Investors in Tennessee

Browse angel investors and venture capital firms based in Tennessee. Our directory features 41 investors in Tennessee actively funding startups across all sectors and stages, from pre-seed to growth.

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Tennessee Investors (41)

Low Time Preference Fund

Low Time Preference Fund

VC

Nashville, Tennessee

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SATS Credit Fund

SATS Credit Fund

VC

Nashville, Tennessee

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Claritas Capital

Claritas Capital

VC

Nashville, TN

Check: $1.2M – $18.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

Claritas Capital is a private equity firm dedicated to discovering and developing great entrepreneurs and their businesses. Entrepreneurs with the commitment, integrity, market understanding, vision...

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Heritage Group

Heritage Group

VC

Nashville, TN

Check: $2.0M – $10.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

Heritage Group is a unique venture capital firm with a track record of investing in, operating and advising innovative industry leading healthcare companies. Heritage Group serves as the general...

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Superba Fund

Superba Fund

VC

Nashville, Tennessee

Check: $300K – $1.5M
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Blue Hour Ventures

Blue Hour Ventures

VC

Nashville, Tennessee

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Rockmont GrowthTech Fund

Rockmont GrowthTech Fund

VC

Brentwood, Tennessee

Check: $50K – $250K
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Rockmont GrowthTech Fund I QP

Rockmont GrowthTech Fund I QP

VC

Brentwood, Tennessee

Check: $500K – $2.5M
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CLP Investments

CLP Investments

VC

Ooltewah, Tennessee

Check: $15K – $77K
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Capacity Capital Fund

Capacity Capital Fund

VC

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Check: $100K – $500K
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Altitude Powell Place

Altitude Powell Place

VC

Nashville, Tennessee

Check: $12K – $60K
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Altitude PMG

Altitude PMG

VC

Nashville, Tennessee

Check: $57K – $285K
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GoEx Venture Capital Fund

GoEx Venture Capital Fund

VC

Nashville, Tennessee

Check: $50K – $250K
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Iroquois Capital

Iroquois Capital

VC

Nashville, TN

Check: $866K – $35.0M
SEED

Iroquois Capital, LP is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed or start-up, early, mid, and late venture; turnarounds; growth capital; and PIPE investments. It seeks to invest...

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Petra Capital Partners

Petra Capital Partners

VC

Nasheville, TN

Check: $3.0M – $35.0M
SEEDSERIES A

Petra Capital Partners is a Nashville, TN based private equity firm founded in 1996, engaged in providing growth capital for companies located throughout the United States. The partners of Petra...

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The Angel Roundtable

The Angel Roundtable

Angel

Johnson City, TN

Check: $100K – $375K
SEEDPOST SEED

Private angel investor network focused on Seed to early-stage opportunities with a Southeastern US focus. Investment size typically $100K-$375K (up to $1M with syndication partners). Preferred...

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JumpFund

JumpFund

Angel

Chattanooga, TN

Invest women's capital in women-led, high-growth scalable ventures headquartered in the Southeastern United States; activate women as angel investors and provide access to capital for female founders...

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Nashville Capital Network, Investment Arm

Nashville Capital Network, Investment Arm

VC

Nashville, TN

Check: $3.0M – $4.5M
SERIES BSERIES A

Nashville Capital Network promotes entrepreneurial education and economic growth by being the hub for early stage capital formation in Middle Tennessee. NCN's mission centers on the simultaneous...

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Innovation Valley Partners

Innovation Valley Partners

VC

Knoxville, TN

Check: $1.5M – $23.3M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

Knoxville, Tenn.-based Innovation Valley Partners (IVP) is the affiliate fund of Battelle Ventures, an independent venture fund based in Princeton, N.J.

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Seed Hatchery

Seed Hatchery

Corporate

Memphis, TN

Check: $15K – $15K
ANGEL

Seed Hatchery is a mentorship-driven seed fund that operates like TechStars and Capital Factory. Utilizing a cohort system, they will invest in a group of approximately 6 startups at a time and...

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SSM Partners

SSM Partners

VC

Memphis, TN

Check: $3.5M – $60.5M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

SSM Partners is one of the largest and most experienced private equity firms in the Southeast. Having invested in more than 50 companies across four private equity funds, our successful record is the...

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Solidus Company

Solidus Company

Corporate

Nashville, TN

Check: $15K – $1.0M
ANGELSERIES BSERIES A
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Relevance Capital

Relevance Capital

VC

Tullahoma, TN

Check: $2.6M – $5.0M
SERIES BSERIES A

Relevance Capital invests in companies that will help create transformational results. RC seeks investments in advanced manufacturing, clean tech and digital media/IT. RC looks for technologies with...

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Mountain Group Capital

Mountain Group Capital

VC

Nashville, TN

Check: $1.3M – $12.5M
ANGELSERIES BSERIES A

Mountain Group Capital invests based on 4 core principles: Invest in the team first, idea second Invest based on business fundamentals, not financial engineering Invest as if you will own the...

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Tennessee Community Ventures

Tennessee Community Ventures

VC

Nashville, TN

Check: $1.3M – $2.1M
ANGELSERIES A
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Clayton Associates

Clayton Associates

VC

Brentwood, TN

Check: $2.0M – $12.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

Clayton Associates is a private equity firm based in Franklin, Tennessee that invests in early stage growth companies and selected real estate ventures. Clayton Associates has more than ten years of...

