Vic Gatto

CEO: Optio Labs may pursue 'significant' Series B raise within 12 months

Mar 05, 2015 at 02:25 pm by miltcapps

Updated: OptioLabs announced April 27, 2016 its partnership with Ridge Global. Sept. 30, 2015 the company announced its integration partnership with AMD. It announced further.... Read More

Sohr-backed DataFi mulls further Seed capital for fintech platform

Feb 03, 2015 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated 21 January 2020: Built bought lienwaivers.io, release here. 29 April 2019: Built announced it has completed its Series B financing round of $31 million led by Goldman.... Read More

Healthbox grad Atlas Health Technologies eyes Seed capital round

Feb 02, 2015 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

Updated 30 March 2016 0727: Kelso announced today the company is now branded Healthcare Blocks.-Ed. ATLAS HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES, a Nashville-based application-hosting and manage.... Read More

Silicon Heartbeat: Comments from NTC Award speakers set the tone

Jan 23, 2015 at 09:01 am by miltcapps

VERY PERSONAL comments from honorees and other speakers during last night's Nashville Technology Council Awards event are likely to have left lasting impressions. Among other.... Read More

Legacies & Leadership: Nashville Technology Council Awards unveiled

Jan 23, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Update: Brian Moyer became CEO of NTC in September 2016.-Ed. NASHVILLE Technology Council (NTC) last night unveiled winners of the 2014 NTC Awards during its 6th Annual event,.... Read More

Executive response on the Nashville FinTech opportunity

Jan 12, 2015 at 09:30 pm by miltcapps

THE NOTION of creating creating a Financial Technology (FinTech) accelerator or program initiative to support startups in the sector is getting fresh attention in Nashville. F.... Read More

Posited: FinTech accelerator idea meets entrepreneurial interest in Nashville

Jan 12, 2015 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

FINANCIAL Technology startups in the Mid-South could get a boost, if enthusiasm for a new accelerator initiative in Nashville translates into action. Prompted by recent partic.... Read More

VentureNotes: Jumpstart Foundry, TNovation initiative

Sep 19, 2014 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

Updated 27 Oct. 2014: Jumpstart confirmed its shift to Healthcare-only, at least for the 2015 cohort, because JSF's had best success in that vertical.-Ed. JUMPS.... Read More

Startup: Arcivr finds Nashville Tech talent issue manageable, sets 2.0 launch

Sep 19, 2014 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

"I STRUGGLE to understand this idea that there's a shortage of Tech talent in Nashville," said Chris Korbey, founder and CEO of Arcivr, the Cloud-based photo-sharing and colla.... Read More

'Proudly capitalist' Jumpstart Foundry unfurls plan for its U.S. and regional ascendancy

Aug 25, 2014 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

ANYONE not familiar with the bluntness and dark humor that sometimes accompany Vic Gatto's impromptu remarks, might have been discomfited when at the end of Jumpstart Foundry'.... Read More

VTC: Money flows: DataFlyte raise embraced by Blank Slate Ventures

Aug 25, 2014 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

2014 Jumpstart Foundry cohort directory

Aug 25, 2014 at 05:30 am by miltcapps

Parkes See Related JSF14 Investor Day story here. Aloncii - $200K. Founder/CEO Ashley Parkes. Aloncii utilizes 3D imaging technology for production of fashion-forward.... Read More

'Proudly capitalist' Jumpstart Foundry unfurls plan for its U.S. and regional ascendancy

Aug 23, 2014 at 02:14 pm by miltcapps

ANYONE not familiar with the bluntness and dark humor that sometimes accompany Vic Gatto's impromptu remarks, might have been discomfited when at the end of Jumpstart Foundry'.... Read More

Gatto: Jumpstart commercialization ties with VU limited, but promising

Aug 18, 2014 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

JUMPSTART FOUNDRY (JSF) has a "sponsor-partner relationship" with the Vanderbilt Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization (CTTC), and one of the 10 teams pitching.... Read More

Griffin Technology commits $200K in time, talent for Academy of Design and Technology

Aug 18, 2014 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY, the creator of technology accessories, has become the branded sponsor of The Griffin Academy of Design & Technology, at Nashville's Hunters Lane High S.... Read More

Startups, Buyouts: TNCRS nears $2BN PE mark 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

Entrepreneurs, Investors, Advisors comment on Nashville deal dynamics, traditions

Jul 31, 2014 at 06:15 am by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE investment gets a close look in Nashville, as Medalogix CEO Dan Hogan pursues a Series A capital raise. Return to the main story and Hogan's views, right here. Ho.... Read More

Angels on Safari: Gatto, Burcham target startups via Selous Venture Society

Jun 25, 2014 at 02:21 pm by miltcapps

THE SOLIDUS-spawned Selous Venture Society (SVS), an Angel group based in Nashville, has been quietly stalking Angels and startups for months, and is about to pounce on its fo.... Read More

Former LaunchTN Chairman William Evans hands St. Jude CEO reins to James Downing, M.D.

Jun 25, 2014 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

ST. JUDE Children's Research Hospital CEO William Evans, PharmD, is returning to full-time pharmacogenetic research, and is to be succeeded in the role of director and CEO by.... 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