About Start Co.

Start Co. is a venture architect firm that supports clients and partners with design processes for launching early stage technologies, business innovations, and economic solutions. Over the last 15 years we learned that it is easy to provide playbooks, curriculums, and content and send founders and partners on their way. It is much more difficult to help identify the right problem, ideate the right solution mix, and use channels that fit into the behavior of multiple clients and stakeholders within complex enterprise and/or socioeconomic ecosystems. The lessons taught are just the beginning; the navigation of the land mines ahead is where our support is most valuable along that client journey. We are Memphis based, and the solutions to the economic challenges found in this region can be applicable anywhere. Although Start Co. was founded as a startup accelerator, it is now a design studio serving clients and partners nationally and internationally. Our work will always be found directly in the trenches with the people and communities we serve – to lose touch with them means we would be just another agency or organization.

Investment Details

Investment Range
Not specified
Investment Stage
Various stages
Industry Focus
B2B, Climate, Enterprise (+3 more)
Investor Type
Accelerator, Entrepreneurship Program, Incubator, Micro VC, Private Equity Firm, Startup Competition

Investment Focus

Focus Areas
Climate Enterprise Media VR/AR B2B +2 more
Investment Stages
Early Stage, Seed