These are the Top Venture Capital Companies in Georgia (2021)

4 years ago

This article showcases our top picks for the best Georgia based Venture Capital companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Venture Capital industry, but are all exceptional startups and companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top Georgia Venture Capital Companies

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Invesco

Invesco

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Invesco is an independent investment management firm dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life. The firm is specialized investment teams managing investments across a comprehensive range of asset classes, investment styles, and geographies.

They are privileged to manage more than $926.0 billion in assets on behalf of clients worldwide (as of November 30, 2018 ). They offer a wide range of single-country, regional and global capabilities across major equity, fixed income, and alternative asset classes, delivered through a diverse set of investment vehicles.

High-quality results begin with specialized insight and disciplined oversight.. .

Forge Partners

Forge Partners

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Forge Partners is an investment firm that engaging in managing and buying businesses. Forge Partners was founded by Taylor Davidson and Grant Schafle.

The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.. .

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Treehouse Holdings

Treehouse Holdings

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Treehouse Holdings fosters growth and value by creating companies and partnering with innovative entrepreneurs and management teams to build pioneering enterprises that bring game-changing technologies, products, and services to the market. It seeks to invest in the technology, healthcare, and market sectors.

It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.. .

Cerner Capital

Cerner Capital

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Cerner Capital Management is a highly disciplined investment firm dedicated to growing equity returns for corporations, government entities, foundations, trusts and private investors. Our unique, risk-discerning investment approach produces consistent returns at lower risk.

Cerner Capital’s principals are established advisors with significant experience in the areas of investment management and tax advisory solutions. Investors choose us to grow and protect their portfolios in highly fluctuating markets..

OHUB

OHUB

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OHUB is a technology, startup, and venture ecosystem building platform created to ensure that everyone, everywhere has equitable access to the future of work, the fourth industrial revolution, and beyond as a path to multi-generational wealth creation with no reliance on pre-existing multi-generational wealth. For communities, OHUB is a campus for content, curriculum, careers, and co-founder and capital resources and opportunities.

Aspiring or expert technologists, executives, founders, and investors apply for starting complimentary membership to OHUB; and evolve their level of engagement and access as time goes on. For enterprises, OHUB is a supplier and partner to over 50 tech companies, Fortune 500 corporations, high growth startups, venture funds, and growing.

They provide authentic diversity, equity & inclusion services (DEIS) across an organization’s corporate governance, human resources, procurement, product innovation, go to market, investment, and social impact. For municipalities, OHUB launches local and regional inclusive innovation districts, ecosystem building, and startup accelerators designed to create and sustain inclusive in demand workforces and entrepreneurial ecosystems in the form of public-private partnerships to disrupt income inequality, poverty, and the racial wealth gap while increasing a region’s economic mobility and growth for all its constituents.

Kansas City, Mo is the first expansion market. OHUB plans to expand to 100 cities over the next decade.

OHUB was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.. .

Reliance Trust Company an FIS Company

Reliance Trust Company an FIS Company

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Reliance Trust Company an FIS Company is a financial services company offering wealth management and investment services.

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11-11 Ventures

11-11 Ventures

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Located in Alpharetta, Georgia, 11-11 Ventures invests in early stage technology companies with specific focus in Blockchain. We are one of the most active VC firm in South East.

Our offices are located in the Alpharetta Technology’s Innovation Center (2972 Webb Bridge Road, Alpharetta, GA 30009). .

XIFAQ Solutions

XIFAQ Solutions

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XIFAQ Solutions LLC is a Georgia based professional and business services firm that has been delivering solutions to clients and helping them out to succeed. Whether you are a Startup or an established Organization, we offer an impressive portfolio of professional services that are completely customizable for your business.

Whatever your needs may be, we have a solution for you and together we can make it happen. ​ Consulting, Advisory, Investments, Recruitment, Technology, Audit, Risk & Compliance..

40billion.com

40billion.com

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40Billion.com is the social funding network for entrepreneurs. It’s like Facebook meets microfinance.

