Investors in Tennessee

Founded in 1999, Enhanced Capital Partners is a national investment firm with over $400 million under management specializing in investments in small and mid-size companies. Enhanced Capital provides a range of investment options to promote the growth and expansion of businesses. Our flexibility and practical investment approach can make the difference in maximizing the growth potential for a company poised for rapid growth.

Innova Memphis Inc. is a venture capital arm of Memphis Bioworks Foundation specializing in pre-seed, seed, startup, and early stage investments. It focuses on starting and funding high-growth companies in the healthcare, healthcare information technology, medical device, biosciences; biotechnology; particularly orthopedics; pharmaceuticals; life sciences; technology, logistics; farming technology, equipment and enabling innovation, including robotics; technologies pertaining to crop production, harvest, storage, supply chain/logistics and processing/productivity tools and software; areas of precision agriculture such as crop, water and chemicals management; innovations addressing food security, safety and nutrition challenges; animal health and welfare systems and practices; and agricultural biotechnology sectors. The firm primarily targets companies headquartered in rural America specifically in Tennessee with 60% of the employees based in Tennesse. It prefers to be the first institutional investor in companies having less than 100 employees. The firm seeks to invest upto $2 million in each of its portfolio companies. The firm further assists the companies in linking with established corporations for licensing, buy-outs or further investments. It is also active in the board of director positions. Innova Memphis Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Memphis, Tennessee.

Launch Tennessee is a public-private partnership that supports entrepreneurs from ideation to exit. We’re guided by a vision of making Tennessee the most startup-friendly state in the country, so that entrepreneurs stay here to build companies and create jobs.

Founded in 1985, Gen Cap America (GCA) is a private investment firm headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. GCA specializes in acquisitions and recapitalizations of middle market businesses. GCA is actively investing Southvest Fund VI, L.P., a $165 million fund which began making investments in May 2010. Investment candidates usually have revenues between $5 and $100 million and most are privately held businesses or subsidiaries and divisions of larger corporations. Investments are made in established businesses with demonstrated operating histories and quality management teams. GCA is a partner with management teams who wish to invest in their companies by becoming part of the buying group. Recapitalizations are also structured for business owners who desire immediate liquidity yet wish to participate in the growth of their business by maintaining operating control.

Established in 1997, Irving Place Capital is a mid-market private equity firm that invests across a variety of companies in North American.

Collaborative Fund aims to be the leading source of capital and strategic support for creative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. The fund focuses on two themes: the increasing importance of values as they relate to the decisions people make about who they work for, what they buy, and how they spend their time; and the shift from an economy based on hyper-consumption to one based on Collaborative Consumption. These two forces present a significant opportunity for new technologies, products, and services to reinvent how society conducts business and transform daily lives. According to published reports, investors in the $6 million fund include GM O'Connell, Nicholas Negroponte, Jason Krikorian (co-founder of Sling Media), Ben Goldhirsh (heir to the Inc. Magazine fortune), and Brendan Synnot (founder of the 'Bear Naked' and 'Revelry' brands).

The Jump Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, early stage and growth capital investments. The firm prefers to invest women’s capital in female led companies; ideally with a woman in a C-level role. The firm typically invests in technology, health caren and consumer goods sectors. It seeks to invest in Chattanooga and the Southeast region of the United States and may invest in companies willing to do business heavily in Chattanooga. The Jump Fund is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Nashville Capital Network accelerates the development of early stage companies by nurturing the most promising entrepreneurs and connecting them with knowledgeable, experienced investors. NCN has cultivated a network of qualified and committed individual investors who have invested more than $42 million in Tennessee-based companies. Additionally, NCN manages NCN Angel Fund I, NCN Angel Fund II and the TNInvestco Tennessee Angel Fund.

Iroquois Capital Advisors, LLC offers brokerage services. It provides security trading and financial consulting services. The firm is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Iroquois Capital Advisors, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Iroquois Capital Group.

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.