Venture In The South
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.
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Episodes
237 episodes
E233 An Update On The Brickyard
S5:E233 David interviews Cam Doody, Co-founder and a GP at The Brickyard, a unique ‘in-residence’ foundry for early stage startups focused primarily on the team with 20-25 startups in residence at any given time. BY has invested in 54 companies...
E232 The Week In Venture
S5:E232 David covers The Week In Venture and previews the Wednesday April 29th show with Cam Doody, GP at the Brickyard in Chattanooga. It’s a unique ‘in-residence' foundry for early stage startups focused primarily on the team with 20-25 start...
E231 Making The Tax Code Work for Angels
S5:E231 David and Paul review the high points of K-1 reporting and the tax implications of deal structures that Angel Investors can work to their benefit. (recorded 4.13.26)
E230 The Weekly Venture Update
S5:E230 David covers the significant events in Venture over the past week. Then, for The Interview Show on Wednesday April 22nd, David and Paul will review the K-1 maze and how Angels can navigate through it. (recorded 4.19.26)
E229 The Charlotte Angel Fund
S5:E229 David interviews Greg Brown, the administrator for The Charlotte Angel Fund. He explaines what CAF is all about, how it works, their investing thesis and their investment results. We also talk about his perspective on changing the Accre...
E228 The Week In Venture
S5:E228 David discusses the week in Venture, focusing primarily on Energy and Space tech as War in Iran dominates the news cycle. Tune in Wednesday April 15 for the regular interview show with Greg Brown, Fund Administrator for the Charlotte An...
E227 More on Innovation
S5:E227 My regular interview fell through so I thought I would tell a personal story of Innovation and provide a few examples from my portfolio of good and bad Innovation. (recorded 4.7.26)
E226 The Week In Venture
S5:E226 David reviews The Week In Venture with a particular focus on The AI Bubble Watch and Space Tech. Tune in Wednesday for the regular interview show. (recorded 4.5.26)
E225 it's All About Battery Tech
S5:E225 In E224 I detailed the current state of Battery Tech and talked about 500Wh/kg as the inflection point for a new dynamic in electrical power. Today I’m talking about use cases and the potential for investment. The arrival of battery tec...
E224 The Week In Venture and it's all about BatteryTech
S5:E224 David takes a break from The Weekly Update to focus on Energy, a timely topic. It's all about innovation in battery storage as solid state batteries approach an inflection point, poised to disrupt the energy markets as they reach the cr...
E223 The Tweener Fund of North Carolina
S5:E223 David interviews Scot Wingo, a GP at the Tweener Fund, a North Carolina Startup Fund. He explains how the Tweener Fund was started, how it has evolved and discusses their investment thesis. (recorded 3.18.26)
E222 The Weekly Update on Venture
S5:E222 David gives The Weekly Update on Venture and introduces the upcoming interview with Scot Wingo on Wednesday 3.25.26. He's a GP at The Tweener Fund and he explains its origins, the investment thesis of the Fund and why they expanded to c...
E221 Updates on Seal the Seasons and Vbase Oil
S5E221 David interviews 2 CEO's of some longstanding portfolio companies:Seal the Seasons Co-Founder & CEO Patrick Mat...
E220 The Weekly Update on Venture
S5:E220 David provides The Weekly Update on Venture and previews the portfolio updates for Wednesday 3.18.26. The Update Interviews on Wednesday will be with 2 portfolio companies:Seal the Se...
E219 The Atticus Pharma Update
S5:E219 David interviews Scott Pancoast, the Executive Chairman at Atticus Pharma, a spinout from Zylo Pharma where Scott is CEO. Att...
E218 The Weekly Venture Update
S5:E218 David delivers The Weekly Update in Venture and previews the upcoming interview with Scott Pancoast, Executive Chairman of Atticus Pharma. He outlines Atticus’s plan to disrupt Immunodermatology with 2 innovative drug formulations...
E217 Portfolio Updates on Redbud Labs and Adovate
S5;E217 David interviews the founders of 2 Life Science portfolio companies that have been around for a while and have made significant progress in their GTM strategies. Both have been previously profiled in detail,
E216 The Weekly Update in Venture
S5:E216 David details The Weekly Update in Venture and previews Wednesday's E216 interviews with 2 portfolio companies executing on their GTM strategies. (recorded 3.1.26)
E215 The VentureSouth Annual Summit
S5:E215 David and Paul review the VentureSouth 10th annual Summit, summarizing the What, Who and Why for that event. Then David will preview an upcoming Webinar for GenZ and Millenial investors interested in venture but who do not qualify as ac...
E214 The Weekly Update in Venture
S5:E214 David delivers The Weekly Update in Venture and introduces the upcoming summary of the VentureSouth 10th Annual Summit for E215. Paul will be summarizing the What, Who and Why for that event, while David will preview an upcoming Webinar...
E213 Innovation
S5:E213 What exactly is Innovation? Well, David takes on the meaning using the story of evolution in the waste management business. It turns out that the standardized waste bin was the key innovation the enabled all the other innovations to get...
E212 The Week in Venture for the week ending on 2.15.26
S5:E212 David summarizes The Week in Venture and introduces a special Innovation Episode for mid week He'll be talking about Innovation in terms of:What is itWhere it happensWhen to look for itWhy it...
E211 Venture Connect 2026
S5:E211 David interviews Hunter Young, the Head of Capital at The Center for Entrepreneurial Development based in the Research Triangle Park in NC. We’ll be talking about Venture Connect 2026, one of the leading startup conferences in the...
E210 The Past Week in Venture for 2.8.26
S5:E210 David summarizes The Week in Venture and then introduces the interview for mid week with Hunter Young, the Head of Capital at The Center for Entrepreneurial Development based in th...
E209 GiveBacks Update
S5:E209 GiveBacks (FKA MemberHub) is an inclusive giving ecosystem startup that helps people move more money to the causes they care about. They mainly serve School Districts, PTAs, Booster Clubs, Brands and Non-profits. I first invested in Giv...