Tennessee early-stage companies have secured more than $430 million in capital investment over the past two years. This represents a nice growth curve over prior years and has really been a product of several factors: public funding initiatives such as TNInvestco and INCITE, more activity from in-state venture capital firms, the development of more angel funds throughout the state and, finally, more investment from out-of-state venture capital firms. With the myriad activities supporting entrepreneurship and innovation statewide, our entrepreneurs are gaining an increasingly high profile from investors across the state, region and country.
Read MoreStudioNow provides the full spectrum of “Creation to Syndication” empowering companies big and small to create more and do more with their Internet video strategy. They believe that the web will eventually become “one big video” and it is their goal and passion to help their customers obtain and integrate the highest quality resources at the lowest possible cost and time frame. Over the past few years, StudioNow has dramatically increased their revenue and is raising this investment round to capitalize on the opportunity they are seeing in the market. FCA V’s investment will provide bandwidth to accelerate market growth and hire the key talent needed to scale the company.
Read MoreUltimately, the hope is that SureSource will become a large suite of software tools that can streamline data collection at any stage of a clinical trial. In the meantime, hundreds of tablets running SureSource have already been distributed around the world, and the platform is making an immediate impact on the cost of research. Combining greater reliability of trial data with measurable savings, and enabling both novel and neglected use cases, Clinical Ink exemplifies best practices in clinical studies.
Read MoreProcured Health, a leading developer of web- based solutions that drive efficiency and savings in the hospital supply chain, has announced a $4.0M Series A Investment Round led by FCA Venture Partners.
Read MoreNashville and its economy are on fire, sparked by a booming cultural scene, world-class health care, rising universities--and a really good spot on the map.
The Nashville Healthcare Council has published a “family tree” of more than 500 companies, many of them spun off from HCA, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and HealthTrust.
Read MoreNASHVILLE, TENN. (March 5, 2014) - FCA Venture Partners (“FCA”), a leading source of equity capital for early-stage companies in the Southeast and venture capital manager of Clayton Associates, announces the completion of its advisory board with the additions of Paul Rutledge, Herb Fritch, George Salem, Larry McTavish, and Leon Drennan. They join Larry Kloess, former President of HCA TriStar, Jim Fitzgerald, founder and former President of Health Trust Purchasing Group, John Ingram, CEO of Ingram Content Group, Aubrey Harwell, managing partner of Neal & Harwell, PLC, Stuart McWhorter, Partner and Chairman of Clayton Associates, and Clayton McWhorter, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Clayton Associates.
Read MoreJumpstart Foundry has raised a round of venture capital from a diverse group of investors and with Clayton Associates leading the round. This capital will support both the annual accelerator and the new corporate innovation joint venture with the Nashville Entrepreneur Center – Jumpwerx. “It is an exciting step that capitalizes the firm and positions us to reach our full potential as Nashville’s engine for corporate innovation and successful start-ups,” said Vic Gatto, CEO and Founder of JSF.
Read MoreAt ComicBook.com, a Brentwood-based site dedicated to comic book industry news and related pop culture, Terry will oversee the company’s corporate strategy and day-to-day management. He will remain CEO of 247Sports, which is also based in Brentwood.
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