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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

VU prof's Maize Analytics targets health-info breaches, mulls capital raise

Oct 13, 2014 at 03:37 pm by miltcapps

Updated: In July 2022, Maize buyer SecureLink was acquired by Thoma Bravo-backed Imprivata. In 2021: VU Profile of Fabbri, founder of Maize, which was acquired in May this yea.... Read More

Venture Notes: EO-Nashville, Back Porch Group, Sagents, PBM365, Frontier Capital, Tandum

Oct 06, 2014 at 08:26 am by miltcapps

Joe Glaser JOE GLASER, the Nashville investor and entrepreneur who was in at the ground floor in both Artist Growth and Moontoast launches, is collaborating wi.... Read More

Nashville pioneer Pathfinder Technologies moving to sell to Analogic

Oct 03, 2014 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

PATHFINDER TECHNOLOGIES, the Nashville-based surgical-navigation technology and devices venture that launched 10 years ago with substantial local and regional investment and I.... Read More

Rustici Software sees WatershedLRS capraise and Jenafits spinout options

Sep 29, 2014 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

RUSTICI Software is intently focused on managing "rocketship" organic growth within its core business. Yet, a spinout venture is under near-term consideration, and the notion.... Read More

JSF startup CEO: E-language Boomalang a 'dream come true, already'

Sep 04, 2014 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated June 7, 2016 - Gerding, now 29, said today management is in conversations with Angels ahead of an anticipated capital raise toward yearend 2016. Oct. 23, 2015 - Gerdin.... Read More

ETN's Cathedral Innovation Group may be buttressed by Charlotte-SanFran accelerators ahead of Seed raise

Sep 04, 2014 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Khosla-backed Brentwood youth takes Strut to SiValley, yet thinks Nashville could become a true 'startup hub'

Sep 02, 2014 at 12:22 pm by miltcapps

Updated 27 April 2023: In 2021, Mark Daniel, now 29, co-founded investment firm DIGITAL with Benjamin Milstein. Daniel's LinkedIn profile here. Original 9/2/2014 story below.-.... Read More

VTC: Tech2020 CEO's exit provides another spur for Knoxville entrepreneurship re-think

Sep 02, 2014 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

BY THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY of Knoxville's incorporation, Oct. 27, 2015, East Tennessee leaders may know more about ho.... Read More

Gatto: Jumpstart commercialization ties with VU limited, but promising

Aug 18, 2014 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

JUMPSTART FOUNDRY (JSF) has a "sponsor-partner relationship" with the Vanderbilt Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization (CTTC), and one of the 10 teams pitching.... Read More

Griffin Technology commits $200K in time, talent for Academy of Design and Technology

Aug 18, 2014 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY, the creator of technology accessories, has become the branded sponsor of The Griffin Academy of Design & Technology, at Nashville's Hunters Lane High S.... Read More

Gold Mobile seeks Nashville customers and capital for GoMo Health platform

Aug 11, 2014 at 08:13 am by miltcapps

GOLD MOBILE has targeted Nashville and the Mid-South for introduction of its GoMo Health patient-engagement offering and has a pilot program underway with an undisclosed healt.... Read More

Strategy: Startup ComputeCycles seeks 'defensible' IoT mobile-app roles

Aug 11, 2014 at 05:30 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE returnee Van Simmons aims for his ComputeCycles mobile software development firm to become widely known as a go-to vendor for Internet of Things (IoT) contracts. To.... Read More

Mid-TN's NueCura Partners gathers Angels, some join MEDArchon capraise

Aug 08, 2014 at 02:22 pm by miltcapps

NUECURA PARTNERS has quietly gathered a core group of 15 to 20 Angel investors, some of whom are aboard a Series B raise just completed for MEDArchon, said Don Lazas, M.D., Nu.... Read More

Quotable: Quick-takes on key issues from Böer, Jahns, Yaeger

Aug 06, 2014 at 02:03 pm by miltcapps

SOME COMMENTS we get have a way of sticking in one's mind. Here are a few of our examples. Germain Böer Wanted: Investment Bankers? Germain Böer, Owen Entrepreneursh.... Read More

Jumpstart: Healthcare MarketMaker bridges toward Seed capital raise

Aug 06, 2014 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated: May 13, 2015 - The company announced Chiromarkets, targeting chiropractors. Aug. 8, 2014: The company closed a total $65K financing involving five Angel investors, in.... Read More

CEO says Medalogix's Series A journey brings Nashville investment issues into focus

Jul 31, 2014 at 06:30 am by miltcapps

Updated: Hogan filed to pursue a $1.5MM capital raise 5 Nov. 2015. Earlier: Aug. 25, 2014: Hogan announced closing a $5MM investment transaction with Connecticut-based Coliseu.... Read More

Burcham 'virtually certain' he will resume his entrepreneurial path, now drives Nashville Entrepreneur Center toward inflection point

Jul 28, 2014 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

Update 17 Dec 2014: Michael Burcham, who has for months said in public forums he was exploring healthcare startup addressing end-of-life stage care, is indeed going to leave,.... Read More

Tech R&D: Vanderbilt partners to explore outpatient workflows and communications

Dec 12, 2013 at 12:30 am by miltcapps

Corporate statement from VUMC 12 December 2013 New Research Study on Automating Patient Care Outside Hospitals Announced by West Health Institute, Vanderbilt University Medic.... Read More

Nashville Angels: Nashai leverages China ties and consumer health interest

Dec 08, 2013 at 09:18 am by miltcapps

CROM CARMICHAEL's Nashville business network led to his taking a minority stake in Nashai Biotech. It's the only one of his dozens of Angel portfolio investments that has a cr.... Read More