Investors in Georgia

Georgian is a growth-stage venture capital firm that partners with software companies to accelerate their scaling efforts. With over a decade of experience, Georgian offers both capital and dedicated operational support, including go-to-market strategy, operational scaling, and exit planning. Their AI Lab collaborates with portfolio companies to implement AI solutions, leveraging insights from over 50 growth-stage companies. Georgian's portfolio includes notable companies such as Island, Render, and Tenstorrent.

Software has always been a part of our DNA. When we started Georgian Partners back in 2008, we were a small group of former software entrepreneurs who saw an opportunity to help growth-stage companies harness one of the largest technology trends of the past 20 years. That trend is what we call applied analytics — the intersection of data science, unique data and software applications. At the time, we had already seen cloud and mobile result in major disruption across the business software industry. We also knew that other major tech trends would soon follow suit. And, like cloud and mobile, applied analytics has since evolved from a novel idea to a mainstream business technology. Since then, we have seen a number of new trends emerge that will be equally disruptive and beneficial for the businesses that adopt them. These include applied artificial intelligence, conversational AI and trust. And, as with applied analytics before them, our focus is on helping our portfolio companies harness these trends to accelerate their business and create value. Since 2008, we have raised four funds and have made over 40 investments in software companies across North America. We have also grown into a team of more than 40 technical experts and investment professionals, who all share a common passion for technology. We love helping companies use technology to not only disrupt their markets, but also find entirely new ways of doing business.

Georgia Capital PLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early stage, organic growth and acquisitions. It consider greenfields through mature stage companies. The firm typically invests in automotive retail, education services, hotels, resorts & cruise lines, restaurants, beverages, healthcare, banks, property and casualty insurance, life and health insurance, diversified REITs, water utilities, and renewable electricity. It seeks to invest in Georgia. The firm seeks board position in public portfolio companies. It exits through IPO or trade sale in five to ten years. The firm raises capital through equity and debt market transactions. Georgia Capital PLC was founded in 2018 and is based in Tbilisi, Georgia with additional offices in Tbilisi, Georgia; London, United Kingdom and Bristol, United Kingdom. Georgia Capital PLC operates independently of BGEO Group plc as of May 29, 2018.

GCFUND is a Georgian private equity fund that invests in early-stage and growth-stage companies in the infrastructure, energy, agriculture, logistics, and manufacturing sectors. The fund seeks to partner with companies that have strong teams and the potential to achieve significant growth in Georgia.

Engage is a pioneering innovation platform that unites leading corporations in the Southeastern United States to support startups shaping the future of enterprise. Designed for high-growth startups aiming to accelerate their enterprise go-to-market strategies and partner with Fortune 500 companies, Engage offers a comprehensive suite of services to foster collaboration and growth. The platform's Enterprise Go-To-Market Program is a 10-week initiative that assists startups in refining their strategies and facilitates smoother entry into the Fortune 500 ecosystem. This program runs biannually, in the Spring and Fall, and is tailored to each startup's unique needs, connecting them with corporate leaders and decision-makers. Engage's network includes prominent corporations such as AT&T, Chick-fil-A, Cox Enterprises, Delta Air Lines, Georgia-Pacific, Georgia Power Foundation, Georgia Tech, Goldman Sachs, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), The Home Depot, Invesco, Invest Georgia, Tech Square Ventures, and UPS. These partnerships provide startups with direct access to top executives and resources, enhancing their ability to navigate enterprise sales and partnerships effectively. Additionally, Engage hosts curated events, industry roundtables, and expert councils, fostering an environment where startups and enterprises can collaborate, share knowledge, and drive innovation. Through its Insights Engine, developed in collaboration with the Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Tech, Engage analyzes emerging enterprise verticals, offering data-driven insights to corporate partners and supporting informed innovation decisions. This collaborative approach enables corporate partners to incubate new internal businesses, pilot innovative startup technologies, and validate acquisition strategies.

Lira VC is a venture capital firm specializing in angel investments and investments in incubation, seed stage, startups, and early stage companies. The firm seeks to invest in Atlanta. It also offers micro loans between $5,000 and $100,000. It also provides business incubator space, including basic bookkeeping, marketing, website/SEO, transportation, high-speed Internet access, office space with furniture, office equipment, networking opportunities as well as mentoring and guidance. The firm prefers to invest in convertible debt or have an ownership equity in the company. Lira VC is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

HQ'd in Georgia, Noxtton is represented in 3 physical locations and provides worldwide service coverage. Noxtton's portfolio crosses industries and borders, comprising more than 300+ completed projects with top notch clients, brands and partners.We are committed to unravel the complexities of technology solutions and to make it intelligible for organisations and individuals all around the world, regardless of their industry, location or speciality.

