venture capital

$5MM E-Dough: Edo Interactive re-loads with local VCs

Oct 06, 2008 at 03:49 am by miltcapps

Nashville-based edô Interactive has closed a $5 million Series A round of funding, with investment from venture-capital firms Claritas Capital and Clayton Associates. The rais.... Read More

McQuigg tweaks management at ConnectivHealth

Oct 05, 2008 at 03:32 pm by miltcapps

ConnectivHealth CEO Scott McQuigg is putting more weight on Steve NeSmith, the company's former director of technology operations, appointing him to the newly created position.... Read More

Fetherling to helm of Nashville Technology Council

Oct 01, 2008 at 09:25 am by miltcapps

New $100MM venture fund creator retains 2nd Generation

Oct 01, 2008 at 08:40 am by miltcapps

Jon Yarbrough, creator of a new $100 million investment fund and founder-CEO of Smyrna-based Video Gaming Technologies, told VNC yesterday he has retained merchant banker 2nd.... Read More

Analytics: SeniorMetrix passes $5MM mark in frail-elderly sector

Sep 29, 2008 at 08:00 pm by miltcapps

SeniorMetrix, the Brentwood firm that provides predictive modeling and data analytics for managing care of the frail elderly, is projecting roughly $6 million in revenue fror.... Read More

'Idea 67': Shmerling offers entrepreneurial concept for Nashville

Sep 29, 2008 at 04:17 pm by miltcapps

Mike Shmerling, CEO and chairman of Xebec Management Inc., told VNC recently that when it comes to breeding new businesses and then keeping them here in Nashville, "entre.... Read More

Internet, broadband providers join Arts creators in Nashville briefing

Sep 25, 2008 at 11:16 am by miltcapps

Arts+Labs, a coalition of Fortune 100 firms, entertainment industry and arts organizations, debuted in Nashville today during a briefing for local media at The Hermitage Hotel.... Read More

VU's Owen: Lynskey takes startup helm, OEC successor named

Sep 25, 2008 at 08:06 am by miltcapps

Bruce Lynskey is taking the reins as CEO of a tech startup in Massachusetts, from which he has commuted the past four years while serving as a key faculty member of the O.... Read More

Griffin Technology founder again CEO as exec returns to campus

Sep 24, 2008 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Griffin Technologies Founder Paul Griffin is once again CEO, as well as president, following David Owens' return to his former faculty position at the Owen Graduate School of.... Read More

Pathfinder Therapeutics CEO is out

Sep 23, 2008 at 07:08 am by miltcapps

Pathfinder Therapeutics is short on CEO as well as capital, it seems. Paul MacDonald, the Canadian who joined Pathfinder two years ago, is apparently no longer with the firm,.... Read More

Bredesen finance chief eyes legislation for eHealth

Sep 22, 2008 at 02:09 pm by miltcapps

Prospects are growing stronger that the General Assembly will soon receive a Bredesen Administration proposal aimed at accelerating adoption of health information technol.... Read More

Tennessee VCs worry they'll be crowded-out of state pension investments

Sep 19, 2008 at 09:21 am by miltcapps

Ed Hennessee offered little comfort this week for Tennessee-based venture-capital fund managers who worry they'll get crowded-out by "megafunds" based elsewhere, as.... Read More

Tech2020 names CEO

Sep 18, 2008 at 02:11 pm by miltcapps

Credibility Crunch: Health M&A and innovation shaped by Feds

Sep 17, 2008 at 09:04 am by miltcapps

No matter who's in The White House during the next three years, financial, economic and regulatory pressures will probably make life sciences, rather than healthcare services.... Read More

Bionic Woman: Exec perseveres, while biotech struggles for momentum

Sep 14, 2008 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Leslie Wisner-Lynch, DDS, DMSc, hesitated only briefly when asked in a recent VNC interview whether it's true she picked Nashville as the new home for BioMimetic Therapeutics,.... Read More

The Raise: Nashville startup lands in TechCrunch 'DemoPit'

Sep 13, 2008 at 01:33 pm by miltcapps

Having won a coveted slot within San Francisco's TechCrunch startup showcase, a father-son team from Nashville will pitch their developing tech company to West Coast investors.... Read More

Vanderbilt's $50M discovery fund, TTDC's signal event

Sep 04, 2008 at 07:56 am by miltcapps

Scholarly inquiry, scientific research and risk capital are in the spotlight this fall in Nashville, thanks to two distinct events: Vanderbilt University's latest investment.... Read More

People: Hampton will be point-man in TSU reform

Sep 04, 2008 at 07:53 am by miltcapps

UPDATE:  In the wake of an audit that showed continued TSU problems, The Tennessean reported Oct. 8 that TSU President Melvin Johnson has shifted Hampton's responsibiliti.... Read More

Strategy Notes: LBMC and Entrepreneurs' worst fears

Sep 02, 2008 at 06:57 am by miltcapps

For the first time, Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain has hired someone to market the firm's diverse services to private-equity groups and companies in the funds' portfolios..... Read More

Strength in numbers: Claritas Capital wants more VCs in Nashville's early-stage deals

Sep 02, 2008 at 06:42 am by miltcapps

For the third year in a row, Claritas Capital Managing Partner John Chadwick is pretty happy about being the only Tennessee fund to make Entrepreneur magazine's ranking of "To.... Read More

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