| 301. |  People: EC President Sam Lingo has a heart for economic empowerment
The EC team is rewarded with added responsibilities.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, December 15, 2015 4:45 pm
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| 302. |  TNInvestco: Welcome to the 'Messy World' of Capitalism
Airing of issues simmering beneath TNInvestco's surface has prompted a reprise of comments pro and con the program
By Milt Capps Updated 7:28 p.m. / Published Monday, March 14, 2011 8:38 am
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| 303. |  Growth-business champions sought by Nashville Chamber, EmergeMemphis
Growth businesses and startups may get new representation within two cities' influential nonprofits
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:51 am
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| 304. |  CEO: Nashville workable for Fintech startups eyeing community banks
Nashville investor Crom Carmichael is in his second Krajicek-led venture.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, May 2, 2016 3:00 pm
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| 305. |  Tennessee State official applauds Pantheon Park innovation aims,
but rejects proposal to sell Old TN State Prison as site
Fate of business, education and innovation campus project remains uncertain.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, October 28, 2013 4:23 am
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| 306. |  Launch Tennessee 36|86 capital-centric sessions, Pitch finalists listed
VNC is here highlighting sessions tied to capital and scale-up. 36|86 also has many other valuable elements.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, August 5, 2020 5:02 pm
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| 307. |  PE-backed Aegis Sciences acquires startup Diagnovus' assets
Two Tennessee-born science-centered companies are united
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, January 6, 2015 9:00 am
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| 308. |  Kauffman Foundation, Nashville Entrepreneur Center confirm Nashville pact
With EC as primary Kauffman liaison, EC and others will spur local entrepreneurial innovation.
Milt Capps Updated 18 Nov 1346 / Published Tuesday, November 17, 2015 8:51 am
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| 309. |  Venture Notes -- October 18, 2019
Launch Tennessee, Electro-Active, Dynamo, CET, EPIcenter, and more updated in today's roundup.
By Milt Capps / Published Friday, October 18, 2019 10:45 am
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| 310. |  Dynamo Ventures $43.2M Fund II eyes global Supply Chain, Mobility bets
Chattanooga investor likely to back 25 new portfolio companies in U.S. and abroad.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, June 24, 2021 9:00 am
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| 311. |  Game-changer: Jacobson's Tri-Star group aims for impact
A trio of Vanderbilt executives aims to do well, by doing good - and perhaps upset the tech-commercialization model
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, November 9, 2009 3:41 pm
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| 312. |  CivicEye's $12.4MM A-round fuels US growth and team-building
Backed by Cercano Management, Relevance Ventures, Angels, TNInvestco, INCITE, et al, its team shifts principal office.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, August 3, 2022 8:00 am
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| 313. |  VentureNotes, Oct. 3, 2011
Investors are busily putting capital into ventures young and older, in Chattanooga, Oak Ridge and elsewhere
By Milt Capps Updated 4:07 p.m. / Published Monday, October 3, 2011 8:19 am
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| 314. |  Rising Stars: Rep. Cooper adds lawyer to staff
5th District congressman adds young former Waller Lansden lawyer with strong entertainment ties
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, December 3, 2008 1:48 pm
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| 315. |  Resources: Tennessee international trade
[Updated] Useful tools for those exploring cross-border business-development opportunities.
Staff / Published Saturday, July 12, 2014 7:49 am
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| 316. |  TN Comptroller: TNInvestco program 'doesn't appear successful'
Based on criteria set in place at the outset, the capital-formation experiment now formally has a cloud over it.
Submitted / Published Thursday, November 10, 2016 1:00 pm
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| 317. |  TCRS CIO Brakebill provides update on PE investment, other programs
[Updated] Due to COVID19-induced recession, recent years' stellar fund performance may be 'ancient history'.
By Milt Capps Updated / Published Monday, April 13, 2020 11:08 am
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| 318. |  Nashville's Rouland confirms Phosphorus Cybersecurity Raises $38MM
UPDATED Co-founders love Nashville, but concentration of talent in HQ here is not a driver in recruitment.
By Milt Capps updated 6 April 2022 / Published Tuesday, February 22, 2022 9:05 am
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| 319. |  Gov. Bredesen OK's fight-game overseers; Incubator CEO aims for martial-arts debut this fall
This high-achieving former homeless person and tech manager may end-up in the Third World -- but, first, it's mixed martial arts, earning a couple of degrees, selling athletic apparel...and carving-out time to be a father.
