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    Mountain Group Partners

    Nashville, Tennessee, United StatesFounded 2002

    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 $107.5M (across 28 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    26

    Fund Size

    $128M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    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

    30 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    AngelEye Health logoAngelEye HealthSeries C$9MApr 2025
    Access Healthcare logoAccess HealthcareUnknownJan 2025
    airVet logoairVetSeries B$18.2MJul 2023
    Silicon Ranch logoSilicon RanchUnknown$600MJan 2023
    Targan logoTarganUnknown$35MJun 2022
    Ridian logoRidianSeed$6.2MJan 2022
    Silicon Ranch logoSilicon RanchUnknown$775MJan 2022
    Dott logoDottSeries D$200MOct 2021
    SSpeeroSeries A$1.8MJul 2021
    Wefox logoWefoxSeries C$650MMay 2021
    MMindera CorporationSeries A$12.6MMay 2021
    Lingoda logoLingodaGrowthApr 2021
    HHomeXGrowth$90MApr 2021
    Silicon Ranch logoSilicon RanchUnknown$225MJan 2020
    AN2 Therapeutics logoAN2 TherapeuticsSeries A$12MNov 2019
    Appello Pharmaceuticals logoAppello PharmaceuticalsSeries A$10.5MJul 2018
    YEAY logoYEAYSeed$4.9MJun 2017
    Contego Medical logoContego MedicalSeries B$5.6MJan 2015
    LineaGen logoLineaGenSeries C$15.8MJan 2015
    Advanced Animal Diagnostics logoAdvanced Animal DiagnosticsSeries C$15MDec 2014
    PinkDx logoPinkDxSeries A$40M
    Appello Pharmaceuticals logoAppello PharmaceuticalsSeries B$13.5M
    Vytelle logoVytelleSeries B$20M
    TIER Mobility logoTIER MobilitySeries D$200M
    BBoragenSeries A$10M
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    Last updated: 8 September 2026