Innovation

Cumberland Center: New University-Business alliance plans to foster 'innovation hubs' in Mid-TN and State

Jan 03, 2011 at 10:05 am by miltcapps

Updated 2:43 p.m. re financial contributions.-Ed. Local university and business leaders are joining forces in a pro-innovation initiative for Middle Tennessee, supp.... Read More

In Burcham's mind, Entrepreneur Center is in Trolley Barn creating 'Wow!' companies to serve state and nation

Jan 03, 2011 at 10:05 am by miltcapps

Perhaps realizing no one else is going to push Michael Burcham harder than he pushes himself, the Nashville Entrepreneur Center's founding director uses goals and performance.... Read More

Nashville, Memphis may have edge over Silicon Valley

Jan 03, 2011 at 10:05 am by miltcapps

Sarah Lacy, the Tennessean who is a senior editor at TechCrunch in San Francisco, says Nashville and Memphis may have an edge over Silicon Valley in nourishing some tech entre.... Read More

iCare EMR sells, so TN e-learning firm re-targets

Jan 03, 2011 at 10:04 am by miltcapps

The University of Tennessee entrepreneurs who sold iCare EMR training software to Lippincott Williams & Wilkins have rebranded and will introduce new e-learning.... Read More

ANOVA: Biomet co-founder, Spires in ortho implant startup

Dec 13, 2010 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

ANOVA Implant Solutions, a Brentwood startup, can become a nationally recognized orthopedic implant brand, according to founder and CEO Walter Spires. That's part of the.... Read More

NewsBits, December 7, 2010

Dec 07, 2010 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Gov. Bredesen IN A VICTORY lap only a physicist could love, Gov. Phil Bredesen visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory last week to celebrate the opening of the Joint I.... Read More

Venture Notes, April 5, 2010

Apr 05, 2010 at 04:27 am by miltcapps

Gibson Guitar was recently under The FT's Debtwire microscope, in a story about pressures that might yet force reorganization of the privately held instrument maker. Sources.... Read More

Venture Nashville Calendar Update

Apr 03, 2010 at 05:39 pm by miltcapps

► Gov. Phil Bredesen's 8-year economic development push reaches a milestone Sept. 27-28, when the Administration convenes the 57th Annual Governor's Conference on Economic and.... Read More

Great Expectations: Informatics Corporation of America

Mar 18, 2010 at 08:04 am by miltcapps

Update March 1, 2018: ICA has sold to SSI Group of Mobile, Ala., which says it'll keep a presence here. CEO Gary Zegiestowski left in 2016. May 14, 2015: Nashville Business Jo.... Read More

Angel Capital Group, RightSide fund confirm collaboration

Mar 17, 2010 at 09:42 am by miltcapps

Nashville's Angel Capital Group and Rightside Capital Management have confirmed their alliance. San Francisco-based RightSide created some excitment in February, when the de.... Read More

'One Vanderbilt': VU retains recruiters for leadership searches

Mar 17, 2010 at 08:38 am by miltcapps

Vanderbilt University has retained two national search firms to fill strategically important slots in its executive ranks. Assignments that could produce leaders who will h.... Read More

Applied Health Analytics aims for 'preemptive healthcare'

Mar 11, 2010 at 10:58 am by miltcapps

Applied Health Analytics is reaching for a national role in "preemptive healthcare services," and is preparing for a second round of capital recruitment. In a recent VNC inter.... Read More

DMA taps Buffkin Group to find CEO to face Digital Era

Mar 11, 2010 at 09:25 am by miltcapps

Buffeted by discord and with Digital Era pressures mounting, the Direct Marketing Association has retained The Buffkin Group LLC of Nashville to conduct the search for the glo.... Read More

Solidus, Co-Founders launch JumpStart Foundry for seed-stage investing

Mar 10, 2010 at 12:35 pm by miltcapps

Solidus Company and nearly 20 co-founders have launched JumpStart Foundry LP, which will invest $15,000 in an array of individual seed-stage ventures. Solidus Partner Vic Gat.... Read More

KaiNexus targets performance with Vanderbilt technology

Mar 09, 2010 at 10:31 am by miltcapps

A Vanderbilt University licensee that aims to improve healthcare organizations' performance is harvesting a round of seed capital. Dallas-based KaiNexus LLC intends to become.... Read More

Consensus Point sets B-round, reveals Euro partnership

Mar 08, 2010 at 08:42 am by miltcapps

Consensus Point LLC, the Nashville-based predictive-markets provider, is preparing a B-round capital raise to accelerate its growth. In addition, Consensus Point got a potent.... Read More

BioMimetic CEO urges 'build on Bredesen's start', plus greater Vanderbilt role in life-sciences ventures

Feb 24, 2010 at 01:23 pm by miltcapps

BioMimetic Therapeutics CEO Sam Lynch said development of the life-sciences industry in Nashville demands a greater role by Vanderbilt University and the focusing of the regio.... Read More

Cook: Nashville must create culture of 'True Innovation'

Feb 24, 2010 at 11:43 am by miltcapps

Joe Cook has great hopes for Nashville, but sees impediments to overcome for the region's life-sciences industry and for the innovation community, generally. Cook is co-founde.... Read More

UT-Battelle, NellOne Therapeutics license patents for tissue therapy

Jan 28, 2010 at 01:58 pm by miltcapps

UT-Battelle LLC today announced it has licensed patents to NellOne Therapeutics Inc., with an eye toward new therapies that would restore both mass and function to damaged hum.... Read More

VC Coleman demands access to TNInvestco records

Jan 28, 2010 at 10:43 am by miltcapps

Updated 2:45 p.m.:  State. Sen. Doug Overbey told VNC he will file a "caption bill" this afternoon to "reserve a space" for legislation advocated by the Bredesen Administ.... Read More

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