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NewsBits, Oct. 26, 2011

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

NELSON'S GREEN BRIER DISTILLERY's recently launched $500K capital raise promises to rekindle the Nelson's Green Brier Tennessee Whiskey brand, now led by founder Charles Nelso.... Read More

Regional Roundup, Oct. 26, 2011

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

VENTURE Capital has a new face in Tullahoma: Marcum Capital, its TNInvestco NEST-TN and other entities are now operating beneath the brand umbrella of Relevance Capital.... Read More

Nashville Entrepreneur Center gains Galen Partners as lead Healthcare sponsor

Oct 07, 2011 at 08:06 am by miltcapps

Galen Partners, the Stamford, Conn.-based private-equity firm specializing in healthcare, has become the Nashville Entrepreneur Center's 2012 healthcare sector sponsor. Galen.... Read More

VentureNotes, Oct. 3, 2011

Oct 03, 2011 at 08:19 am by miltcapps

Today: XMi, Limestone, TriStar, Chattanooga Renaissance Fund, Sponsorpitch TNINVESTCO's Limestone Fund and XMi High Growth Development Fund have each invested $550K in Indust.... Read More

NewsBits, Sept. 20, 2011

Sep 20, 2011 at 10:37 am by miltcapps

Antoine Agassi ANTOINE AGASSI, who moved from CIO to President of Cogent Healthcare during the past three years, has exited to pursue other interests. He told VNC tha.... Read More

VenturePeople, Sept. 20, 2011

Sep 20, 2011 at 10:18 am by miltcapps

Today: Les Wilkinson of The Martin Cos., Si Deane of Baden and Luke Simons of Council Capital. Luke Simons W. LUCAS 'Luke' SIMONS told VNC he's having loads of fun he.... Read More

Healthcare-focused Council Ventures adds HealthSpring CEO Fritch<br>for CEO council that guides health and related portfolio companies

Aug 18, 2011 at 02:24 pm by miltcapps

Council Ventures, the 11-year-old Nashville private equity firm with a health-heavy portfolio, has added HealthSpring founder, Chairman and CEO Herb Fritch to its CEO advisory.... Read More

Growing TN: Hagerty chairs ECD-funded TTDC development group

Aug 18, 2011 at 02:24 pm by miltcapps

Update Aug. 19: The TTDC Board voted at 3:15 p.m. August 19, 2011, to name Bill Hagerty its chairman. The continued service of Leslie Wisner-Lynch as president, on a month to.... Read More

Bottorff: TNInvestco shows 'creativity' in TN capital-formation;<br>entrepreneurial sector is an American source of strength

Aug 08, 2011 at 02:58 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee cannot rely today on the economic tide that was rising before the recession, and must be creative in fostering capital formation and ultimately jobs, Dennis Bottorff.... Read More

EDO Interactive in $20MM deal, expands in Chicago

Aug 01, 2011 at 11:20 am by miltcapps

Advertising technology and services provider EDO Interactive announced completing a $20MM series B financing to support sales and marketing of the Pre.... Read More

Kahootzz eyes capital raise to fuel 'opportunity engine'

Aug 01, 2011 at 07:59 am by miltcapps

Note: Kahootzz was renamed Wannado. The company reported July 10, 2015, it is about halfway along in a $750K raise.- Ed. KAHOOTZZ, nurtured by ConduIT and JumpStart Foundry an.... Read More

VenturePeople, August 1, 2011

Aug 01, 2011 at 07:58 am by miltcapps

► Today: Peterson (Bandbox), Francis (Brightwurks), Garner (games scene), Poland (Cardagin), Karleski (Chrysalis) Entrepreneurin full Dad-Mode BRIAN PETERS.... Read More

NewsBits, July 5, 2011

Jul 04, 2011 at 07:56 pm by miltcapps

Gov. Haslam ► GOV. BILL HASLAM's economic-development conference will be Sept. 22-23 at the Renaissance Hotel, Nashville. The governor recently announced an appointme.... Read More

Disruptive Capital: Dr. Harry Jacobson's push for investment<br>could help make Nashville 'the Silicon Valley of Healthcare'

Jul 04, 2011 at 02:37 pm by miltcapps

HARRY JACOBSON, M.D., believes U.S. healthcare needs a dose of reality and that Nashville needs injections of growth capital before it can truly become the Silicon Valley of H.... Read More

VenturePeople: Heritage Group gains Wallace from SVLS

Jun 28, 2011 at 09:20 am by miltcapps

Paul Wallace, a Nashvillian long associated with private-equity funds and Healthways, has joined Burton Hills-based Heritage Group LLC, according to his LinkedIn posting. Wall.... Read More

HealthTeacher reaches venture's 'inflection point';<br>backer Chrysalis joined by SSM as Petra exits

Jun 28, 2011 at 08:31 am by miltcapps

HealthTeacher may have reached a veritable "inflection point" in its 12-year campaign to make a growth business out of improving the health, fitness and physical and emotional.... Read More

Angels gas-up Iridium's SmartFuel,<br>but the venture's trip has just begun

Jun 19, 2011 at 10:49 pm by miltcapps

George Sibble, the 28-year-old founder, president and CEO of Iridium Development, got about 24 friends and Angels to put $500,000 into his startup's gas tank to launch its Sma.... Read More

Solidus' Venture Incite options ORNL technology<br>to bring its start-up 'assembly line' to life

Jun 19, 2011 at 02:32 pm by miltcapps

VENTURE INCITE (VI), based in Oak Ridge and thus far funded by Nashville-based Solidus, has secured an option to license Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology that is likel.... Read More

Ferdowsi's latest venture was obvious path<br>after his Austin Ventures gig ended

Jun 06, 2011 at 06:25 am by miltcapps

Farsheed Ferdowsi, now 56, was failing at retirement even more miserably than we realized. For several months in 2010, the founder and successfully exited CEO of Paymaxx quie.... Read More

Ventures: BlankSlate fund debuts, 5 venture updates

Jun 05, 2011 at 11:12 pm by miltcapps

Cliff Duffey GROWTH COMPANY CYBERA, the Franklin-based provider of hosted IT network, application and event security solutions for retail stores, announced.... Read More

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