# Lawrence H. Kloess

> Lawrence H. Kloess is a startup investor at Clayton Associates (Nashville). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Clayton Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clayton-associates)
- Location: Nashville, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-kloess-a7b24bb6/

Lawrence H. Kloess is a startup investor at Clayton Associates in Nashville. Larry Kloess is a Senior Advisor for Clayton Associates. He also serves on the FCA Advisory Board and is a Special Operating Partner of FCA V. Mr. Kloess is a health care executive with 35 years of leadership experience in hospital and physician group management. He retired from Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) in December, 2011, after 28years of senior leadership responsibility, most recently serving as President of HCA’s TriStar Division from 2005-2011, with operational responsibility for 20 hospitals and 10 ambulatory surgery centers throughout Tennessee, Georgia, and Kentucky.

## About Clayton Associates

VC Fund · Nashville, United States

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 Associatesmakes 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.

5 contacts available at Clayton Associates.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lawrence H. Kloess | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lawrence-h-kloess |
| R. Clayton McWhorter | Founder & Chairman Emeritus | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/r-clayton-mcwhorter |
| Jade Beazley | Director of Investor Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jade-beazley |
| John R. Burch | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-r-burch |
| Matthew King | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-king |

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