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Franklin-linked Nodality nets $15.5MM from VC funds

Mar 22, 2010 at 01:44 pm by miltcapps

San Francisco-based Nodality Inc., a biotechnology company with a key research and development laboratory in Franklin, today announced raising $15.5 million from venture capit.... Read More

Angels' complaint to Corker may precede stepped-up TN efforts

Mar 22, 2010 at 08:31 am by miltcapps

Updated 5:56 a.m., March 25.:  A portion of our March 22 story was inadvertently omitted, previously. It is now restored (italicized portion). The NCN letter to Sen..... Read More

Customers queued, SIGNiX asks $5MM from VCs

Mar 22, 2010 at 06:26 am by miltcapps

Update: On March 27, Angel Capital Group CEO Rachael Qualls confirmed for VNC the ACG has invested in SIGNiX's capital raise, but did say how much ACG invested. Original stor.... 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

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

Briefly: Errant 'VC secrecy' reference in legislation provokes mild hubbub

Mar 09, 2010 at 11:20 am by miltcapps

A Tennessee Senate bill carrying a 'Venture Capital' title chosen for expediency has slightly rocked the legislative boat this week. State Sen. Andy Berke (D-Chattanooga) tol.... 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

Chancellor's TNInvestco records decision against Coleman

Mar 02, 2010 at 03:13 pm by miltcapps

Nashville Chancery Court Chancellor Russell Perkins' decision released today gives a win to two state commissioners who sought to keep confidential TNInvestco records demande.... Read More

Quick Take: New Seed fund may be on RightSide

Mar 01, 2010 at 10:50 am by miltcapps

Some experts say the "seed-stage" venture model is broken and even Angels are seed-averse. Meanwhile, here in Tennessee the new TNInvestco funds have been encourage.... Read More

NEWSBITS, Feb. 8, 2010

Feb 08, 2010 at 01:46 pm by miltcapps

CredenceHealth update: VNC has learned CredenceHealth has hired Terri Mitchell (left) away from Thomson Reuters in the Raleigh area, where she was manager of clinical consulti.... Read More

Pathfinder's Stefansic comments on Nashville leverage, challenges

Feb 08, 2010 at 11:05 am by miltcapps

For five years within startup Pathfinder Therapeutics, Chief Operating Officer Jim Stefansic has seldom spoken publicly. In a recent exchange with VNC, however, Stefansic see.... Read More

Tennessee State University to lead business-academe consortium

Feb 01, 2010 at 12:19 pm by miltcapps

A source says Tennessee State University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and other Nashville businesses and institutions are forming a Capital City Research Consortium..... Read More

VNC Member News: RelevantAssets® names management team, sets capital raise, targets Corporate Real Estate performance

Feb 01, 2010 at 08:54 am by miltcapps

CRE Technologies, Inc., dba RelevantAssets, announced the formation of an expanded management and development team, as well as plans to raise $400,000 in private capital to ac.... Read More

Nashville mobilizes for U.S. Health technology leadership

Jan 25, 2010 at 03:31 pm by miltcapps

Nashville industry, academe and government are said to be creating an alliance that could breathe reality into Music City's dream of becoming the Silicon Valley of Healthcare..... Read More

UPDATE: Claritas-backed StudioNow a startup again, leaves AOL fold

Jan 25, 2010 at 08:02 am by miltcapps

Updated 20 Aug. 2014: Tennessean reports StudioNow Series B growth round hit $5MM. Earlier: 18 April 2014: StudioNow files $4MM FormD with Claritas and FCA execs named, SEC he.... 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

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