McKenzie Laird

Venture Notes -- September 30, 2019

Sep 30, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Series A ahead, Tammy Hawes has always seen Virsys12 as scalable venture

Sep 24, 2019 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

TAMMY HAWES, CEO of Virsys12, says that from the moment she founded her company eight years ago, she's always seen it as a scalable SaaS business and has never seen it as a li.... Read More

Med-devices startup Somavac raises Seed capital from VCs, Angels

Oct 17, 2017 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

Updates: Aug. 24, 2021: SOMAVAC® Medical Solutions announced the granting of US Patent (11,078,898), covering its SOMAVAC® SVS SmartSuction Technology and surgical drain manag.... Read More

Army veteran Wegner raises capital to fortify<br>new 'Authentically American' apparel brand

Oct 05, 2017 at 03:21 pm by miltcapps

Updated 21 May 2020: A source told VNC Wegner had completed his $500K raise. 21 April 2020: Wegner filed for a $500K capital raise. 27 June 2018: Startup announced here that l.... Read More

mSIGNIA nears end of Series A raise, sees Nashville as its techdev center

Jul 26, 2016 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

mSIGNIA INC., the software company born in California to avert fraud and combat cybercrime, is nearing the end of its Series A capital raise and "absolutely" will add staff wi.... Read More

Enterprise Wellness: Chattanooga's Spire Labs looks to accelerate

Jul 25, 2016 at 07:00 am by miltcapps

TN Treasurer names investment deputy, updates private-equity weight

Dec 03, 2015 at 04:45 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Treasurer David Lillard this week announced Chief Investment Officer Michael Brakebill's new deputy is Derrick Dagnan, a native Tennessean working within Treasury si.... Read More

After Ipreo, Maxwell will shift to raising a Nashville-based FinTech fund

Jul 23, 2015 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

JOE MAXWELL, the Nashville-based financial-technologies entrepreneur, says he'll next raise a specialized FinTech venture fund. In November 2014, Maxwell, now 47, sold to Ipre.... Read More

Nashville Technology Council a step closer to policy-advocacy role

Jul 23, 2015 at 11:27 am by miltcapps

Update: Sept. 28, 2015 - Former DC open-Internet advocate, wonk and communicator Alex Curtis has become NTC's director of communications and public affairs.-Ed. NASHVILLE TECH.... Read More

Nashville's Project Music music+tech accelerator names 2015 startup cohort

Jan 06, 2015 at 09:57 am by miltcapps

PROJECT MUSIC of Nashville today announced the eight members of its 2015 music-and-technology accelerator program, which convenes Jan. 18 in the Nashville Entrepreneur Center,.... Read More

PE-backed Aegis Sciences acquires startup Diagnovus' assets

Jan 06, 2015 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

AEGIS Sciences Corporation, based in MetroCenter, announced today its acquisition of assets of VC-backed molecular-diagnostics startup Diagnovus, also based in Nashville. Term.... Read More

CEO: Angel Capital Group ready to strengthen Nashville ties, U.S. footprint

Jun 18, 2014 at 10:49 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE is among markets slated for increased attention from the Angel Capital Group (ACG), the investor network originally based in Middle Tennessee, said CEO Eric Dobson..... Read More

Video Venture -- Nashville's HouseLens positions for Series A raise

Jun 16, 2014 at 01:18 pm by miltcapps

Update: HouseLens said Feb. 17, 2016 it had added drone video, photog to its mix. Earlier: It told the SEC 15 October 2015 that it plans a $6MM raise and has $1MM-in. - Ed. TH.... Read More

LifeScience: TNInvestco-funded Diagnovus' growth may lie in hands of East/West coastal investors

Dec 09, 2013 at 11:39 am by miltcapps

Updated: Jan. 6, 2015: Aegis Sciences Corp. acquired Diagnovus, story here.-Ed. FRESH ON THE HEELS of startup Diagnovus' introduction of its second molecular-diagnostic assay,.... Read More

No leg-up? TCRS pension-assets 'Set-aside' for TN firms uncertain

May 13, 2013 at 06:44 am by miltcapps

THE NOTION of creating allocations of Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) assets expressly for investment by in-state private-equity firms remains an idea with few.... Read More

SpecialOps: ExBellum combat veterans target business imperatives

May 06, 2013 at 09:59 am by miltcapps

Updated: In 2018, the now Texas-based founders exited Exbellum and cofounded Terradepth, a data-as-a-service company focused on actionable knowledge about oceans, according to.... Read More

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