Venture Nashville

Fintech CEO Afshin Yazdian leads expansion of KURV fka Electronic Merchant Systems

May 05, 2025 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based fintech veteran Afshin Yazdian is CEO and executive chairman of private-equity-backed KURV, formerly known as Electronic Merchant Systems, which is headquarter.... Read More

Shannon Terry sportsmedia record grows as On3 parentco plans to acquire Rivals from Yahoo Sports

Apr 30, 2025 at 02:31 pm by miltcapps

As published today by On3: The ownership group behind On3 acquires Rivals and forges partnership with Yahoo Sports NASHVILLE, TN -- The ownership group behind On3, led by S.... Read More

VNC's May 2025 Venture Calendar

Apr 29, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

•West | •Central | •Eastern | •Other Below, events in May 2025. (See June '25 and beyond here.) May 1 • Dealmakers Middle Market M&A Conference by Smart Business, at Nashv.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 25, 2025

Apr 25, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

AngelEye Health has $9MM Series C, rising adoption and M&A discipline

Apr 16, 2025 at 10:41 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE- and Little Rock-based AngelEye Health Inc. is wrapping its $9MM Series C equity raise, taking total capital-in since the company's inception to $29MM. The fi.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 14, 2025

Apr 14, 2025 at 11:56 am by miltcapps

NVL's Highland Rim Capital issuers file for $200M raise for PE deals

Apr 10, 2025 at 04:12 pm by miltcapps

Highland Rim Capital Partners, its principal office located in Nashville's venturey Green Hills quarter, recently filed to raise $200MM for investment in lower middle-m.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 9, 2025

Apr 09, 2025 at 01:55 pm by miltcapps

Region's Angel-VC-PE-FW execs head to GNPCA 'State of the Market' event

Apr 08, 2025 at 06:30 am by miltcapps

LAST WEEK, a young Nashville-based industry association registered with the Tennessee Secretary of State to change its name to Greater Nashville Private Capital Association (G.... Read More

VNC's April 2025 Venture Calendar

Mar 31, 2025 at 10:55 am by miltcapps

•West | •Central | •Eastern | •Other Below, April 2025 events appear first, then events farther out. APRIL 1 • Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health's VIGH Student Adv.... Read More

Ralph Schulz joins LipscombU as EIR, College of Leadership + Public Service

Mar 31, 2025 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

RALPH SCHULZ, a former president and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, is to take-up new duties as executive in residence (EIR) within Lipscomb University's Colle.... Read More

Nashville + the World eye Music-Entertainment innovation + impact

Mar 05, 2025 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE investors, top executives, performers, technologists and entrepreneurs are not alone in celebrating this city's Music legacy. Neither are they alone in wondering how.... Read More

VNC's March 2025 Venture Calendar

Mar 02, 2025 at 05:32 pm by miltcapps

Comments welcomed via Milt@VentureNashville.com or LinkedIn. AHEAD: MARCH 2025 3 Epicenter, Alchemist Accelerator Hub and Memphis supply-chain industry invite startups and oth.... Read More

Global-minded Nashville execs bound for West Yorkshire Innovation Festival

Feb 26, 2025 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

Lori Odom THREE Nashvillians intent on building two-way business bridges with other nations will soon travel to the West Yorkshire Innovation Festival, in England. Th.... Read More

LaunchTN swings SXSW Fest spotlight onto TN startups, tech, brands

Feb 24, 2025 at 02:54 pm by miltcapps

ON MARCH 7-9, Launch Tennessee will re-activate "Tennessee House" in Austin within the city's massive South by Southwest Festival. A year ago, in spring 2024, invitations to S.... Read More

Memphis-based Visalaw-ai raises $1.6MM Seed to fund growth, innovation

Feb 19, 2025 at 05:10 pm by miltcapps

MEMPHIS-based Visalaw.ai, has raised $1.6MM in Seed financing to accelerate adoption and innovation of its platform, which it says "is designed to enhance the productivity, ef.... Read More

Brief: Valor Ventures eyes Census-South region's B2B AI, SaaS startups

Feb 18, 2025 at 02:39 pm by miltcapps

ATLANTA-based Valor Ventures LLC is investing out of its Valor Ventures Fund 3 LP and now has 31 active portfolio companies, including transactions announced yesterday in Memp.... Read More

ETSU Research, Sync Space ally to 'Accelerate Appalachia' startups + SMEs

Feb 13, 2025 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Sync Space and East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Research Corporation have collaborated in launching Accelerate Appalachia, a program designed to help advance the region'.... Read More

Might TN General Assembly rebrand Capitol Hill as Innovation LaunchPad?

Feb 13, 2025 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

ON MONDAY, Feb. 10, President Donald Trump's Executive Order 14172 of January 20th gained regulatory force, requiring federal agencies refer to the Gulf of America, rather tha.... Read More

Passing of academic, founder, investor + veteran David Furse lamented

Feb 10, 2025 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

David Houseal Furse 1943-2024 NASHVILLE'S David Houseal Furse, husband, parent, entrepreneur, university educator, advisor, investor and U.S. Army veteran, died unexp.... Read More

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