With routine hospital visits becoming a health risk in the middle of a pandemic, a growing number of medical practitioners looked at ways to monitor and track patient health virtually.
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School Transportation News: Tennessee District Uses AI Technology to Improve Fleet Efficiency
“The driver shortages have impacted everyone — the transportation department, parents, students, schools…we’re having to change our day-to-day operations,” she stated. Cassidy Beam, account representative for TransAct, explained that the TravelTracker software, includes features that allow for easy rerouting, notifications and a parent portal. It is built to assist districts with adapting and changing to the constantly changing situations that transportation staff are faced with.
Nashville Inno: Possip builds on history-making raise with larger investment aimed at tripling scale this year
Shani Dowell made some history in 2019 by raising more than $1 million of venture funding for her Nashville-based startup. She was touted as the first Black woman entrepreneur in Tennessee to reach that milestone, which fewer than 40 Black women nationwide had reached at the time. That tally is growing, and so is Dowell’s business.
Memphis Inno: ‘Stock in Motion’: This local startup, founded by former FedEx execs, has big plans for e-commerce
On a summer day in 2021, Aly Hancock could tell that Mike Rude wasn’t in a good mood. Both worked at FedEx, and he had been her mentor for six years. Hancock knew him well.
Nashville Business Journal: Why technology is a factor you can’t afford to flub in your hybrid office
Slack vs. Teams and the other tech decisions that are critical for the hybrid office.
Nashville Inno: Nashville startup acquired by Houston company
Last week, Houston-based Symplr announced its acquisition of Nashville-based GreenLight Medical. Both companies provide health care management software.
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.