Willsfort Georgia is the group of companies under the single family office Willsfort LLC. Combining our expertise and resources with a detailed knowledge of several industries and experience, we are able to create and grow the business ideas. Our knowledge enables us to optimize the allocated resources, plan for and manage through important generational transitions and streamline the processes.

Founded in 1981, CID Capital is a private equity firm specializing in lower-middle-market buyouts, focusing on industrial products, services, and distribution companies. With over 43 years of experience, the firm has raised a total of $677 million across five funds and has made 55 investments to date. CID Capital's investment strategy emphasizes hands-on involvement, working closely with visionary founders and management teams to maximize the impact of their investments. The firm typically targets companies with revenues exceeding $10 million and EBITDA over $3 million, seeking transaction sizes of $10 million or more. They prefer to take majority control positions in companies headquartered in the United States and Canada, with no size limits for add-on acquisitions. CID Capital's portfolio includes companies such as Wiseway, a distributor of electrical, plumbing, and lighting supplies; PDQ Industries, a manufacturer of commercial-grade door hardware; MWR, a provider of water and fire damage restoration services; Georgia Metals, a supplier of metal paneling; Lettermen's Energy, a consolidator of propane retail distributors; and Roebuck, a provider of landscaping services. The firm's team comprises professionals committed to navigating the dynamic investment landscape with precision and innovation.

JSC Smartex is a venture capital firm specializing in growth capital, incubation, seed, start up, early stage, mid venture, late venture, and emerging growth investments. It seeks to invest in digital wallets and payments; Online financial services; local deals, social gifting, and electronic commerce; voice over internet protocol communications; fintech and digital and user generated content sectors. The firm prefers to invest in Georgia and elsewhere. It typically makes seed investments between $0.0015 million and $0.05 million, early stage investments between $0.05 million and $0.10 million, and growth capital investments between $0.10 million and $0.30 million. It prefers to acquire a majority stake in seed and early stage companies and can co-invest with angel investors in growth stage companies. The firm seeks a seat on the board of directors of its portfolio companies. JSC Smartex was founded in 2011 and is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Overline VC is a founder/operator-led venture capital firm based in Atlanta, Georgia, focusing on early-stage investments in the Southeast United States. Established in 2020, the firm leads or co-leads pre-seed and seed rounds, investing between $250,000 and $1.5 million. Overline maintains a generalist approach, remaining industry and business model agnostic, and emphasizes a hands-on partnership with portfolio companies, providing strategic and operational support to help them scale effectively.

Spruce, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital, buyout, buy and build, industry consolidation, recapitalizations, divestitures, middle market, turnaround, mezzanine debt, bridge, senior, junior, unitranche debt, and real estate project financing investments. The firm typically invests in the South of United States. The firm prefers to invest between $0.5 million and $8 million in equity investments. It also invests in equity of real estate project finance in value add, distressed, opportunistic investments in United States with an investment size of $0.5 Million and $10 Million. The firm also invest in direct business lending in debt investment value between $0.5 millions and $15 million with EBITDA between $0.1 million and $10 million. The firm seeks majority stakes. Spruce, LLC is based in Tallahassee, Florida with additional office in Atlanta, Georgia.

VooCap, LLC specializes in making direct investments. It makes private equity / buyouts and venture capital investments in seed/startup, early venture, and emerging growth companies and is involved in growth capital, buyout, and recapitalization transactions. The firm invests in energy and information technology. It seeks to invest in United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, China, and India. The firm invests between $5 million and $250 million in its portfolio companies. The firm prefers to hold majority stake in its portfolio companies. VooCap, LLC is headquartered in Smyrna, Georgia with additional office in New York, New York.

IMB Partners is a private equity firm specializing in management buyouts, middle market, recapitalizations, leveraged build-ups, corporate divestitures, joint ventures, add-on acquisitions, lower middle market and de-novo large-scale investments. The firm prefers to invest in existing suppliers to large corporations and/or government entities. It primarily invests in cyber security, Utilities and Energy, niche government contracting and in commercial services with a focus in commercial printing, IT staffing & consulting, food supply, logistics, distribution, diversified support services, environmental and facilities services, office services and supplies and security and alarm services. In electric and gas utility, Construction Contractors and Prime Vendor with focus in project and construction management, engineering, procurement and consulting, underground and aerial construction (non-union and union), vegetation management, utility locating and inspection. The firm prefers to invest in US and Canada with focus on California, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. In electric and gas utility the firm invests in companies having revenues between $10 million and $250 million along with $5 million to $25 million of EBITDA. In government contracting the firm invests in companies having revenue between $10 million and $100 million along with $5 million to $20 million of EBITDA. It makes flexible capital investments which includes control and non-control acquisitions. The firm takes majority along with minority stakes. IMB Partners was founded in 2010 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Mount Laurel, New Jersey & New York, New York.

