Venture Nashville

Venture Notes - May 7, 2022

May 07, 2022 at 10:00 am by miltcapps

SaaS: ESG Impact exits beta, seeks capital, opts for VU Wond'ry Founder

May 03, 2022 at 03:14 pm by miltcapps

Update Nov. 7 2022: The company rebranded to Atmos AI Inc. as of Oct. 1, 2022. ESG careers link here. ESG IMPACT Inc. (ESGi) Co-founder Max Mona confirmed that his revenue-gen.... Read More

Nashville's Jumpstart Capital files for $120MM Fund II ahead of JSF bets

May 02, 2022 at 05:35 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE'S Jumpstart Capital Fund II LP recently filed for a $120MM raise for a new pooled-investment fund. The filing for Fund II was submitted here by Vic Gatto, who is als.... Read More

Memphis's ESO Fund files for $150MM Fund V to back venture option moves

May 02, 2022 at 04:03 pm by miltcapps

MEMPHIS-based The Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund) filed on a $150MM venture-capital raise for ESO Venture Fund V LP (Delaware). Fund V's general partner is ESO GP V LLC,.... Read More

Brock: Company Lab CEO search advances in gateway City of Chattanooga

Apr 26, 2022 at 02:27 pm by miltcapps

THE NEXT CEO of The Company Lab regional entrepreneurship center in Chattanooga is likely to be piped aboard this summer. The nonprofit accelerator and business scaleup hub, w.... Read More

Nashville Capital Network says Fund IV commitments pass $70MM

Apr 13, 2022 at 02:49 pm by miltcapps

Update: On April 23, 2023, NCN observed the 20-year milestone since its founding, press release here. In August 2022, NCN reported NCN Fund IV had raised $77.3MM, filings here.... Read More

COPILOT TRAVEL remaps capital, pursues pent-up leisure-trip surge

Apr 05, 2022 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

Capital remapped to reach $2MM or more before A-round Local B2B2C platform eyes global leisure-travel industry LeanKit entrepreneur Hefley, pacesetter Jones are aboard Startu.... Read More

Altitude Ventures eyes $100M Fund III for digital health, HC services

Mar 31, 2022 at 09:56 am by miltcapps

ALTITUDE VENTURES, a Nashville VC focused mainly on digital health and healthcare services companies, is working to raise its Fund III, which has a hard cap of $100MM. Its ini.... Read More

VC Martin Ventures in capital raise for Shulkin-led Global Pain Center

Mar 17, 2022 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

MARTIN VENTURES CEO Devin Carty represents the Nashville VC aboard an SEC filing for a potential $3.5MM equity capital raise for Pennsylvania-based Global Pain Center Corp., a.... Read More

Chris Cashwell spins-up Azra AI by acquiring Smarsh/DRS healthtech assets

Mar 14, 2022 at 10:56 am by miltcapps

CHRIS CASHWELL, once the leader of the healthcare workflow automation/AI unit that was acquired in 2020 by Smarsh Inc. along with the rest of Digital Reasoning Systems, confir.... Read More

CareEco CEO Johnson eyes $2MM raise to drive Engine deeper into market

Mar 09, 2022 at 02:32 pm by miltcapps

CARE ECO CORP., Brentwood, has begun a $2MM Angel-led equity-capital raise to increase market penetration of its healthcare continuity and patient engagement offering. Queried.... Read More

Christal Hector presses on toward TuneHatch beta, launch, capital raise

Mar 08, 2022 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE: TuneHatch founder won #BITCON2023 Blacks in Technology RoadPitch competition, Sept. 8, 2023.-Editor CHRISTAL HECTOR, the Nashville-based co-founder and CEO of TuneHatc.... Read More

CEO: Nashville 'center of gravity' for BehaVR's Virtual Reality in HC push

Mar 03, 2022 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: Dec. 23, 2022 - BehaVR today filed with the SEC here for a target-$20MM Series B raise, which includes the previously reported first close. Dec. 13, 2022 - BehaVR anno.... Read More

Bulletin: Launch Tennessee has chosen Lindsey Cox as CEO to succeed Interim Abby Trotter

Mar 01, 2022 at 02:05 pm by miltcapps

Launch Tennessee, aka Tennessee Technology Development Corporation, announced this afternoon that its nationwide search for a successor CEO has resulted in its recommendation.... Read More

Led by Black&Decker veteran, Discovery Sound Technology eyes $6.5M raise

Mar 01, 2022 at 01:05 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Discovery Sound Technology LLC's (DST) filing for an equity raise of up to $6.5MM could signal pursuit of growth for sales of the company's ultrasound technolo.... Read More

AngelEye Health draws investors to link parents, NICU babies, caregivers

Feb 28, 2022 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

Update: 10 November 2022: Angel Eye Health announced in a release today that its total capital in since inception in 2013 is now "approximately $20MM". Its SEC filing earlier.... Read More

Twende: Black execs see entrepreneurship opportunities beyond hurdles

Feb 25, 2022 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

THE TRIO OF BLACK startup and investment executives who assembled last week for the "Twende" program at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center spoke of business lessons lear.... Read More

Nashville Entrepreneur Center update on startup capital recruitment

Feb 25, 2022 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

JOHN MURDOCK MBA, who is both chief operating officer and chief product officer of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, responded to a series of Venture Nashville questio.... Read More

Nashville gains a video-game development unit of Iron Galaxy Studios

Feb 23, 2022 at 08:56 am by miltcapps

CHICAGO-based Iron Galaxy Studios LLC today announced it will spend about $1MM to create a video-game development studio in Metro Nashville. Its entry here could mean creation.... Read More

Nashville's Rouland confirms Phosphorus Cybersecurity Raises $38MM

Feb 22, 2022 at 09:05 am by miltcapps

Updated 24 May 2022 - Phosphorus chose John Vecchi as CMO and analyst relations lead, release here. 6 April 2022 - SF-based cybersec veteran Art Coviello Jr. is now chair of t.... Read More

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