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Posted on:  April 29, 2025By:  By Milt Capps   Updated 23 May 2025[Updated] 'Still not time to decelerate for Summer, this calendar shows.Industry association GNPCA (fka GNVCA) repositions to ramp growth among private-capital segments.Posted on:  January 30, 2025Nashville team could invest up to $25MM in each attractive B2B Services or Healthcare deal done.Posted on:  December 12, 2024LCP has acquired control of eight companies since its inception in 2011.Leading the charge in our region is Christopher Sugden.Posted on:  January 24, 2024By:  By Milt Capps  Updated 8 March 2024UPDATED 8 March 2024 A myriad of scheduled events lies just ahead and we're pointing you to several dozen in this collection.Posted on:  April 10, 2023Private equity execs and their strategic investors set sail on next fund amid crosswinds.[Updated] Co-founders seek $2MM, as VU OwenGSM, VU The Wond'ry and others seem to recognize startup's promise.Memphians Lackie, Roberts, Sousoulas and San Mateo-backed Chou are among leaders.Posted on:  January 5, 2022With discipline and fresh capital, firm aims for control investments up to $30MM per firm in businesses that match its criteria.Posted on:  April 28, 202115 bullets on VC/PE raises, plus startups in healthcare, power, fintech and more.Posted on:  March 22, 2021[Updated] Deal flow again robust, as GCA requires owners seeking exits, successor management in-place, strong fundamentalsPosted on:  December 14, 2020The raise seems to be peaking more than four years after Fund II was closed.Posted on:  September 21, 2020[Updated] A gamble, sure, but the Pandemic Vintage of startups, capraises + executive moves may rival any we've seen in the past decade.Posted on:  April 13, 2020By:  By Milt Capps  Updated[Updated] Due to COVID19-induced recession, recent years' stellar fund performance may be 'ancient history'.Posted on:  April 13, 2020By:  By Milt Capps Updated 15 April 2020Gov. Bill Lee updates us, plus 17 venture updates and resources on telemed, M&A and more.Posted on:  October 10, 2019By:  Milt Capps  Updated 25 July 2024[Updated 25 July 2024] Healthcare specialists file on Fund IV companion.Posted on:  September 11, 2019The five-year-old company has already secured $70MM capital and is at 400 employees.Heritage pops new fund, plus raises for healthcare, crypto, CBD, Growth Fund model notes and more.Posted on:  December 19, 2018Education champion + entrepreneur is raising Seed capital, mapping growthPosted on:  August 2, 2018By:  By Milt Capps    updated 17 Sept. 2018[updated] 36 alerts in today's summary as mid-summer Venture energy brings multiple new funds, capraises, and more.By:  By Milt Capps  updated[updated] With dry powder and 60 transactions under its belt, SSM relishes HealthIT, ecommerce, marcom companies.Posted on:  February 23, 2018HealthStream has been minority stakeholder since 2013.Posted on:  December 6, 201727 short takes on Venture developments statewide, from robots and healthcare, to hair dye and video security.Publisher rating VCs!? plus new capital raises, deals, NVille EC scholarships and more.By:  Milt Capps updated 4 Aug 2017CEO wasting no time in preparing for push with private-equity backing.Posted on:  October 14, 2016By:  Milt Capps  updated 1021 8 Feb 2019[Updated] New entity focuses on "underserved" small and medium-sized businesses.Posted on:  August 29, 2016Research and services for VNC Members and prospective Members focused on Nashville and the Mid-South.Posted on:  August 10, 2016New NTC CEO and Health IT strategy coming, VC motives, Noro-Moseley exec, Women Angels coalesce and more.Posted on:  August 5, 2016Posted on:  April 14, 2016[updated] Chairman/CEO says company can be in Top 10 ranks nationally by EOY16.Posted on:  February 1, 2016By:  Milt Capps  Updated 17 March 2016 [updated] North Carolina-based entrepreneur and scholar begins work April 1.Posted on:  December 3, 2015Treasurer and CIO elevate former Avondale analyst, Owen grad.Questions about institutional GPs' reporting get fresh attention in some quarters.By:  Milt Capps  updated 2 Nov. 2015 2:30pm[updated] Having raised $10.5MM in Angel capital, CEO says the company had room negotiate with VCWith the closing of its Fund IV, Frontier activity here may rise.Steve Case, Jim Lackey, Sal Novin, Marc Guthrie, PE gig -- and the late Dave Chapman.Posted on:  February 6, 2015Steady-as-she-goes seems to be the watchboard at cautious, high-performing pension plan.Posted on:  January 21, 2015With Blackstone and Goldman Sachs aboard, entrepreneur sees further expansion locally.Posted on:  December 8, 2014A keen observer of America's startup and Venture landscape took a few minutes with VNC.Posted on:  November 5, 2014$300K Seed raise could