Vanderbilt University

Solidus-TNInvestco LLC

Nov 05, 2009 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

Solidus-TNInvestco LLC — E. Townes Duncan is CEO of Solidus General Partner LLC and managing partner of Solidus Company LP.  The Solidus portfolio contains nearly 2.... Read More

Memphis Biomed Ventures Tennessee I LLC

Nov 05, 2009 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

Status: Awarded TNInvestco status by ECD in 2010, following further General Assembly action; not funded in the initial round announced Nov. 5, 2009Memphis Biomed Ventures Tenn.... Read More

NEST-TN, LLC

Nov 05, 2009 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

NEST-TN, LLC -- The NEST acronym stands for Networking, Entrepreneurs, Seed capital, and Technology. The new vehicle was founded by Frances Folk Marcum, a member of the Tenn.... Read More

Tennessee Community Ventures Fund, LLC

Nov 05, 2009 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

Tennessee Community Ventures (TNCV) -- The principals here include Eric Satz, the founder of angel- and venture-backed Plumgood Food, the Nashville-based online grocer that is.... Read More

Tri-Star Technology Fund, LLC

Nov 05, 2009 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

Tri-Star Technology Fund, LLC -- Former Vanderbilt University Vice Chancellor-Emeritus Harry Jacobson, M.D., and current Vanderbilt tech-transfer and enterprise-development ex.... Read More

Innovators and allies seek $20MM to improve Tennessee research, economy and culture

Nov 04, 2009 at 01:33 pm by miltcapps

Update: UTRF Partnerships Director Stacey Patterson said after publication that "more than half" of UT's 58 percent of the grant amount "goes back out to other institutions an.... Read More

TN TechDev's life running through financial hourglass

Oct 21, 2009 at 12:37 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation leaders see the next 30 days as crucial to TTDC's continued ability to add value to the state's tech-driven economic development..... Read More

CEO: Healthcare Management Systems passing $75MM mark

Oct 19, 2009 at 02:34 pm by miltcapps

Nashville-based Healthcare Management Systems Inc. has more than doubled its revenue in about three years, and is eyeing Federal stimulus programs for further growth. HMS Pre.... Read More

Legal-services entrepreneur Freedman tackles more startups

Oct 14, 2009 at 02:12 pm by miltcapps

Nashville-based Joe Freedman already has more entrepreneurial notches in his belt than most 44-year-olds. Nonetheless, Freedman is gearing-up at least three new startups, incl.... Read More

Recruiters target Nashville's life-sciences sector

Oct 14, 2009 at 07:28 am by miltcapps

Updated: Sept. 23, 2019 - Arthur J Gallagher & Co. announced buying Human Capital Group on undisclosed terms. Named in our 2009 article, Dan Ryan moved-on in 2010 to creat.... Read More

Venture Notebook: Noro-Moseley will keep eye on Digital Media

Oct 08, 2009 at 02:03 pm by miltcapps

The news last week that Noro-Moseley Partners and digital-media specialist and General Partner Greg Foster had parted ways may have sent an uncertain message to Nashville medi.... Read More

Leaders: Bio-entrepreneur sees leverage in TNInvestco

Oct 08, 2009 at 01:08 pm by miltcapps

Life-sciences entrepreneur and investor Joe Cook Jr. has made clear he wants to devote more energy to helping grow Tennessee's life-sciences sector. Although Cook has thus far.... Read More

Chamber CEO: 'Fever pitch' battle vs recession requires tough calls

Oct 01, 2009 at 12:06 pm by miltcapps

Ralph Schulz, the president and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, says, "What keeps me awake at night is 'What business environment will this settle into'.&q.... Read More

TTDC supports innovation with $500K for six teams

Sep 28, 2009 at 01:54 pm by miltcapps

Roughly $500,000 in Tennessee Technology Development Corporation grants have been awarded to teams developing technologies that may be commercialized. The fact that TTDC is p.... Read More

$40MM in 'lumps': PassAlong demise spurs entrepreneur onward

Sep 23, 2009 at 01:49 pm by miltcapps

Dave Jaworski transplanted PassAlong Networks to Franklin, and then had to watch the startup die, despite the $40 million he raised from Angels, VCs and private-equity investo.... Read More

Fund-manager interviews set by City of Franklin

Sep 23, 2009 at 01:49 pm by miltcapps

The City of Franklin, which has invited fund-of-funds manager proposals for up to $2 million of its pension assets, will interview candidates in Franklin, Nov. 16. City Assis.... Read More

Shmerling's XMi will offer free offices to startups

Sep 21, 2009 at 09:59 am by miltcapps

XMi Capital will soon take applications for "scholarship" leases for startups that need a place to incubate, at no cost. An XMi spokesperson told VNC Friday that st.... Read More

Tennessee Biotechnology Association wrestles with leadership and priorities

Sep 17, 2009 at 12:08 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Biotechnology Association Interim Chairman Bob Acuff, Ph.D., says TBA knows his successor should come from the biotech industry, not academe. Acuff has held the TBA.... Read More

Vanderbilt venture developer notes 'disconnect' with Venture Capital

Sep 17, 2009 at 12:07 pm by miltcapps

Vanderbilt University's technology-commercialization startups have not enjoyed particularly strong connections to Tennessee venture-capital sources. On Sept. 11, VU New Ventu.... Read More

Private equity: State pension fund commits $150MM

Aug 19, 2009 at 08:47 am by miltcapps

Up to $150 million for private-equity investments has been allocated to several prominent companies now managing funds for the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System. It wa.... Read More

Get the Newsletter