2024 Best Tech Startups in Tennessee

April 8, 2024 thetechtribune

The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Tennessee. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to:

Revenue potential
Leadership team
Brand/product traction
Competitive landscape

Additionally, all companies must be independent (unacquired), privately owned, at most 10 years old, and have received at least one round of funding in order to qualify.

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10. Wellvana

Founded: 2019

Also honored in: 2023 Best Tech Startups in Tennessee

“The healthcare system isn’t designed for health. We’re designed to change that.

We’re Wellvana, and we help doctors deliver life-changing healthcare.

Through our high-touch approach to value-based care, we’re moving beyond fee-for-service and helping connect the healthy outcomes of patients directly to healthier profitability for physicians and health systems.

Physicians in our curated network keep their independence, reduce their administrative headaches, and spend more time with patients. Patients, in turn, get an elevated experience with coordinated care that is nothing short of life-changing.”

9. FreightWaves

Founded: 2016

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“FreightWaves is the most trusted provider of global supply chain market intelligence. Our high-frequency price, demand, and capacity data and analysis allow our customers to benchmark, analyze, monitor and forecast the global physical economy.”

8. CareBridge

Founded: 2019

Also honored in: 2023 Best Tech Startups in Tennessee

“CareBridge is the nation’s leading value-based care provider for members receiving home and community-based services (HCBS). CareBrige partners with managed Medicaid and Medicare plans to maximize the health, independence, and quality of life for members receiving HCBS. CareBridge’s solutions include 24/7 Member Support, Decision Support, Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) and Data Aggregation.

24/7 Member Support is CareBridge’s clinical model designed to improve health outcomes for individuals receiving home and community-based services. CareBridge’s virtual-first program provides members and their caregivers with a cellular-enabled tablet that gives them access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to CareBridge’s interdisciplinary medical team of physicians, psychiatrists, pharmacists, nurses, and social workers.”

7. Ulab Systems

Founded: 2015

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“uLab has innovated the next generation of smile technology. Create aligner movement plans in as little as 10 minutes and print custom aligners the same day, right in your office. Our breakthrough software, with FDA clearance, offers full control over your treatment plans, utilizing the latest intra-oral scanning and 3D printing technologies.”

6. Tend

Founded: 2018

“At Tend, we do dental differently.

Tend is rewriting the playbook of modern dentistry by building a company around the patient and the provider. We believe that with the power of technology, a hospitality-driven mindset, and a top tier clinical team, we can make going to the dentist something to look forward to. Our vision is to transform the dental experience into one that is empowering, human and personalized.

Since launching in 2019, we have provided exceptional care to over 100,000 patients across five major cities: New York, Washington DC, Boston, Atlanta and Nashville. With thousands of five-star reviews, Tend has become one of the country’s top-rated and in-demand dental practices, with over 650 team members to support this mission. We’re continuing to grow quickly and looking for the best of the best to come join our team.”

5. Built Technologies

Founded: 2014

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“Built is a leading provider of construction and real estate finance technology used by nearly half of the top 100 construction lenders in the U.S. By making it simple to connect and do business in real estate, Built enables increased efficiency, collaboration, transparency, and business agility—allowing customers to build and manage the communities around us more profitably and with more confidence. Built is used by hundreds of leading North American lenders and asset managers, and thousands of developers, home builders, and contractors. Built has a quarter of a trillion in real estate dollars being actively managed on its platform, representing approximately 10% of all U.S. construction spend. To learn more, visit www.getbuilt.com.”

4. Main Street Health

Founded: 2021

“Main Street Health is a value-based healthcare company focused exclusively on serving rural America.

Rural America faces unique healthcare challenges. Data shows rural Americans have less access to both primary care and specialist providers, and many rural hospitals have been forced to close their doors due to unsustainable financial situations.

While value-based care has accelerated in many urban and suburban areas of the country, participation in value-based care remains lower in rural areas than urban and suburban areas.

Main Street Health is working to bring value-based healthcare solutions to rural America in ways that ensure rural Americans receive the access to high-quality care that they deserve.”

3. Marigold

Founded: 2017

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“Where relationships take root. The Marigold approach to Relationship Marketing stands alone in a world of one-size-fits all marketing technology companies. Our solutions are designed for your specific size, industry, and maturity, giving you the technology and expertise you need to grow the relationships that grow your business, from customer acquisition to engagement to loyalty. And, with a team of strategists that provide insights into what’s working, what’s not, and what’s changing in your industry, you’re able to maximize ROI every step of the way.

Great marketing isn’t just about conversion, but true connection. Learn why 40,000 businesses around the world trust Marigold to be the firm foundation they need to help relationships take root.”

2. Rain

Founded: 2019

“Rain provides employers a benefit that can be offered to employees to access their earned wages. This benefit has already been rolled out to hundreds of companies located world-wide. Our mission is to regrow individual freedom by giving people control over their income and finances. We are killing predatory financial products like payday loans and overdraft fees.

We’re backed by QED, a leading venture capital firm based out of Alexandria, Virginia, which has invested in notable companies like Credit Karma, ClearScore, Creditas, and many more. Our founders are highly experienced and excited about bringing greater financial freedoms to workers and being a large part of the movement to end payday loans with high-interest rates.”

1. Monogram Health

Founded: 2019

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“Monogram Health is a leading value-based specialty provider of in-home evidence-based care and benefit management services for patients living with polychronic conditions, including chronic kidney and end-stage renal disease.”