| 1. |  Briefly: Nashville Technology Council freshens its board
12-year-old NTC's next CEO will face dozens of board members, including some new faces
By Staff Updated 2:14 p.m. / Published Monday, July 11, 2011 8:38 am
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| 2. |  Fetherling eyes HealthDataSource role, resigns NTC;
Tech Council sets CEO search and strategic review
No one's surprised to see Fetherling back in venture garb; he earlier invested in Jason Moore's startup
By Milt Capps Updated 2:41 p.m. / Published Tuesday, May 24, 2011 10:54 am
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| 3. |  Law + Leverage: Baker Donelson adds Sloan
for technology & emerging companies
Law firm broadens its already sizeable footprint, plants flag in dealing with early-stage ventures
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 7, 2011 8:04 am
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| 4. |  Fetherling joins Moore in rebranded Stratasan startup;
Nashville Tech Council CEO search makes strides, says Sloan
Strategic allies will include marketing, PR and healthcare strategy firms, among others
By Milt Capps Updated 5:00 p.m. / Published Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:27 pm
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| 5. |  Next Nashville Technology Council CEO is Liza Lowery Massey
[CEO departure] Sixth CEO brings national perspective, oversees an NTC on shifting economic, educational and professional terrain.
By Milt Capps updated 11 July 2013 11:34 a.m. / Published Tuesday, August 9, 2011 1:29 pm
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| 6. |  Baker Donelson programs advance Atlanta Cybersec accelerator + HealthIT
[Updated] Deadline for SE Regional Capital Connections event is April 29.
Milt Capps Updated 25 May 2016 / Published Friday, March 11, 2016 2:45 pm
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| 7. |  Startup Thrivist eyes further capital after Crimson Ventures takes stake
Andrew McGarrity now leads digital group in Tennessee Book Company (Ingram).
Milt Capps updated 30 May 2017 / Published Wednesday, July 6, 2016 12:45 pm
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| 8. |  M&A: Nashville Software, IT firms mull buying, selling
Nick Holland of CentreSource says approaches by bidders caused him to look at his firm with fresh eyes
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, February 7, 2011 7:53 am
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| 9. |  Nashville Entrepreneur Center appointments heavy with longtime advocates
Experience, expertise and continuity seem reflected in selections.
Milt Capps updated 30 Oct. 2015 6:12 a.m. / Published Tuesday, October 27, 2015 4:45 pm
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| 10. |  Marcom: Snell's Gyrosity eyes capital raise and Crosshair spin-out
[updated] Not long out of Belmont University, young entrepreneur envisions string of ventures.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, May 1, 2017 10:00 am
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| 11. |  JSF startup CEO: E-language Boomalang a 'dream come true, already'
[update] JSF-bred startup's eventual exit sale will follow years of development and marketing push
Milt Capps Updated Oct. 23, 2015 / Published Thursday, September 4, 2014 2:00 pm
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| 12. |  Stony Creek Colors eyes $8.6MM capital raises now thru 2018
Founder presses ahead with no native Tennessee capital, other than her own.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 28, 2016 5:30 pm
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| 13. |  Tough Love: Local VCs and Silicon Valley
consultant work separately to keep it real
Those who want to broaden entrepreneurship and those who control capital want entrepreneurs to view their businesses realistically
By Milt Capps - Corrected March 14, 2011 1:55 p.m. / Published Sunday, March 13, 2011 5:09 pm
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| 14. |  Nashville-linked RecordGram to launch $300MM TUNE token sale
[updated] Supported by Block Gemini in Dubai, RecordGram aims to set a record raise.
Milt Capps updated 3 April 2018 / Published Wednesday, September 20, 2017 4:45 pm
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| 15. |  'Voodoo venture valuations', other truths told at Forum
Hopes fired, worst fears confirmed in latest iteration of the art form known as venture panels
By Milt Capps Last updated 1:54 p.m. / Published Tuesday, December 8, 2009 10:35 am
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| 16. |  Chris Hefley advances LLM As A Service toward market, maps capital raise
Serial tech entrepreneur says he won't 'dilly-dally' in raising money to address AI opportunity.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, September 9, 2024 3:15 pm
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| 17. |  Nashville's VideoBomb welcomes former Apple CEO and a serial entrepreneur to board, maps capital raises
Founder-CEO Chad Marcum broadens AR startup industry reach and tech footprint.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, November 16, 2020 4:16 pm
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| 18. |  Blockchain: Will Gov. Haslam affix his name
to electronic transactions amendment?
