YARBROUGH CAPITAL, the family office created by entrepreneur, investor and Managing Director Jon Yarbrough, is now listed among members of the expanding Greater Nashville Private Capital Association, the corporation founded two years ago with initial backing of Vanderbilt University.
In 1991, Yarbrough created Franklin-based Video Gaming Technologies (VGT), which made gambling machines deployed in casinos.
In 2014, he sold VGT to Australia-based Aristocrat for a reported $1.28BN. In 2015, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.
In 2022, he sold VGT's former home office in Franklin for a reported $19.5MM. Forbes pegs his net worth at $5.4BN this afternoon. Related. Other VNC notes.
GNPCA has been led since April 2024 by Founding Executive Director Judith Byrd.
The GNVCA board is chaired by Bruce Evans, who is also chairman of the Board of Trustees of Vanderbilt University, as well as founder and managing director of Evans Capital.
Today, GNVCA has posted 66 members (shown in reverse alphanumeric order):
- Yarbrough Capital LLC
- Veteran Ventures
- Vanderbilt University Office of Investments
- Universal Commercial / Greenwood CRE
- 25Madison
- Thread Bank
- Third Prime
- The Rushmere Partnership
- TechCXO
- Teamworthy Ventures
- TCA Venture Group
- Shore Capital Partners
- Rockmont Partners
- Riggs Davie
- Quake Capital Partners
- Project Rhino
- Praxess
- Polsinelli
- Pinnacle Financial Partners
- PGIM Inc.
- Overlook Ventures
- Oracle (X-Y)
- Nathan Freeman
- Nashville Capital Network
- Muir Station Capital
- Morgan Stanley
- Montecito Medical
- MMC Ventures
- Minnow Ventures
- Mercatus Finance
- Matthew Wyatt
- Link Ventures
- Life Science Tennessee
- LBMC
- Launch Tennessee (TTDC)
- Jumpstart Health Investors
- Impact 2040
- Holland & Knight
- Heritage Group
- Health Velocity Capital
- Harpeth Capital
- GoEx VC
- Frist Cressey Ventures
- First In
- Fintop Capital
- Evans Capital
- Eric S. Deems Angel Investor
- Empactful Capital
- Elm Tree Funds
- Edison Partners
- David Waddell
- Dalton Partners Management
- Compass East Financial
- Company Ventures
- Calvetti Ferguson
- Caduceus Capital Partners
- Brook Financial Holdings
- BrainTrust
- Bradley
- Bass Berry & Sims
- Artis Ventures
- Arlington Family Offices
- Apex Heritage Group
- Altitude Ventures
- Alliance Bernstein -
- Aligned Health Ventures
Byrd recently told VNC that, notwithstanding the fact that GNPCA is a startup, she senses members are "leaning-in" with growing enthusiasm into supporting GNPCA's advancement, energized by quality of connections, curated content and cameraderie being generated within the new ecosystem.
The organization aims to maintain within its ranks a careful mix of participants drawn from private equity, venture capital, family office and high net-worth individuals, angel, finance and advisory ranks.
It remains to be seen whether GNPCA might yet enlist -- to name but a few exemplars -- Memphis's Pittco Management, Ridgeline, SSM Partners and Innova Memphis; Nashville's Council Capital, Claritas Capital, Pharos Capital, Petra Capital, Invergarry, Harbert Management; Chattanooga's Brickyard, Dynamo, and Solas BioVentures; Knoxville's Haslam Family Office, Community Equity Partners, Market Square Ventures, and a hundred other logical prospects across Tennessee and in other states.
Equally logical but hypothetical, GNPCA could accelerate efforts to reach VC/PE and Angel groups in cities throughout our quarter of the nation that have previously made investments in Tennessee, as VNC research indicates literally dozens have done over the past 25 years.
Readers should note that the list above has been growing each month, reflecting growing outreach by Byrd, the GNPCA board, members and their aggregated networks. Keep an eye on it here. VNC
.last edited 1535 29 September 2025
