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Tennessee HQ VCs
These firms list Tennessee as their headquarters location. Headquarters indicates where a firm is based; it does not define the firm's investment territory.
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| Brickyardverifiedjustlaybrick.com | Can Lead | $500K–$800KStated investment range · Official website · https://www.justlaybrick.com/about | 5–7%5-7% | Generalist | — | Tennessee | — | — | Matt Patterson, Cam Doody, Ted Alling, Barry Large, Allan Davis | Decks can be submitted through our site at https://www.justlaybrick.com/about | |
| Caduceus Capital Partnerscaduceus.vc | Can Lead | $100k – $1m$100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health | Tennessee | $50M target (Fund II); $29M Fund I | 2024 | Dave Vreeland, Scott Kolesar, Ryan McKindles, Russ Rudish, Adam Bauer, Peter Micca, Mitch Morris | info@caduceus.vc | |
| Claritas Capitalclaritascapital.com | Mostly Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Generalist | — | Tennessee | — | — | John Chadwick, Theresa Sexton, Bob Fisher, Tania Grant, Patrick Warfield, John Gordon, Francis Stanley, Dan Schneider, Robert Graves, Walter de Brouwer | — | |
| Daytrip Venturesverifieddaytrip.vc | — | — | — | Generalist | — | Tennessee | — | — | — | — | |
| Dynamoverifieddynamo.vc | Can Lead | $500K–$2.5MInitial check · Official website · https://dynamo.vc/about | — | Specialist | Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Tennessee | $54M | — | Santosh Sankar, Jon Bradford, Barry Large, Ted Alling, Madelyn O'Farrell | hello@dynamo.vc | |
| FCA Venture Partnersfcavp.com | Mostly Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | 5%+5-7% · 7-10% · 10-12% · > 12% | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health | Tennessee | — | — | Matt King, Andrew Bouldin, Todd Johnson, John Burch, Tom Hearn, George Curran, Andy Lutz, Will Hawkins, John Orr | — | |
| FINTOP Capitalfintopcapital.com | Mostly Lead | $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Fintech | Tennessee | — | — | Rick Kushel, Joe Maxwell, Adam Aspes, Jim McKelvey, John Philpott, Jared Winegrad, Ryan Zacharia, Rick Holton, Chris Haley, Max Haskin | jared@fintopcapital.com | |
| First In Capitalwearefirstin.com | Mostly Follow | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Cybersecurity, Industrial / Manufacturing, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Tennessee | $148M | 2026 | Renny McPherson, Arthur Karell, Rebecca Gevalt, Jessica Nelson | HELLO@WEAREFIRSTIN.COM | |
| Frist Cressey Venturesfcventures.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Life Sciences | Tennessee | — | — | Bill Frist, Bryan Cressey, Navid Farzad, Olivia Capra, Harrison Frist, Matt Schappell, Derek Dedeker, William Trapnell, Lydia Witty, Tommaso Auerbach, Whit Emerson | info@fcventures.com | |
| Innova Memphisinnovamemphis.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Life Sciences | Tennessee | — | — | Jan Bouten, Dean Didato | ccrawford@innovamemphis.com | |
| JAM FINTOPfintopcapital.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Fintech | Tennessee | $150 million | 2021 | Adam Aspes, Rick Kushel, Joe Maxwell, Jim McKelvey, John Philpott, Jared Winegrad, Ryan Zacharia, Max Haskin, Brittani Roberts, Tommaso Simone, Chrissy Whitty, Cooper Winrich | deals@fintopcapital.com | |
| Jumpstart Foundryjsf.co | Mostly Follow | $100-250k | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health | Tennessee | — | — | Vic Gatto | https://jsf.co/apply/ | |
| Market Square Venturesmarketsquareventures.com | — | — | — | Generalist | — | Tennessee | — | — | Brandon Bruce, Harry Boston, John Bruck, Marty Brown, Rosa Mar | brandon@marketsquareventures.com | |
| Martin Venturesmartinventures.com | Can Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health | Tennessee | Own balance sheet; no external fund | — | Charles N. Martin, Devin Carty, Jordan Lipson | info@martinventures.com | |
| Mountain Group Capitalmtngp.com | Can Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health, Food / Agriculture, Climate / Energy | Tennessee | — | — | Byron Smith, Joe Cook III, Rob Readnour, Joe Cook Jr., Jack Slaughter, Scott Holmstrom, Gerard Franks, Chapman Varnell, Lincoln Chambers | contact@mtngp.com | |
| Ridgelineridgeline.vc | Can Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–12%7-10% · 10-12% | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Climate / Energy | Tennessee | >$180M Fund II (including SBA commitments) | — | Ben Walker, Andrew McMahon, Ryan Clinton | hello@ridgeline.vc | |
| Solas BioVenturessolasbio.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health | Tennessee | — | — | David Adair, Mark Hackett, David Belitz, Joshua Eckelberry, Travis Manasco, Isaiah Reeves, Emma Heckenberg | david@solasbio.com | |
| UTXO Managementutxo.management | — | — | — | Specialist | Crypto / Web3 | Tennessee | — | — | Tyler Evans, David Bailey, Felipe Demartini, Guillaume Girard | contact@utxomanagement.com |
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