Johnson Venture Partners
Venture capitalAtlanta · Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked
Investment thesis
JVP is a micro VC focused on seed and early-stage startups located in the Southeast U.S., including hubs such as Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Tampa and Raleigh-Durham. It writes checks of $50,000 to $500,000, syndicating with other VCs and angels and occasionally leading or co-leading rounds. The firm is industry-agnostic, backing tech-driven and tech-enabled sectors including software/SaaS, AI, fintech, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, consumer products and digital media. JVP seeks committed full-time teams, scalable products in large markets, recurring revenue models, measurable traction and pre-money valuations under $10M in C-Corps. Its open-ended fund life allows patient, long-term support of portfolio companies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 27 of 37 portfolio companiesSaaS ×7AI & Machine Learning ×6Future of Work ×6Consumer ×3Creator Economy ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3Enterprise Software ×3Marketing Tech ×3
HQs:United States×21
Investments · 37 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22024 · 12018 · 14 dated
6AM City designs, launches, manages, and monetizes newsletters for local and niche audiences, combining editorial strategy with scalable systems.
Creator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentGreenville, US
Douglas Greenlaw(Director)Mark Johnston(Executive Officer, Director)Ryan Heafy(Executive Officer, Director)Ryan Johnston(Executive Officer, Director)
Abroad organizes small-group premium travel experiences ("Quests") to wisdom cultures such as Bhutan, Peru, Mongolia, and Japan, combining travel with individual coaching and an ongoing global community.
Future of WorkTravel & HospitalityWellness & Fitness
Altis Biosystems builds RepliGut®, human intestinal tissue models grown from human intestinal stem cells that provide human-relevant preclinical data for drug absorption, metabolism, toxicity, and disease modeling.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesDurham, US
Christopher Sims(Executive Officer)Jimmy Smedley(Executive Officer)Samuel Franklin(Director)Joseph McMahon(Director)Michael Biron(Executive Officer, Director)Swetha Peddibhotla(Senior Scientist)
Atlanta Technology Angels is an angel investor network that connects entrepreneurs with investors and provides early-stage technology companies with capital ($200K–$2M) alongside mentorship, industry expertise, and contacts.
Sector AgnosticAtlanta, US
The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) is a state-funded startup incubator and accelerator backed by Georgia Tech that provides mentoring, funding connections, talent, and corporate pilot opportunities to tech founders.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of Work
AthletesGoLive is a platform for youth and student-athletes that provides live game streaming, scoring, and highlight-sharing tools, helping athletes share highlight videos with college coaches.
Media & EntertainmentSports Tech
Atlanta Tech Village is a startup hub and coworking community in Atlanta offering shared office space, educational workshops, a pre-accelerator program, and events for tech and tech-related startups.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkAtlanta, US
Call Simulator is an enterprise AI platform that trains employees in communication skills through immersive, generative AI-powered role-play scenarios covering voice calls, chat, and in-person interactions.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareTallahassee, US
David Lawson(Co-Founder & CEO)
CareTrack provides EHR-integrated care coordination services for medical practices, running five Medicare care-management programs (CCM, RPM, PCM, APCM, and Annual Wellness Visits) with its own care coordinators who handle patient outreach, monitoring, follow-up, and documentation inside the practice's EHR.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Chairman Partners provides fractional Executive Chairman and Chief Marketing Officer services to early-stage technology companies, advising on corporate structure, go-to-market strategy, and revenue generation to help them become investable growth businesses.
Future of Work
Datasketch offers a knowledge platform that lets teams organize data, content, prompts, and expertise in one place, connect and explore datasets, build charts and AI-driven interactive artifacts, and plan work across teams.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS
Demand Driven Technologies offers Intuiflow, software for demand planning, forecasting, and inventory management aimed at manufacturing and supply chain teams.
Advanced ManufacturingLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Dynepic operates a skills-based platform offering on-demand learning, mentorship, and credentialing tools for individuals and creators in a knowledge-based economy.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEdTechFuture of WorkFolly Beach, US
Christine Osborne(Director)Krissa Watry(Executive Officer, Director)inLenna MacDonald(Director)David Wyman(Director)Jacqueline Arn(Executive Officer)in
Florida Funders is a venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed through Series B B2B technology companies led by founders across the U.S., with roots in Florida's tech market.
FLVentures runs a Florida-based venture forum that connects founders raising capital with investors and service providers through pitch events, networking, and mentorship.
Future of WorkMedia & Entertainment
GMX7 makes swim training systems that apply resistance directly within the swim stroke to build propulsion, control, and stroke efficiency.
ConsumerHardwareSports Tech
NewSci is an AI services firm that helps organizations prepare their structured and unstructured data, cloud infrastructure, and go-to-market strategies for AI adoption.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureGovTech
Nicklpay offers a single dashboard for product-based businesses to manage sales across multiple channels, payments, purchase orders, suppliers, inventory, fulfillment, and warehouse management, with an AI agent for forecasting and decisions.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaS
Ology Brewing & Distilling is a craft brewery and distillery producing beers such as IPAs, sours, and lagers alongside spirits including vodka, gin, rum, whiskey, and liqueurs.
ConsumerFoodTechTallahassee, US
RootNote provides data analytics and insights for content creators and businesses, helping them understand and optimize their content performance.
Creator EconomyData & InfrastructureGamingMarketing TechSaaSNashville, US
Jason Burchard(Chief Executive Officer)Jeremy Burchard(Chief Creative Officer)Chandler Barnes(Chief Technical Officer)
BoardMyles Grote(Director)
Launch Tennessee is a public-private partnership serving as a hub for startups and innovation across Tennessee, providing capital, commercialization support, and connections to founders, investors, and researchers.
GovTechImpact & Social Good
Silicon Prairie offers a capital-raising platform and portal that helps businesses run crowdfunding campaigns and reach investors.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Wesley Chapel, US
David Sawyer(Executive Officer, Director)Ralph Stoddard(Director)Stella Parris(Executive Officer)Margaret Sawyer(Director)
BoardKATIE SCHMITZ(Director)JUSTIN KELLY(Director)
Venture Atlanta is a networking event and platform that brings together venture investors and vetted startups for curated one-on-one meetings and programming in the Southeast region.
Sector AgnosticAtlanta, US
VentureSouth is an angel investor group and early-stage investment platform that backs entrepreneurs and startups in the Southeastern United States, providing capital, advisors, and resources.
Sector Agnostic
VoiceScript provides an AI-powered platform for the legal industry that combines court reporting production tools with litigation software for attorneys.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSStuart, US
Rene Arvin(Executive Officer, Director)Scott Earnshaw(Executive Officer)Vadim Piatov(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJeffrey Adams(Director)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Johnson Venture Partners invest at?
- Johnson Venture Partners invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Johnson Venture Partners's typical check size?
- Johnson Venture Partners typically writes checks of $50K – $500K.
- What sectors does Johnson Venture Partners focus on?
- Johnson Venture Partners focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Johnson Venture Partners located?
- Johnson Venture Partners is headquartered in Atlanta, US.
- Does Johnson Venture Partners lead rounds?
- Yes, Johnson Venture Partners leads investment rounds.
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