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'Corner man' Forrest Shoaf joins Dobie Media as advisor

Apr 30, 2012 at 09:02 am by miltcapps

FORREST SHOAF, formerly Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's chief financial officer, has joined Dobie Media as advisor and investor, founder Bruce Dobie confirmed for VNC. Wor.... Read More

Dobie Media adds Rick Blair; A-round to give EvieSays more to talk about

Mar 13, 2012 at 10:06 am by miltcapps

DOBIE MEDIA, the West End startup that provides its EvieSays online events calendars for media outlets, has enlisted strategic advisor and former Examiner.com CEO Rick Blair&n.... Read More

Cybersecurity startup Optio Labs creates Nashville dev foothold with VUSE grad

Mar 07, 2012 at 10:37 am by miltcapps

OPTIO LABS, a venture-backed cybersecurity startup currently focused on the mobile sector, says it will maintain a development outpost in Nashville. John Serafini, the Optio.... Read More

Noted: WellNow Urgent Care reports $7.7MM capital raise

Feb 10, 2012 at 02:59 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 15 February 2012: WellNow announced its commitments total $35MM and investors include SV Life Sciences, in addition to those we reported earlier. WellNow's update rel.... Read More

TechVenture Challenge spurs entrepreneurism<br>among Vanderbilt University students

Feb 09, 2012 at 08:34 am by miltcapps

THE STUDENT-ENERGIZED TechVenture Challenge (TVC) at Vanderbilt University takes another step forward, presenting an "Ideas Showcase," this evening. TVC is a business-plan co.... Read More

NextGxDx A-round aids launch of genetic-testing marketplace for physicians

Feb 09, 2012 at 07:03 am by miltcapps

Updated March 5, 2012, with link to beta site.-Ed. NextGxDx, the Nashville startup that is creating a Web-based marketplace for physicians' informed selection and ordering of.... Read More

'Artist Growth' tech for Music industry is first of 'action alignment' series

Jan 17, 2012 at 08:35 am by miltcapps

ACHIEVING VIBE will be the least of Nashville-based Artist Growth's worries, it seems. After months of intense development and market-teasing viral communications, there's ple.... Read More

VentureNotes: DAIO and Pearescope score

Jan 17, 2012 at 08:28 am by miltcapps

Ben Stucki BEN STUCKI'S DAIO (chartered as Reflex Software Inc.) now has three undisclosed Angel investors, a termsheet and plans to close an initial $250K.... Read More

Fivestone Partners' investors put 'skin in the game' for lean-finance enterprise

Jan 03, 2012 at 07:06 pm by miltcapps

FIVESTONE PARTNERS, the Franklin firm that guides and invests mainly in technology-driven companies, has asked its initial group of outside investors to make collectively a "s.... Read More

TrueStartup: 'SourceYourCity' will beta in Frisco waters, then raise capital

Jan 03, 2012 at 09:26 am by miltcapps

SourceYourCity (SYC), the Nashville startup that provides expertise clearinghouses for individual cities, is eyeing a third test market: San Francisco. Pre-revenue SYC observ.... Read More

Tech targets: TCRS PE program makes $25MM nod to Gen. Catalyst Group VI

Dec 21, 2011 at 08:36 am by miltcapps

THE PRIVATE-EQUITY investment program of Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System has committed $25 million to General Catalyst Partners' affiliate General Catalyst Group VI f.... Read More

Still scouting Nashville: Kathy Harris heads M&A for Sharecare;<br>one VC dubs the startup the nation's 'next-gen WebMD'

Dec 21, 2011 at 08:36 am by miltcapps

KATHY HARRIS, the erstwhile Nashvillian who recently left Noro-Moseley Partners in Atlanta, has popped-up as SVP for corporate development at Sharecare, an e-health venture wi.... Read More

Health online: Big City Docs plans to target Nashville consumers in 2012

Dec 05, 2011 at 11:19 am by miltcapps

Big City Docs LLC, the Birmingham startup that is building online consumer guides to healthcare providers, plans to launch its site Nashville in 2012, CEO Scott Kubiszyn told.... Read More

Mundie, Harwell VC startup anchored by Elizabeth Turner Campbell Estate

Dec 05, 2011 at 09:41 am by miltcapps

The Estate of Elizabeth Turner Campbell (ETC), the late member the Turner family of Dollar General fame, is the de facto third leg of recently formed Family Venture Manag.... Read More

TN ECD asks public comment on $30MM Co-Investment plans

Nov 28, 2011 at 05:41 pm by miltcapps

The office of State Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty on Nov. 28, 2011, issued draft guidelines for its 2012 INCITE Co-Investment Fund for early-sta.... Read More

Fortune's Force Five supports startups' crucial early sales efforts

Nov 27, 2011 at 08:59 pm by miltcapps

A FEW YEARS AGO, Marc Fortune got a rude reminder of how tough it is to be the lead person pursuing sales for a startup. As a result of that bruising, Fortune launched Force.... Read More

ReTickr: Day 104 could bring the stress some entrepreneurs pray for

Nov 21, 2011 at 09:43 am by miltcapps

If the founders of ReTickr are lucky, today they'll experience clenched teeth and hyperventilation, along with another spike in downloads of their still-evolving content-filte.... Read More

Lifestyle startups are focus for Lipscomb Center for Entrepreneurship;<br>Joe Ivey prepares to recruit leaders, mentors and internships

Nov 21, 2011 at 03:45 am by miltcapps

Family-owned and "lifestyle" businesses that seek organic growth, rather than rapid scale-up and entrepreneurial exits are the focus of Lipscomb University's Center for Entrep.... Read More

Ideas: Vandy student's sly EYES|ONLY service re-mixes upscale experience

Nov 09, 2011 at 09:21 am by miltcapps

Founder Patrick Widen describes the first EYES|ONLY offerings from his Blend LLC startup as amounting to "lifestyle espionage," a way to get premium perqs delivered with a tou.... Read More

Commercialization: UTSC's Dale reviews Vaxent's progress on Strep-A vaccine

Nov 06, 2011 at 02:25 pm by miltcapps

Memphis-based Vaxent, the vaccine-development company focused on Group A streptococcus (GAS), is likely to seek a commercialization partner or raise capital by 2014, said co-f.... Read More

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