Jim Sohr

Jim Phillips CEO of relaunched XMI backed by Engelbrecht's SCI of Evansville

May 02, 2017 at 09:56 am by miltcapps

Updated July 25, 2017: XMI announced it bought 6-year-old accounting/CFO outsourced services company, ConServ Business Services, based in Nashville. XMI said in a release it n.... Read More

Center for Entrepreneurship staffs-up within<br>VU Owen Graduate School of Management

Apr 04, 2017 at 04:55 pm by miltcapps

MICHAEL Bryant has begun work as the first director of the newly branded Center for Entrepreneurship within Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management. Bryant,.... Read More

Nashville startups scouted by Cedars-Sinai<br>Healthcare Accelerator with Techstars

Mar 17, 2017 at 04:03 pm by miltcapps

LOS ANGELES-based Cedars-Sinai Healthcare Accelerator Powered by Techstars will hold a seminar and office hours at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center on March 28. Program Manag.... Read More

Briefing: Hashed Health to convene blockchain consortium in Nashville

Mar 13, 2017 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

HASHED HEALTH, the Nashville startup backed by Martin Ventures and Fenbushi Capital, will in September convene in Music City its growing consortium of healthcare companies int.... Read More

Down to the Wire for $50K: 5 startup Finalists await 36|86 verdict

Jun 07, 2016 at 01:47 pm by miltcapps

Update: Chattanooga-based Torch was declared prize winner.-Ed. LAUNCH TENNESSEE's 36|86 judges this afternoon brought the field of startups competing for $50K in prize money d.... Read More

Winners announced from Statewide University Pitch Competition

Jun 07, 2016 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH Tennessee on May 26 announced four winners of its Statewide University Venture Challenge, a new initiative launched in March. The programs aims to engage student entrep.... Read More

U-Pitch: Blaque Reily's Portmanteau Jewelry startup is building in layers

Jun 07, 2016 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

Portmanteau Jewelry Collection is the startup of Blaque Reily, a Fairbanks, Alaska native and freshly minted MBA out of the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt Un.... Read More

AegleGear healthcare apparel startup nears launch in Chattanooga

Jun 06, 2016 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

CHATTANOOGA-based Aegle Gear LLC, a true startup producing healthcare apparel with proprietary anti-microbial properties and athletic styling, has raised $750K in Seed funding.... Read More

Solidus-backed Healthcare Learning Innovations plants flag in Nashville

Apr 26, 2016 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

HEALTHCARE Learning Innovations, owned by American Sentinel University, has planted its flag in Nashville, where it will market its interactive online courses, simulation tech.... Read More

Grajewski: VU Innovation Center likely to seal some partnerships by August

Apr 25, 2016 at 01:01 pm by miltcapps

THE INNOVATION CENTER at Vanderbilt University is likely establish some key corporate partnerships by August and is ramping-up recruitment of in-residence entrepreneurs, mento.... 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 "Deci.... Read More

Nashville EC's BunkerLabs, Veteran Entrepreneur Society gather Jan. 21

Jan 18, 2016 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated - Bunker Labs Nashville announced Feb. 24, 2016, that the local program's founding sponsor is Comcast. The program is resident at the NEC.-Ed. MILITARY VETERANS with e.... Read More

Sohr's Powered Health wraps key Growthwright services around startups

Jan 15, 2016 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

POWERED HEALTH, the Nashville-based venture-support company that is majority-owned by Chairman/CEO Jim Sohr, aims to market its Growthwright-branded IT, software and strategic.... Read More

Eyeing Owen MBA, Vrion founder may apply Sohr Grant to Tech needs

Jan 13, 2016 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

WAITING for a check represents a sort of baptism of fire for freshly minted entrepreneurs. That's particularly true when they're like Vrion Holdings Founder Trisha Fridrich, w.... Read More

FinTech: Seed-stage BancList pops-up in Nashville, eyes capital raise

Feb 17, 2015 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

BANCLIST, the successor to a FinTech startup born near Atlanta, has chosen Nashville as home and plans to pursue bridge financing and capital totaling about $1MM. The company.... 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

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

Avila-led Emerge Financial Wellness mulls Series B raise in 2015

Jan 12, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

MARIO AVILA, CEO of Emerge Financial Wellness and its Contigo Financial subsidiary, says new partnerships this quarter may spur further growth and help trigger a Series B capi.... Read More

TNInvestco 2.0 prospects uncertain, entrepreneurs and investors begin charting path forward

Oct 15, 2014 at 02:03 pm by miltcapps

TNInvestco, the State of Tennessee's unprecedented capital-formation program, is perhaps mostly widely appreciated for the buzz it created for the state upon its debut in 2009.... Read More

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