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Clayton Associates' McWhorter increases stake in Clemson University

Jun 12, 2017 at 07:15 am by miltcapps

Updated 8 May 2020 - McWhorter, who recently chaired Gov. Bill Lee's Unified Command Group, tasked with addressing urgent Covid19 requirements, announced he's taking a strateg.... Read More

Brody-Waite: EC won't sub 'vaporware' or coffee for sustainability + value

Jun 01, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Entrepreneur Center CEO Michael Brody-Waite said he is convinced Nashville entrepreneurship can "leapfrog" and surpass that of a number of peer cities in coming year.... Read More

Jumpstart Foundry seeks greater mindshare among U.S. HC entrepreneurs

May 24, 2017 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

VIC GATTO, the 46-year-old chairman of Seed-stage investor Jumpstart Foundry, wants every U.S. healthcare entrepreneur noodling startup plans in Starbucks everywhere to make a.... Read More

New entrepreneur-in-res at EC, launches 'Milk the Moment' startup

May 02, 2017 at 03:57 pm by miltcapps

COURTNEY 'Coko' Eason has launched into her role as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center while simultaneously advancing her mobile app toward the mar.... Read More

At Satchel Health, Macy to CPO, succeeded as CEO by Lanson Hyde

May 01, 2017 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

Satchel Health, a Nashville healthIT offering telemedicine solutions for post-acute care providers, today announced the appointment of Lanson Hyde as chief executive officer..... Read More

Wearables startup WiseWear's Series A underway, plans Nashville office

Apr 13, 2017 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

WISEWEAR, the health, safety and security wearable technologies brainchild of a Vanderbilt University biomedical engineering alumnus, plans to establish a Nashville office and.... Read More

Venture Notes - 11 April 2017

Apr 11, 2017 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Today: EC | DartMusic | Zycron | AffirmHealth | HeritageGp | Skopos Labs | GrowBio | 402 Digital | ORNL | RegionalOne | Chatta | UTC | Studio | NueCura | MyCanoe | ACG |Owens.... Read More

Franklin fintech: Startup HealthcareTTU eyes $10MM Series B raise

Apr 03, 2017 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

FRANKLIN-based HealthcareTTU's top management is nearing the end of their work in Los Angeles' Cedars Sinai Healthcare Accelerator Powered by Techstars, and the startup's $10M.... Read More

Sal Novin: Nashville tech entrepreneur's alternative to startup accelerators

Mar 21, 2017 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 28 Nov 2018 1010: We regret to inform you that Sal Novin passed away at age 45 on Nov. 24, 2018, after several years battling Glioblastoma cancer. A celebration of his.... Read More

Accelerate Health? With EC & Jumpstart Foundry out of the game,<br>some mull the need for a Healthcare accelerator in Nashville

Mar 06, 2017 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 5:49pm: Stuart McWhorter's earlier response to our query was apparently overlooked in our queue and has been added, below.-Ed. THE Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC) h.... Read More

The TENN startup MomSource charts growth, capital, eventual exit

Mar 06, 2017 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Nashville startup PredictGov joins Duke Law Tech Lab, eyes capital raises

Jan 23, 2017 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

VANDERBILT Ph.D. candidate John Nay has won admittance for his PredictGov lawtech startup in the inaugural class of the Duke Law Tech Lab at Duke University. Nay told Venture.... Read More

iCitizen eyes $5MM-$10MM Series A, cites increased traction

Jan 22, 2017 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

22 January 2017: Joel Lee, who had served earlier as president and chief marketing officer of iCitizen, returned within the past week. The company is moving into the Center615.... Read More

Nashville cryptocurrency founder adopts 'open kimono' for disclosure

Jan 17, 2017 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 22 Aug. 2017 - UR Technology was apparently reconstituted as Kowala KUSD LLC (Dela.) in June 2017.-Ed. ACKNOWLEDGING both the interest and wariness that surround the ".... Read More

Satchel Health eyes major Series A raise, aims for eventual homerun exit

Dec 05, 2016 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

SATCHEL HEALTH, the Nashville post-acute care telemedicine startup, is likely to pursue a $5MM-$10MM Series A raise in early 2017, said Co-founder and CEO Ryan Macy. The two-y.... Read More

Venture Notes - 28 November 2016

Nov 28, 2016 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

TODAY: TNInvestco | Commercialization | NTC Hour of Code | LaunchTN | Women in Finance | Artist Growth | Montgomery | VU Blockchain | Byron Smith | Shockwave | Policy | Open M.... Read More

Reporter's Notebook: Nashville Capital Network could play a broader role

Oct 27, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 10 July - NCN announced its total take closed at $34MM. 7 June 2017: NCN announced raising its new $25MM NCN Partners Fund with individual investors drawn from ranks o.... Read More

Ingram Content Group ends 1440 accelerator gambit, keeps innovation focus

Oct 24, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

INGRAM Content Group (ICG), a unit of Nashville-based Ingram Industries, has confirmed that the first cohort of its once unique 1440 publishing-startup accelerator is its last.... Read More

Bredesen: Straight talk on HealthIT, procurement and 'Darwinian tensions'

Sep 19, 2016 at 03:54 pm by miltcapps

FORMER Governor Phil Bredesen told his HiMSS Summit of the Southeast audience Sept. 14 that his 16 years as Governor of Tennessee, Mayor of Metro/Nashville and the founder of.... Read More

Innovation Crossroads: ORNL Energy-startup accelerator aborning

Sep 19, 2016 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

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