MidTN venture overload?

'Guess this means school's back in... so many things cookin' in the venture sphere... Clayton McWhorter's folks are taking a close look at go-forward staffing at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.. JumpStart is about to make some of its acclerator grads happy.. TNInvestco's are putting money where their mouths are, investing in seed- and early-stage deals... eMIDs is part of a Chicago mentoring group.. Steve Collins caught the IPO brass ring... and much more right here.

Collins to Bazaarvoice

Stephen Collins spent five years tightening-up the-Brentwood-based Juris, the lawfirm software company, for sale to LexisNexis. It wasn't all fun. Now, he's with Bazaarvoice, a mid-stage social-commerce company in Austin, as CFO. Our story is here.

AirPlay Direct update

Although he'll be continuing his talent-management business, Scott Welch was recently elevated from a special-projects role at AirPlay Direct to president. Robert Weingartz remains AirPlay's CEO. The release is here. An earlier VNC story is here. We're thinking Welch is probably also continuing to support Highnote. Investor Stephen Collins continues as an advisor to AirPlay.

Moontoasties congregating

Moontoast is using its $800K capital raise to advance the social-commerce features of its website. HT: NashvillePost.com.

Moontoast names acting CEO

[Updated 11:17 a.m.] We're not sure, yet, whether Marcus Whitney (at left) is still operating as Remarkable Wit, but he's now chief technology officer at Moontoast. According to a Moontoast release, Whitney's been joined by entrepreneur Stephen Collins, the former chief of his family's Juris Inc., who is now acting CEO for the Moontoast knowledge network, as well as an advisor to Airplay Direct. For now, here's the story.

Airplay Direct chooses Nashville

A four-year-old digital music startup out of Atlanta says it will make Nashville home. Today's story is here.