Established in 2004, Charleston's longest-tenured angel investment group, providing capital, counsel and resources to empower early-stage founders across the Southeast; member-driven, with portfolio companies including Ecotone Renewables and RealSeq Biosciences.

Greenville-based private equity firm investing in lower-middle-market companies (revenue $10M+, EBITDA up to $8M) across the Southern and Midwest US, with a focus on agriculture, food, pet and industrial sectors; ~$95.5M AUM across three funds.

Greenville-headquartered angel investment network founded 2014, running angel groups and funds across Greenville, Columbia, Spartanburg, Anderson, Aiken, Rock Hill, Myrtle Beach, Charleston and western NC; 450+ active investors and $75M+ invested in 100+ companies.

Charleston-based evergreen venture capital firm making early-stage investments in scalable startups, with a preference for companies headquartered in the Southeast; targets roughly one new portfolio company per quarter and co-invests with other venture investors.

Founded 2013 by David Mendez, the first committed-capital VC fund formed in South Carolina in over a decade; Charleston-headquartered, investing in post-revenue tech startups (big data, software, industrial automation, IoT) between the US Southeast and the Nordics.

Majority women- and minority-managed early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Charleston and Boston, investing in health tech, green tech, data science and consumer startups; its oversubscribed $100M+ third fund is the largest VC fund in South Carolina history.