venture capital

ISO Capital: Dobie Media sets next capital raise for EvieSays

Dec 21, 2009 at 12:22 pm by miltcapps

Nashville-based and venture-backed Dobie Media Inc. has begun raising $1.5 million in fresh capital. The early-stage company is pushing its online EvieSays calendaring platfor.... Read More

Nashville TNInvestcos targeted by Computable Genomix

Dec 16, 2009 at 10:46 am by miltcapps

Computable Genomix CEO Brad Silver arrives Nashville tomorrow from Memphis, looking for investors. Memphis-based Silver (at left) told VNC yesterday that, among other stops,.... Read More

Senator Ketron would broaden TNInvestco and Institute's mission

Dec 14, 2009 at 08:43 am by miltcapps

State Sen. Bill Ketron is proposing to broaden the TNInvestco capital-formation program and the mission of the UT Space Institute. In a recent interview with VNC, the Murfree.... Read More

Medaxion goes mobile to capture medical charges

Dec 14, 2009 at 07:03 am by miltcapps

Updated, May 2018: Medaxion filed for $497K raise. 25 July 2016: $950K Form D filing today here, taking total past $7MM since inception. Dec. 29, 2015: CrunchBase: Filing for.... Read More

Venture Disruptors: Executives shaping Tennessee Innovation

Dec 11, 2009 at 09:09 am by miltcapps

Leaders statewide are working to make a plus within Tennessee's 'new economy'. Who will most significantly influence the course of innovation, invention, entreprene.... Read More

'Voodoo venture valuations', other truths told at Forum

Dec 08, 2009 at 10:35 am by miltcapps

In Nashville, a venture community-aborning, whenever investors and entrepreneurs are packed into the same room, the air is electric. Last week's capital panel discussion, whi.... Read More

Universal Robotics sets VC round, plants flag in N'ville

Dec 07, 2009 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

Universal Robotics is launching a third round of venture capital-raising and has created a research facility in Davidson County. The eight-year-old company is propelled by rob.... Read More

Betancourt launches QuikQ transactions venture

Dec 02, 2009 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Ernie Betancourt, former owner of Innovative Computing Corp. in Brentwood, has launched QuikQ LLC, another software company. Just yesterday, Betancourt announced the sale of.... Read More

TNInvestco engine warms-up, as funds pass crucial test

Dec 02, 2009 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 9:09 a.m., Thurs., Dec. 3, to make clear in the 11th paragraph that Overbey and Sargent have expressed interest in exploring the Administration's plans to seek $40 mil.... Read More

Briefly: PureSafety has acquisition target list

Nov 30, 2009 at 02:08 pm by miltcapps

PureSafety CEO Bill Grana says his company has compiled a list of 350 potential acquisition targets and will acquire at least one of those in 2010. Grana told VNC during a re.... Read More

Brainwave Studios seeks $3MM jolt for Franktown Rocks

Nov 30, 2009 at 01:34 pm by miltcapps

Note: After publication of this article, Rob Solberg was reminded of a conversation about NTC he had with an NTC board member who was providing services to Brainwave, a year.... Read More

TCRS makes $25MM private-equity commitment

Nov 19, 2009 at 08:32 am by miltcapps

The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System has made a $25 million private-equity investment commitment to Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund X, LP. The announcement brings t.... Read More

Entrepreneurs' advice for 'Best of Times, Worst of Times'

Nov 17, 2009 at 03:05 pm by miltcapps

The bad news:  Though officially over, the Great Recession may prove to be neither a 'V' nor even a 'W' recovery on the economic charts. Instead, Belmont University Entr.... Read More

Entrepreneur Center leadership search continues

Nov 17, 2009 at 01:04 pm by miltcapps

Backers of the new Nashville Entrepreneur Center haven't yet found the NEC's first chief executive, and the search continues. Tod Fetherling, president and CEO of Nashville T.... Read More

Nashville entrepreneur 'Finagles' way to Internet Summit

Nov 17, 2009 at 01:03 pm by miltcapps

Very focused, but very low-key, Nashville IT and Internet entrepreneur David Repas manages to get through a lot of doorways. Now, the quiet 37-year-old from Nashville is atte.... Read More

Briefly: TNInvestco officials will discuss 'shortcomings' of losing bids

Nov 16, 2009 at 11:46 am by miltcapps

Any TNInvestco bidders who finished out-of-the-money may obtain from state officials further explanations of why they failed to win. Speaking for Tennessee Revenue Commission.... Read More

Skoodat raising $3MM for assault on ed-tech sector leader

Nov 16, 2009 at 11:18 am by miltcapps

Skoodat LLC in Chattanooga is seeking Nashville investors' support for an assault on education-technology markets. Skoodat is leveraging the Force.com tech platform created by.... Read More

Osborn: Nashville Medical Trade Center advancing toward announcement

Nov 13, 2009 at 11:50 am by miltcapps

Announcement of the location and design of the proposed Nashville Medical Trade Center should come within about 30 days, according to David Osborn, senior advisor for the.... Read More

TNInvestco Tri-Star principals now 'on leave' from VU

Nov 11, 2009 at 02:16 pm by miltcapps

Reflecting an apparent abundance of caution, two Vanderbilt University technology-transfer executives have been placed on leave, in the wake of their new venture winning a rol.... Read More

Game-changer: Jacobson's Tri-Star group aims for impact

Nov 09, 2009 at 03:41 pm by miltcapps

Harry Jacobson, M.D., and his young venture-investment colleagues find themselves in a target-rich environment. Altogether, they aim to fund young companies, improve healthca.... Read More

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