Brickyard
Chattanooga, TN · Invests in US; North America; Europe · Website
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🔒 $•• – $••Thesis
Extraordinary founders execute faster when isolated from distractions and provided intensive on-site support. We seek junkyard dogs with high agency, non-obvious vision, delusional optimism, and execution discipline. Category matters far less than founder quality.
Likely not a fit for
No vanity founders, founders seeking accelerator programming, teams unwilling to relocate, or founders optimizing for prestige rather than execution. Not an economic development initiative.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
4 contacts on file
Portfolio
Waypoint is a procurement platform designed to transform the way commodity chemicals, including fertilizers, are procured and sold globally. It streamlines the procurement process, enhances transparency, and connects buyers and sellers through a user-friendly interface that facilitates searching, quoting, and order management.
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Savvy is a technology company specializing in international stored value processing, wealth management, and human-centered strategy consulting. It partners with B2C brands and telecom companies to enhance customer connections and growth.
Ender provides a safe online platform for kids aged 6-13 to play games like Minecraft and Roblox while socializing with peers under adult supervision.
Krepling is a centralized commerce building tool that enables merchants to create sophisticated purchasing experiences without the need for coding. It offers a no-code solution for building e-commerce operations, integrating various services and tools to enhance the digital economy.
Fluent is a leading provider of engineering simulation software, offering a range of products and services that empower engineers to tackle complex challenges across various industries.
Iron is a weight lifting tracker app designed to help users monitor and improve their weight lifting routines.
Provision is an AI-powered pre-construction platform built for general contractors. The product reviews contracts, drawings, and specifications to surface risks, scope gaps, and cross-document conflicts before they become change orders or disputes. Core capabilities include contract review, specification review, cross-document conflict detection, and Scope Agent for scope-of-work generation. Provision has reviewed 66K+ documents and 1M+ risks across $100B+ in project value at 95% accuracy, with SOC 2 Type II compliance. Customers include EllisDon, PCL, NAC, Ferrovial, Colas Canada, and Parsons International.
Recent activity
- Nov 2025
SpatialGen
Seed · Lead
- Oct 2025
Candytrail
Seed · Lead
- Oct 2025
Memvid
Seed · Lead
- Oct 2025
Vamo
Seed · Lead
- Sep 2025
Dimension Labs
Seed · Lead
Brickyard in the news
Texas Scorecard
Lawmakers Scrutinize Barbers Hill’s Massive Education Foundation
12 days ago
Bleacher Nation
2026 Brickyard 400 Purse & Payout History: How Much Does Kissing The Bricks Net the Winner?
1 month ago
Jayski
Ryan Ellis drives childhood literacy initiative with Scripps Howard Fund at Atlanta
2 months ago
Nanaimo News Bulletin
Nanaimo cancels plans for roundabout at Hammond Bay and Brickyard roads
2 months ago
Mingtiandi
KKR, Centennial Marketing Brisbane's Geebung Industrial Park
3 months ago
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Hard work paying off for Brickyard Events owner Nick Goral
3 months ago
Cleveland.com
Wadsworth council pushes back on plan to move nearly $490,000 in a long-dormant parks fund to general fund
3 months ago
Teknovation.biz
Scaylor founders are scaling a data unification platform, and you can watch them build 24/7
3 months ago
Hypepotamus
They’re Leaving the Cameras On—And Building a Startup Live on Twitch in Chattanooga
4 months ago
Teknovation.biz
Kunin develops chemical process to recover critical minerals from mine waste
5 months ago
Jayski
Biffle family announces the Biffle Family Legacy Impact Fund
7 months ago
Texas Public Policy Foundation
How education foundations spend public funds
7 months ago
Hypepotamus
How Chattanooga Startup Harmony Found Its AI Use Case Inside American Factories
8 months ago
Yield PRO
Joint Venture Announces Development of 298-Unit Brickyard Apartments in Castle Rock
8 months ago
Multifamily Housing News
Confluence JV to Develop 298-Unit Community
8 months ago
REBusinessOnline
Origin Investments, Confluence Cos. to Develop 298-Unit Brickyard Apartments in Castle Rock, Colorado
8 months ago
The Business Journals
Local firm enters joint venture to develop 298-unit apartment project in Castle Rock
8 months ago
Mile High CRE
Joint Venture to Develop Brickyard Apartments in Castle Rock
8 months ago
Livability.com
Why 2 California Entrepreneurs Moved Their Businesses to Chattanooga, TN
Aug 2025
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Software company nurtured by Chattanooga startup incubator Brickyard acquired by chip giant Nvidia
Jul 2024
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Entrepreneurship Lunch & Learn: From Bellhop to Brickyard – Entrepreneur Cam Doody’s Journey
Sep 2022
Livability.com
The Brickyard: Where Fun is Serious Business
Aug 2022
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Building unencumbered: Brickyard brings founders to Chattanooga to go all in on their startups
Nov 2021
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