Do you know how it seems really hard for entrepreneurs to raise funding? What 40Billion.com does is lets entrepreneurs use social networking to raise funding quickly, easily, and affordably so they can start and grow successful businesses. 40Billion.com, Inc.

is the first Internet-based microfinance technology company serving American small businesses. The platform helps entrepreneurs raise funding more easily and more affordably through friends and family – and other people you know or are connected with – than through banks or other traditional financial institutions.

Since 2008, they’ve facilitated over $25,000,000 in Raises, and the ultimate goal is to bridge a $40,000,000,000 funding gap (hence the name “40Billion”).. .

QuarterMoore

QuarterMoore

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Our mission is to build and invest in companies that have the ability to transform industries while contributing to social innovation.

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Imlay Investments

Imlay Investments

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They financially support the people who demonstrate the passion, principles and leadership to create better lives in their communities. They trust their partners and their communities to make a better world.

Through charitable giving, they can make a positive impact that will pay dividends for years to come.. .

Phoenix Capital Ventures

Phoenix Capital Ventures

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Phoenix Capital Ventures is an investment firm based in Atlanta & NYC, focused on early stage & scaling sports, media & lifestyle companies.

Blue Vista Ventures

Blue Vista Ventures

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Blue Vista Ventures is the Investment Vehicle for Greg Smith, Angel Investor

KNAV International Ltd

KNAV International Ltd

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KNAV International Ltd is a financial services company that provides holistic accounting, auditing, and business advisory services.

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Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions

Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions

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Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions is a financial services company that provides mortgage solutions.

Fidelity Bank

Fidelity Bank

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Fidelity Bank is a commercial bank providing services financial sercvices. Fidelity Bank provides banking services and Wealth Management services and credit-related insurance products through branches in Georgia and Florida, and an insurance office in Atlanta, Georgia.

Indirect auto loans are provided in Georgia and Florida and mortgage loans are provided throughout the South, while SBA loans are originated nationwide.. .

Citizens Bancshares Corporation

Citizens Bancshares Corporation

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Citizens Bancshares Corporation is a banking firm that extends credit, offers home loans and bank accounts.

Birch Global

Birch Global

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Birch Global Group, Inc. will provide a range of financial services with the efficiency of blockchain technology.

Our clients are business owners with the potential to benefit from blockchain technology. We form partnerships that create practical and innovative solutions for traditional companies.

Our first offering is Dinote – Crowdfunding for digital term notes Leveraging the Ethereum based Dharma protocol, Dinote seeks to democratize private debt funding, exposing our clients to a global liquidity pool. Emerging tokenization technology has the potential to disrupt global debt markets.

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Vertical404

Vertical404

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Venture firm & growth accelerator investing in Black & Latinx led SaaS companies.

Ellis Capital

Ellis Capital

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Ellis Capital is an early stage venture capital and opportunistic investment firm based in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Loan Depot Lending Company

The Loan Depot Lending Company

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The Loan Depot Lending Company is a bank specializing in CMBS and SBA lending services.

Domain Capital Advisors

Domain Capital Advisors

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Domain Capital Advisors, LLC is an investment management that identifies and evaluates investment opportunities across a wide range of industries and asset types, including real estate, private equity, venture capital, life annuities, entertainment financing, agricultural lending, as well as most other “alternative” investments. As a regulated investment advisor, Domain takes its fiduciary responsibilities extremely seriously.

Its company’s mission is to build mutually beneficial long-term relationships with select clients and investment partners that share our core values of trust, honesty and integrity, which we believe are pillars to financial success.. .

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RSM McGladrey

RSM McGladrey

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RSM McGladrey Employer Services, Inc. provides brokerage, human resource (HR) consulting, and payroll services to meet the health care and HR management needs of midsized companies.