Leaders Fund is a venture capital firm established in 2016, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in Alpharetta, Georgia, and Tel Aviv, Israel. The firm specializes in seed and early-stage investments, focusing primarily on high-growth B2B enterprise software companies that leverage cloud computing, mobile technology, and machine learning. Leaders Fund typically invests between $1 million and $5 million in its portfolio companies, aiming for ownership stakes of 5 to 20 percent. The firm is managed by a team of experienced operators who have successfully founded and scaled multiple enterprise software companies. By maintaining an evergreen, flexible investment structure, Leaders Fund fosters creative partnerships with other investors while ensuring alignment with the long-term objectives of its portfolio companies.

Established in 1997, ZT Corporate is a private equity firm with an investment portfolio in healthcare services and automotive dealerships. ZT Corporate’s investment team collaborates with its operators to support the day-to-day operations of the firm’s portfolio investments. This close collaboration drives value creation by developing stronger operator-investor relationships, cross-functional expertise and a deeper understanding of the target industries. Since its founding, ZT Corporate has successfully completed more than 60+ investments, including platform companies and follow-on opportunities with multiple liquidity events created in last 3 years.ZT Corporate’s healthcare business portfolio operates as 'Altus Community Health System’, a Texas-based community healthcare system of hospitals, surgical centers, emergency rooms and other acute-care services. ZT Motors was founded in 2015 and has become one of the fastest-growing verticals within ZT Corporate's portfolio. ZT Motors operates automotive dealerships in Florida and Georgia for BMW, Chevrolet, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota.

We invest in underrepresented founders, especially Black founders, based in Alabama and Georgia.

PASHA Investments is a private equity company focusing on growth capital investments in mid-cap companies in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey.We are part of PASHA Group, a large investment holding based in Azerbaijan, which has assets across a wide variety of sectors, including banking, insurance, construction, hospitality and tourism. Since our launch, we have earned a reputation of a credible financial partner. Today, we provide our stakeholders with a solid mix of broad expertise, financial strength and sharp strategy.Our experienced team is driven by the main mission: to seek out companies with growth potential and support their further development and expansion.We believe in the importance of credibility and we are certain of our strategy, based on integrity, quality, profitability, collaboration, and entrepreneurship.VisionA leading regional and credible strategic investor governed by utmost integrity, sound corporate governance, advanced technology solutions and managed by competent human talent to stimulate sustainable economic growth, professional entrepreneurship and to facilitate regional business partnership.MissionPromote capital-efficient investments in non-oil industry in Azerbaijan and in neighboring economies to serve their growing investment needs, to stay committed to encouraging a culture of innovation and creativity, and to being a representation of best corporate practice, trust, continuity and respect for all our stakeholders: our countries of presence, shareholders, employees, clients and partners.IntegrityAt the core of our business stands the unshakeable commitment to integrity. For us, it means doing what is right. Every time. All the time. Even when no one sees you. At the very basic level, it is about respecting the laws and regulations of the country we operate in. It is about upholding our company’s code of conduct even in the face of challenges. It means never sacrificing company interests for personal gains. It means being honest with ourselves, our colleagues, clients and partners and earning their trust. ProfitabilityWe generate profits for the benefit of our shareholders and the society at large. In fact, it is today’s profit that lays the foundation of the sustainable business and serves for maintaining the competitive edge. Our staff understand that value comes not only in every manat earned but also every manat saved. However, in the pursuit of short-term business goals we never lose sight of our long-term aspiration – to create and maintain a sustainable global business. And this aspiration drives every strategic decision we make. EntrepreneurshipThe world around is constantly changing, so we often have to operate in ambiguity. We seek new opportunities and are ready to take bold steps – do things and go places others don’t dare to. We don’t fear challenges but view them as opportunities to grow. We are unafraid to take a personal responsibility for going an extra mile or doing something new. Our staff treat the company with care, passion, prudence – just like they would treat their own business. QualityThe outside world will always judge us by the quality of the product or service we deliver. And the quality of our work is directly proportional to the dedication and professionalism of our staff. There is no way around it. That is why we always follow the standards we set. That is why we deliver what we promise - day in, day out – carefully balancing quality with efficiency for optimal results. That is why we try new things and strive to learn and improve - as individuals and as an organization. CollaborationWhen we work as one team across departments, business units, and countries we produce phenomenal results. When we collaborate with clients, partners and suppliers we far exceed market expectations. The impact of these synergies far surpasses that of any individual contribution. Collaboration creates a sound working environment and leads to higher efficiency. It accelerates problem-solving and enables innovation. It nurtures trust and respect.

