venture capital

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: Pathfinder Therapeutics has named Jim Cloar president, CEO

Mar 05, 2012 at 02:24 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Goode left Pathfinder in April 2012, according to his Linkedin profile. Our original story is below.-Ed. Pathfinder Therapeutics, a startup with products for "s.... Read More

Davidson: IPO's or not, TN's 'capital-starved' venture sector has fresh energy

Mar 05, 2012 at 09:16 am by miltcapps

THE HURLY-BURLY Nashville venture scene leaves little mindshare for the long-simmering Facebook IPO, even though it is likely to become one of the four largest in U.S. history.... Read More

VenturePeople: LeShane Greenhill and Sagents

Mar 05, 2012 at 09:10 am by miltcapps

LeShane GreenHill SAGENTS, a Cloud-based startup, aims to be the "premier online sales connector," said its 34-year-old Founder LeShane Gree.... Read More

Managers see TNInvestco benefits, Sen. Kyle restates case for outreach

Mar 05, 2012 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Kodiak tech venture is latest from Engineering grads making Nashville home

Feb 22, 2012 at 10:51 am by miltcapps

Ben Gotow KODIAK is a new tech solution that gives teachers access to instructional data from the iPhone and iPad apps their students are using, and feature.... Read More

<center>IDEAS: Helping Tennessee's growth companies<br>develop leadership capacity and secure capital</center>

Feb 21, 2012 at 06:59 pm by miltcapps

Katie Gambill is Managing General Partner and Co-founder of Council Capital, founded in Nashville in 2000. Previously, she was President of SunTrust Equitable Securities and i.... Read More

Chattanooga's 'Gig City' aims for explosion of techventures and investment

Feb 21, 2012 at 06:51 am by miltcapps

Feb. 22nd: Mind2Marketplace spotlights Tennessee<br>regional accelerators for entrepreneurs

Feb 20, 2012 at 01:28 pm by miltcapps

MIND2MARKETPLACE, Middle Tennessee's consortium for technology commercialization and entrepreneurship, is host for lunchtime presentations Wednesday (Feb. 22) from representat.... Read More

Noted: Gibson Guitar $3.8MM SEC filing notes Tek Group

Feb 06, 2012 at 09:37 am by miltcapps

GIBSON Guitar's $3.8MM filing Jan. 3 with the SEC may or may not signal another aquisition. The registration filing gives no clue, but mentions The Tek Group Inc., which VNC.... Read More

App-deadline April 2nd: Jumpstart Foundry will forge up to 10 new ventures

Feb 05, 2012 at 11:08 pm by miltcapps

JUMPSTART FOUNDRY, the Nashville business accelerator, is taking applications for its third annual challenge of would-be entrepreneurs' commitment and endurance. April 2nd is.... Read More

Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund LP pursues $200MM raise

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:47 am by miltcapps

Update 2 May 2016: Heritage announced today that Heritage Fund I hit $170MM and Fund II has now been closed at $220MM. -Ed. HERITAGE Healthcare Innovation Fund LP, based in Br.... Read More

Education Networks of America vets launch $6MM raise for Vid-Teller venture

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:43 am by miltcapps

SEVERAL EXECUTIVES long associated with Nashville-based Education Networks of America (ENA) are party to a $6 million capital raise for VTM LLC, a virtual-teller network and c.... Read More

Cortac, Hubble Telemed and venture follow-ons get TNInvestco nods

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:43 am by miltcapps

AMONG RECENTLY REPORTED investments by TNInvestco funds, Memphis-based Hubble Telemedical recently obtained a $250K investment from MB Biomed Ventures Tennessee I, the TNInves.... Read More

VenturePeople, January 23, 2012

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:43 am by miltcapps

Click one...► William Griggs of Startup Slingshot► Alex Tolbert of Bernard Health► David Box of Trinisys► William Paddock of WAP Sustainability William Griggs WILLIAM.... Read More

King: FCA Venture Partners now follows more 'ideas' for possible investment

Jan 19, 2012 at 09:51 am by miltcapps

FCA VENTURE PARTNERS' intense observation of companies in which it might invest has more than doubled, said FCA Managing Partner Matt King. Previously, FCA typically monitore.... Read More

TNInvestco-backed startup 'Krush' raises $4.5MM for predictive-network entry

Jan 09, 2012 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

TNINVESTCO-backed Krush Inc. has raised $4.5MM to advance the predictive-networks startup that operates from Nashville, to which it relocated its headquarters in 2010, and Bos.... Read More

NeighborMD's $2.5MM raise attracts Nashville Capital Network

Jan 09, 2012 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 7 Feb. 11:56 a.m.: NeighborMD today announced the successful closing of this round. The story as it appeared Jan. 9, 2012, follows.   NeighborMD Management, the.... Read More

Noted: Tailwind, McWhorters buy into Cumberland Consulting

Jan 05, 2012 at 06:58 am by miltcapps

Health IT services provider Cumberland Consulting Group, based in Franklin, announced Jan. 4 that some of its management team have joined with New York City-based Tailwind Cap.... Read More

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