Strategics: Nashville's Emma invests in New Zealanders

Apr 20, 2009 at 01:48 pm by miltcapps

Emma Inc. has made a strategic investment in a New Zealand technology company. In a VNC interview, Emma Co-founder Clint Smith said that after "many months" of consideration,.... Read More

Venture Notes -- April 20, 2009

Apr 20, 2009 at 01:47 pm by miltcapps

Startup-oriented VC Innova Memphis, a division of [corrected] Memphis Bioworks led by President Ken Woody, announced it has invested in 7-year-old Memphis venture Cagenix Inc..... Read More

NEWSBITS April 7, 2009

Apr 07, 2009 at 11:52 am by miltcapps

The annual CyberStates report is out, with Tennessee having barely moved the needle from a year earlier. That's probably good news in this environment, even though it shows us.... Read More

Briefly: McWhorter launches another Health advocate

Apr 06, 2009 at 01:24 pm by miltcapps

Clayton McWhorter, who founded VC Clayton Associates and built his reputation across decades at or near the top of HCA, and who not long ago launched ShoutAmerica to mobilize.... Read More

Passport's Lackey stands aside for new CEO

Apr 06, 2009 at 01:01 pm by miltcapps

Private equity-backed Passport Health Communications, Inc. has hired health IT veteran Scott MacKenzie to succeed Jim Lackey as CEO. Lackey (at right), who was the company's.... Read More

Petra Capital makes $5MM tech investment

Apr 06, 2009 at 12:22 pm by miltcapps

Petra Capital Partners has made its first investment in NuView Systems Inc. of Wilmington, Mass. Petra said in a company release that its investment in NuView is $5.... Read More

General Assembly spotlights venture investing

Apr 06, 2009 at 12:22 am by miltcapps

Tennessee private-equity and early-stage venture investment may soon get another boost from the General Assembly. During a meeting Thursday, venture-capital executives who are.... Read More

Nashville HQ possible for Healthcare Management Partners

Apr 02, 2009 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Update 24 Feb 2017: HMP says its HQ is now on Nashville's Demonbreun, rather than Philadelphia. Managing Director on the ground here is Clare Moylan.-Ed. A Philadelphia-based.... Read More

VUMC's Jacobson will never buy lunch in this town, again

Mar 31, 2009 at 01:25 pm by miltcapps

Accolades showering down upon Dr. Harry Jacobson following his retirement announcement suggest that, at the very least, he'll never need to buy lunch in this town, again. Van.... Read More

Venture capitalists standing-down from FONCE battle

Mar 30, 2009 at 09:44 am by miltcapps

Salix Ventures Chief Financial Officer Rob Ivy confirmed Friday that Tennessee venture-capital firms find they no longer have a beef with Gov. Phil Bredesen's plan to close a.... Read More

ConduIT's eDoc4u describes rampant growth

Mar 30, 2009 at 09:44 am by miltcapps

eDoc4u President Rich Smith says more than 5 million employees may now access online health portals the company has created for more than 700 customers. In an interview with.... Read More

NEWSBITS March 30, 2009

Mar 30, 2009 at 09:44 am by miltcapps

In today's Tennessean, Nashville VCs comment on near-gridlock resulting from closed IPO window, lower valuations for entrepreneurs and need for exits through sales to strategi.... Read More

Entrepreneurship: Nashville's dueling Venture events create quandary

Mar 27, 2009 at 01:12 pm by miltcapps

Next Tuesday, competing entrepreneurship events at Belmont and Vanderbilt may give new meaning to the term "rush hour." Coincidentally, at 5:30 p.m. on March 31 two local ent.... Read More

Briefly: Luminetx adds 3rd CEO

Mar 25, 2009 at 01:36 pm by miltcapps

Memphis-based Luminetx Inc.'s third CEO started work a week ago.  Richard Kindberg (left, in a shot lifted from Linked-In) has succeeded interim CEO Al Gossett, a Me.... Read More

Local FiledBy startup asks authors to claim 1.8 million webpages

Mar 25, 2009 at 12:41 pm by miltcapps

Nashville's FiledBy Inc. formally ended the private phase of its beta launch today by inviting authors to claim web pages created for them at the company's online venue. In a.... Read More

Star-backed Nashville startup toasts global knowledge

Mar 22, 2009 at 08:27 pm by miltcapps

Nashville-based Internet startup Moontoast LLC aims to connect people with problems to experts with solutions, worldwide. Moontoast is claiming a giant step forward in the cr.... Read More

Homeward bound: NV tech company moves to The Boro

Mar 18, 2009 at 10:49 am by miltcapps

Software entrepreneur Tim Choate is relocating his decade-old Bondware Inc. from Davidson County to his hometown of Murfreesboro. Bondware's most visible local division devel.... Read More

Tech Economy: TTDC targets Angels and Entrepreneurs

Mar 11, 2009 at 03:19 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation has retained two companies to help improve the odds of success for high-growth entrepreneurial ventures in Tennessee. Nashville-ba.... Read More

VC CEO steps aside for new man at Pathfinder Therapeutics

Mar 11, 2009 at 10:40 am by miltcapps

Pathfinder Therapeutics Inc. has a new president and CEO, just in time for the company's presentations to investors and medical professionals. Curtis L. "Skip" Good.... Read More

'Growth advisor' Campbell stays close to the money

Mar 09, 2009 at 02:03 pm by miltcapps

Laura Campbell has been close to Nashville's healthcare money a long time, and has put proximity to good use. In an interview with VNC, Campbell recalled that, while she was.... Read More

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