TechOperators is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in cybersecurity and B2B software investments. Founded in 2008, the firm focuses on providing capital and operational expertise to early-stage companies, particularly those too small for traditional venture capital and too large for angel investors. TechOperators has raised multiple funds, with its third fund totaling $100 million. The firm typically invests between $3 million and $6 million in Seed and Series A rounds, focusing on cybersecurity startups across the United States. The firm's portfolio includes notable companies such as Automox, Polarity, Tala Security, Todyl, Scytale (acquired by HPE), and Kyck Global. TechOperators has a history of successful exits, including the acquisition of Immunet by Sourcefire, JouleX by Cisco, and Ionic Security by Twilio. TechOperators' investment approach is characterized by an active role in portfolio companies, providing not only capital but also operational knowledge to drive growth and innovation. The firm emphasizes a deep understanding of the cybersecurity landscape, enabling it to lead decisively and support companies from early design stages through significant revenue milestones.

Amaana Capital is a venture capital arm of NRD Capital Management, LLC specializing in post-seed, series B rounds of startups and growth capital investments. The firm prefers to invest in financial inclusion and digitization of payments, seamless access to healthcare services, improving mobility and transportation infrastructure, digitization of consumer experiences, enhancing food security, increasing access to quality education and climate and agritech sectors. It prefers to invest companies based in Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia region. Amaana Capital was founded in 2021 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Fenwick Brands is a private equity firm specializing in middle market investments, owner or management-led buyouts, growth capital, recapitalizations, corporate carve outs, turnarounds (in select situations). It invests in emerging consumer brands, consumer packaged goods, food & beverage, household products, pet products, personal care, health & wellness, and lawn & garden. It typically invests in companies preferably located in Southeastern United States. It invests in companies between $3 million to $7 million with annual revenue up to $25 million and EBITDA up to 10 million. It seeks to make co-investments and be a minority or majority partner. Fenwick Brands was founded in 1988 and is based in Birmingham, Alabama with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois, and Boston, Massachusetts.

Forté Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012, specializing in collaborating and co-investing with corporate strategic partners to empower startups across North America. The firm focuses on sectors such as Information Technology, Mobility, Digital Media, Internet & eCommerce, Financial Technology, and Industrial Technology. Investments typically range from $500,000 to $3 million and often include participation from leading corporate and strategic partners. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Forté Ventures also has offices in Sunnyvale, California, Chicago, and New York. The firm's investment strategy emphasizes early-stage financing rounds, particularly Series A and B, targeting companies that have achieved product-market fit but have not yet scaled. Notable portfolio companies include RapidSOS, AdStage, StellaService, Ushr, Integrate, Urgent.ly, Springbot, AppBus, and Liaison Technologies. The team is led by Managing Partner Tom Hawkins, who has over 24 years of venture capital, entrepreneurial, and operational experience. Other key team members include Partners Louis Rajczi and John Patton, Venture Partners David Nagel, PhD, and Paul R. DiBella, and Vice President Will McKinney. Forté Ventures' approach combines financial investment with strategic guidance, leveraging its network of corporate partners to support the growth and success of its portfolio companies.

Knoll Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in providing strategic capital to early-stage technology companies. The firm focuses on supporting innovative founders who challenge the status quo and drive meaningful change. Knoll Ventures has a history of backing outlier companies that demonstrate exceptional potential and impact. Their portfolio includes companies like cove.tool, Lendflow, and Tourial, each recognized for their unique contributions to their respective industries. The firm is committed to fostering growth and success in the technology sector by partnering with visionary entrepreneurs.

Mantra Capital is a venture capital fund specializing in early-stage, seed and pre-Series A round startups. The firm prefers to invest in startups in India and international markets like the US to make its initial investments. The firm focuses on Deep Tech for human good, food and agritech, circular economy and healthtech, among others. It focuses on Design & Innovation, Product Engineering, Manufacturing & Cloud Services, Sales & Marketing, go to market, M & A. It prefers to invest in Ag & food tech (The tools & implements), health tech (Innovations in the value chain), smart cities (Comfort and quality of life) and sustainability (advancement through deep tech). It seeks to invest in R&D resources in India, marketing & GTM in India, EU & North America, Design, prototyping and scaling in India, EU & North America, M&A access across India & North America. Mantra Capital was formed in 2020 and is based in Marietta, Georgia.

MSouth Capital is a private equity firm specializes in management buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, generational transfers, other corporate initiatives and lower middle-market investments. It invests in companies based primarily in the South includes Alabama, Arkansas, the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. It typically invests in companies up to $30 million check size with at least $3 million of EBITDA and companies typically valued between $25 million and $200 million. The firm makes minority equity investments (up to 49% ownership). MSouth Capital was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia