Black Tech Nation Ventures

Black Tech Nation Ventures (BTNV) is a Pittsburgh-based seed venture fund focused on Black founders across software, consumer-tech, and emerging categories. The firm typically invests $250k-$1M at seed. Healthcare exposure is opportunistic, with BTNV focused more broadly on backing Black founders in scalable software businesses; not a healthcare-specialist firm, but credible for Black-led healthcare software founders. Best fit: Black founders building digital health, healthcare software, or consumer health businesses at seed who would benefit from a fund with a clear diversity thesis and a real network of Black operators and investors; founders looking for a thoughtful seed check from a partner that prioritizes founder access and capital allocation to under-represented founders. Entry path is the BTNV website (btn.vc) and warm intros through the firm’s portfolio and the broader Black tech founder community. Not a fit for biotech therapeutics, medical devices, life sciences tools, or non-Black-led teams without a clear diversity story. For a Black-led healthcare software founder at seed, this is one of the more aligned diversity-focused doors; for founders outside the firm’s stated focus, the fit is much more limited.