More

VCs hope to avoid 'smoking holes', look for passion<br>and aim for 'great companies' over jobs-creation

Mar 07, 2011 at 08:04 am by miltcapps

Solidus Co. Managing Partner Townes Duncan apparently shares a fear common among Ace fighter pilots: He really doesn't want to end-up being part of a "smokin' hole" in the gro.... Read More

NewsBits, March 7, 2011

Mar 07, 2011 at 08:04 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE MISSES-OUT on 105 jobs spawned by Vanderbilt University tech-transfer portfolio company TyraTech, the natural pest- and parasite-fighting solutions producer, which i.... Read More

Solidus-SeedHatchery mentees named

Mar 02, 2011 at 02:26 pm by miltcapps

NewsBits, February 28, 2011

Feb 28, 2011 at 08:43 am by miltcapps

Vanderbilt University is moving along in efforts to recruit an assistant vice chancellor to support technology transfer and commercialization efforts. The assignment is.... Read More

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