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Tonic Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$500K Checks)

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Nashville, TNWebsite

Tonic Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Nashville, TN investing in Other, SaaS, Healthcare. The firm typically writes $100K–$500K checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$500K
Portfolio
7 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS, Healthcare, Consumer
HQ
Nashville, TN
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-08

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $500K

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in Music Tech and Audio Production startups specifically rooted in enhancing workflow efficiency and creative tooling for professionals and producers.

How Tonic Ventures invests

Tonic Ventures is a vc firm based in Nashville, TN. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Healthcare, Consumer.

Tonic Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$500K per investment.

Tonic Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including TrackStride, Spotright, ABPathfinder.

Partners & Team

DH

Dwight Harlan

Solo GP

Music Tech
Audio Creator Tools
CL

Chip Longenecker

General Partner

Consumer
Product-Led
Omnichannel
Emerging Growth
Strong Margins
Customer-Centric

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Healthcare
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (7)

Other

TR

TrackStride

Audio Production
SP

Spotright

Tech/Marketing·Unknown

Data analytics platform for social media insights.

AB

ABPathfinder

Tech/Business·Unknown

Likely a business or pathfinding tool.

HR

HRM

HR Tech·Unknown

Human resources management software or service.

SL

Slimcircle

Consumer Health·Unknown

Fitness or wellness app/community platform.

MI

Minewhat

E-commerce/Tech·Unknown

Personalized shopping recommendation engine.

PE

Perch

E-commerce/Tech·Unknown

E-commerce analytics and optimization tool.

How to pitch Tonic Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $500K check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dwight Harlan, Solo GP.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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