It offers its service in the area of tax services, business consulting, wealth management, retirement plan services, payroll and benefits, financial process outsourcing, investment banking, audit and assurance, and international business services. The company also provides its services for HR management services, retirement plan services, tax consulting, wealth management, and mergers and acquisitions.

The company was formerly known as MyBenefitSource, Inc. and changed its name to RSM McGladrey Employer Services,….

Trimont Real Estate Advisors

Trimont Real Estate Advisors

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For over 25 years, Trimont has grown to serve the needs of our clients. We align our interests with our clients, and because we are neither a real estate lender or investor, we are not their competitor.

Trimont is rated by Standard & Poor’s as a commercial mortgage special servicer and construction loan servicer, by Fitch as both a primary and special servicer, and by Kroll Bond Ratings as a primary and special servicer. These ratings have allowed us to service our clients in both securitized and balance sheet environments.

Trimont provides a full range of services to real estate lenders and investors on both debt and equity investments. Our core services include asset management (primary, fund and special), asset servicing, bond finance services, defeasance consulting, underwriting, and information management.

Our experience extends to all asset classes plus all major and secondary markets. In our role as trusted advisors, Trimont has consistently demonstrated an ability to enhance the value of our clients’ investments and mitigate their losses..

Monarch Private Capital

Monarch Private Capital

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Monarch Private Capital (formerly State Tax Credit Exchange) is a financial services company providing federal and state tax credit solutions to Fortune 500 companies, businesses and high-net-worth individuals aimed at lowering their federal and/or state tax liabilities while supporting socially beneficial activities. Created by state and federal governments, tax credits incentivize specific business activities that the government deems worthy of stimulating.

MPC’s singular focus is on the structuring and placement of transferable tax credits. Monarch Private Capital’s focus is to provide innovative capital solutions to renewable energy, low-income housing, film, and historic rehabilitation industries.

The company is a nationally recognized tax equity investor providing innovative capital solutions for affordable housing, historic rehabilitations, renewable energy, film, and other qualified projects. Monarch Private Capital was formed in 2004 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia..

Startup Augusta

Startup Augusta

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Startup Augusta helps support businesses at all levels of development, from notes on a napkin through VC funding. They encourage you to contact us and become a part of the solution.

Startup Augusta is the primary hub for the Startup community in Augusta Ga and surrounding areas. Startup Augusta is a solution designed to take Augusta headfirst into the next phase of growth that is upon us..

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Elite Crowdfund

Elite Crowdfund

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Elite Crowdfund is an equity crowdfunding platform that offers Pre-IPO deal flows for high net worth investors. It helps connect investors with capital to entrepreneurs with high growth potential.

The company is founded in the United States and it was launched in 2015 by Derek Cunningham, Darren Miller, Derrick Williams, and Jan Zalud.. .

Mean Circle Ventures

Mean Circle Ventures

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Mean Circle is a venture firm that uses strategic partnerships with athletes/entertainers to add value into the Pre-IPO Tech and CPG space.

Homrich Berg

Homrich Berg

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Homrich Berg is an investment management company offering investment management and financial planning services.

So.Tech Leaders

So.Tech Leaders

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Southern Technology Leaders (So.Tech) was created with the over-arching goal to showcase the South’s vibrant technology sector, connect its people, and deliver the resources necessary to establish the South as the leader in technology innovation and growth in the U.S. Rich in human and financial capital, leading cities such as Atlanta, Austin, Nashville, and Charlotte are leaders in transportation, technology, entertainment, and banking – and stand ready to invest further in the south’s technological future.

Southern Technology Leaders is leading the way.. .

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IRIS Venture Builder

IRIS Venture Builder

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IRIS is a Venture Builder that incubates and launches differential technology companies .

Cornerstone Bank Georgia

Cornerstone Bank Georgia

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Cornerstone Bank Georgia is a community business bank based in Georgia.

First Financial Security

First Financial Security

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First Financial Security is a financial services company that offers securities and insurance services.

Vercor

Vercor

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Vercor specializes in business retail, private equity recapitalization, mergers and acquisitions.