[updated] Some see Tennessee getting a boost from the legislation, others less sanguine.
By Milt Capps updated March 23, 2018 / Published Tuesday, March 20, 2018 3:45 pm
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| 19. |  WaffleMe.com: Startup eyes capital raise, keeps customers'
social-media from being scattered, smothered
$300K Seed raise could target Angels in Cincinnati, as well as Tennessee
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, November 5, 2014 2:45 pm
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| 20. |  'War' ahead? Startup Initial State Technologies preps for capital raises
Founder views new entrants to Internet of Things market as validation.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, June 2, 2015 3:45 am
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| 21. |  SaaS: Affirm Health startup preps for Seed capital raise
[updated] Opioid abuse crisis is latest driver in startup business opportunity.
Milt Capps updated / Published Friday, August 5, 2016 3:36 pm
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| 22. |  BOS Framework eyes cap-raises to accelerate tech across biz spectrum
[updated] Tech veteran preps for ramping-up sales, scouts for talent in Nashville and beyond.
By Milt Capps updated / Published Monday, November 18, 2019 4:06 pm
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| 23. |  Belmont bootstrapping advocate Jeff Cornwall unveils family business
Advocate of organic growth and taut planning follows his North Star.
Milt Capps updated 10:31pm 10 Aug. 2015 / Published Monday, August 10, 2015 4:45 pm
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| 24. |  Checkd.in's rapid evolution, Case award spur launch of Affinity Exchange
Updated: End of the road for much-promoted company? Further capital raises are ahead for the Nashville startup.
Milt Capps Updated 3 April 2015 4:48pm / Published Monday, July 28, 2014 9:55 am
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| 25. |  SaaS M&A: In wake of Initial State sale to Tektronix, founder
makes case for non-healthcare SaaS venture push
Nashville needs more SaaS startups and talent pool is adequate now for those who engage with ecosystem.
Milt Capps / Published Friday, December 21, 2018 4:15 pm
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| 26. |  FinTech: Capital Confirmation eyes $20MM revenue, broadens global stride
[updated] Chris Schellhorn and Brian Fox have roadmapped their way globally, like FinTech focus.
Milt Capps Updated Oct. 28, 2016 / Published Monday, January 12, 2015 9:00 am
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| 27. |  People: Local Angel Capital Group names chief for Knoxville
ACG says it has expanded the ranks of its angel investors and has invested in four companies
By Milt Capps Last Updated 1:44 p.m. / Published Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:31 am
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| 28. |  Gun.io CEO keeps finger off fund-raising trigger, outlines broad ambitions
[updated] Founder on a mission sees world of opportunity, with a dash of charlatanism, here and there.
Milt Capps Updated 1401 9 Aug 2022 / Published Wednesday, February 25, 2015 3:45 pm
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| 29. |  COPILOT TRAVEL in Seed raise, eyeing Series A
to drive ticketing from any website or device
New technology enables most website owners to get a piece of action in ticket-marketing arena.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, January 21, 2020 11:10 am
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| 30. |  CareEco CEO Johnson eyes $2MM raise to drive Engine deeper into market
Expanding team and advisors include Nashville serial healthcare entrepreneur Joe Hutts
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, March 9, 2022 2:32 pm
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| 31. |  Everly, the mix and beverages startup, preps for Series A raise this spring
This Nashville startup is having an impact felt as far away as Zambia.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, March 26, 2015 3:30 pm
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| 32. |  Ripple Music emerging from stealth, into Series A raise for VideoBomb app
[Updated] Chad Marcum begins to reveal details of his team, model, strategy and roll-out plans.
Milt Capps updated 8 June 2017 / Published Wednesday, June 29, 2016 4:00 pm
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| 33. |  Startup Stroll preps $1.5MM Seed raise to catch destination-marketing wave
Eberhardt & Bell press forward with tech solution developed in Nashville for global market.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, October 9, 2019 2:00 pm
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| 34. |  'Educating the money' may be answer to diversifying Nashville techventures
[EMIDS update Dec. 5, 2013] Maybe it's time to focus on something more than our reported shortage of coders
By Milt Capps updated Dec. 5, 2013 / Published Tuesday, May 8, 2012 10:17 am
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| 35. |  CaredFor: Polidor siblings eye Seed raise for referral-marketing startup
(updated) The CellJournalist veterans have brought another startup to the starting-line, this time in marketing software.
