VNC's MOST READ STORY OF 2008:
State of Tennessee to Invest $900 Million in Private-Equity alternatives

VNC NEWS THREADS 2008

► 2008 VENTURE COMMUNITY CULTURE AND VALUES

• Investment chief Bill Spitz counsels skepticism to counter 'seductive' market
• Nashville VCs: Waiting for 'The Big One' and bridging the 'Confidence Gap'
• Emma 'always hungry' for talent, sales past $8MM revenue
• Bionic Woman: Exec perseveres, while Biotech struggles for momentum
• 'Creative Nashville' may lure high-growth ventures
• Will Nashville technology community 'mushroom'?
• In search of Nashville's 'Venture Creed'

► SPACES TO WATCH IN 2009

• Scientist asks Nashville's help, VU institutes move to Music Row
• Gordon-Wamp give fresh push to Mid-TN Tech consortium
• World Trade Center Nashville gets fresh impetus from CenTradeX founder
• Chamber/P2010 release Entrepreneur Project recommendations
• Nashville needs a Campus for Research, Development and Innovation
• Healthier NTC will refocus on venture ties and serving Nashville region
• Vanderbilt steps-up effort to help faculty create ventures, market products
• Owen 'consultants' boosting nine top companies
• Belmont University is hatching new ventures
• Will Nashville technology community 'mushroom'?
• Survivors: Nashville Business Plan winners unveiled after 18-month trek

► 2008 CAPITAL FORMATION

• State to invest $900 Million in private-equity alternatives
• 'Idea 67': Shmerling offers entrepreneurial concept for Nashville
• Nashville Capital Network prepares twin deals, leveraging sidecar fund
• Stakes are rising for TTDC, as VC group presses for change
• Strength in numbers: Claritas Capital wants more VCs in Nashville's early-stage deals
• Nashville VCs have strong views on 'what it takes'
• Angel Capital Group outlines deal-syndication strategy
• Nashville VC: 'Pushover' entrepreneurs need not apply, stories here and here

► 2008 HEALTHCARE VENTURING

• Nashville loses Veran Medical Technologies
• Liquidity event: Passport Health deal shows power of health-revenue cycle
• VCs: Nashville 'doesn't exist' in minds of many healthcare, tech investors
• Cogent Healthcare and the Big Bang

► (MORE) NEWSMAKERS IN 2008 - Forty more of VNC's most-read stories, alphabetically by principal.

Angel Capital Group: Tennessee Angels investors expanding U.S. reach

Apple Computer Co-Founder Wozniak joins Nashville's Leadership Music

BioMimetic shakes-off FDA bruise, carves-out Biotechnology niche

Gov. Bredesen spies more jobs flowing from Hemlock Semiconductor investment here.

Council Ventures adds VC general partner

Cybera trims sails to remain on-course, among first local layoffs this cycle

Deloitte: Law ventures simmer in Nashville

Digome: NV entrepreneur preps 'game-changing' tech for Sports-Entertainment

$5MM E-Dough: Edo Interactive re-loads with local VCs

E-Health: Governor's e-Health quarterback shifting back to private sector

eMids Technologies launches 'FlatWorld' initiative

ESPN-backed company buys Nashville ventures

Ferdowsi: PayMaxx founder is 'failing' at retirement

filedBy: VC-backed former Ingram exec launches online business

FractionAir founder's latest venture idling on runway

Griffin Technology founder again CEO as exec returns to campus

HealthStream tightens focus with Constitution, Dec. 28.

Heidtke: Nashville investor Heidtke thinks worst could be over

ICA: VU-linked Informatics Corp expands Nashville presence

InfoWorks' Clayton names Heard president

Investment Scorecard execs are at it, again

Juris Inc.: A cautionary tale of jobs lost

KravTek Media prepares pitch to Nashville investors

Lynskey takes startup helm, VU's Owen OEC successor named

MBP: Money, technology, consumerism converge in Medical Banking Project

McWhorter-backed ShoutAMERICA, Solidus-backed Change:Healthcare are allies

Messer: Incubator CEO aims for martial-arts debut this fall

Nashville Capital Network preparing for twin investments

PassAlong Networks names VC to presidency

Pathfinder Therapeutics is back on the money trail

Online Plumgood expiring, but Satz still running

Sitemason: No news, just want you to know they're not hiring

SmartFurniture: Nashville VCs may soon hear Google ally knocking

Smartvue seeks Angels, gives Hapner new wings

Solidus capital morphs Galbraith's M21 into OnFocus Healthcare

SECC: Entrepreneurs welcomed at Southeast Community Capital

Startup Weekend Nashville: Passions, Programmers and Products

Statzen: Nashville startup lands in TechCrunch 'DemoPit'

VGT: New $100MM venture fund creator retains 2nd Generation

ZOOM: Nashville tech exec opens HQ for Czech company ZOOM International

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