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When Sean Mooney quit his New York City private equity job to launch a startup, the Austin native had to decide where his new venture would be based. “I have no connection [to Nashville] other than coming here on business. But I did a market study and I had all my columns and variables lined […]

Hendersonville, Tenn.: Home to country music legends, Taylor Swift’s alma mater, and possibly next, Music City Studios. That’s the name of a proposed 47-acre media campus – housing soundstages and other vast spaces for high-tech film/TV productions, major concert tour rehearsal and various digital ventures – that aims to break ground in Hendersonville this November. […]

Yet another technology startup has relocated and set up shop in Nashville. Nashville’s latest immigrant, Tiki — a company that helps consumers monetize the use of their personal data through an app — has moved from Boston to a 5,000-square-foot office on Hayes Street in Midtown. The company’s cofounders, Mike Audi and Shane Faria, have […]

Executives at French-based tech consulting business Capgemini wanted to pick a new place in the U.S. to develop hundreds of talented young workers. They zeroed in on a region of the country, and then a city: Nashville. They met with officials from the state, chamber and multiple universities. They began scouting real estate options.”And all […]

Middle Tennessee’s newest startup incubator isn’t housed in a trendy East Nashville coworking hub. It’s embedded inside the Brentwood headquarters of one of Nashville’s largest hospital operators, and it’s designed to take startups from “zero to 50 pretty quick.” “LifePoint has a lot of core competencies. We know how to operate hospitals. … One of […]

HealthStream Inc. is ending the year the way it began it — with an acquisition. The health-tech firm has purchased Virginia-based Rievent Technologies for approximately $4 million in cash, according to a news release. Rievent Technologies’ platform provides continuing education to registered nurses, physicians and other health care professionals, according to the release. The application […]

Foresight, a Nashville-area software startup that aims to help other software companies target potential clients more efficiently using data, has raised more than $500,000 in a seed funding round led by local investors. The new injection of capital, which comes just seven months after the company launched, will allow the business to double its workforce […]

Music City is making a big overture to Chicago’s tech workers. Amid a population boom and Big Tech creating outposts there, Nashville has launched a marketing campaign to woo tech workers from Chicago and other big cities by touting the fact it has no state income tax, shorter commute times, milder weather and a famous […]

Meharry Medical College has a new opportunity for startups. The Nashville-based school is launching a social determinants of health innovations challenge, open to diverse entrepreneurs and startups in Middle Tennessee, said Bryan Heckman, director of the Meharry Center for the Study of Social Determinants of Health.  Selected applicants will receive a year-long residency in Meharry’s […]

A health care startup founded a little more than two years ago has just closed one of the largest capital raises in Nashville history. Monogram Health has raised a $160 million round of funding, led by private equity firm TPG Capital. According to the news release, the round was joined by existing investors Frist Cressey […]