Venture In The South

Mar 10 2025 165 ep. 33 mins 3

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Venture in the South is about angel investing in the Southeastern United States.

We interview founders and thought leaders, sponsor a few panels discussing significant events and share our own experiences with over 100 startup investments.

Released every Monday and usually 30-45 minutes long, ~50% of shows are Founder interviews, ~25% interviews with thought leaders and ~25% educational.

We invite feedback and suggestions via www.ventureinthesouth.com or email [email protected]. If you like our show please subscribe and give us a rating with a 2 sentence review.

Thanks for listening and remember: Our mission is to MAKE MONEY, HAVE FUN AND DO GOOD.

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S4:E161 The Weekly Venture Update and Why Startups Fail Encore

Mar 10 2025 59 mins

David opens with the weekly update in Southern Venture and then interviews Tom Eisenmann. He's a professor at Harvard Business School focused on entrepreneurship and authored the book Why Startups Fail. David previously interviewed him for E60 and today is talking about what founders and investors can do to proactively reduce the risk of failure and discuss the opportunities for AI

S4:E160 The Weekly Venture Update and all about SpaceFlorida

Mar 03 2025 54 mins

S4:E160 David opens with the weekly update in Venture and then interviews Ron Lau, Vice President for Corporate Development and Capital Programs at SpaceFlorida, about the Florida Space Economy and Ecosystem. SpaceFlorida is an independent Special District in Florida with fairly broad authority such as Airport and Ports Authority across Florida with operations in Aerospace and Spac

S4:E159 The Weekly Venture Update and VBase Oil

Feb 24 2025 49 mins

S4:E159 David opens with the weekly update in Venture and then Paul interviews Jeff and Michelle DiMaio, cofounders of VBASE Oil, a B2B producer of New Tech proprietary synthetic ester base oils and lubricants that outperform traditional products but are bio based, biodegradable, non-toxic and non-bioaccumulating in support of sustainable and circular industrial practices. It’s n

S4:E158 The Weekly Venture Update and Quantum Computing in the South

Feb 17 2025 52 mins

S4:E158 David opens with the weekly update in Venture and then Paul interviews Curtis Lee, a Director at SC Quantum, about the evolution of Quantum Computing in the South. He covers the recent history of SCQuantum, the Quantum Projects Fund for financial and structural support for Quantum development and potential opportunities for Angel Investors. (interview recorded 2/6/25) Follo

S4:E157 The Weekly Venture Update and All About The Florida Venture Capital Conference

Feb 10 2025 33 mins

S4:E157 David opens with the weekly update on Venture and then interviews Ben Patz, a Florida venture capitalist who is leading the 2025 Florida Venture Capital Conference, one of the largest Venture Events in the US with ~1,000 attendees including 250+ active venture investors from across the US. In its 40th year, the Florida Venture Capital Conference companies have raised over $

S4:E156 The Weekly Venture Update and How Angel Capital and Venture Capital Differ

Feb 03 2025 38 mins

S4:E156 David opens with the weekly update in Venture, and then Paul joins for a discussion of the differences between Angel Capital Investment and VC Investment. The discussion arose from an article posted on LinkedIn proposing that founders who can't get VC funding shouldn't expect to be able to get Angel funding because they're basically the same. We disagree and present our arg

S4:E155 CadChat Innovates Collaborative Product Design

Jan 27 2025 50 mins

S4:E155 David opens with the weekly update in venture and then Paul joins for an interview with CadChat CEO Graham Bredemeyer. CadChat is a first to market meeting platform for 3D collaboration on product design incorporating all major CAD platforms. This platform solves a big problem in enterprise product design by bringing product design teams together in 3D space during meetings

S4:E154 The Lone Wolf Angel Part 2

Jan 20 2025 30 mins

S4:E154 David opens with the weekly update in venture and then Paul joins for an interview with William Taylor in Part 2 of our series on Lone Wolf Angels. A Lone Wolf is an angel that flies solo without a group, does their own diligence and solicits their own deal flow. If you fit the definition of a Lone Wolf, we’d be interested in talking with you to share your experience with

S4:E153 All About The Angel Capital Association

Jan 13 2025 46 mins

S4:E153 David opens with the weekly update in venture and then interviews Pat Gouhin, the CEO of the Angel Capital Association. We discuss: what the ACA is and what it doeswho are the investor and founder memberswhat members get from the ACAstartup investment analytics and reports produced by the ACAthe Angel University sponsored by the ACA for introductory and advanced training on

S4:E152 The Lone Wolf Angel Part 1

Jan 06 2025 39 mins

S4:E152 David opens with investment predictions for 2025 and then dishes out the weekly update in Venture. Paul then interviews Lone Wolf Angel Investor Daniel Pomp. We’ve characterized Daniel as a ‘Lone Wolf" because he flies solo in the startup ecosystem, doing his own diligence, soliciting his own deal flow and is frequently the first money into a new startup. He has over 80