Milt Capps Last updated 2 Feb. 2022 / Published Wednesday, August 10, 2016 5:15 pm
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| 36. |  NewsBits, May 11, 2011
A Brailer exec joins regional VC, Nutraceuticals' Grindstaff, Investor Days ahead for incubators, Amazon thing gets awkward and more
By Milt Capps updated 3:10 p.m. / Published Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:21 am
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| 37. |  Angel Capital Group updates Nashville and Appalachian microfunds
CEO says sees first close on HealthIT fund by end of 1Q 2018.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, January 25, 2018 11:08 am
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| 38. |  Maptic eyes capital raise for mapping, analytics platform
targeting the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
CEO Hulsey outlines steps toward market and investors.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, January 3, 2017 8:45 am
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| 39. |  ProjectMusic: EVAmore in business/platform dev push + pursuing capraise
[updated 10:21a] Belmont students keeping moving toward launch, with deep advisory bench.
Milt Capps updated Sept. 8, 2016 10:21am / Published Thursday, June 25, 2015 3:00 pm
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| 40. |  Project Music grad RecordGram eyes $100MM+ token sale, mulls Series A
Yet another potentially blockchain-centric venture apparently got some lift in Music City.
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, August 16, 2017 4:30 pm
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| 41. |  Healthier NTC will refocus on venture ties and serving Nashville region
With regional ambitions and a foundation restored, Fetherling assumes NTC command from Costantine
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:10 am
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| 42. |  Venture Notes - 27 July 2017
'Erosion' in TN investment? Major IT and software cos' raises, TN fund recruiting, startup updates and more.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, July 27, 2017 11:30 am
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| 43. |  NVille's InCrowd Capital adds Angels + investments, seeks SE partners
[Updated 15 June 2015] With nearly 40 investors aboard, Shmerling's Angel network gains traction.
Milt Capps updated 6:36 a.m. 15 June 2015 / Published Monday, November 10, 2014 12:00 pm
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| 44. |  HealthIT: Brentwood-based Healthspek eyes $1.5MM Series A capraise
Seed to B-round scenario begins to emerge, with pharmacogenetic testing a driver.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, October 27, 2015 3:20 pm
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| 45. |  COPILOT TRAVEL remaps capital, pursues pent-up leisure-trip surge
Local CEO adds advisors, launches project involving American Airlines, eyes international scale
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, April 5, 2022 5:45 pm
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| 46. |  Entrepreneur Gordon preps Cloud Range Cyber + Nashville Cyber Range
[updated] VU drew her to Nashville, where she cut her entrepreneurial teeth in e-commerce.
By Milt Capps updated 5 Dec 2018 0758 / Published Thursday, October 4, 2018 9:20 am
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| 47. |  Nashville Angels bless Kindful, as it eyes
tech acquisition and Blackbaud market share
Series A Updated - Jeremy Bolls' startup goes after one of the biggest players' share, but not 'just to make a buck'
Milt Capps updated Oct. 19, 2016 / Published Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:06 pm
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| 48. |  Scorebird mobile sports-data startup preps $1MM-plus Series A raise
Presenting in 36|86 next month, startup targets TN, then TX and beyond.
Milt Capps updated May 21, 2015 9:32 a.m. / Published Wednesday, May 20, 2015 9:15 am
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| 49. |  CEO: Healthcare Blocks raising capital, navigates Tech-Angel shortage
[updated] Long-time Nashville resident Kelso rather not relocate, but needs Tech-savvy investors.
Milt Capps updated Sept. 27, 2016 9:35 a.m. / Published Monday, July 25, 2016 4:30 pm
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| 50. |  XOEye Technologies wearables gameplan could include Series B in 2015
[updated] Google Glass is not a large blip on this startup's radar, thus far.
Milt Capps Updated 7 Aug 2019 / Published Monday, December 15, 2014 3:27 pm
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| 51. |  Mid-TN's NueCura Partners gathers Angels, some join MEDArchon capraise
Entrepreneurial Nashville physician, a strategic advisor and a startup CTO rally Seed investors
Milt Capps / Published Friday, August 8, 2014 2:22 pm
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| 52. |  VenturePeople, January 23, 2012
Paddock, Box, Griggs, Tolbert: entrepreneurs bootstrapping their way, and worthy of note.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, January 23, 2012 7:43 am
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| 53. |  VendEngine passes $20MM revenue, eyes advisory board, capital needs
[updated] Disciplined cash management gives this bootstrap many options.
