Last week, Houston-based Symplr announced its acquisition of Nashville-based GreenLight Medical. Both companies provide health care management software.
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Nashville Inno: Tech Bytes: New York venture firm sends a scout to Nashville; fresh off $38M raise, startup adds C-suite executive
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 recurring roundup highlighting news on startups, capital raises, acquisitions and other activity in the region’s tech sector. Insight Partners, a New York-based venture capital and private equity firm, is sending someone from its early-stage team to Nashville next week to meet with founders in the areas of software and consumer deals, per Haley Zapolski, creator of the NashTech group.
Tennessee Tribune: Freeman, Cooper Detail Vision For Business Incubator And Innovation Hub At Fisk University
Darrell Freeman has just three months to flesh out the plan for a business incubator at one of Nashville’s historically Black colleges and universities.
Nashville Inno: Tech Bytes: Freeman leads pursuit of Fisk incubator; Amazon hosting a hackathon at downtown tower
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 recurring roundup highlighting news on startups, capital raises, acquisitions and other activity in the region’s tech sector. Darrell Freeman is spearheading an effort to open a business incubator and innovation center at Fisk University, one of the city’s four HBCUs (historically Black colleges and universities).
Fierce Telecom: Tennessee uses $400M of federal funds to boost broadband
Tennessee’s broadband deployment is getting a leg up with expanded funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) will award up to $400 million to service providers for broadband infrastructure projects.
Nashville Inno: Freeman, Cooper detail vision for business incubator and innovation hub at Fisk University
Darrell Freeman has just three months to flesh out the plan for a business incubator at one of Nashville’s historically Black colleges and universities.
Nashville Inno: She started a business after her son’s choking emergency. Now this CEO is moving her headquarters to Madison
Felicia Jackson’s two-year-old son was choking in the back seat of her car. She knew exactly what to do: She worked in the medical field and she had CPR training.
Nashville Business Journal: Autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI conducts ‘mapping mission’ in Nashville
Argo AI, a Pittsburgh-based autonomous vehicle startup, is testing two cars in Nashville.
Memphis Inno: Memphis startup Bite Ninja secures first HQ, on Appling Farms
A local startup focused on “virtual workforce” solutions for restaurants is placing its headquarters in Memphis.
The Tennesseean: Tennessee Voices, Episode 262: Ebonee Davis-Ifeobu, Bridgestone Americas DEI vice president
As employers contend with recruiting and retaining workers in the time of the Great Resignation, human resources professionals find that a key component to meeting employees’ wants and needs is creating an environment that invites them to be their “whole selves” at work.