Vanderbilt University

Fresh initiatives for Center for Entrepreneurship at Vanderbilt's Owen GSM

Jul 29, 2025 at 04:33 pm by miltcapps

The Center for Entrepreneurship within Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management is developing expansive plans and programs that rely on experimentation, anal.... Read More

Raghavan to drive Vanderbilt 'vision as catalyst + incubator of innovation'

Jun 27, 2025 at 08:25 am by miltcapps

VANDERBILT University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier plans July 1 to make current Vice Provost for Research and Innovation Padma Raghavan his office's first executive director fo.... Read More

VNC's March 2025 Venture Calendar

Mar 02, 2025 at 05:32 pm by miltcapps

Comments welcomed via Milt@VentureNashville.com or LinkedIn. AHEAD: MARCH 2025 3 Epicenter, Alchemist Accelerator Hub and Memphis supply-chain industry invite startups and oth.... Read More

Global-minded Nashville execs bound for West Yorkshire Innovation Festival

Feb 26, 2025 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

Lori Odom THREE Nashvillians intent on building two-way business bridges with other nations will soon travel to the West Yorkshire Innovation Festival, in England. Th.... Read More

Passing of academic, founder, investor + veteran David Furse lamented

Feb 10, 2025 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

David Houseal Furse 1943-2024 NASHVILLE'S David Houseal Furse, husband, parent, entrepreneur, university educator, advisor, investor and U.S. Army veteran, died unexp.... Read More

VNC's February 2025 Venture Calendar

Feb 03, 2025 at 01:59 pm by miltcapps

As my CoPilot sees February '25 OPEN - Taking applications through March 21 for 12-week hybrid Memphis program focused on "Business Essentials for Food and Beverage A.... Read More

VU Convoy 2025 event elevates entrepreneurship, ecosystem innovation

Jan 28, 2025 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

THE NEWLY CHRISTENED 2025 CONVOY CONFERENCE that convenes March 4-6 on the Vanderbilt University campus aims to be "a transformative event designed to accelerate the universit.... Read More

2025 TN venture calendar is bubbling, not yet boiling

Dec 26, 2024 at 02:55 pm by miltcapps

► OPEN: The Company Lab's Spring 2025 CO.LAB Sustainable Mobility Accelerator -- powered by partnership with gener8tor -- is accepting applications through Jan. 27. ► OPEN: Ap.... Read More

Fabbri's Brim Analytics has VUHealth, Brock Family Center, ARPA-H support

Dec 24, 2024 at 08:42 am by miltcapps

DANIEL FABBRI PHD, a 39-year-old serial founder and associate professor of Biomedical Informatics and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, told Venture Nashville he beli.... Read More

Lead Capital Partners advances on $125MM LCP II goal for healthcare deals

Dec 12, 2024 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

EXECUTIVES in Nashville private-equity firm Lead Capital Partners reported to the SEC yesterday on a prospective $125MM raise, showing north of $61.4MM raised and 41 investors.... Read More

Mid-state's GNVCA ramps-up onboarding venture execs, investors, sponsors

Dec 10, 2024 at 04:07 pm by miltcapps

GREATER Nashville Venture Capital Association (GNVCA), which registered in Tennessee 474 days ago, has outlined its prospective 2025 events and is stealthily expanding its boa.... Read More

BioTN Life Science Venture Program now led by Karrie Dudek PhD

Oct 16, 2024 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

BioTN Foundation, which helps propel bioscience entrepreneurship and STEM education in Tennessee, has named Karrie Dudek PhD director of its Life Science Venture Progr.... Read More

Nashville, UK's West Yorkshire CA team for MedTech-innovation & trade

Oct 11, 2024 at 07:45 am by miltcapps

THIS WEEK'S Global Health Innovators Summit in Nashville's Omni Hotel addressed innovation, challenges and impact of emerging technologies in the healthcare sector. Exe.... Read More

Haslam Family Capital, Ara Partners detail $725MM decarbonization scenario

Sep 26, 2024 at 01:27 pm by miltcapps

HF CAPITAL, the Knoxville-based investment arm of multi-generational Haslam family investors, stands ready to invest up to $725MM to support and help shape the emerging Energy.... Read More

Nashville execs join board of Greater Nashville Venture Capital Association

Aug 27, 2024 at 11:51 am by miltcapps

Greater Nashville Venture Capital Association (GNVCA), the year-old (501(c)(6) association organized to foster and grow the region's venture capital investment ecosystem, toda.... Read More

Vanderbilt University's West Palm Beach development scenario unfurls

Aug 19, 2024 at 09:38 am by miltcapps

Updated Sept. 27, 2024: Vanderbilt announced it has leased land in the Chelsea district of New York City for a new campus, release here. Update Aug. 22, 2026: Florida media (s.... Read More

Lipscomb's Applied AI cohorts boost industries' general talent supply

Jul 09, 2024 at 03:51 pm by miltcapps

WHILE much of humankind stares like proverbial deer into the headlights of generative artificial intelligence and other forces, some Nashville institutions, entrepreneu.... Read More

New $75MM+ Nashville Catalyst Fund to create, preserve, develop affordable housing

Jun 28, 2024 at 12:55 pm by miltcapps

Release issued 1135 28 June 2024 by the Office of Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell, verbatim (pdf here): Mayor Freddie O'Connell and Community Partners Launch the Nashv.... Read More

Metro Mayor, VU Chancellor seek traction for Nashville Innovation Alliance

Jun 21, 2024 at 08:24 am by miltcapps

Daniel Diermeier Freddie O'Connell VOWING TO SERVE the public interest through collaborative efforts, the Nashville Innovation Alliance has been launched to.... Read More

VU alum Megan Feely raises capital, preps EDDY Aesthetic's market entries

Jun 14, 2024 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

SINCE MAY 2022, Bay Area-based Founder-CEO and sole designer Megan Eddings Feely has been selling her startup EDDY Aesthetic's elevated-bohemian outfits and accessories for wo.... Read More

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