Relevance Ventures

What is Relevance Ventures?

Relevance Ventures, based in Brentwood, Tennessee, is a venture capital firm with a focus on fueling the future of wellbeing. They engage in investing in wellness and restoring balance for investors and entrepreneurs.

Relevance Ventures aims to create connections with daring entrepreneurs and like-minded investors to generate substantial value through the building of iconic companies, thus powering a transition to preventive wellness as a solution to the world's healthcare crisis. They offer entrepreneurs a disproportionate advantage by deploying capital and expertise, assisting founders in building revolutionary companies, and accelerating their success while decreasing capital risk.

With an emphasis on increasing growth optionality and delivering on the invested company's mission, they focus on companies that empower personalized health decisions among equitable options and deliver positive advancement in the social determinants of health. Relevance Ventures concentrates on Series A & B opportunities led by driven leaders that are poised to achieve significant annual revenue growth within a few years post-investment and have a clear exit strategy or pathway to self-sustainability. They are also open to strategic investments in seed and later-stage opportunities.

The firm invests in sectors such as Tourism, Beauty & Personal Care, Mental Health & Wellness, Pet Health, Sustainability, Real Estate, Food, Personalized Medicine, Digital Health, and Fitness Tech. They approach investment as an opportunity to make a positive impact, promoting wellness within communities, and are certified by the TriState Minority Supplier Development Council as a Native American-owned business.

They are also a member of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and support efforts to expand inclusion in the venture ecosystem.

What they say:

We invest in early-stage startups that deliver disruptive solutions through technology and health-focused solutions, including B2B, B2C, mobile payments, therapeutics, and wellness.