Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System

TCRS copes within private-equity LP competition, no rush for more advisors

Feb 06, 2015 at 09:17 am by miltcapps

TCRS, the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, must cope with competing investors, as do other pension plans looking for strong returns. Yet, at the end of FY2014, last.... Read More

TN CRS: Hellman & Friedman VIII gets $80MM<br> PE commitment from TN retirement system

Sep 08, 2014 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

Updated 16 Sept. 6:50pm: PEHub reported today that H&F is likely to close HFCPVIII at its $10.25BN hard cap.-Ed. HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN Capital Partners (HFCP) VIII recen.... Read More

Nashville: INVEST-TN Sept. 18 spotlights C-level execs<br> addressing critical business issues, updating companies' stories

Sep 07, 2014 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

THE 3rd INVEST-TN Conference is in Nashville on Sept. 18, with C-level speakers from eight Tennessee public companies and a private held company that is raising capital. The.... Read More

Khosla-backed Brentwood youth takes Strut to SiValley,<br> yet thinks Nashville could become a true 'startup hub'

Sep 02, 2014 at 12:22 pm by miltcapps

Updated 27 April 2023: In 2021, Mark Daniel, now 29, co-founded investment firm DIGITAL with Benjamin Milstein. Daniel's LinkedIn profile here. Original 9/2/2014 story below.-.... Read More

VTC: Tech2020 CEO's exit provides another spur<br> for Knoxville entrepreneurship re-think

Sep 02, 2014 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

Dan Hammond's American Hometown Media cooks-up $5MM Series B raise

Aug 04, 2014 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Updates 20 Oct. 2015: On 19 Oct., AHM reported a $2.3MM capital raise.-Ed. AMERICAN Hometown Media, parent of Just A Pinch Recipe Club, will have all the lip-smacking ingredi.... Read More

Startups, Buyouts: TNCRS nears $2BN PE mark<br>with Charlesbank, Khosla commitments

Aug 04, 2014 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

PRIVATE EQUITY commitments now total nearly $2BN via the alternative assets investment program of Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS). TCRS recently opted to comm.... Read More

East Nashville business group advances brand and place-making agendas

Jul 02, 2014 at 01:58 pm by miltcapps

EAST NASHVILLE champions today unveiled three candidate logos for their earthily hip community, and are letting the public help choose the most compelling graphic identity. ►.... Read More

Tennessee CRS private-equity Venrock play<br>weighted toward Technology, Healthcare

Jun 30, 2014 at 01:29 pm by miltcapps

TECHNOLOGY and Healthcare are the priorities of Venrock VII, which recently received a commitment of up to $35 million via the private-equity investment program of the Tenness.... 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

Entrepreneur Center: AdvanceNashville seeks 16 leaders

May 13, 2013 at 06:43 am by miltcapps

Update: 23 May 2013 - EC management seems to have deleted the mildly controversial reference to an under-age 40 requirements from the AdvanceNashville site.-Ed. SIXTEEN Unde.... 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

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

LaunchTN seeks traction on many fronts as it seeks to close deal for a CEO

Aug 06, 2012 at 11:25 am by miltcapps

Note 3:24 p.m.: After publication, LaunchTN confirmed that Denenberg is the new entrepreneur director and that StartupTN remains separate, but the accelerators will be primari.... Read More

TCRS private-equity commitments approach $700MM, agency says

Jul 16, 2012 at 12:14 pm by miltcapps

THE PRIVATE-EQUITY investment program of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) has made fresh commitments totaling $190MM to four private-equity firms, according.... Read More

TCRS: Retirement fund commits $40MM total to Bain Capital VF12, Canaan IX

Feb 10, 2012 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

THE PRIVATE-EQUITY investment program of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) has made a $25MM asset commitment to Canaan IX and $15MM to Bain Capital Venture F.... Read More

Cardiovascular Care Group seeks $40MM capital infusion

Jan 18, 2012 at 04:23 pm by miltcapps

CARDIOVASCULAR Care Group (CCG), which is headquartered in the West End offices of Healthcare Investment Group (HIG), filed for a $40 million equity and debt raise, reporting.... Read More

Startup Tennessee to cultivate more Angel investors, among other goals

Dec 28, 2011 at 11:50 am by miltcapps

Updates: Warren's start-date on StartupTN work has been corrected, links to final INCITE co-investment materials added and better links to Memphis Res.... Read More

Energy Targets: TCRS PE program makes $50MM commitment to Denham

Dec 28, 2011 at 09:05 am by miltcapps

THE PRIVATE-EQUITY investment program of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) has made a $50 million commitment to Denham Capital Fund VI, an affiliate of Denha.... Read More

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