target Angels in Cincinnati, as well as TennesseePosted on:  October 24, 2014By:  Milt Capps  Updated 12 April 2016 [Updated] Private equity firm with $200MM capital managed, seeks to increase its opportunitiesPosted on:  October 9, 2014DRS's passage via the New York City Fintech accelerator was apparently right step.Posted on:  September 8, 2014By:  Milt Capps   Updated Sept. 16, 2014 6:50 p.m.HFCP is a familiar name to Emdeon, Amsurg, Sedgwick and others in the region.Posted on:  August 4, 2014TCRS PE program seems to be maintaining its investment pace.Chief Investment Officer Michael Brakebill reiterates his open-door policyBy:  By Milt Capps Updated 28 January 2014[updated] Crews PE role formalized after months as interim at TCRS.By:  By Milt Capps Originally published 10:51 a.m. 9 April 2013VC opens new chapter amid a climate of lingering dread and anticipationPosted on:  November 1, 2012By:  By Milt Capps  updated 12:30 p.m.Key investment and legislative issues could get a new advocate, after simmering yearsPosted on:  September 10, 2012Galen, VentureIncite, LaunchTN, Dobie Media, FamilyVenture Management and morePosted on:  September 4, 2012By:  By Milt Capps  edits 11:54 a.m.There are other shoes to drop at Care Technology, but today's is a good startPosted on:  August 16, 2012By:  By Milt Capps   edits 12:29 p.m.Long-rumored 'for sale', ENA and CEO of 10 years open new chapterPosted on:  August 9, 2012By:  By Milt Capps  updated 9:22 a.m.One of 10 TNInvestco's is now being led by a VU/Princeton productBy:  By Milt Capps   edits 4:14 p.m.A pension-fund program underway three years takes another step forwardFamily-backed VC gets traction, Nashville's OZ, kaffee-powered social ventureBy:  By VNC Staff   edits 4:42 p.m.Another bet in medical devices is m ade by Jacobson-led venture firmBy:  By Milt Capps   updated May 19, 2012 6:57 a.m.This private-equity firm attracted out-of-state institutionals to its $222MM fund VIBy:  By Milt Capps  updated May 26, 2012There are some new faces among the 'usual suspects' applying at INCITE FundPosted on:  February 21, 2012A leading private-equity executive puts the Ideas spotlight on an overlooked groupPosted on:  February 10, 2012By:  By Milt Capps  updated 5:37 p.m., Feb. 11, 2012The state's retirement system advances toward the half-billion dollar level in private-equity commitmentsPosted on:  February 8, 2012By:  By VNC Staff   updated 6:21 p.m.Rick Glanz exits in a big way, via a stealthily formed buyer backed by biggiesPosted on:  January 23, 2012By:  VNC Staff  Updated 2 May 2016Updated: Rock Morphis and David McClellan are adding tons of dry powder to their healthcare venture arsenal.Posted on:  January 19, 2012Scrutiny of entrepreneurs has increased mightily and this Clayton Associates affiliate presses onward raising capitalPosted on:  January 5, 2012By:  VNC Staff   updated 7:09 a.m.Now a Delaware company, CCG looks to diversify offerings and targets platform growth, including M&APosted on:  December 28, 2011Rising interest in metals, natural gas and other energy assets is the driver in Denham's current multi-billion dollar fundraisePosted on:  December 22, 2011By:  By Milt Capps  updated 9:31 a.m.VC and industry veteran Mike Sherman will leave work, starting with Spine WavePosted on:  December 22, 2011By:  By Milt Capps  updated 24 Oct. 2014[Updated] Martin Companies leads round, Boston-based CEO says startup is getting tractionPosted on:  December 21, 2011By:  By Milt Capps   Upudated 9:25 a.m.This Massachusetts fund is partial to Internet plays and other technologies.Posted on:  December 6, 2011By:  By Milt Capps   updated 10:01 a.m.Just days after parent HIG added to its management team, Tri-Star reports it has begun one of Tennessee's larger recent fund raisesPosted on:  October 26, 2011By:  By Milt Capps  updated 29 Oct. 9:35 a.m.Milestone events, capital raises, a whiskey resurrected, and local venture news recapped.Posted on:  October 26, 2011By:  By Milt Capps  updated 20 February 2012 4:40 a.m.Gov. Haslam's ECD commissioner has a growing list of to-do's, including an international trade portfolioPosted on:  October 3, 2011By:  By Milt Capps  Updated 4:07 p.m.Investors are busily putting capital into ventures young and older, in Chattanooga, Oak Ridge and elsewherePosted on:  September 20, 2011By:  By Milt Capps  Updated 2:08 p.m.Executive transitions, capital raises, alliances and innovations.Posted on:  August 18, 2011By:  By Milt Capps Corrected Aug. 21, 20011Bottorff-, Gambill-led firm is amassing quite a healthcare brain trustPosted on:  August 1, 2011By:  By Milt Capps  Corrected Five more updates from a VCs, an entrepreneur, a couple of developers and a bizdev pro.Posted on:  August 1, 2011EDO Interactive proves it can keep