venture capital

Obituary: Fred Goad, 84, Nashville entrepreneur and investor has died

Jul 15, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

FRED CURTIS GOAD JR., a widely respected Nashville-area private investor, entrepreneur and advisor, died June 4, at age 84. Goad's healthcare-weighted career most recently inc.... Read More

Region's Angel-VC-PE-FW execs head to GNPCA 'State of the Market' event

Apr 08, 2025 at 06:30 am by miltcapps

LAST WEEK, a young Nashville-based industry association registered with the Tennessee Secretary of State to change its name to Greater Nashville Private Capital Association (G.... Read More

Petra Capital Partners nails fundraising on $270MM Petra Growth Fund V

Jan 30, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE-based Petra Capital Partners announced completing fund-raising for Petra Growth Fund V at its hardcap and now has $270MM Fund V capital available to invest. The firm.... Read More

Caduceus Capital's LAUNCH accelerator eyes pre-Seed digital health startups

Jan 09, 2025 at 03:16 pm by miltcapps

NASHVILLE VC Caduceus Capital Partners today formally announced its Caduceus LAUNCH accelerator program for pre-Seed digital health startups.The program has been concei.... Read More

Lead Capital Partners advances on $125MM LCP II goal for healthcare deals

Dec 12, 2024 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

EXECUTIVES in Nashville private-equity firm Lead Capital Partners reported to the SEC yesterday on a prospective $125MM raise, showing north of $61.4MM raised and 41 investors.... Read More

Healthtech: VanderbiltHealth said joining Aegis Ventures Digital Consortium

Nov 19, 2024 at 05:17 pm by miltcapps

STARTUP studio Aegis Ventures today announced Vanderbilt Health has joined Aegis's 11-system strategic Digital Consortium of health systems that have allied to build, invest i.... Read More

BioTN Life Science Venture Program now led by Karrie Dudek PhD

Oct 16, 2024 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

BioTN Foundation, which helps propel bioscience entrepreneurship and STEM education in Tennessee, has named Karrie Dudek PhD director of its Life Science Venture Progr.... Read More

Virtuous Cycles: Native local VC Rockmont Partners leads Lab Logs' Series A

Sep 06, 2024 at 06:15 pm by miltcapps

Fox, Bartholomew, Futch advance $50MM GrowthTech Fund I VC Rockmont now has $45MM assets under management First VC bet helps lab operators document audit compliance Portfolio.... Read More

Nashville execs join board of Greater Nashville Venture Capital Association

Aug 27, 2024 at 11:51 am by miltcapps

Greater Nashville Venture Capital Association (GNVCA), the year-old (501(c)(6) association organized to foster and grow the region's venture capital investment ecosystem, toda.... Read More

Bartholomew, Fox, Futch file for $50MM Rockmont GrowthTech Fund I

Mar 13, 2024 at 08:45 am by miltcapps

ROCKMONT PARTNERS' affiliate Rockmont GrowthTech Fund I filed yesterday on its planned $50MM raise, showing north of $21.8MM in. Brentwood-based Rockmont' funds and aff.... Read More

Brandon Bruce's SEC filing signals Market Square Ventures Fund I on horizon

Mar 07, 2024 at 02:19 pm by miltcapps

KNOXVILLE's BRANDON BRUCE on March 6 filed a placeholder with the SEC, reporting plans for raising Market Square Ventures Fund I venture capital, with sector and target amount.... Read More

Greater Nashville Venture Capital Association advances toward kickoff

Oct 13, 2023 at 02:32 pm by miltcapps

UPDATED March 27, 2024 See news of appointment of GNVCA Exec Director Judith Byrd. Earlier 12/23: Recruitment of Executive Director underway, job details here. Original 13 Oct.... Read More

VC Caduceus Capital Partners advances early-stage digital health fund

Jul 20, 2023 at 06:45 am by miltcapps

Updated 20 July 2023: Caduceus reports having raised nearly $28.9MM toward the $100MM goal of its Early Stage Digital Health Fund I. SEC filings here. The firm's trailing July.... Read More

Innova Memphis's $75MM farmtech raise advances to first-close at $40MM

Jun 28, 2023 at 07:05 am by miltcapps

MEMPHIS-based VC Innova Memphis this morning announced having reached a first close at the $40 MM mark in its planned $75MM campaign for its farmtech-focused Innova Ag Innovat.... Read More

Year-old Nashville-Seattle platform startup Goodship raised at least $7.4M

Apr 14, 2023 at 03:37 pm by miltcapps

Update: This story amended due to uncertainty regarding the type of the earlier funding.-Ed. GOODSHIP Inc., a trucking analytics platform startup created by Nashville and Seat.... Read More

FINTOP CEO: SV Bank vibrations are 'wake-up call' for venture-sector actors

Mar 14, 2023 at 12:23 pm by miltcapps

JOE MAXWELL, managing partner of FINTOP Capital in Nashville says that, beyond the inherent stress of the situation, the FDIC becoming the receiver of Silicon Valley Bank and.... Read More

TN ECD-Launch Tennessee may be one step away from $117MM SSBCI grant

Jan 20, 2023 at 12:47 pm by miltcapps

Update 25 January 2023 - Both TN House and Senate have concurred. Now, it's a matter of a bit more paperwork. A day earlier, State Sen. Bo Johnson, chair, Senate FW&.... Read More

Chattanooga's Brickyard VC's startup 'insulator' eyes $20MM Fund I

Oct 07, 2022 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

16 startups are listed in this story, with 10 likely added in next 12 months Each resident founder gets initial $250,000 investment Radical focus is maintained on reaching pr.... Read More

TN ECD, LaunchTN, allies await $117M SSBCI impact-funding call

Aug 08, 2022 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Treasury funding could lead to $1BN-plus decade impact in Tennessee Initiatives span Equity and Debt capital recruitment, could mobilize Angels Elements include largely unpre.... Read More

CivicEye's $12.4MM A-round fuels US growth and team-building

Aug 03, 2022 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

Awareness of safety-security factors grows, CivicEye deepens US presence Founders, VC, Angels, TNInvestco, INCITE, SSBCI initiative sustained vision VC Cercano has phase-gate.... Read More

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