Milt Capps Updated 3 June 2021 0837 / Published Monday, December 19, 2016 6:24 am
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| 54. |  Nashville Entrepreneur Week Pitch winner's Seed raise well underway
[updated] Ten startups competed, one stood out. Here are highlights and the list of judges.
By Milt Capps Updated June 5, 2018 / Published Thursday, May 24, 2018 4:52 pm
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| 55. |  Venture Notes - January 19, 2016
Updates on investors, startups and ideas with ties to our region.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, January 19, 2016 5:00 pm
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| 56. |  Kimberlin: Nashville EC's UAV/Drones event may be pivotal for TN industry
Nashville Entrepreneur Center panel comes at key juncture for new industry.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, November 3, 2015 10:45 am
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| 57. | Startup bio-dyemaker Stony Creek Colors closes Series A, eyes B-round
Founder has raised north of $8MM, recruited growing ranks of farmers since inception.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, June 13, 2019 5:00 pm
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| 58. |  Moreland & Stokel raising Seed for grownup EVA's post-pandemic push
Founders emerged from Pandemic Pivot with fresh view of prospects for curated talent and tech-supported deals.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, May 26, 2021 3:17 pm
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| 59. |  Sohr-backed MEDarchon taps CEO, puts growth ahead of any capital raise
CEO Baxter: MEDarchon is tracked by potential suitors outside Nashville.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, May 8, 2017 3:30 pm
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| 60. |  Founder: startup SwimIntel's PredictAI churns athlete-recruitment waters
Startup veteran structures company, sets priorities with growth and independence in mind.
By Milt Capps / Published Friday, April 5, 2024 10:30 am
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| 61. |  IQuity Labs' VU license + Eurofins partnership could lead to global market
[Updated] Team says rapid Angel-investor enlistment is one reason this is a 'W' for region's LifeSciences
Milt Capps updated 7 May 2018 / Published Tuesday, March 1, 2016 7:45 am
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| 62. |  eProcurement startup GreenLight Medical maps Series A-B raises
[Updated] Nebraska-born Dirks believes e-procurement startup likely to thrive in Nashville ecosystem.
Milt Capps Last updated / Published Monday, July 10, 2017 2:30 pm
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| 63. |  Nashville Software School eyes new offerings, leadership succession plans
[updated] Founder John Wark's NSS aims to make juniors who are the future talent Nashville needs.
Milt Capps updated 25 July 2017 0859 / Published Wednesday, October 19, 2016 12:30 pm
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| 64. |  Partnership 2010/Chamber call for 'Virtual Entrepreneur Center'
With an eye toward the long haul, and against a backdrop of economic crisis, Co-Chairs Frist and Shmerling (L-R) release Entrepreneur Project recommendations
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, October 8, 2008 3:34 pm
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| 65. |  VU inventors' Adaptive Technology startup faces IntelliCane funding hurdles
Startup commercializing VU IP to reduce injury, death and mitigate $50BN annual medical spend.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 19, 2018 10:45 am
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| 66. |  Entrepreneurs, Investors, Advisors comment
on Nashville deal dynamics, traditions
Capital vs Culture may be the main event when entrepreneurs, investors go head to head
Staff / Published Thursday, July 31, 2014 6:15 am
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| 67. |  Prediction modeler Decode Health eyes city-county COVID-19 spike risks
[updated] Data science, machine learning tech and prediction services startup brings to bear its SDOH learning curve.
By Milt Capps updated / Published Thursday, May 21, 2020 2:45 pm
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| 68. |  Venture Notes - February 1, 2021
Action: UGP, Grabbr, VoluMetrix, SSM Partners, new PE fund, FINTOP, FilterX, Redwood, SocialBot, Shockwave.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, February 1, 2021 3:54 pm
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| 69. |  Sarah Bellos, Lewis + Clark AgriFood chart Stony Creek Colors' Indigo path
Its $9MM B-round nearly done, the startup's cornerstone is an amalgam of purpose, agriculture, supply chain and global economics.
By Milt Capps Updated Dec. 2, 2022 / Published Monday, March 1, 2021 4:00 pm
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| 70. |  Venture Notes - April 24, 2019
HealthStream ties-up with early-growth cos, Alphabet-backed Clover hits Music City, a startup's $6MM raise, money for June Medical, HempTenn, BeastBrands, SmartRIA, and much more.
By Milt Capps updated 18 May 2022 / Published Wednesday, April 24, 2019 4:45 pm
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| 71. |  Venture Notes - October 24, 2019
A new healthtech spinout, capraises, M&A, people moves, advisors, key events and a couple dozen more nuggets.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:00 am
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