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    Mountain Group Partners

    Nashville, Tennessee, United StatesFounded 2002
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    Mountain Group Partners is a Nashville-based venture capital firm founded in 2002 that invests in early-stage companies in the Life Sciences and Disruptive Technology sectors. The firm takes a hands-on, long-term approach to building transformational businesses.

    Average disclosed round size is $98.8M (across 35 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    32

    Fund Size

    $128M

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Byron Smith

    Byron Smith

    Managing Director

    Joe Cook, III

    Joe Cook, III

    Managing Director

    Joe Cook, Jr.

    Joe Cook, Jr.

    Managing Director

    Rob Readnour

    Rob Readnour

    Managing Director

    Gerard Franks

    Gerard Franks

    Director

    Scott Holmstrom

    Scott Holmstrom

    Director

    Jack Slaughter

    Jack Slaughter

    Principal

    Chapman Varnell

    Chapman Varnell

    Associate

    Lincoln Chambers

    Lincoln Chambers

    Associate

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    39 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    AngelEye Health logoAngelEye HealthSeries C$9MApr 2025
    Access Healthcare logoAccess HealthcareUnknown—Jan 2025
    PinkDx logoPinkDxSeries A$40MJan 2024
    Airvet logoAirvetSeries B$18.2MJul 2023
    SSilicon Ranch CorporationUnknown$600MJan 2023
    Pidge logoPidgeSeries A$3MJan 2023
    Targan logoTarganUnknown$35MJun 2022
    AngelEye Health logoAngelEye HealthSeries B$5.5MFeb 2022
    Ridian logoRidianSeed$6.2MJan 2022
    SSilicon Ranch CorporationUnknown$775MJan 2022
    Dott logoDottSeries D$200MOct 2021
    TTier MobilitySeries D$200MOct 2021
    SSpeeroSeries A$1.8MJul 2021
    Wefox logoWefoxSeries C$650MMay 2021
    Mindera Corporation logoMindera CorporationSeries A$12.6MMay 2021
    Lingoda logoLingodaGrowth—Apr 2021
    HomeX logoHomeXGrowth$90MApr 2021
    Circular Genomics logoCircular GenomicsSeed$4.5MJan 2021
    SSilicon Ranch CorporationUnknown$225MJan 2020
    AN2 Therapeutics logoAN2 TherapeuticsSeries A$12MNov 2019
    Appello Pharmaceuticals logoAppello PharmaceuticalsSeries A$10.5MJul 2018
    ORIG3N logoORIG3NSeries B—Jan 2018
    YEAY logoYEAYSeed$4.9MJun 2017
    Contego Medical logoContego MedicalSeries B$5.6MApr 2015
    G1 Therapeutics logoG1 TherapeuticsSeries B$33MFeb 2015
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    Top Co-Investors

    Speedinvest5 shared
    Mubadala Ventures4 shared
    M&G Investments4 shared
    Novator Partners3 shared
    RTP Global3 shared
    White Star Capital3 shared
    Northzone3 shared
    Alexandria Venture Investments3 shared
    Manulife3 shared
    Scientific Health Development2 shared
    Grazia Equity2 shared
    U.S. Venture Partners2 shared
    Deerfield2 shared
    HealthQuest Capital2 shared
    Expon Capital1 shared
    EQT Ventures1 shared
    Aberdeen Standard Investments1 shared
    Felix Capital1 shared
    Naspers1 shared
    Prosus Ventures1 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026