Milt Capps - Updated 0950 June 16 / Published Monday, June 16, 2008 12:08 am
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| 320. |  Moyer-led Innovation Studio raising $2.5MM to advance Industry AI mission
Filing could be precursor of larger raise. Staff expansion seems imminent.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, December 13, 2023 8:45 am
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| 321. |  Alpha Investing: VU alumni lead capital network focused on real estate
Nashville entrant aims to connect accredited investors with institutional-caliber deals, at attractive minimums.
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, October 29, 2019 3:45 pm
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| 322. |  Venture Notes - January 16, 2020
13 new capital moves by Pharos, Relode, Blueprint, Curex, Claritas, and more.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, January 16, 2020 10:00 am
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| 323. |  Nashville EC's Music-Tech accelerator
to debut with Investors at-the-ready
[Updated] With plans to cue-up Seed money, the Entrepreneur Center heavies-up its Music-industry offerings.
Milt Capps Updated Nov. 27, 2014 / Published Thursday, September 11, 2014 8:15 am
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| 324. |  TN ECD asks public comment on $30MM Co-Investment plans
State ECD issued draft guidelines for Gov. Haslam's INCITE Co-Investment Fund managed by TTDC
At VentureTennessee / Published Monday, November 28, 2011 5:41 pm
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| 325. |  Meharry Medical College's MMC Ventures names Reginald Holt its CEO
Meharry chooses U.S. and international health and healthtech veteran to lead transformative venture unit.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, June 28, 2023 2:00 pm
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| 326. |  VNC's Top 25 Reads for 2010
For Calendar Year 2010, here are VentureNashville's twenty-five most-opened offerings.
Published Monday, January 10, 2011 2:30 pm
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| 327. |  TNInvestco-backed VenX vein-treatment device gets FDA nod
Venture persists within the regulatory system to advance its product
By Staff / Published Tuesday, July 19, 2011 1:02 pm
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| 328. |  Studio Bank's Shmerling offers reality check for Nashville entrepreneurs
Particularly if you're trying to grow a business that's not in Healthcare or Music, you may need to hear this -- again.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, February 6, 2019 3:36 pm
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| 329. |  Nashville VC: 'Pushover' entrepreneurs need not apply
While waiting for chaos to subside, entrepreneurs should be careful not to overplay their hands, but they should come to bargain hard
Milt Capps / Published Sunday, November 9, 2008 5:43 pm
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| 330. |  EC seeks Entrepreneur in Residence, add advisors for Project Healthcare
[Updated] The EC also seeks an Entrepreneur in Residence for the PH initiative.
adapted from submitted release updated 14 June 2016 / Published Thursday, June 9, 2016 12:45 am
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| 331. |  VCs hope to avoid 'smoking holes', look for passion
and aim for 'great companies' over jobs-creation
Local investors have honed their instincts for identifying success traits among entrepreneurs seeking capital
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 7, 2011 8:04 am
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| 332. |  NewsBits, March 28, 2011
Get that extra cup o' coffee, you'll need it for news from McWhorter, Council Ventures, Vaden Landers and more.
By Milt Capps updated 3:38 p.m. / Published Monday, March 28, 2011 3:25 pm
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| 333. |  Rubicon Founders' Fund II said to have commitments of $1BN+
Founder's early track record and discipline of 'value lens' investing may be generating sustained momentum.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 18, 2024 1:23 pm
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| 334. |  TCRS private-equity commitments reach $900MM as Villere departs
[updated] Crews PE role formalized after months as interim at TCRS.
By Milt Capps Updated 28 January 2014 / Published Monday, May 13, 2013 6:44 am
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| 335. |  In Burcham's mind, Entrepreneur Center is in Trolley Barn creating 'Wow!' companies to serve state and nation
Educator, consultant and serial entrepreneur is determined to demonstrate EC value quickly, to win further support
By Milt Capps Updated 12:14 p.m. / Published Monday, January 3, 2011 10:05 am
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| 336. | News Feeds
Published Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:31 pm
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| 337. |  Venture People - Sept. 21, 2020
A batch of updates on executive moves, appointments, roles and other ties to Tennessee
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, September 21, 2020 12:27 pm
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| 338. |  Pandoland June 15-17: Tennessee startups among festival's $100K seekers
Still under wraps, but a startup team you know may be about to get great exposure.
Milt Capps updated 11 June 2015 / Published Tuesday, May 26, 2015 9:00 am
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| 339. |  Health Velocity Capital's $185MM Fund I invests solely in HC tech + services
Founders with Nashville stripes and strategic partners vow to leverage ties for innovation, growth.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 8, 2018 9:48 am
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| 340. |  TTDC funds bioscience entrepreneurship initiative
With former VC hired to lead program, grant for entrepreneurship helps flesh-out tech-development ecosystem
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:39 am
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| 341. |  NewsBits, January 10, 2011
Lots of stuff bubbling-up from Genera, Skoodat, Satz (at left), plus the Cable and Broadcast folks, and more.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, January 10, 2011 2:27 pm
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| 342. |  Vanderbilt University Innovation Center's first chief to be Robert Grajewski
[updated] North Carolina-based entrepreneur and scholar begins work April 1.
