Council Ventures

With Hank Ingram aboard, Brown Water Spirits raises capital for startup

Apr 05, 2018 at 04:07 pm by miltcapps

Update: Dec. 17, 2020 - Now they've added Rye. Release. Oct. 9, 2020 - Hank Ingram formally announced O.H. Ingram River Aged Straight Whiskey. Our April 5, 2018 story is below.... Read More

Growth-equity firm SSM Partners eyes Nashville investment opportunities

Apr 04, 2018 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

Update: Additional investments have been added to list below.-Ed. SSM PARTNERS, based in Memphis, is likely to make an additional four growth-equity investments in the next 1.... Read More

Reporter's Notebook: Healthcare M&A Conference in Nashville, June 16-17

Apr 28, 2016 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: May 3, 2016 - Conference organizers tell Venture Nashville that our readers may have a $200 discount for this program, using Discount Code VN200 when registering here..... Read More

Their Take on Capital: Grant Jackson, Council Capital managing partner

Apr 27, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

GRANT JACKSON, the genial yet steely-eyed managing general partner of Council Capital in Nashville, doesn't seem given to gratuitous comments, so we appreciated his readiness.... Read More

Nashville IT: McKinney named CIO of U.S. Transportation Department

May 05, 2013 at 01:34 pm by miltcapps

RICHARD MCKINNEY, who has held key roles in Nashville information technology for nearly three decades, has been named CIO for the U.S. Department of Transportation. Ray LaHoo.... Read More

Mentor Capitalist: Gary Peat reboots after Council Capital

Apr 09, 2013 at 05:10 pm by miltcapps

GARY PEAT, the Nashville venture-capital executive known for his acumen and his patented intensity, has relaunched as an independent "mentor capitalist," after nearly 13 years.... Read More

Kodiak tech venture is latest from Engineering grads making Nashville home

Feb 22, 2012 at 10:51 am by miltcapps

Ben Gotow KODIAK is a new tech solution that gives teachers access to instructional data from the iPhone and iPad apps their students are using, and feature.... Read More

<center>IDEAS: Helping Tennessee's growth companies<br>develop leadership capacity and secure capital</center>

Feb 21, 2012 at 06:59 pm by miltcapps

Katie Gambill is Managing General Partner and Co-founder of Council Capital, founded in Nashville in 2000. Previously, she was President of SunTrust Equitable Securities and i.... Read More

Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund LP pursues $200MM raise

Jan 23, 2012 at 07:47 am by miltcapps

Update 2 May 2016: Heritage announced today that Heritage Fund I hit $170MM and Fund II has now been closed at $220MM. -Ed. HERITAGE Healthcare Innovation Fund LP, based in Br.... Read More

King: FCA Venture Partners now follows more 'ideas' for possible investment

Jan 19, 2012 at 09:51 am by miltcapps

FCA VENTURE PARTNERS' intense observation of companies in which it might invest has more than doubled, said FCA Managing Partner Matt King. Previously, FCA typically monitore.... Read More

Noted: Tailwind, McWhorters buy into Cumberland Consulting

Jan 05, 2012 at 06:58 am by miltcapps

Health IT services provider Cumberland Consulting Group, based in Franklin, announced Jan. 4 that some of its management team have joined with New York City-based Tailwind Cap.... Read More

TNInvestco funds stay busy with further tech-sector investments

Jan 04, 2012 at 08:35 am by miltcapps

AT LEAST SIX of the state's 10 TNInvestco funds have recently reported transactions with early-stage companies. TriStar Technology Fund invested $1MM in Montara, Calif.-.... Read More

Life Science Tennessee sets priorities, rallies industry,<br>leverages support of Gov. Bill Haslam for commercialization

Nov 07, 2011 at 07:49 am by miltcapps

Life Science Tennessee has fewer than 80 corporate members today, but will soon be knocking on doors of nearly 700 non-member firms within the state, as well as strategizing t.... Read More

Regional Roundup, Nov. 7, 2011

Nov 07, 2011 at 05:48 am by miltcapps

Erik Carlson Streamweaver may be in self-avowed "stealth" mode, but LinkedIn indicates the TNInvestco-backed company is the result of an acquisition and it has a new.... Read More

TNInvestcos-funded 'S2 Interactive' debuts at Musculoskeletal venture forum

Sep 26, 2011 at 10:58 am by miltcapps

Larry Foster's S2 Interactive startup may stand-out in many ways during the Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference, Oct. 18th in Memphis. Foster is S2's founder, president, C.... Read More

NewsBits, Sept. 20, 2011

Sep 20, 2011 at 10:37 am by miltcapps

Antoine Agassi ANTOINE AGASSI, who moved from CIO to President of Cogent Healthcare during the past three years, has exited to pursue other interests. He told VNC tha.... Read More

VenturePeople, Sept. 20, 2011

Sep 20, 2011 at 10:18 am by miltcapps

Today: Les Wilkinson of The Martin Cos., Si Deane of Baden and Luke Simons of Council Capital. Luke Simons W. LUCAS 'Luke' SIMONS told VNC he's having loads of fun he.... Read More

Healthcare-focused Council Ventures adds HealthSpring CEO Fritch<br>for CEO council that guides health and related portfolio companies

Aug 18, 2011 at 02:24 pm by miltcapps

Council Ventures, the 11-year-old Nashville private equity firm with a health-heavy portfolio, has added HealthSpring founder, Chairman and CEO Herb Fritch to its CEO advisory.... Read More

Growing TN: Hagerty chairs ECD-funded TTDC development group

Aug 18, 2011 at 02:24 pm by miltcapps

Update Aug. 19: The TTDC Board voted at 3:15 p.m. August 19, 2011, to name Bill Hagerty its chairman. The continued service of Leslie Wisner-Lynch as president, on a month to.... Read More

Bandbox, RedRovor founders sell to Social Chutes

May 22, 2011 at 10:16 pm by miltcapps

Updated 10:02 a.m. corrections in italics. BRIAN PETERSON and Mike Taylor, founders of both Bandbox and its RedRovor widget, have sold both to Social Chutes, a holding company.... Read More

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