JumpStart Foundry

EC President, COO Sam Lingo departing Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Dec 06, 2016 at 12:02 pm by miltcapps

SAM LINGO, probably the longest-tenured payroll employee of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, will depart his duties as president and COO Dec. 31, according to a release from.... 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 Calendar - 2016 - Updated

Nov 25, 2016 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Also Visit : 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | January 6 - 9 - CES - Consumer Technology Association re Music-Communications interests, Nashville panelists, details h.... Read More

'Go-Mode': Healthtech Hackathon results come ahead of Distributed: Health

Oct 03, 2016 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

Ottawa's Guay CANADIAN Patrick Guay probably best described the atmosphere of Nashville's first blockchain hackathon this weekend, telling Venture Nashville "We were.... Read More

CEO: Applied Health Analytics may have banker bakeoff in 1Q17

Sep 19, 2016 at 01:30 pm by miltcapps

APPLIED Health Analytics will look at its year-end numbers and strategy, and then it might run an investment-banker bakeoff in 1Q17, according Robert Chamberlain, its 59-year-.... Read More

Update: Nashville Fintech, Blockchain initiatives

Sep 16, 2016 at 07:00 am by miltcapps

VNC Publisher's Update on Fintech/blockchain, An Offer and A Request for Readers: THE UPDATE: FINTECH was the topic that drew 120+ of us together in the jam-packed Learni.... Read More

Dynamo Fund, Accelerator raise tops $18MM, cohort announced

Sep 13, 2016 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

LaunchTN names Capital Formation, Entrepreneurship leaders

Aug 11, 2016 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE once again has a full-time director of Capital Formation, having recruited John Lanahan, formerly a senior associate of Cambridge-, New York- and Palo Alto-ba.... Read More

CaredFor: Polidor siblings eye Seed raise for referral-marketing startup

Aug 10, 2016 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 2 Feb. 2022: CaredFor was sold on undisclosed terms to Tampa-based Continuum Cloud.-Ed. 24 Aug 2019: CaredFor filed for an aggregate $2MM raise in December 2018. Nashv.... Read More

CMA-backed, EC-based Project Music accelerator accepting 3.0 applications

Aug 10, 2016 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

PROJECT MUSIC began its 3.0 accelerator/innovation cycle this week by opening the startup applications window, with the deadline currently set for October 14. Organizers proje.... Read More

Private-Equity backed Incipio rolls-up Nashville Griffin Technology

Aug 05, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

BACKED by New York-based PE Goode Partners, consumer tech-oriented Incipio Group of Irvine has acquired Nashville's Griffin Technology. State records online suggest the deal w.... Read More

SaaS: Affirm Health startup preps for Seed capital raise

Aug 05, 2016 at 03:36 pm by miltcapps

Updated 12 January 2018: The company reported raising about $169K in equity capital. 29 March 2017: AffirmHealth reported raising $150K.-Ed. JUMPSTART Foundry portfolio compan.... Read More

Gatto exits Selous Venture, doubles-down on Jumpstart, Health:Further

Aug 05, 2016 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

VIC GATTO, the veritable Swiss Army Knife of Nashville entrepreneurship, confirmed he has exited his controlling position in the Selous Venture Society group of Angels based h.... Read More

Soundways 1st Music startup funded via Consortium/StartCo partnership

May 20, 2016 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

HealthX3: Jumpstart cohort, GfE HealthTech, EC Project Healthcare

May 19, 2016 at 06:45 pm by miltcapps

FROM SUNDAY onward, 24 Healthcare startups will be living in a special Heaven or Hell for early-stage ventures. Jumpstart Foundry Chairman Vic Gatto said Jumpstart will gathe.... Read More

Urgent Team may turn to large PE house if $100MM M&A target looms

Apr 14, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: Jan. 23, 2019: Urgent Team filed 10/12/18 for a roughly $7.4MM raise, with some Pharos execs associated with the filing.-Ed. URGENT TEAM, the Nashville consolidator of.... Read More

Venture Notes - 12 April 2016

Apr 12, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

ROUNDUP: Nashville Edge - Amplion CEO - HCCA Kudos! - Council Capital Pilot/Flying J Health:Further - John Murdock - Joe Kustelski - EdTech - Proton capraise - LaunchTN.... Read More

Startups: TN's autoXLR8R up for adoption by UT Institute for Public Service

Mar 09, 2016 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

AutoXLR8R, the automotive-sector startup accelerator that moved last year to Knoxville-Oak Ridge from Middle Tennessee, has apparently found its third owner in the Institute f.... Read More

3/16: SIIA Strategy & Diligence: MedCare Investment's Ron Ilesco, Brentwood Capital's Cook Wylly, Edgenet's JJ Freitag join speakers

Mar 08, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

INVESTING, operating or exiting a Software-centric enterprise in Tennessee? Venture Nashville readers' gratis registration remains open a few more days for the March 16 "Decip.... Read More

Venture Notes - March 1, 2016

Mar 01, 2016 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

Mac Bartine TODAY: Smart-RIA, ECD's Randy Boyd, LaunchTN INCITE,Impact Investing, Rebrovick move FINTECH is bubbling-up again in Tennessee: Knoxville-based newco Smar.... Read More

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