Milt Capps Updated 17 March 2016 / Published Monday, February 1, 2016 12:00 pm
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| 343. |  NEWSBITS, March 18, 2010
Education Networks..StudioNow..Biotechies...Scripps Interactive..Aegis Health... VU's science reports, and more..
By Milt Capps Last updated 6:52 p.m. / Published Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:19 pm
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| 344. |  Exec launches Rocket Propulsion Fund via AngelList rolling-funds platform
Nashville Founder/GP targets fintech, insurtech, digital-health verticals, affirms cap-table diversity goal
Milt Capps / Published Monday, September 28, 2020 4:30 pm
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| 345. |  VU Innovation Center chief selection nears, VUSE Maker outreach expands
Handful of IC candidates remain in-the-running, VUSE plants flag in Maker territory
Milt Capps / Published Monday, December 14, 2015 3:00 pm
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| 346. |  The Raise: Split|Secnd helps save lives, tests local investors' tech-readiness
[updated] Two Vanderbilt grads prepare to raise more capital for their crash-notification system
By Milt Capps May 13, 2016 / Published Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:51 am
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| 347. |  Headsup: Sponsored tickets gratis for 1st CoMobility Summit this week
Investors, entrepreneurs, advisors et al rally for venture, enterprise and sustainability leadership.
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, May 8, 2023 2:45 pm
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| 348. |  Governor, ECD Commissioner announce rural development task force
[Updated] Too many Rural communities are not sharing in Tennessee's economic momentum, they say.
Milt Capps Updated Aug. 19, 2015 / Published Monday, August 17, 2015 3:30 pm
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| 349. |  Tech venture is newest focus for networker Adam Small
Man-about-events entrepreneur is starting to think about products that don't need repeated introductions and hand-holding
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:10 am
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| 350. |  Briley Administration rolls-out small-biz, economic development moves
Music City Music Council, which augments Metro ECD, gets new staffer and SMB tools are spotlighted.
Staff adapted from releases / Published Monday, May 6, 2019 4:32 pm
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| 351. |  Vanderbilt steps-up effort to help faculty create ventures, market products
Hundreds of discoveries and patents on-hand, Vanderbilt expands its efforts to commercialize intellectual property
Milt Capps / Published Sunday, November 23, 2008 8:39 pm
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| 352. |  Mulron: Digital Nashville loves its independence, diversity
This progressive digital-media community aims to do well, by doing good, it seems, and it has a couple thousand members to prove it.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, September 2, 2009 11:39 am
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| 353. | 3 Winners! among TN challengers for 2019 EDA Regional Innovation grants
$3MM+ will go to new capital formation, entrepreneurship, mentoring and related initiatives. 3 winners in the state. 6 teams submitted compelling ideas.
By Milt Capps updated July 23, 2019 / Published Tuesday, July 23, 2019 4:45 pm
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| 354. |  HealthTeacher reaches venture's 'inflection point';
backer Chrysalis joined by SSM as Petra exits
Strategy and financing now inplace, HealthTeacher may have graduated to growth-company status
By Milt Capps Updated 5:47 p.m. / Published Tuesday, June 28, 2011 8:31 am
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| 355. |  Ahead: Pathway Lending CEO eyes expansion of regional operations
Eighteen years into nonprofit lender's mission, Clint Gwin aims to expand footprint in key markets
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:01 pm
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| 356. |  TNInvestco data flows, funds mull providing more updates
Stakeholders may soon find that just keeping up with the funds' data is a challenge all its own
By Milt Capps Updated March 31, 2011, 10:08 a.m. / Published Monday, March 28, 2011 3:25 pm
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| 357. |  Solidus-backed Healthcare Learning Innovations plants flag in Nashville
American Sentinel veteran takes the helm in Music City.
Milt Capps updated 5:48pm / Published Tuesday, April 26, 2016 4:15 pm
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| 358. |  Solidus-TNInvestco LLC
At left, Townes Duncan
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:30 am
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| 359. |  Ingram Content's 1440 Accelerator may drive 10 startups
Entrepreneur Center collaborates with publishing group to enter new accelerator vertical
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:30 am
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| 360. |  Fuller drives FreightWaves startup, revs-up Blockchain in Transport Alliance
[Updated] Startup completed $13M Series A.
