Recently Funded Startups in Tennessee
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ holds 252 funded startups in Tennessee and keeps their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details up to date. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Tennessee, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Startups in Tennessee closed 89 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 44 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $2.8B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $5.0M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.0M and $20M. Health Care, Artificial Intelligence and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies by sector. Nashville and Memphis hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in Tennessee.
Nashville leads the geographic distribution, while early stages dominate the funding profile. Healthcare and logistics define the core, though niche software plays appear across Memphis and Chattanooga. Filtering by sub-sector reveals a heavy tilt toward medical technology. This concentration means a general search will return mostly health-related leads, necessitating tighter filters to find non-medical innovation.
Tennessee funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026.
100 most recently funded startups in Tennessee
100 of 252Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
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Tennessee startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Tennessee closed 89 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 44 of them in the last 12, adding up to $2.8B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $5.0M, with the middle half running from $1.0M to $20M. 70 of 89 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Health Care, Artificial Intelligence and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies, led by Health Care at 50. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded startups in Tennessee
Sector counts across all 252 tracked companies in Tennessee. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded startups located in Tennessee?
Where funded startups in Tennessee are based, by the city on the company record.
Funding stages in Tennessee
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Tennessee break down by stage.
A further 51 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Tennessee startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 252 funded startups in Tennessee currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (19 of 89 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Tennessee is dated Sep 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Tennessee?
FundedIQ tracks 252 funded startups in Tennessee. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Tennessee raised?
Startups in Tennessee tracked by FundedIQ have raised $2.8B in disclosed capital across 89 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 44 rounds in the last 12 months. 70 of those 89 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Tennessee?
Health Care has the most, with 50 companies, followed by Artificial Intelligence (21), Commerce and Shopping (17) and Financial Services (15). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in Tennessee?
Nashville leads with 119 companies, then Memphis (32), Franklin (20) and Chattanooga (19).
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Tennessee?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $5.0M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.0M and $20M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in Tennessee?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 21 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Pre-Seed (5) and Series A (5). A further 51 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Tennessee startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Tennessee is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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