Vanderbilt University

VenturePeople, Sept. 20, 2011

Sep 20, 2011 at 10:18 am by miltcapps

Today: Les Wilkinson of The Martin Cos., Si Deane of Baden and Luke Simons of Council Capital. Luke Simons W. LUCAS 'Luke' SIMONS told VNC he's having loads of fun he.... Read More

Economy: Music City Music Council moves from rehearsal to live performance

Sep 20, 2011 at 08:38 am by miltcapps

Nashville is in for an unprecedented economic-development push, if Co-Chairs Mayor Karl Dean and Randy Goodman and their allies can marshall the talent, energy and t.... Read More

Angels: Crom Carmichael will 'restock pond' after some 2012 venture exits

Sep 06, 2011 at 09:43 am by miltcapps

Updated Dec. 7, 2013: Carmichael told VNC that, though a company or two have gone away, he has done no actual exits as he anticipated when this story was first published in 20.... Read More

BreatheAmerica B-round hits $22MM with Essex Woodlands in lead

Sep 01, 2011 at 09:09 am by miltcapps

Update Sept. 6: Essex Woodlands announced leading and closing a total $22MM B-round for BreatheAmerica. On Sept. 1, CEO Hutts confirmed BreatheAmerica's runrate is about.... Read More

VenturePeople: Rick Oliver, Jay Frank, Jason Dinger, Jeff Nahley

Aug 29, 2011 at 08:01 am by miltcapps

Today: Dinger of MissionPoint, Jay Frank, Nahley of IB Signal Hill, Rick Oliver of American Sentinel Jason Dinger JASON DINGER, the 37-year-old CEO of St. Thomas Heal.... Read More

Cumberland Signal startup takes off in aviation sector with investors onboard

Jul 05, 2011 at 07:42 am by miltcapps

RICHARD HARDIN'S Cumberland Signal Labs is taking off on more than a wing and a prayer. Hardin's wiring hub for aircraft instrumentation has attracted investors, the cur.... Read More

NewsBits, July 5, 2011

Jul 04, 2011 at 07:56 pm by miltcapps

Gov. Haslam ► GOV. BILL HASLAM's economic-development conference will be Sept. 22-23 at the Renaissance Hotel, Nashville. The governor recently announced an appointme.... Read More

Disruptive Capital: Dr. Harry Jacobson's push for investment<br>could help make Nashville 'the Silicon Valley of Healthcare'

Jul 04, 2011 at 02:37 pm by miltcapps

HARRY JACOBSON, M.D., believes U.S. healthcare needs a dose of reality and that Nashville needs injections of growth capital before it can truly become the Silicon Valley of H.... Read More

Apple Inc.'s Herbold joins HealthTeacher drive<br>to make U.S. youth health 'cool & aspirational'

Jun 21, 2011 at 09:25 am by miltcapps

HealthTeacher, the online health-education curriculum provider based in Brentwood, has hired former Apple Inc. senior product manager John Herbold as vice president-product, s.... Read More

VenturePeople, June 20, 2011

Jun 20, 2011 at 08:19 am by miltcapps

    TopSpin's Ian Rogers IAN ROGERS, a frequent Nashville visitor and the Los Angeles-based CEO of TopSpin Media, will soon take.... Read More

Angels gas-up Iridium's SmartFuel,<br>but the venture's trip has just begun

Jun 19, 2011 at 10:49 pm by miltcapps

George Sibble, the 28-year-old founder, president and CEO of Iridium Development, got about 24 friends and Angels to put $500,000 into his startup's gas tank to launch its Sma.... Read More

TCRS PE commitments hit $424 Million with nods to Khosla Ventures IV, Berkshire Partners fund

May 26, 2011 at 09:50 am by miltcapps

THE Tennessee Consolidated Retirement Systems (TCRS) board of trustees' investment committee has committed a total $75 million to two funds, bringing the pension fund's c.... Read More

Fetherling eyes HealthDataSource role, resigns NTC;<br>Tech Council sets CEO search and strategic review

May 24, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

ENTREPRENEUR Tod Fetherling, the man who said he aimed to energize an association some thought had become "old and stodgy," has resigned his post as president of Nas.... Read More

TN ECD's Hagerty taps Corker aide<br>Fassbender for leadership role

Apr 29, 2011 at 08:54 am by miltcapps

Fassbender Paul Fassbender, 35-year-old former aide to U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), is now assistant commissioner of Economic and Community Dev.... Read More

Vanderbilt University picks Cleveland Clinic exec<br>to drive transfer and commercialization of IP

Apr 27, 2011 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

Vanderbilt University is reinforcing its technology transfer and enterprise development program by appointing Cleveland Clinic Innovations' Alan Bentley to the new post of ass.... Read More

Vanderbilt science, technology translated by news pro's

Apr 27, 2011 at 10:09 am by miltcapps

Update: VU announced 25 November 2013 that Salisbury had been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.-Ed. Vanderbilt University's pursuit o.... Read More

NewsBits, April 18, 2011

Apr 18, 2011 at 09:38 am by miltcapps

Commercialization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Center for Intelligent Mechatronics (CIM): Irvine, Calif.-based Freedom Innovations announced worldwide l.... Read More

Launch Like it Counts: LifeKraze eyeing $5MM B-round

Apr 18, 2011 at 07:48 am by miltcapps

Update: LifeKraze announced 28 October 2013 it had changed its name to Spire. Our 2011 intro story follows-Ed. LIFEKRAZE, the pro-active social media platform based in.... Read More

Link: VU Engineers at ISIS run global cyber-collaborative portal

Apr 14, 2011 at 12:36 pm by miltcapps

Vanderbilt University shifts tech-transfer portfolio

Apr 14, 2011 at 11:32 am by miltcapps

Dr. Gordon Bernard Update: To read about the appointment of Alan Bentley to the position reported here, click here. The story as originally publis.... Read More

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