By Milt Capps updated July 24, 2020 / Published Tuesday, February 13, 2018 3:45 pm
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| 361. |  Venture Notes - December 6, 2018
Mayor Briley maker-manufacturer initiatives, capital raises aplenty and more.
By Milt Capps updated / Published Thursday, December 6, 2018 1:52 pm
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| 362. |  Nashville Technology Council 2013 Awards
The votes are in for the 2013 NTC Awards!
Published Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:00 pm
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| 363. |  Center for Entrepreneurship staffs-up within
VU Owen Graduate School of Management
Less than a month into the mission, new Center director targets numerous objectives.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, April 4, 2017 4:55 pm
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| 364. |  Bailey-Curran deal signals more entrepreneurial activity
NationLink founder sells to long-time collaborator, and both CEOs have venture plans, already
By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:23 am
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| 365. |  State venture-capital incentive gains traction in Gen. Assembly
Legislators want to demonstrate support for smaller ventures, advocates say the CAPCO model has been improved since early adopters found serious flaws
By Milt Capps Last Updated 4:09 p.m. May 1, 2009 / Published Friday, May 1, 2009 8:37 am
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| 366. |  Avila-led Emerge Financial Wellness mulls Series B raise in 2015
CEO sees Southeast as a key region in FinTech development and related payments plays.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, January 12, 2015 9:00 am
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| 367. |  State's TechDevCorp adapting to threats and opportunities
Warning TNInvestco's not enough, TTDC hopes to keep its mission alive, maybe by spinning-off new ventures
By Milt Capps Updated 6:27 AM Oct. 27, 2009 / Published Monday, October 26, 2009 1:50 pm
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| 368. |  Reporter's Notebook:
VU Music, Mind & Society Program may feed Nashville innovation
Within this scientific work are pain-points that could spawn inventions, innovations and startups.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, August 15, 2016 10:30 am
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| 369. |  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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| 370. |  NewsBits, February 22, 2011
New ECD appointee, TNInvestco clone idea, updates on Silicon Ranch, JumpStart, Bizen, entrepreneurship and much more
By Milt Capps Updated 11:01 a.m. / Published Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:23 am
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| 371. |  Franklin-linked Nodality nets $15.5MM from VC funds
Pfizer, Kleiner Perkins, et al, have given another vote of confidence to this Bay Area-based venture aiming at MLS, Cancer and other diseases
By Milt Capps Updated 9:45 p.m. March 24, 2009 / Published Monday, March 22, 2010 1:44 pm
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| 372. |  One to Watch: DRS's Tim Estes retires, Smarsh brand prevails
Estes' departure from Smarsh's DRS unit signals break from DRS identity, and prologue to future.
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, January 13, 2022 5:06 pm
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| 373. |  Vanderbilt University welcomes 2nd looks at its older patented technologies
Aging patented technologies might have fresh potential.
Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, May 3, 2016 4:45 pm
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| 374. |  Venture Notes - April 3, 2024
Project Fintech, Montecito, Altitude VC, SubSplit, Sharecare, Claritas, EQL Games, Melt Pharma
By Milt Capps Updated April 4, 2024 / Published Monday, April 1, 2024 5:30 pm
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| 375. |  People: Phil Gibbs' Disruption Lab hits the road to Chattanooga
[updated] Veteran entrepreneur and exec educator proves his story has wheels.
Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 12, 2015 4:45 pm
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| 376. |  Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund launches in N'ville
Vanguard's Martin, Community Health's Smith among those signing-on to to drive outcomes, drive down costs.
VNC Staff / Published Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:40 am
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| 377. |  CoMobility Summit could galvanize quantum + comobility ventures, allies
CoMobility Summit could fire-up Chattanooga alliances for data, energy, mobility, workforce pushes
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, May 2, 2024 1:56 pm
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| 378. |  Internet of Things: BKON Connect tacks toward Seed and Series A raises
[update] The vast potential of the global IoT market has many players in a virtual land rush.
Milt Capps updated 2 Nov. 2015 1041 / Published Wednesday, May 6, 2015 4:15 pm
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| 379. |  CEO: Martin Ventures-backed Wellvana Health eyes Series A raise
New CEO charts rapid path toward 40 markets, says indie physician model both disruptive, scalable
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, June 17, 2020 4:30 pm
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| 380. |  XMi High Growth Development Fund, LLC
At left, Mike Shmerling
By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:29 am
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| 381. |  C-level team-building: e+CancerCare names CAO
A company with a timely mission gains a veteran of Nashville healthcare ventures, as the nation's focus on cancer intensifies
By Milt Capps Last Updated 2:45 p.m. / Published Monday, August 3, 2009 7:30 am
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| 382. |  PayMaxx Founder Ferdowsi is 'failing' at retirement
While swearing-off another tech startup, this mid-life entrepreneur keeps finding new ventures and hobbies to love
Milt Capps UPDATED 9:21 AM 06 Nov 08 / Published Wednesday, November 5, 2008 7:07 pm
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| 383. |  Will Nashville technology community 'mushroom'?
