# Launch Tennessee

> Launch Tennessee is a VC fund in Nashville backing Health Care and Software. See 155 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nashville, United States
- Total investments: 155
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 42%
- Fund size: $30M
- Last fund: Jan 2011
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/launchtn
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/LaunchTN
- Website: http://launchtn.org
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LaunchTN

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Launch Tennessee. Shizune tracks 7 team members at Launch Tennessee. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/launch-tennessee?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $517k–$3.8M |
| Grant | $48k–$200k |
| Series A | $400k–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 24 | 15% |
| Software | 23 | 15% |
| Medical | 16 | 10% |
| Biotechnology | 16 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 6% |

132 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 31 | 20% |
| Grant | 31 | 20% |
| Series A | 25 | 16% |
| Funding Round | 10 | 6% |
| Series B | 4 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 83 | 54% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| South Korea | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Layne | Technology Advancement Director | 30 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-layne-c291 |
| John Lanahan | Director of Capital Formation | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-lanahan |
| Tracey McGraw | Administrative & Marketing Coordinator | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tracey-mcgraw |
| Igal Zamir | Master Mentor (The TENN) | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/igal-zamir |
| Khrys Hatch | Capital Formation Manage | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khrys-hatch |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| StratusGrid | StratusGrid is a next generation managed services company utilizing Transformational Intelligence™ to provide precise cloud strategy, implementation, migration and management. | $3M | Seed | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| Sage Haven | Sage Haven develops an AI-moderated messaging and calling app designed for children in their early years online. The app issues children a dedicated Sage Haven number and routes messaging and voice calls through its platform while allowing contacts to use services like iMessage or Google Messages. Parents create and verify accounts, approve eachcontact, and supervise conversations from their own phones with alerts, recaps, and safety insights. The service uses automated content moderation to block harmful or inappropriate messages, links, images, and videos before they are sent and to guide children toward safer communication practices. It supports Wi-Fi and cellular use on iOS devices, with tools aimed at reducing exposure to online bullying, spam, and addictive usage patterns. Sage Haven operates as a public benefit corporation balancing commercial activity with a mission to improve children’s mental health and well-being. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Rebel Audio | Rebel Audio is an agentic podcast platform driven by AI that aims to modernize the production, distribution, and monetization of audio. Rebel Audio is a comprehensive system that simplifies production, publication, analytics, and revenue generation for creators, networks, and media organizations. | $3.8M | Seed | Mar 11, 2026 |  |
| Sendit | Sendit is a healthcare marketplace that enables clinicians and health organizations to collaborate to fill staffing needs. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 10, 2025 |  |
| Clockout | Clockout is an embedded Earned Wage Access (EWA) platform tailored to financial institutions. Designed to be seamlessly integrated, Clockout enables banks and credit unions to give account holders real-time access to earned wages within their existing mobile and online banking applications. | $2M | Seed | Jun 18, 2025 |  |
| Daily Crunch | Daily Crunch is an offline and online store that offers cherry-berry nuts, cacao sea salt, and sprouted almonds products. | $4M | Series A | Sep 16, 2024 |  |
| Daily Crunch | Daily Crunch is an offline and online store that offers cherry-berry nuts, cacao sea salt, and sprouted almonds products. | $4M | Series A | Sep 16, 2024 |  |
| DAXOR | DAXOR Corporation is an innovative medical instrumentation and biotechnology company. DAXOR designed and developed the BVA-100 Blood Volume Analyzer. It is the first instrument approved by the FDA to provide rapid direct measurement of a patient's true blood volume. We believe that the BVA-100 Blood Volume Analyzer has the potential totransform therapy in a broad range of surgical and medical conditions. It is our goal, working in conjunction with hospitals and clinics, to achieve that possibility.The BVA-100 is a semi-automated Blood Volume Analyzer. It is used in conjunction with a single use diagnostic kit. It is the first FDA-approved instrument to provide rapid direct measurement of a patient's blood volume. | $300K | Grant | Sep 05, 2024 |  |
| Station | Station is a media monetization platform | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 10, 2024 |  |
| AnyCreek | AnyCreek is a platform that facilitates the booking of outdoor adventures such as fishing or hunting trips. It aims to connect adventure-seekers with guides and outfitters, providing a space for them to discover and book the best outdoor experiences. The platform is designed to be guide-friendly, empowering guides and outfitters to reach a wideraudience. | $1.8M | Seed | Jun 13, 2024 |  |

10 of 155 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mountain Group Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mountain-group-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [TriStar Health Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tristar-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Innova Memphis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innova-memphis) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Nashville Capital Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nashville-capital-network-investment-arm) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [LaunchTN](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-tennessee) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Market Square Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/market-square-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Launch Tennessee invest in?

Launch Tennessee invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 155 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Launch Tennessee's check size?

Launch Tennessee typically joins rounds of $517k–$3.8M at Seed, $48k–$200k at Grant and $400k–$4M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Launch Tennessee participates in.

### How do I contact Launch Tennessee?

Public channels for Launch Tennessee include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Launch Tennessee?

The team at Launch Tennessee includes Charles Layne (Technology Advancement Director), John Lanahan (Director of Capital Formation) and Tracey McGraw (Administrative & Marketing Coordinator), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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