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UpStar Labs

UpStar Labs

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UpStar Labs is the startup incubation and investment arm of KMS Technology. Guided by its global leadership team, UpStar Labs builds world-renowned software products using its Vietnam-based engineering talents and invests in high-impact startups in the US and Southeast Asia.

Its portfolio includes QASymphony, Kobiton, Katalon, Cypress.io, Izenda and many others.. .

Brokerage Platform Option

Brokerage Platform Option

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First Southern Securities, LLC is a boutique financial services company that provides a broad spectrum of investment banking and brokerage.

Southeast Mortgage of Georgia, Inc.

Southeast Mortgage of Georgia, Inc.

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Southeast Mortgage of Georgia is a financial services company offering FHA, VA, and loan services.

Capital Choice Financial Group

Capital Choice Financial Group

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Capital Choice Financial Group is a financial services company offering financial and banking solutions.

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MyCloud Holdings

MyCloud Holdings

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MyCloud Holdings invests in web-based enterprises and combines tech, education, finance and legal backgrounds to support ed-tech ventures.

Ashford Advisors

Ashford Advisors

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Ashford Advisors is an Atlanta-based financial services firm.

Lyman Management Group (LMG)

Lyman Management Group (LMG)

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Lyman Management Group helps entrepreneurs & executives of medium sized companies ($4MM-$400MM) navigate the turbulent waters of a growing enterprise. From shareholder disputes, to cash-flow crisis management, to turn-arounds, expansions, and re-structuring, and more, LMG’s domain experts fills the gaps of a company’s rising challenges.

Specialties include: • Negotiating, resolving shareholder disputes • Structuring shareholder buyouts and shareholder compensation • Deploying capital successfully into profitable deals • Recovering value in deals gone sideways • Structuring, modeling and negotiating private equity deals • Generating creative deal structures to align opposing parties in order to close deals • Conducting due diligence on prospective investments for venture and private equity firms • Performing due-diligence and valuation analysis of venture and/or private equity portfolios for pension funds and other institutional investors (limited partners) • Analyzing the legal, corporate governance, strategic, operational, and financial issues for deal evaluation and due diligence • Conducting forensic financial analysis • Cash Flow Issues • Negotiating Shareholder Disputes • Shareholder Litigation • Structuring and Negotiating investment deals–from road show pitches, to term sheets, to closing documents • Raising Money • Structuring Joint Ventures • Technology Licensing and/or Acquisition • Leveraged Recapitalization, Bankruptcy, and Corporate Restructuring • Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) • Leveraged Buyouts (LBO) • Management Buyouts (MBO) • Initial Public Offerings (IPO) • Private Equity • Follow-on/Secondary Offerings • Equity Carve Outs • Spin-outs • Strategy • Operations • Finances We also lecture, and train executives and groups. We adapt our training to our audiences.

We have mentored and presented to everyone from undergraduate, advanced corporate finance students, to MBA candidates, to start-up entrepreneurs, to executives of small to medium corporations, to the executives of the largest retailer in the world.. .

secpho Cluster

secpho Cluster

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secpho Cluster is a business oriented cluster for the optics and photonics sector.

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Planters First Bank

Planters First Bank

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Planters First Bank is a bank specializing in PFB mortgage services.

Raving Brands, LLC

Raving Brands, LLC

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Franchise company owned by management and Virginia-based private equity firm focused on high growth consumer brands

Outlander Labs

Outlander Labs

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Outlander Labs is an investment management company that provides funds for start-up firms.

Brainworks Ventures

Brainworks Ventures

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Founded by renowned economist Dr. Donald Ratajczak, BrainWorks Ventures is a venture development and asset management company focused on building a portfolio of high-growth business opportunities developed from corporations and universities, as well as traditional entrepreneurs.

BrainWorks Ventures works with universities, corporations, research labs, government economic development authorities and individual innovators to foster the commercialization of new concepts and technologies. BrainWorks Ventures filters these commercialization opportunities using a proprietary venture development methodology.

