Vanderbilt University

Advisors: Jack Waddey says 'Nashville still needs major research park'

May 24, 2017 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

DESPITE Nashville's progress on many fronts since The Great Recession began in Spring 2008, attorney Jack Waddey on May 12 confirmed for Venture Nashville that he feels just a.... Read More

Vanderbilt University steps-up pace in pursuit of international agenda

May 22, 2017 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

VANDERBILT University's International Strategy Working Group (ISWG) has released a draft portion of its "plan to strengthen Vanderbilt's international research, scholarship, a.... Read More

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

Venture Notes - 1 May 2017

May 01, 2017 at 09:45 am by miltcapps

TODAY: LaunchTN | Dart Music | VU | JourneyPure | Joe Cook | Provectus | Thrive | ATDC | MSignia | Asentinel | BKON | MyHealthDirect | AgileHealth | 4MIO | ► LAUNCH TE.... Read More

Condra's Amplion Clinical Communications elevates Grant to presidency

May 01, 2017 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

AMPLION Clinical Communications, the Nashville company that offers a patient-care assurance platform (PaaS) for the healthcare sector, has elevated Frank Grant to president, f.... Read More

36|86 Nashville: LaunchTN cohort of 36 startups has 21 from out of state

May 01, 2017 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

THE LARGE 36|86 Entrepreneurship and Technology Conference each summer in Nashville has become "a home run for LaunchTN and the state and an important element of some of the s.... Read More

As General Assembly grinds along, some notes on TNInvestco and more

Apr 17, 2017 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

MIXED reviews of the state's TNInvestco program, the wind-down of the original INCITE co-investment program, lingering questions about the health of Tennessee technology comme.... Read More

Wearables startup WiseWear's Series A underway, plans Nashville office

Apr 13, 2017 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

WISEWEAR, the health, safety and security wearable technologies brainchild of a Vanderbilt University biomedical engineering alumnus, plans to establish a Nashville office and.... Read More

Venture Notes - 11 April 2017

Apr 11, 2017 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Today: EC | DartMusic | Zycron | AffirmHealth | HeritageGp | Skopos Labs | GrowBio | 402 Digital | ORNL | RegionalOne | Chatta | UTC | Studio | NueCura | MyCanoe | ACG |Owens.... 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

Accelerate Health? With EC & Jumpstart Foundry out of the game,<br>some mull the need for a Healthcare accelerator in Nashville

Mar 06, 2017 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated 5:49pm: Stuart McWhorter's earlier response to our query was apparently overlooked in our queue and has been added, below.-Ed. THE Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC).... Read More

VC, Techie, Startup speakers pack March 12-17 week<br>with Nashville entrepreneurship at several venues

Mar 04, 2017 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Nashville Startup Week, March 12-17, offers more than 40 speakers, panelists and startup Pitch entrants. The entire schedule and free registration are here. Artiphon's.... Read More

State of the Startups: Tennessee Technology Development Corporation,<br>aka Launch Tennessee, wants to shed some commercialization emphasis

Jan 30, 2017 at 09:18 am by miltcapps

IN JUNE 2011, months into his first term, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) told attendees at a venture-capital conference that Tennessee institutions and private companies must.... Read More

Capital Confirmation tops Nashville Technology Council Awards roster

Jan 27, 2017 at 08:22 am by miltcapps

RESULTS of Nashville Technology Council's (NTC) 8th Annual Awards, last night are below. NTC's CEO is Brian Moyer and its board is chaired by Nicole Tremblett of HCA;.... Read More

Augmented Reality startup Oshien eyes Kickstarter, then $750K Seed

Jan 23, 2017 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

AR/VR entrepreneur Paden Pierry, co-founder and CTO of Nashville-based Oshien, said the startup aims to hit Kickstarter in March with a $50K target, then follow that with a $7.... Read More

Nashville startup PredictGov joins Duke Law Tech Lab, eyes capital raises

Jan 23, 2017 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

VANDERBILT Ph.D. candidate John Nay has won admittance for his PredictGov lawtech startup in the inaugural class of the Duke Law Tech Lab at Duke University. Nay told Venture.... Read More

Venture Notes - 17 January 2017

Jan 17, 2017 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

Claritas | InitialState | LaunchTN | HashedHealth | Jammber | JSF:HF | ScaleUP | Veterans | EPILogistics | AgTech | Z510 | Dynamo | Resolute | CET | Hope | RentRules | SiRanch.... Read More

B2B: Chalkline Sports in $1MM Seed raise for bettor-content platform

Jan 09, 2017 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

CHALKLINE Sports, a Nashville startup mobile media technology company that powers platforms for online communities and marketplaces of sports bettors, is coming out of stealth.... Read More

Satchel Health eyes major Series A raise, aims for eventual homerun exit

Dec 05, 2016 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

SATCHEL HEALTH, the Nashville post-acute care telemedicine startup, is likely to pursue a $5MM-$10MM Series A raise in early 2017, said Co-founder and CEO Ryan Macy. The two-.... Read More

Venture Notes - 28 November 2016

Nov 28, 2016 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

TODAY: TNInvestco | Commercialization | NTC Hour of Code | LaunchTN | Women in Finance | Artist Growth | Montgomery | VU Blockchain | Byron Smith | Shockwave | Policy | Open M.... Read More

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