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Ark Global Acquisition IPO could give Nashville view of tech-centric M&A

Jan 01, 2021 at 10:58 am by miltcapps

Reports June 23, 2023 of planned combo with Mindmaze here. Earlier: Following its planned merger with Babylon Holdings -- a London-based global digital health company -- ARK's.... Read More

Studio Bank's Shmerling offers reality check for Nashville entrepreneurs

Feb 06, 2019 at 03:36 pm by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE Studio Bank brands itself with an iconic French bulldog and aims to serve entrepreneurs and other Creatives in Nashville and beyond. The de novo bank recently adde.... Read More

TN General Assembly, Lobbyists + Clients engage on ed, tech,<br>medicine, taxes, myriad other issues

Feb 04, 2019 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

DREW Rawlins, the executive director of the Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance -- where he has served 28 years in one role or another -- told Venture Nashville la.... Read More

CEO: Despite Ukraine-Nashville shuttle, Music City best for Concert.Expert

Apr 07, 2016 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 26 December 2023: VNC research Aladdin Happy remains in Kiev, where he continues operating mainly via this entity. His LinkedIn is here. Our original 2016 story is bel.... Read More

Smartvue receives suitors, next raise likely a multiple of $15MM Series B

Apr 05, 2016 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 2 April 2018 - Smartvue has been acquired by Johnson Controls on undisclosed terms, release here. 10 Oct. 2017 - Smartvue named one of Top 20 Smart City IoT Video prov.... Read More

Vanderbilt University Innovation Center's first chief to be Robert Grajewski

Feb 01, 2016 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

ROBERT S. GRAJEWSKI, a North Carolina entrepreneur, has been chosen through a national search to be the first executive director of the new Vanderbilt University Innovation Ce.... Read More

VESTA Technology seeks TORCH brand lead in Internet parental controls

Jan 28, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Innertainment Delivery Systems broadens footprint, mulls capital needs

Jul 03, 2015 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

Update: 23 Feb 2017 - Reston, Va.-based GTL today announced its acquisition of IDS on undisclosed terms. Nashe told VNC he expects to be with GTL for 24 months.-Ed. INNERTAINM.... Read More

Mobile: EnhanceWorks eyes capraises for Expo totaling $2.0MM-3.5MM

Jul 01, 2015 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

ENHANCEWORKS, creator of the Expo mobile app for digital-content aggregation, plans within 18 months both to complete its current $500K convertible round, and pursue a further.... Read More

Scorebird mobile sports-data startup preps $1MM-plus Series A raise

May 20, 2015 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

SCOREBIRD LLC, the mobile sports-data startup based in Nashville, is preparing to pursue a Series A capital round of $1MM or more. Scorebird Co-Founder and CEO Jason Damewood.... Read More

Tailwind: Snaproll Media pursues UAV growth, mulls smart-capital raise

May 20, 2015 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

SNAPROLL Media, a Franklin unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services startup, isn't TRYing to be stealthy. They're just busy. CEO Steve Brugman told VNC the company has played a.... Read More

CampusQuad: Ingram Content announces 2d Edtech investment in five days

Feb 02, 2015 at 08:15 am by miltcapps

Update 15 Dec. 2015: ICG bought Aer.io Retail Network, a content sales and fulfillment platform developed by Invention Arts, in which Ingram had previously invested. Our Feb..... Read More

Nashville Technology Council dips cyber-toe into public policy waters

Feb 02, 2015 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

NASHVILLE Technology Council (NTC) recently became affiliated with a grassroots industry coalition that advocates federal, state and regional policies that it asserts are "imp.... Read More

Strategy for gauging 'transformative' TNInvestco value yet to be determined

Dec 10, 2014 at 09:37 am by miltcapps

Update: The Tennessean reported 29 Dec. 2014 that General Assembly House Speaker Beth Harwell is guiding a review of the process by which Fiscal Notes are developed for the Ge.... Read More

GigVision: Chattanooga pushes toward role as high-tech launchpad

Dec 08, 2014 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

NVille's InCrowd Capital adds Angels + investments, seeks SE partners

Nov 10, 2014 at 12:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated: 15 June 2015 6:36 a.m.- InCrowd filed with SEC for open-ended Healthcare fund-of-funds fund raise here. 17 Nov. 2014 - InCrowd and Global Action Platform announced th.... Read More

WaffleMe.com: Startup eyes capital raise, keeps customers' <br> social-media from being scattered, smothered

Nov 05, 2014 at 02:45 pm by miltcapps

BOOTSTRAPPED Nashville startup Waffle LLC is "looking hard" at possibly raising $300K in Seed capital to accelerate growth of its WaffleMe.com user base. Its WaffleMe.com pla.... Read More

CEO: Essex Technology growth has its eyes on Execution, Tech and Capital

Oct 27, 2014 at 04:24 pm by miltcapps

Update 4 Dec. 2015 - Boston PE Thomas H. Lee announced today its recap of and controlling interest in BargainHunt, with CEO Echols remaining aboard. Terms were not disclosed..... Read More

Data infrastructure: Nashville's The Nexus Group<br> sells to Everwatch Capital-backed buyers

Oct 24, 2014 at 03:13 pm by miltcapps

THE NEXUS GROUP, the information technology infrastructure, services and data center company born in Nashville as ISDN-Net in 1994, has been sold. The sale was announced toda.... Read More

Roy Dano: Sports & Entertainment focus for NVille entrepreneur-investor

Aug 25, 2014 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

ROY DANO, founder and CEO of Brentwood-based Sports & Entertainment Advisory Group (SEAG), says he and other investors are likely to add to SEAG's portfolio of early-stage.... Read More

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