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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Seed investors for Finance startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jumpstart Foundry | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Nashville, Tennessee, United States, North America | ||
MB Venture Partners | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Memphis, Tennessee, United States, North America | ||
Mountain Group Capital | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Nashville, Tennessee, United States, North America | ||
Chattanooga Renaissance Fund | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, North America | ||
Clayton Associates | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Nashville, Tennessee, United States, North America |
At SeedRound we track over 200,000 investors and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these firms. We use this directory of investors to highlight top employees, LP’s and funding organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top Finance Seed investors in Tennessee. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Finance Investors & Funds (Tennessee)
Jumpstart Foundry
Jumpstart Foundry is an investment firm that funds and supports early-stage healthcare companies. It is a healthcare innovation fund driven by a mission to make something better. JSF connects companies with strong industry stakeholders, consults them on strategic marketing plans and advises around talent and growth. Jumpstart Foundry was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Health Care, Venture Capital
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MB Venture Partners
MB Venture Partners is a Memphis, Tennessee venture capital firm that provides equity capital and strategic direction to life sciences companies. The Firm invests in medical device and biotechnology companies at all stages of development. Their Firm is especially interested in product solutions for musculoskeletal diseases, and their partners benefit from their deep experience and relationships in this area of investment.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Memphis, Tennessee, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Life Science, Venture Capital
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Mountain Group Capital
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 business forever If possible, own the business forever
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech
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Chattanooga Renaissance Fund
Chattanooga has been called the “Dynamo of Dixie” and has a rich history of entrepreneurship and philanthropy. Chattanooga is on a roll with the recent string of billion dollar investments in the area by multi-national companies such as Alstom, Volkswagen, Wacker and Amazon. Coupled with the rich technological environment including the computational Simulation Center at UTC and the EPB powered citywide gigabit fiber network, Chattanooga is poised for growth. The only missing piece was a formalized network of capital and mentors to encourage, support and sustain the next wave of entrepreneurs. The Chattanooga Renaissance Fund seeks to fill that need.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Clayton Associates
Clayton Associates is an investment firm founded in 1996 by R. Clayton McWhorter, former founder of HealthTrust, Inc. and Chairman of Hospital Corporation of America (NYSE:HCA). We’ve built on our extensive operating experience and relationships to partner with entrepreneurs and help them build successful businesses. Clayton Associates makes seed, angel, and venture stage investments in healthcare technology companies. The firm’s seed investments are done via Bullpen Ventures in the form of $25-75K investments to help companies get started. Rolling Hills Ventures is an angel fund investing $500K-$1.5M in companies that are beginning to see traction. The firm’s venture capital manager, FCA Venture Partners, has managed a total of five funds, including exited funds FCA I and FCA II, as well as three active funds, FCA III, IV, and their most recent fund, FCA V. Typical investment sizes range from $2 million to $6 million of equity in companies with experienced management teams who are implementing proven business models with well-defined exit strategies. In 2013, the firm founded Clayton Advisors, a consulting division that strives to accelerate the growth and profitability of companies by focusing on innovation, strategy, and stakeholder relationships. Since inception, Clayton Associates, FCA Venture Partners, and its affiliates have invested in over 100 companies, representing greater than $7 billion in annualized revenue and the creation of over 20,000 jobs.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Martin Ventures
Martin Ventures provides capital, operational support and mentoring to assist entrepreneurs who want to be catalysts for change. Focusing primarily on health care and technology initiatives, Martin Ventures’ unique approach allows the leadership of our portfolio companies to more acutely focus on the optimal execution of their vision and strategy while quickly scaling and growing their businesses into successful, profitable organizations.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Seed Hatchery
Seed Hatchery is a mentorship-driven seed-funded accelerator for B2B startups. Utilizing a cohort system, they invest in up to 6 startups at a time and accelerate their growth with an intense 90-day program of business development and technical assistance to refine each company’s product or service and strengthen their business models. Their mentors are entrepreneurs and business leaders who have successfully launched or built a vast array of businesses, products, and services. The mentors collaborate with the startup founders to develop business strategies, execute marketing plans, and launch product activities. The goal is to provide aspiring entrepreneurs with proven expertise to quickly build traction and move the business toward the next phases of success. Each Seed Hatchery cohort culminates with a Demo Day to pitch for follow-on investment. Additionally, graduates are encouraged to participate in Seed Hatchery’s post-acceleration support program.
Stages: Seed
Location: Memphis, Tennessee, United States, North America
Industries: Automotive, Finance
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Lamp Post Group
Lamp Post Group is a venture incubator. They help aspiring entrepreneurs take their ideas from the planning stages to reality through financial investment and business guidance. LPG combines the talent of a small venture incubator with the financial capabilities of a venture capital firm to create a system that encourages fast, independent company growth.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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