The model utilizes a network of business and industry experts who assist BrainWorks in the selection and assessment of opportunities for investment. Executive Venture Partners is a boutique consulting practice that specializes in corporate venturing.

Executive Venture Partners works with large corporations and government research laboratories to identify undervalued assets that can be commercialized. Executive Venture Partners then provides the resources and management talent to build a business around those assets.

Executive Venture Partners also works with businesses to establish corporate venturing programs that manage corporate venture capital funds designed to make strategic investments. BrainWorks Ventures Labs focuses on the development of university affiliated venture development labs that are designed to accelerate the launch of profitable business ventures.

BrainWorks Ventures Labs also offers its mentoring services to start-up companies that are not affiliated with a university.. .

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Emory Entrepreneurship & Venture Management

Emory Entrepreneurship & Venture Management

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EEVM is Emory’s first campus-wide entrepreneurship and venture management organization. It is their goal to foster entrepreneurship on campus while also exposing students to the venture capital/private equity space.

They want students to get excited about building things. .

DANESC, LLC

DANESC, LLC

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Founded in 1998 and based in Atlanta, Danesc™ specializes in web development and online IT services that help businesses have a more secure, beautiful and scalable internet presence. We help our clients bridge their business challenges with affordable solutions.

Our interest is to become your strategic technology partners. Companies of all sizes, from small businesses to Fortune 200 from all over the world have trusted our services.

We believe in building long-term partnerships with our clients, and promise to provide you with the quality of services and support you deserve. We love it when our clients feel we are an extension to their team.

Our goal is to save companies money by becoming a trusted advisor and strategic partner, and help each individual client take an idea and make it a reality within the online world. With every client we create a custom plan and recognize their individual needs and financial resources.

This may include branding, website design/development, WordPress, SEO, blogging, social media and mobile applications. Danesc has extensive experience developing mobile applications and managing high-traffic websites that are responsive, interactive, and socially driven.

We love startup companies, even if they don’t have enough funding in place. We get excited about new ideas and we are willing to partner up and help with their technical and funding needs.

Chi Rho Consulting

Chi Rho Consulting

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WE’RE THOUGHT LEADERS, INNOVATORS & RAIN MAKERS Chi Rho Consulting is a strategic business consultancy dedicated to helping entrepreneurs launch successful startups and expand their business ventures. Our firm assists idea stage, funding stage and expansion stage startups with Strategic Planning, VC Funding, Growth Strategy and Risk Avoidance.

We are based in suburban Atlanta, Georgia (USA) and engage with a select clientele throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Our solutions speed market entry, create new scaling opportunities, and contain costs..

KWOTABLE

KWOTABLE

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Breaking Political / Business News & Opinions

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Heritage Growth Partners

Heritage Growth Partners

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Heritage Growth Partners is a private, family investment office focused on serving owner-managers and their companies to accelerate growth.

Thawer Ashcroft Crowne & Co, LLC

Thawer Ashcroft Crowne & Co, LLC

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Venture Capital & Private Equity

Community First Banking

Community First Banking

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Georgia stock corporation

New Kent Consulting LLC.

New Kent Consulting LLC.

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New Kent Consulting provides fee-based business advisory services to corporations and private equity firms.

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PCI Technologies

PCI Technologies

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PCI Technologies is a private equity firm that focuses on merger, asset acquisition and stock exchange services for health care industries.

IdentityStream

IdentityStream

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A leading solution provider that leverages biometrics to ensure positive identification of customers and employees in financial institutions. Identity Stream’s software solution is currently marketed with Temenos, the banking software company, as T24 Biometrics.

The solution has seen growth in emerging markets by providing “one touch” identification for any transaction in the TEMENOS™ T24 core banking system.. .

Voocap

Voocap

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Voocap is an owner managed firm with a small core investment team,they aim to make the process from deal identification to acceptance.

ASH Ventures

ASH Ventures

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ASH Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm.

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