raking-in the venture bucks. No word on how much will go to marketing and how much, if any, is for recap.To be the seat of innovation in healthcare delivery, Nashville must attract new capital and novel ideasBy:  By Milt Capps   Updated 5:47 p.m.Strategy and financing now inplace, HealthTeacher may have graduated to growth-company statusBy:  By Milt Capps  Updated 2:47 p.m.Nashville VC's Oak Ridge affiliate has focused one of its startups on commercializing 'the Moses effect'By:  By Milt Capps  Updated June 6, 2011, 9:28 p.m.Five ventures are updated, some raising millions, others bootstrapping, none waiting for others to make it real.Entrepreneurs and business owners up for some 'brutal honesty' might check out these new Tennessee-backed institutional investors.By:  By Milt Capps  Updated 7:05 p.m., May 23, 2011He took a break after his successful exit from Investment Scorecard, now he's pushing his startup toward deeper watersPosted on:  April 25, 2011By:  By Milt Capps  Updated 5:36 p.m.With EPB, Renaissance Fund and other alliles, River City takes another step toward its 'Smart City' closeupPosted on:  April 11, 2011By:  By Milt Capps  Updated 11:51 a.m.Leveraging personal networks, two entrepreneurs look for things bigger companies should sell.By:  By Milt Capps  Updated 3:35 p.m.[Updated] Fueled by assets of the pension fund for State employees, the TCRS private-equity program advancesMcWhorter's team will field up to a dozen startups per year, once the season beginsPosted on:  March 28, 2011By:  By Milt Capps  updated 3:38 p.m.Get that extra cup o' coffee, you'll need it for news from McWhorter, Council Ventures, Vaden Landers and more.Posted on:  March 21, 2011By:  By Milt Capps Updated 8:57 p.m. April 1, 2011Legislators make an energy-tech 'grab', plus venture events and training and more statewide.Posted on:  March 15, 2011By:  By Milt Capps UPDATED 25 March 2011 4:20 p.m.The TNInvestco data has been published, with no interpretation of value yet renderedBy:  By Milt Capps    updated 3:15 p.m. March 8, 2011VU porfolio co goes elsewhere, TNInvestco company, startup ecosystem spreads, PdCamp, ORNL, MyOutdoorTV and morePosted on:  February 28, 2011By:  By Milt Capps  Updated Sept. 16, 2013[updated] Tech-sales leader joins private-equity backed firm with announced M&A ambitionsPosted on:  January 26, 2011Vanguard's Martin, Community Health's Smith among those signing-on to to drive outcomes, drive down costs.Visionary who's been called 'center of gravity of the Internet' is also creating a stir in TennesseeBy:  By Milt Capps  Updated 3:50 p.m.With its third announcement and fifth assignment, the State's retirement plan advances toward its $800MM-plus investment goalPosted on:  February 18, 2010Shifts in command, marketing duties may add momentum in company now backed by entrepreneur with deepest pocketsPosted on:  February 15, 2010By:  By Milt Capps  Last updated 11:30 a.m. Feb. 16, 2010A stalemate on reform of healthcare policy and reimbursements may provide stability that will embolden fence-sittersPosted on:  February 11, 2010If the IPO door is still barely cracked, maybe some portfolio managers will find these alternatives attractivePosted on:  December 14, 2009By:  By Milt Capps  Updated 25 July 2016[updated] HealthStream co-founder's latest technology play aims to awaken sleeping value in medical nichePosted on:  November 19, 2009Well connected Sand Hill firm gets nod, as State pension fund continues implementation of first-year investmentsPosted on:  October 23, 2009By:  By Venture Nashville Staff  Updated 5:30 p.m.Today's announcement is further evidence of the attraction of healthcare-savvy investors to health IT, wherever it residesPosted on:  October 19, 2009By:  By Milt Capps  Last updated 6:42 p.m. Oct. 19, 2009PE-backed HMS acquires technology from undisclosed company, aims to leverage Stimulus funding for further momentumPosted on:  September 23, 2009A VU MBA alum happens to be on the team out of New York State interviewing would-be fund managersPosted on:  September 23, 2009By:  By Milt Capps  Sept. 28, 2009 5:29 p.m.Dave Jaworski has his hands in at least three new ventures, and is out on the money trail again, undeterredPosted on:  September 2, 2009By:  By Milt Capps updated 25 February 2011Nashville's chief investment officer is working to improve further the benefits fund's performance, while mitigating pressure for additional Metro contributions to pay for benefits for retired employees
