Mark Kendall
Angel Investors play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top Tennessee Angel Investors. We have tried to select a variety of different types of investors across a variety of niches.
This list is designed to show off the investors with exceptional track records, industry experience and a unique understanding of the ecosystem.
Top Tennessee Angel Investors
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Clark Landry
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Secondary Market, Seed
Clark Landry is a Nashvile-based technology entrepreneur and investor, after having spent 20+ years in Los Angeles. Most recently, Clark wa…
Al Gore
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Former Vice President Al Gore is co-founder and chairman of Generation Investment Management, a partnership that is focused on a new approac…
Doug Hudson
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Doug Hudson is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tend. Born out of the need for systemic change across the dental industry, Doug’s …
Jim Sohr
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jim Sohr has served as president of AIM HealthCare Services, Inc. since its founding in 1995. Mr. Sohr co-founded AIM and over-saw all as…
Chase Gilbert
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Chase Gilbert is the CEO at Built Technologies, Inc.
Elena Verna
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Elena Verna is a growth advisor, board member, and angel investor.
Steven McClurg
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Steven McClurg is the Chief Investment Officer of Valkyrie Investments. He has considerable traditional finance and Fintech experience, rang…
Brian Shore
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Convertible Note, Debt, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Brian Shore, CEO of Elevēo, is a metrics and outcome focused executive, investor and mentor based in Franklin, TN. Under his leadership, th…
Austin Hankwitz
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Austin Hankwitz is a content creator, advisor, and angel investor.
Paul Yacoubian
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Paul Yacoubian – Co-Founder and CEO @ CopyAI
Bill Frist
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Bill Frist is the Chairman & Founder at Hope Through Healing Hands.
Ira Bell
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Ira Bell is the Founder and CTO at Space Elements. Previously, Ira co-founded Recruit Media which was Acquired by HireQuest. Prior to that, …
David Solomon
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
David Solomon has 14 years of operating and entrepreneurial experience, and 13 years of public accounting experience. He is a Founder an…
Scott Lewis
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Scott Lewis Co-Founder of Concourse Open Community.
Ryan Mickle
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Entrepreneur, product leader, YC alum, user researcher, marketer, teacher, learner, writer, and recovering marathoner. I take ideas to launc…
Charlie Anderson
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
As President and CEO of Anderson Companies, parent company of Anderson Merchandisers, Charlie Anderson serves as the third generation of lea…
Harry Jacobson
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Prior to co-founding EHV, Jacobson was Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at Vanderbilt University (CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Cen…
Stephen Culp
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Stephen Culp is the Co-Founder at ProDiligence.
Bryan Frist
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Venture
Bryan Frist – CEO & Co-Founder @ Yoshi
Thorpe McKenzie
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
McKenzie is Managing Director of Pointer Management Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee, which he co-founded in 1990 to invest in hedge funds an…
Joe Galante
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Joe Galante
Derrick Morgan
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Derrick Lee Morgan (born January 6, 1989) is an American football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL)….
Joe Maxwell
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Joe Maxwell is the Managing Partner at FINTOP Capital. Joe was most recently the EVP and MD of IPreo Inc. where he led the Private Capital M…
Alan Sielbeck, Sr.
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Alan Sielbeck, Sr.
Ryan Ramkhelawan
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ryan Ramkhelawan joined Start Co. as VP of Venture Development in 2020.Ryan Ramkhelawan serves as Chief Technology Officer for Restore Medic…
Lew Little
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Executive Chairman and Board Chair at EQ Health Acquisition.
Vic Gatto
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Vic Gatto, Partner, came to Solidus in 2007 from Massey Burch Capital Corporation where he was a partner for five years. Prior to Massey Bur…
George Couri
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
George Couri – Founder, Owner @ Triple 8 Management
Herbert A. Fritch
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Herb Fritch joined Cigna in February of 2012 to lead the company through a strategic expansion into the growing seniors and Medicare market….
Rich Roberts
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Rich is a lifetime middle Tennessean, a graduate of the University of Alabama, an avid outdoorsman and a father of two – Margaret and Marsha…
William B. King
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Bill King founded DirectorCorps, the publisher of Bank Director magazine, and heads the company’s executive committee. He served as Chairman…
Lawrence Jackson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Lawrence Jackson is currently a senior advisor at New Mountain Capital. Jackson has more than 30 years of experience with several leading…
Art Laffer
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Art Laffer is Board of Directors at Smartvue.
Benjamin Blasco
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Benjamin Blasco is a co-founder of [FeelVeryBien](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/feelverybien#/entity) a service provider that aims…
Philip Hardin
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Philip Hardin has been growing and operating emerging technology enterprises for his entire career. Prior to YouScience, Mr. Hardin spent 17…
Ken Levitan
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Ken Levitan
Brad Kelley
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Kelley grew up on a farm that included tobacco, and his early business ventures were a response to changes in the tobacco industry. Because …
Andrew Lasher
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Andrew is the Chief Medical Officer of Aspire Healthcare, a home and outpatient-based palliative care company based in Nashville, TN. Prior …
Steven King
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Steven King – President/CEO @ Restore Medical Solutions
Stuart Rogers
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Stuart Rogers, a co-founder of Arria NLG, has extensive global business experience focused on strategic development, new market entry, compl…
David Fitzgerald
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
David Fitzgerald – General Partner @ Petra Capital Partners
Joe Glaser
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Joe Glaser
Yogesh Purohit
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Yogesh Purohit
Pat Collins
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Pat Collins is Vice Chairman & Senior Advisor for SESAC Performance Rights, the nation’s only Music Rights Organization. He is a business gr…
Lamar Alexander
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Lamar Alexander – Senator from Tennessee @ United States Senate
Rob Metcalf
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Responsible for the company’s business and sales strategy, Rob Metcalf brings over a decade of experience in technology and information serv…
Thomas Griffin
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Marketplace Entrepreneur and Founder & Head of Growth of ArtSquare.
Tom Malatesta
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
CxO. Building and Growing Companies and Their Technology. Tech Scouting, Cyber Security | Digital Tech Buy Side Adviser.Business builder. Vi…
Rodrick Weston
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Rodrick Weston, President: is a music and entertainment producer, promoter, distributor, finance consultant and executive producer. He is Pr…
Duncan Dashiff
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Duncan Dashiff – Senior Managing Partner @ Row Associates
Jimmy Webb
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jimmy Webb
Ken Melkus
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ken Melkus
Wendy Thompson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Wendy Thompson
Paul Kim
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Paul Kim
Lanis Cope
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Lanny Cope founded Cope Associates, Inc. in 1983 and has since served as President. Under his direction, Cope Architecture has achieved hono…
Bruce Kalmick
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Bruce Kalmick – Partner @ Triple 8 Management
Michael Burcham
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Michael Burcham
Chris Hutch
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Chris Hutch
Jeff Pate
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Jeff Pate Principal & Chief Development Officer at PYA, PC
James K. Swanson
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
James K. Swanson
Jovan Haye
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jovan Haye
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