Relevance Ventures (formerly Relevance Capital)

What Relevance Ventures (formerly Relevance Capital) does

Relevance Ventures, originally founded as Relevance Capital in 2015 and rebranded in 2024, is a Native American-owned venture capital firm headquartered in Brentwood/Nashville, Tennessee with additional regional offices in Denver, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Miami. The firm invests at the early-growth stage (Series A through C) in founder-led companies developing solutions across four pillars of human health: digital health, financial health, community health, and personal health. It is positioned as the nation's first independently owned Native American venture firm, certified by the TriState Minority Supplier Development Council and a member of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). The firm manages over $100 million in assets under management and has been named to Inc.'s Founder-Friendly Investors list for four consecutive years (2022-2025).

The firm's core product is its investment platform, supplemented by an ecosystem of portfolio support tools including a Getro-powered portfolio job board (careers.relevanceventures.com) and a Talent Network for portfolio hiring. Notable portfolio companies include Aiwyn (AI for accounting), PetScreening (property management), Hamsa (cross-border payments), Knowwn (healthcare-focused employee retention SaaS), and Powers Gymnastics, in which Relevance led a $16.8 million Series A in March 2026. The firm is also co-founder of the Native American Capital and Investment Alliance (NACIA), an Indigenous venture fund coalition that won Stage One of the SBA's 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition.

Revenue is generated through traditional venture capital fund management economics: recurring management fees on assets under management and carried interest on successful portfolio exits. Leadership includes Chairman and General Partner Dean Newton (who previously guided Transact Campus through a $1.6 billion acquisition by Roper Technologies), Managing and General Partner Cameron Newton, General Partner Fred Goad (Smart Business Dealmakers Hall of Fame 2024), Venture Partner and Tribal Ambassador Kelly Holmes, and Investment Associate Jason Judge. The firm operates with a small team of 1-10 employees across its five markets.

Name

Relevance Ventures (formerly Relevance Capital)

Legal name

Relevance Capital Management, LLC

Website

https://relevanceventures.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Relevance Ventures is a Native American-owned venture capital firm investing at Series A-C in early-growth health and technology startups across digital, financial, community, and personal health domains, managing over $100M in assets from offices in Nashville, Denver, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Miami.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Access & Life Sciences Impact Funds (FSANAJAI), SDG / Thematic Sustainable Investment Funds (FSANAJAN), Sustainable Private Markets (Impact PE/VC, Private Credit, Infrastructure) (FSAAALAG)

Keywords

• Venture capital investing
• Early-stage funding
• Health technology investment
• Impact investing
• Growth capital

Headquarters

HQ city

Brentwood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Fund Management: Revenue generated through management fees and carried interest (performance fees) from successful portfolio company exits. The firm manages over $100 million in assets and operates a market-rate, performance-driven impact investing strategy.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Relevance Ventures is a privately held venture capital firm that invests in early-growth companies (Series A–C) building scalable solutions across four domains of human health: digital health, financial health, community health, and personal health. The firm provides capital, mentorship, and strategic resources to founder-led companies, operating as the nation's first independently owned Native American venture capital firm with a prevention-first investment thesis.

Product overview

Relevance Ventures operates as a Native American-owned venture capital firm offering investment services and an associated job board platform. The core offering is the investment platform focused on early-growth companies (Series A-C) building prevention-focused solutions across digital health, financial health, community health, and personal health. The supplementary job board and talent network enable portfolio companies to attract talent and job seekers to discover opportunities across the portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Relevance Ventures Investment Platform A venture capital investment platform focused on early-growth companies (Series A–C) building prevention-focused solutions across four domains of human health: digital health, financial health, community health, and personal health. The firm provides capital, mentorship, and strategic resources to founder-led companies.
• Relevance Ventures Portfolio Job Board A portfolio careers platform powered by Getro that enables job seekers to discover opportunities across the firm's network of 22+ portfolio companies, with features including job search, company exploration, and talent network registration.
• Talent Network A talent discovery service that allows job seekers to signal interest in working with Relevance Ventures portfolio companies, enabling introductions as portfolio companies grow and seek talent.

Quantifiable outcome

• Named to Inc.'s 2025 Founder-Friendly Investors list for the fourth consecutive year
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• TriState Minority Supplier Development Council (TSMSDC)coreOthersRelevance Ventures is certified by TriState Minority Supplier Development Council as a Native American owned business. TSMSDC is one of 23 regional affiliate councils under the National Minority Supplier Development Council and serves to promote opportunities among minority business enterprises.
• National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)coreOthersRelevance Ventures is a member of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), the premier trade association for the venture capital industry.
• Native American Capital and Investment Alliance (NACIA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNACIA is an Indigenous venture fund coalition launched to bridge the capital gap for Native entrepreneurs. Relevance Ventures co-founded NACIA, which won Stage One in SBA's 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. Kelly Holmes serves as a founding Board Member.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• .406 Ventures: .406 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in technology-enabled healthcare and enterprise software companies at Series A–C, closely mirroring Relevance Ventures' stage, ticket size, and health/tech vertical focus.
• LRVHealth: LRVHealth is a healthcare-focused venture capital firm that invests in early-to-growth-stage companies transforming the healthcare industry, making it a direct comparable on sector focus and stage.
• Echo Health Ventures: Echo Health Ventures is a strategic health innovation venture capital firm collaborating with payers and providers to invest in early-stage healthcare companies, comparable in stage and health-only focus.
• SJF Ventures: SJF Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in high-growth, positively impactful companies across health, education, and sustainability, with comparable AUM range and impact-first mandate.
• Kapor Capital: Kapor Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in tech startups closing gaps of access, opportunity, or outcome, comparable in stage, impact thesis, and small-team operations model.
• Healthy Ventures: Healthy Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on digital health and health tech infrastructure, a direct comparable on digital health vertical and Series A focus.
• Healthtech Capital: Healthtech Capital is an angel and early-stage investment group focused exclusively on health tech, comparable in stage and sector focus though operating as a network rather than institution.
• Illuminate Ventures: Illuminate Ventures is an early-stage enterprise-focused venture capital firm investing in cloud, data, and AI, comparable in Series A focus and small-team operations but more enterprise than health-pure.

Broad incumbents

• Arctaris Impact Investors: Arctaris Impact Investors is a Boston-based impact investment firm deploying capital into underserved markets and growth-stage companies, broader than Relevance Ventures in stage and scope but aligned on impact thesis.

Others

• National Venture Capital Association (NVCA): NVCA is the premier trade association for the U.S. venture capital industry, of which Relevance Ventures is a member. Not a peer firm but a relevant ecosystem affiliation for benchmarking and policy context.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/3056903
• Xx.com/RelevanceVC
• Facebookfacebook.com/161029710644178

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments43 records

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