Posted on:  August 19, 2009Heavy-hitters among the threesome of fund managers chosen to handle the state's inaugural PE investmentsPosted on:  August 14, 2009By:  Last Updated 2:21 p.m., Aug. 14, 2009Some are shoppers, some are bidders, some are there to keep an eye on others...and some are committed to vying for TNInvestco certificationPosted on:  August 3, 2009By:  By Milt Capps  Last Updated 2:45 p.m.A company with a timely mission gains a veteran of Nashville healthcare ventures, as the nation's focus on cancer intensifiesA Brentwood firm in turnaround mode several years is now controlled by a Chicago private-equity playerBy:  By Milt Capps  Last updated 12:15 p.m.Much anticipated guidance for VCs and private-equity investors is likely to galvanize Tennessee fund managersBy:  By Milt Capps Updated 11:01 a.m. June 18, 2009There's a job open at Video Gaming Technologies, where entrepreneur is investing $100MMJacobson's new digs, Universal Robotics' placement, WSJ taps local analysts, Solidus' stake, antitrust cautions and more...Posted on:  April 21, 2009In another push for success, two Euro execs say $20MM will put their innovation over the topPosted on:  April 20, 2009By:  By Milt Capps Last Updated 2:29 p.m.Goad reported suing former TVA director, Petra and Innova invest, $20MM the number for startup, tech transfer event, views on IPO climate...Posted on:  April 20, 2009Rapidly growing e-mail campaigner buys into firm with messaging savvy and its own budding international followingBy:  By Milt Capps Last updated 8:55 a.m. April 6, 2009The state's new private-equity director debuts and a VC panel gets the lowdown on controversial venture-funding proposalBy:  By Milt Capps  updated 24 Feb 2017[updated] Bracing for 'intense shakeout' and scouting for talent, company now counts HCA, Lifepoint among its clients, playing the upside among distressed propertiesPosted on:  February 20, 2009Evolving Brentwood company focuses fresh capital on latest acquisition, divests once flagship businessPosted on:  February 3, 2009By enlisting a squad of scientists based here, this California firm has created a pathway of its own into Nashville's fledgling biotechnology communityPosted on:  January 29, 2009Middle Tennessee's next sci-tech business park may be located in Wilson CountyPosted on:  January 27, 2009By:  By Milt Capps Updated Jan. 28, 2009, 5:15 a.m.Waiting for the economy's turn, this VC keeps it real by focusing on performance, processes and pairing-up golfersPosted on:  January 22, 2009By:  By Milt Capps Updated 1:25 p.m.In a much-anticipated announcement, TCRS announces the identity of the man who will be the fund's first private-equity investment directorPosted on:  January 13, 2009The stakes for hospitals are high and rising, amid disasters and other incidents, and two tech-driven Nashville companies respondPosted on:  January 13, 2009By:  Milt Capps Last Updated Jan. 15, 2009 - 1555UPDATED - A change at the helm of the Treasurer's office could mean changes in management of the state's new private-equity investmentsPosted on:  December 30, 2008By:  Milt Capps LAST Updated 9:53 a.m.North Carolina deal-flow prospector says his firm is focusing more attention on Music CityPosted on:  December 24, 2008This Maine private equity and LBO executive knows up-close and personal what it takes to survive and innovatePosted on:  November 12, 2008By:  Milt Capps Last updated 2:25 p.m.Nashville-based investor's fourth asset may prove to be a casualty of the economic crisisPosted on:  November 5, 2008Given the vagaries of global markets, TCRS pension funds and other assets that are managed in service to employers of government workers and educators enjoy close tending by heavy-hittersPosted on:  October 23, 2008Veteran healthcare leader and venture-capitalist joins youthful advocates for a fresh, and aggressive look at health care reformPosted on:  October 16, 2008By:  Milt Capps Updated 11:33 AMUnder shareholder pressure, healthcare picture-management firm Emageon finds safe harbor with a health IT firm based in TampaPosted on:  October 12, 2008Even with $600MM, Pharos confronts investors' expectations and portfolio-companies' ripple-down challengesBy:  Milt Capps UPDATED Oct. 9, 2008 0925UPDATED Oct. 9 0925 - For the moment, the Pension fund is proroceeding with recruitment that could improve returns on TCRS portfolioPosted on:  September 2, 2008He'll keep his hand in deal flow, but now he's jazzed about finding talent to reinforce venture-backed companies or breathe life into technology playersPosted on:  September 2, 2008LBMC embraces the rise of private-equity-owned companies by hiring someone with both operating and consulting experience.Posted on:  August 24, 2008State pension fund is hiring equities director, developing investment policy and will seek advice on targeting a portion of TCRS' $32 billionPosted on:  August 5, 2008Angels, VCs from near and far: Nashville gets a look inside another hot health technology sector, which some think will be driven by M&A activity for years to come. |  |  |