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Lackey: Entrepreneur Center shows city<br>putting 'money where mouth is'

Feb 28, 2011 at 08:43 am by miltcapps

Updated On Dec. 17, PatientFocus announced investors Lucius Burch IV and Phil Hertik joined its board. Oct. 22, 2012 PatientCredit adopted new d/b/a PatientFocus and announced.... Read More

[ ! ] TN's JumpStart Foundry aligns with TechStars Net

Jan 31, 2011 at 07:54 am by miltcapps

JumpStart Foundry, the Solidus-led microfund and venture incubator based in Nashville, is aligning with TechStars, the celebrated Boulder, Colo.-based startup accelerator, in.... Read More

Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund launches in N'ville

Jan 26, 2011 at 06:40 am by miltcapps

Private-equity investors Rock Morphis and David McClellan yesterday announced their Heritage Group will manage Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund, backed by major hospital co.... Read More

Doerr and KPCB: Tennessee ties may be growing

Apr 05, 2010 at 04:28 am by miltcapps

In VNC's accompanying story on CEO Gary Ferguson's launch of ClearPractice LLC, Chairman Frank Ingari seemed to echo themes expressed years earlier by the company's chief inve.... Read More

Background: NotifyMD and Ferguson

Apr 05, 2010 at 04:25 am by miltcapps

►This backgrounder accompanies VNC's story today on Gary Ferguson's appointment as CEO of ClearPractice LLC. In 1997, Gary Ferguson, Ph.D., joined NotifyMD as vice presi.... Read More

TCRS Private equity investment jumps with $50MM placement

Mar 09, 2010 at 03:13 pm by miltcapps

The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System has made a $50 million private-equity investment commitment to Oaktree PPIP Private Fund. The announcement brings to $225 mi.... Read More

Crabb hopes 'perfect storm' will drive surge in M&A deals

Mar 03, 2010 at 06:04 pm by miltcapps

Trey Crabb says he realized while sitting in his Manhattan office one Friday evening, with his daily commute home to Connecticut still before him, that it was time to get seri.... Read More

Martin Cos. deepens bench at DisastersNet, as HealthStream ally broadens target sectors

Feb 18, 2010 at 07:40 am by miltcapps

Note: This company was rebranded as Readypoint, and in 2015 sold to an investor group led by Peter Clifton.-Ed. DisastersNet, the incident management-notification and training.... Read More

NEWSBITS, Feb. 18, 2010

Feb 18, 2010 at 07:15 am by miltcapps

Gleanings from around the state. Please send newstips to milt@venturenashville.com.► Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC) executives are available today to take.... Read More

TNInvestco chiefs ask Chancellor to toss Coleman lawsuit

Feb 16, 2010 at 08:43 am by miltcapps

Updated 1:14 p.m., Feb. 23 - Chancellor Perkins ruling is now expected Feb. 25 or 26. Earlier post on his show-cause hearing:  Related VN Blog post here. In a volle.... Read More

NEWSBITS, Feb. 11, 2010

Feb 11, 2010 at 12:38 pm by miltcapps

Pharos Capital Managing Partner Michael Devlin (left) told an audience gathered here yesterday for a panel discussion of IPO, M&A and financing trends that he believes it'.... Read More

Quick Take: TN VCs comment on Private-Company Exchanges

Feb 11, 2010 at 12:37 pm by miltcapps

Some Tennessee VCs say they see merit in the exit options provided by a batch of new private-company exchanges, including Portal Alliance and Second Market. In a Jan. 25 repo.... Read More

Clayton McWhorter to chair Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Jan 13, 2010 at 12:21 pm by miltcapps

Updated 3:15 p.m. - NTC's Fetherling called after publication of this story to ensure we understood he didn't handpick the NEC board. Our story makes clear the picking was don.... Read More

Senator Ketron would broaden TNInvestco and Institute's mission

Dec 14, 2009 at 08:43 am by miltcapps

State Sen. Bill Ketron is proposing to broaden the TNInvestco capital-formation program and the mission of the UT Space Institute. In a recent interview with VNC, the Murfree.... Read More

Medaxion goes mobile to capture medical charges

Dec 14, 2009 at 07:03 am by miltcapps

Updated, May 2018: Medaxion filed for $497K raise. 25 July 2016: $950K Form D filing today here, taking total past $7MM since inception. Dec. 29, 2015: CrunchBase: Filing for.... Read More

TCRS makes $25MM private-equity commitment

Nov 19, 2009 at 08:32 am by miltcapps

The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System has made a $25 million private-equity investment commitment to Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund X, LP. The announcement brings t.... Read More

TN Biotech may get boost from relaunched Alliance

Nov 19, 2009 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

Tennessee's fledgling biotechnology industry and those who seek careers within it may get a boost, December 7. That's when the Tennessee Biotechnology Association's Graduate.... Read More

Digital Nashville launches innovation mentorship service

Oct 26, 2009 at 11:01 am by miltcapps

Digital Nashville has launched a mentorship program for corporate innovators, freelancers, entrepreneurs and others. In an announcement Saturday to the Digital Nashville comm.... Read More

Briefly: Petra Capital invests in med transcription company

Oct 23, 2009 at 03:18 pm by miltcapps

Nashville-based Petra Capital Partners has invested $6 million in sub-debt and preferred stock in Plano, Texas-based Superior Global Solutions Inc. According to a Petra relea.... Read More

TN TechDev's life running through financial hourglass

Oct 21, 2009 at 12:37 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation leaders see the next 30 days as crucial to TTDC's continued ability to add value to the state's tech-driven economic development..... Read More

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