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Top 25 Lower middle market investment firms based in Nashville, United States

Name: Lower middle market investment firms based in Nashville, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 39 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 39 lower middle market investment firms headquartered in Nashville, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 398 professional contacts across them, including 228 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (855 companies); Nashville has 39.

This list covers lower middle market investment firms headquartered in Nashville, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 28, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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398Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest lower middle market investment firms based in Nashville, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 39 lower middle market investment firms based in Nashville, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to lower middle market investment firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Arcline Investment Management	Partial evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	70 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2018, Arcline Investment Management is a growth-oriented private equity firm with over $20 billion in assets under management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Capitalspring	Indirect evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CapitalSpring is a leading institutional investor with deep expertise in foodservice, multi-location business models and related industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	LFM Capital	Indirect evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “LFM Capital is a value-added private equity investor based in Nashville, TN focused on niche manufacturing and industrial services businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	TVV Capital	Strong evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “TVV Capital is a value-oriented, lower middle-market buyout fund that makes control leveraged buyout investments in established, private and profitable companies with strong…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	Petra Capital Partners	Indirect evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Petra Capital Partners, based in Nashville, TN, has been a pioneer of the growth capital model, having invested more than $700 million in more than 100 high-growth private…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Xlcs Partners, INC	Indirect evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Claritas Capital	Indirect evidence	Nashville, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Claritas Capital is a Nashville-based alternative asset manager focused on partnering with entrepreneurs, business owners, and developers to analyze and invest in interesting &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	Lead Capital Partners	Strong evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Lead Capital Partners is a lower middle market private equity firm that acquires majority ownership interests in healthcare companies with EBITDA of $2 to $7 million.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Resolute Capital Partners	Partial evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Resolute Capital Partners is a private investment firm committed to supporting the long-term success of our portfolio companies through patient capital, operational expertise and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	GEN CAP America, INC	Partial evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1989, Gen Cap America (GCA) is a private investment firm headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Encina Capital Partners, LLC	Indirect evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Encina Capital Partners, LLC was launched by Andy Salter, a former partner at Oaktree Capital Management’s Principal Opportunities Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Harpeth Capital, LLC	Partial evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in Harpeth Capital, LLC is a boutique investment banking firm specializing in merger and acquisition, strategic advisory and capital raising services to private and public…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Lo3 Capital	Strong evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Strong evidence “LO3 Capital is a dynamic private investment firm committed to helping lower-middle market companies grow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Capital Alignment Partners	Strong evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 2009 and currently investing out of Fund IV, Capital Alignment Partners is a lower middle market private investment firm that provides debt and equity capital primarily…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Highland RIM Capital	Strong evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Highland Rim Capital is a Nashville-based private equity firm that specializes in partnering with proven management teams within successful lower middle market businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Swingbridge LLC	Partial evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Swingbridge LLC is an investment company focused on creating wealth by investing in leading potential opportunities for the long term.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Remora Capital Partners	Strong evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Senior Secured Middle Market Loan Strategy” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Alpine Street	Indirect evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are entrepreneurs who share a deep conviction in the strength and resilience of the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Upside Growth Partners	Partial evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “UGP is a private equity firm that does growth equity investments and private company buy-outs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	ACG Tennessee	Strong evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The ACG Tennessee Chapter is dedicated to providing Middle Market dealmakers and M&A professionals in the Mid-South with essential information, practical experiences, training…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Bridgepoint Capital	Strong evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Bridgepoint Capital is a boutique investment firm specializing in Lower Middle Market private debt and equity investments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Southeast Acquisition Capital	Strong evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Southeast Acquisition Capital makes long-term equity investments in middle-market companies and creates opportunities for all employees to become owners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	KAB Capital Partners, LLC	Indirect evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “KAB Capital focuses on investing across the capital stack by providing flexible debt and equity solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	Bayfield Partners	Strong evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Bayfield Partners is a boutique investment bank serving private emerging growth and middle market companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Invergarry Holdings, LP	Indirect evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Invergarry Holdings was founded by Townes Duncan and Charlie Gerber in 2018 to acquire attractively priced secondary and primary private equity and venture capital positions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: lower middle market investment firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names lower middle market investment firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of lower middle market investment firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name lower middle market investment firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Lower middle market investment firms based in Nashville, United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

57.3%Verified-email coverage

10.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Nashville, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Nashville, over 39 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among lower middle market investment firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Nashville, United States whose own description of what they do matches “lower middle market investment firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names lower middle market investment firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among lower middle market investment firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Nashville are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 228 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Lower middle market investment firms by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names lower middle market investment firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many lower middle market investment firms are there based in Nashville, United States?

RevenueBase identified 39 lower middle market investment firms headquartered in Nashville, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Arcline Investment Management, headquartered in Nashville, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most lower middle market investment firms?

New York leads the United States with 855 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (276) and Dallas (204). Nashville has 39.

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 228 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 39 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.