Venture Nashville

VNC's July 2025 Venture Calendar

Jun 28, 2025 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

•West | •Central | •Eastern | •Other Updated continually during current month. Previous VNC calendars. July 4 • Fourth of July. Downtown Nashville c.... Read More

Raghavan to drive Vanderbilt 'vision as catalyst + incubator of innovation'

Jun 27, 2025 at 08:25 am by miltcapps

VANDERBILT University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier plans July 1 to make current Vice Provost for Research and Innovation Padma Raghavan his office's first executive director fo.... Read More

TN envoys take entrepreneurial, econdev, FDI savvy to Amsterdam, Paris

Jun 13, 2025 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE economic and entrepreneurial leaders are heading to Amsterdam and Paris next week, reinforcing this state's interest in innovation, cross-border trade and for.... Read More

Hollis: RoI for AI: Optura's $6.5M+ Seed spurs AI Ops orchestration

Jun 11, 2025 at 12:56 pm by miltcapps

MICHAEL HOLLIS, co-founder and president of Nashville-based Optura Inc., says the startup has begun deploying its new "AI Enterprise Operating System," which helps management.... Read More

Brief: Kimberlin raising capital as CrushTeam's AI agents automate CRM

Jun 10, 2025 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Bill Kimberlin Nashville tech entrepreneur Bill Kimberlin's CrushTeamAI platform deploys AI Agents to automate customer relationship management (CRM) systems..... Read More

Nashville's Bitetime Kitchens reenters Atlanta, maps growth + capital

Jun 10, 2025 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Founder-CEO and Majority Owner Jason Gries's Bitetime Kitchens LLC produces and delivers 18 core-brand meal cuisines from its own kitchens for corporate and industri.... Read More

VNC's June 2025 Venture Calendar

May 23, 2025 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

•West | •Central | •Eastern | •Other Updated continually during the month. June 1-5 • Fiber Connect by DA Davidson, 5K attendees including network operators, 5G carriers, inf.... Read More

New entrepreneurial, innovation centers rise in Southern Middle Tennessee

May 22, 2025 at 11:43 am by miltcapps

A NEW regional entrepreneur center seems likely to be born in southern-middle Tennessee this summer, largely thanks to spadework and prospective partnership with Tennessee Tec.... Read More

Frist Cressey Ventures pursues $400MM Fund IV, plans next exec Forum

May 16, 2025 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

FRIST CRESSEY VENTURES of Nashville filed May 15 for its $400MM parallel Fund IV QP LP and Fund IV LP, showing 115 investors aboard and $169.7MM-in, at that point. The firm al.... Read More

EO Nashville membership might come easier if you 'can't get fired'

May 14, 2025 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

EO NASHVILLE, with 347 members as-of May 5, is recognized as the largest EO Chapter in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Moreover, the local chapter -- whi.... Read More

CEO Mark Blaze may cut new pathways for Nashville Technology Council

May 09, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

MARK BLAZE, the 10th consecutive President and CEO of Nashville Technology Council since its founding in 1999, is to begin work Monday, May 12. NTC Chairman Rod McDaniel ma.... Read More

ITIF: TN has strengths, but underperforms as hub for key innovation sectors

May 07, 2025 at 08:49 am by miltcapps

Update May 15, 2025: State Science & Technology Institute analyzes ITIF report.-Ed. TENNESSEE's progress in economic development, education, research and related fields i.... Read More

Claritas Capital leads Series A for Bookit N Go, a TGV portfolio company

May 06, 2025 at 06:45 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Claritas Capital led a Series A raise for Bookit N Go, an Irvine, Calif.-based 'AI-powered travel and hospitality platform' that had previously drawn investm.... Read More

Fintech: Thoma Bravo bets $100MM+ on McGowan's HubSync platform

May 06, 2025 at 04:55 pm by miltcapps

FRANKLIN, Tenn.-based HubSync, an "all-in-one tax and accounting platform" for CPA firms yesterday announced it has secured investment of somewhere north of $100MM from Chicag.... Read More

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

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