Digital Nashville initiative believes it can make a difference in breeding community for folks in interactive media, streaming, design, other fields.
Milt Capps Update 12:16pm / Published Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:44 am
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| 384. |  TNInvestco pace mounts; Consensus Point next up?
NEST-TN busy adding portfolio companies as the TN capital-formation program enters second cycle
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, April 4, 2011 8:11 am
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| 385. |  Nashville, UK's West Yorkshire CA team for MedTech-innovation & trade
Cross-border trade, entrepreneurship and investment likely to flow from this week's step forward.
By Milt Capps / Published Friday, October 11, 2024 7:45 am
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| 386. |  Mentor Capitalist: Gary Peat reboots after Council Capital
VC opens new chapter amid a climate of lingering dread and anticipation
By Milt Capps Originally published 10:51 a.m. 9 April 2013 / Published Tuesday, April 9, 2013 5:10 pm
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| 387. |  Nashville ECD Director Pogue reaches out, preps plan, mulls target options
Veteran of finance, recruitment and development and other fields cites fintech as hypothetical target vertical.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, June 9, 2021 1:37 pm
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| 388. |  ConnectivHealth divests unit, focuses on key business
Evolving Brentwood company focuses fresh capital on latest acquisition, divests once flagship business
By Milt Capps / Published Friday, February 20, 2009 10:15 am
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| 389. |  NEWSBITS March 30, 2009
Notes from Northshore Capital Management, TTDC, VCs, wealth-management moves and more...
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 30, 2009 9:44 am
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| 390. |  TNT: Hagerty's state economic-development portfolio gets heavier
Gov. Haslam's ECD commissioner has a growing list of to-do's, including an international trade portfolio
By Milt Capps updated 20 February 2012 4:40 a.m. / Published Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:55 am
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| 391. |  Regional Roundup, Oct. 26, 2011
With relatively little fanfare, one TNInvestco fund is rebranding and entrepreneurial activity heats-up statewide.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:54 am
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| 392. |  VenturePeople, August 1, 2011
Five more updates from a VCs, an entrepreneur, a couple of developers and a bizdev pro.
By Milt Capps Corrected / Published Monday, August 1, 2011 7:58 am
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| 393. |  ORNL's Ballard joins PYA, hands-off portfolio to scientist Roberto
Veteran emissary to institutions' stakeholders and allies is re-potting himself after a 41-year-career
By Milt Capps / Published Monday, October 31, 2011 6:40 am
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| 394. |  Venture Notes - 24 February 2017
A healthcare disrupter's latest move, Accelerators updates and much more.
Milt Capps / Published Friday, February 24, 2017 1:00 pm
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| 395. |  Digital Nashville launches innovation mentorship service
DN's new service is aimed at corporate innovators and freelancers, as well as entrepreneurs, and leaves the capital-raising to others
By Milt Capps Last Updated 6:33 AM Oct. 27, 2009 / Published Monday, October 26, 2009 11:01 am
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| 396. |  Ventures: BlankSlate fund debuts, 5 venture updates
Five ventures are updated, some raising millions, others bootstrapping, none waiting for others to make it real.
By Milt Capps Updated June 6, 2011, 9:28 p.m. / Published Sunday, June 5, 2011 11:12 pm
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| 397. |  PEOPLE: Anand Sanwal's CB Insights has eyes on Nashville + Tennessee
A keen observer of America's startup and Venture landscape took a few minutes with VNC.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, December 8, 2014 1:30 pm
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| 398. |  Venture Notes - April 28, 2021
Twenty updates on VC/PE moves, startups, innovation funding, family offices and more, plus Resources.
By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, April 28, 2021 4:36 pm
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| 399. |  Post-36|86: VC Mitchell seeks dealflow, Nashville affiliate candidates
Question mark hangs over Nashville's shot at being a Consumer startup breeder.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, June 13, 2016 4:30 pm
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| 400. |  Vanderbilt University Board of Trust taps Private Equity execs as chairs
[updated] Veterans of Summit, Accel, Facebook, TPG, Tech Crossover, GS and others on BoT.
Milt Capps / Published Monday, April 25, 2016 2:00 pm
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