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'Pinky Gonzales' meets the digital Age of Fanatics

Jan 17, 2011 at 06:01 pm by miltcapps

Editor's note: In a move apparently planned well in advance of this interview, Jansen subsequently relocated to Portland, Ore. The story as it originally appeared follows. Jo.... Read More

Cost-effective healthcare: Texans join Morphis, Marconcini in Precedent Health launch

Jan 10, 2011 at 02:28 pm by miltcapps

Precedent Health Inc. is launching in Nashville with investor Rock Morphis as chairman and Glen Marconcini as CEO, Morphis confirmed. VNC's online research suggests Precedent.... Read More

NewsBits, January 10, 2011

Jan 10, 2011 at 02:27 pm by miltcapps

Gina Ashe Eric Satz KRUSH: Local entrepreneur and VC Eric Satz may have "spotted the next new thing" in Boston. XconomyBoston, citing an SEC filing, recently.... Read More

Cumberland Center: New University-Business alliance plans to foster 'innovation hubs' in Mid-TN and State

Jan 03, 2011 at 10:05 am by miltcapps

Updated 2:43 p.m. re financial contributions.-Ed. Local university and business leaders are joining forces in a pro-innovation initiative for Middle Tennessee, supp.... Read More

Nashville, Memphis may have edge over Silicon Valley

Jan 03, 2011 at 10:05 am by miltcapps

Sarah Lacy, the Tennessean who is a senior editor at TechCrunch in San Francisco, says Nashville and Memphis may have an edge over Silicon Valley in nourishing some tech entre.... Read More

E-Commerce: StyleNet allies help Franklin firm advance

Dec 07, 2010 at 09:04 am by miltcapps

StyleNet, the Franklin-based e-commerce platform for hair salons in North America, hopes to reach profitability "any day," said CEO Michael Reader, with dry humor born of year.... Read More

Human Capital sees tech-centric consultants' departures

Dec 07, 2010 at 05:27 am by miltcapps

In the past six weeks, search consultant Dan Ryan, who's developing a role in the Mid-South's fledgling life sciences sector, left his senior role with Steve Hayes'.... Read More

Doerr and KPCB: Tennessee ties may be growing

Apr 05, 2010 at 04:28 am by miltcapps

In VNC's accompanying story on CEO Gary Ferguson's launch of ClearPractice LLC, Chairman Frank Ingari seemed to echo themes expressed years earlier by the company's chief inve.... Read More

Background: NotifyMD and Ferguson

Apr 05, 2010 at 04:25 am by miltcapps

â–ºThis backgrounder accompanies VNC's story today on Gary Ferguson's appointment as CEO of ClearPractice LLC. In 1997, Gary Ferguson, Ph.D., joined NotifyMD as vice presi.... Read More

TCRS Private equity investment jumps with $50MM placement

Mar 09, 2010 at 03:13 pm by miltcapps

The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System has made a $50 million private-equity investment commitment to Oaktree PPIP Private Fund. The announcement brings to $225 mi.... Read More

Chancellor's TNInvestco records decision against Coleman

Mar 02, 2010 at 03:13 pm by miltcapps

Nashville Chancery Court Chancellor Russell Perkins' decision released today gives a win to two state commissioners who sought to keep confidential TNInvestco records demande.... Read More

Quick Take: New Seed fund may be on RightSide

Mar 01, 2010 at 10:50 am by miltcapps

Some experts say the "seed-stage" venture model is broken and even Angels are seed-averse. Meanwhile, here in Tennessee the new TNInvestco funds have been encourage.... Read More

Cook: Nashville must create culture of 'True Innovation'

Feb 24, 2010 at 11:43 am by miltcapps

Joe Cook has great hopes for Nashville, but sees impediments to overcome for the region's life-sciences industry and for the innovation community, generally. Cook is co-founde.... Read More

ISO Capital: Hudsmith prepares Parental Health cap raise

Feb 22, 2010 at 11:29 am by miltcapps

Entrepreneur Scotte Hudsmith is launching Parental Health LLC and is about a month away from approaching investors for capital. Hudsmith, most recently executive vice preside.... Read More

TNInvestco: Court date looms, Lobbyists mass, Websites flower

Feb 11, 2010 at 12:38 pm by miltcapps

Updated 7:25 p.m. – In filings this afternoon with Chancery Court, Coleman and counsel argue, among other things, that such principles as public accountability militate.... Read More

NEWSBITS, Feb. 11, 2010

Feb 11, 2010 at 12:38 pm by miltcapps

Pharos Capital Managing Partner Michael Devlin (left) told an audience gathered here yesterday for a panel discussion of IPO, M&A and financing trends that he believes it'.... Read More

Digital Reasoning Systems names new president

Jan 11, 2010 at 02:09 pm by miltcapps

Update: DRS Oct. 9, 2014 announced raising $24MM in a Series C round led by Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse NEXT Investors, noting that previous investors have included Partne.... Read More

2010 Economy: Kisber, Cromwell both face reckoning

Jan 06, 2010 at 02:47 pm by miltcapps

The leaders of two platoons of State economic-development professionals will each face a reckoning in 2010. Matt Kisber, Gov. Phil Bredesen's commissioner of economic and comm.... Read More

Nashville Techies continually monitored by investors

Jan 05, 2010 at 07:01 am by miltcapps

This article was originally published by Digital Nashville, Jan. 4, 2010, with VNC's permission. Nashville's tech professionals may feel they toil in obscurity, but in fact th.... Read More

Universal Robotics sets VC round, plants flag in N'ville

Dec 07, 2009 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

Universal Robotics is launching a third round of venture capital-raising and has created a research facility in Davidson County. The eight-year-old company is propelled by rob.... Read More

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