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Office Locations:
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88 Union Ave 2nd Floor
Memphis, TN 38103
Phone: 901-213-7795
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Information Technology
Media & Digital Media
Sports & Entertainment
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Start Co. was established by a group of Memphis area leaders to grow the city's entrepreneurial community. Through events designed to highlight Memphis' entrepreneurial activities, Start Co. hopes to welcome and nurture new technology startup businesses. Start Co. (501c3) supports the earliest stages of entrepreneurship in Memphis with dynamic programs that are designed to help potential entrepreneurs to take the first actionable steps of starting a new business. Additionally, Start Co. supplies ad hoc mentoring and a co-working space to lower the economic barrier of entry to incubation. For startups and businesses, Start Co. provides Memphis' only dynamic innovation economy programming to keep up-to-speed on the latest trends. The last 10 years of building have brought together 3 core enablers to build the future: the creation and launch of a 30 acre, digitally connected neighborhood for data sharing, technology development, and software advancements.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage (includes "pre-seed," or concept stage) | No Revenue |
Early Stage | Minimal Revenue |
Growth Stage (also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage (also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
Private Equity | |
Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
Large Cap | >$1B |
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