About
The Southern Appalachian Fund (SAF) is a $12.5M venture capital fund formed to provide equity capital and operational assistance to qualifying businesses in southern Appalachia. The Fund focuses specifically on companies in Tennessee, Kentucky, and the Appalachian counties of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. The Southern Appalachian Fund is one of six New Markets Venture Capital (NMVC) Companies in the United States. The NMVC Program is a developmental venture capital program designed to promote economic development and the creation of wealth and job opportunities in low-income geographic areas and among individuals living in such areas. To learn more about the New Markets Venture Capital program, go to Click Here. The Fund's investors include a number of institutional investors, and the Fund has access to debt guaranteed by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA). The Fund's mission is to generate market-rate returns for its investors while promoting shared and sust
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 33,888 investors in VCSift focus on the fintech sector.
- • 8,972 investors are based in London, England, United Kingdom.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
Investment Focus
- Stages
- series-a
- Sectors
- fintech
- Location
- London, UK
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