Tony Lettich is the Founder and CEO of The Angel Roundtable., the Angel Investing Network of the Appalachian Highlands Region of NE Tennessee, Western North Carolina and SE Virginia . He is also a partner of Sheehan, Lettich M&A Advisors. Tony’s interest in start-up investment dates back more than 25 years to his work with Eastman Ventures, the Corporate Venture Capital arm of Eastman Chemical Company, where he served as Business Development Director on a team focused on innovation investment of Eastman’s Venture Capital Fund in materials and digital technology start-ups. Following his role with Eastman Ventures, Tony served as Business Controller (CFO) of Eastman Developing Businesses, Eastman’s Innovation Incubator, which included approximately three dozen start-up stage businesses with combined sales revenues of approximately $1.0 Billion. He has invested in various successful start-up/venture capital investments, two of which went on to have successful IPOs in the public markets. As a member of Eastman’s M&A and Licensing Groups, he participated in numerous acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and licensing projects globally. His M&A and strategic advisory experience also includes the assessment, growth and restructuring of several businesses, as well as the shutdown of multiple non-performing units.

Tony currently serves on the Investment Committee of the Launch Tennessee Innovation Capital Continuum Fund, as an Advisory Board Member of the Angel Syndication Network, and as a Board Member or Observer on several start-up Boards. He also serves or previously served as a Mentor, Pitch Competition Judge / Panelist, and / or Advisor for organizations including, the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council, Life Sciences Tennessee, East Tennessee State University, the Boyd Venture Challenge at the University of Tennessee, Launch Tennessee’s 36/86, the Spark Clean Tech Accelerator, which supports the UT Research Park and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the New Mexico LEEP / Los Alamos National Lab Accelerator. A native of the South Carolina low-country, Mr. Lettich is a graduate of the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.