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JumpStart Foundry

JumpStart Foundry

VC

Nashville, TN

Check: $15K – $2.1M
ANGELSERIES A

JumpStart Foundry is a microfund, supporting seed-stage ventures and their entrepreneurs with $15,000 investments. We provide this capital to help create your company, sharpen your idea and build a...

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Nashville Capital Network

Nashville Capital Network

Angel

Nashville, TN

Check: $1.0M – Varies
ANGELSEEDSERIES A
HEALTHCARE SAASDIGITAL HEALTHB2B SAAS+1

NCN invests primarily in healthcare and technology companies. Focus on high-growth businesses with >$1M ARR, typically based in the Southeast (and US broadly). Target round sizes ~$2-10M.

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Delta Capital Management

Delta Capital Management

VC

Nashville, TN

Check: $5.0M – $5.0M
SERIES A

Delta Capital Management, LLC is a Memphis-based venture capital firm founded in 1992 that manages over $90 million in venture capital allocations from institutional investors and high net worth...

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Eastman Ventures

Eastman Ventures

VC

Kingsport, TN

Check: $12.5M – $13.0M
SERIES B

Eastman provides chemicals, fibers and plastics materials that our customers use as key ingredients to make products people use every day. More than 10,000 Eastman employees around the world blend...

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TriStar Technology Ventures

TriStar Technology Ventures

VC

Nashville, TN

Check: $192K – $1.8M
SEEDSERIES A

TriStar forms and invests in companies at the pre-seed/seed stage in the area we broadly define as “Healthcare Innovation:” biotech, pharmaceuticals, personalized medicine, medical devices,...

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ICG Ventures

ICG Ventures

VC

La Vergne, TN

Check: $600K – $600K
ANGELSERIES A

ICG Ventures is an Ingram Content Group company. Ingram Content Group Inc. is a subsidiary of Nashville-based Ingram Industries Inc. The company provides books, music and media content to over 39,000...

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Innova Memphis

Innova Memphis

VC

Memphis, TN

Check: $150K – $4.0M
ANGELSERIES BSERIES A

Innova Memphis invests in early stage businesses related to bio-sciences, technology and agbio fields.

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MB Venture Capital Fund

MB Venture Capital Fund

VC

Memphis, TN

Check: $14.9M – $18.3M

MB Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in all stages of development. The firm does not invest in healthcare services, healthcare IT, and AgBio opportunities. It...

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Massey Burch Capital Corporation

Massey Burch Capital Corporation

VC

Nashville, TN

Check: $5.0M – $15.0M
SEED

A Venture Capital Firm Focusing On High Growth Investments In Information Technology, Communications and Health Care Services

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FCA Venture Partners

FCA Venture Partners

VC

Brentwood, TN

Check: $1.5M – $7.5M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

FCA Venture Partners is a seed fund based in the US, focused on early and growth-stage healthcare and information technology companies.

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a>m ventures

a>m ventures

VC

Memphis, TN

Check: $300K – $450K
ANGEL

a>m ventures invests capital and creative services in early-stage startups. Leveraging the marketing, design, and PR services of the advertising agency archer>malmo, a>m ventures partners with...

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Council Ventures

Council Ventures

VC

Nashville, TN

Check: $1.6M – $12.5M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

Council Ventures makes growth and early stage investments in companies in healthcare services, healthcare information technology, and the convergence of healthcare and financial services, with a...

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MB Venture Partners

MB Venture Partners

VC

Memphis, TN

Check: $150K – $25.0M
ANGELSEEDSERIES B

MB Venture Partners is a venture capital firm. The firm does not invest in healthcare services, healthcare IT, and AgBio opportunities. It prefers to invest in seed or early stage financing but...

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Council Capital

Council Capital

VC

Nashville, TN

Check: $1.1M – $13.3M
SEEDSERIES B

Council Capital is a private equity firm with approximately $150 million of capital under management. They invest primarily in early-growth and growth stage companies in healthcare services and...

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Jonathan Pinto

Rhythmm Health

Angel

Johnson City, TN

Check: $100K – $375K

ART identifies high-potential early-stage investments in the Mountain South / Southeastern US region and provides collaborative due diligence, deal structuring, and mentoring to help companies scale.

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About Tennessee Investing

Tennessee is home to 41 investors in our directory, including 35 VCs, 4 Angels, 2 Corporates. Most are concentrated in Nashville, Memphis, Brentwood.

Local investors can offer advantages beyond capital — including regional network effects, knowledge of local market dynamics, and introductions to regional customers and partners. Many founders find that geographic proximity leads to more engaged board members and advisors.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Tennessee investors are in this directory?
We currently track 41 investors who focus on Tennessee. 1 of them have made recent investments, indicating they are actively deploying capital.
What is the typical check size for Tennessee investors?
Check sizes range from $12K to $60.5M, with an average of $5.4M. Check sizes vary by investor type — angels typically write smaller checks while VCs and funds invest larger amounts.
How do I get matched with Tennessee investors?
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Where are most Tennessee investors located?
The highest concentration of Tennessee investors in our directory is in Nashville, Memphis, Brentwood. However, many investors consider startups regardless of location, especially post-COVID.

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