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A southern city with a small-town feel, you might find that a weekend isn’t enough to get all you can out of Nashville. Music City is known for its legendary honky tonks on Lower Broadway, but be sure to take time away from the buzz of the strip to explore the city’s shops and restaurants. […]

With the kickoff of its fifth cohort, Greater Nashville Technology Council’s Emerging Leaders in Technology program is adding more big names to its list of company participants. Recently, Amazon and AllianceBernstein partnered with ELITE through sponsorship, mentorship and employee mentees. These new partners are just one of the many signs of growth of ELITE. This […]

Nashville-based insurance contractor Kepro has purchased population health management platform eQHealth Solutions for an undisclosed amount. The Baton Rouge-based company was founded in 1986 and coordinates care among patients for government and commercial insurance plans across all 50 states. The tech-enabled firm has offices in seven states, including Louisiana, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Texas and […]

Conquest Cyber — a cyber security software-as-a-service company that provides managed security services, cyber risk advisory and digital transformation — announced the relocation of its headquarters to Nashville. The announcement comes after the company closed its headquarters in Miramar, Florida. While the company already had a small presence in Nashville, the relocation of its headquarters […]

A startup with dual headquarters in Los Angeles and Nashville has a fresh round of capital. Human resources tech firm Clovers has secured a $15 million round of funding, according to a news release, led by venture capital firms Greycroft and Alpha Edison. Crosslink Capital, Acadian Ventures, Fika Ventures and Act One Ventures also participated […]

Grassmere-based construction finance platform Built Technologies has closed a $125 million Series D funding round, which valued the company at $1.5 billion. The latest round pushes the six-year-old company to more than $205 million in growth capital raised in 2021 alone. The capital will be used to “significantly expand” the workforce and geographical footprint of […]

Nashville’s tech scene is about to radically change with the arrival of Oracle and as Amazon and other firms fill their downtown hubs. But there’s plenty of action right now. Tech Bytes is a twice-monthly roundup highlighting news on startups, capital raises and other activity in the region’s tech sector. The Nashville Entrepreneur Center celebrated […]

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Yoav Grossman never wanted to miss a day in the office. After a year-and-a-half of no commute and added family time, he doesn’t want to go back. But he’s resolved that all those virtual meetings have got to become more efficient, more organized and more engaging. As a result, Grossman co-founded […]

Vanderbilt University has taken the first step in a three-year plan that calls for doubling the number of computer science faculty in the engineering school. In a release issued Thursday, a spokesperson for the VU School of Engineering detailed the hirings of 14 full-time professors including 10 computer science faculty members. The other four hires […]

If you’re a startup looking for investors, your odds are higher in Nashville than just about any other Southeast city, according to one measure in a newly issued report. That’s one takeaway from the latest edition of the Southeast Capital Landscape Report, which is made for entrepreneurs and intended to be a directory of investors […]