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
281 episodes
E277 Botsi shows the right price & paywall to every user
S5:E277 David interviews Jacob Rushfinn Co-founder and CEO of Botsi, an AI platform for personalizing software subscription offers to enable more tailored customer choices at the top of the sales funnel. (recorded 9.24.26)
E276 The Week In Venture
S5:E276 David reviews the past week in Venture with most of the focus on AI. On Wednesday David will interview Jacob Rushfinn, Co-founder and CEO of Botsi, an AI platform for personalizing software subscription offers to enable more tailored cu...
E275 Funds of Funds for Startups
S5:E275 David and Paul team up to review the concept of Funds of Funds in the Southeastern Startup ecosystem. We explain the concepts and theses for the Fund of Fund strategy, review government efforts to stimulate jobs by using this strategy t...
E274 The Week In Venture
S5:E274 David reviews the past week in Venture and tees up E275 on Wednesday when David joins Paul to discuss the Fund of Funds Strategy for Startup Investing. (recorded 9.20.26)
E273 Unicorns in the Southeast
S5:E273 Paul and David review the status of Unicorns in the Southeast including who qualifies, how many there are, what happens to them over time and why we even care. (recorded 9/3/26)
E272 The Week In Venture
David reviews the past week in Venture with a special focus on the apparently engineered tweet storm regarding human extinction precipitated by the resignation tweet from Jacob Coxon, a low level Anthropic employee with a 3 month tenure and no ...
E271 How to Get Rich in American History with Author Joseph Moore
S5:E271 David is joined by Author and History Professor Dr. Joseph Moore to discuss his most recent book How to Get Rich in American Hist...
E270 The Week In Venture
S5:E270 David reviews the past week in Venture and previews Wednesday's E271 when he’ll be interviewing Dr. Joseph Moore, an Author, Historian and Investor about his book,
E269 Is AgTech Fertile Ground For Investors?
S5:E269 Paul interviews Hannah Webb, Venture Partner at LeVert Ventures, a Southeastern Fund with specialized investment expertise in agriculture, emerging technology, and sustainability. (recorded 8.19.26)Some Links to AgTech Deal Flow ...
E268 The Week In Venture
S5:E268 David reviews the past week in Venture and previews E269, Wednesday's interview with Hannah Webb, Venture Partner at LeVert Ventures. We'll be talking about their AgTech Fund and the role of AgTech in the Venture Economy. (r...
E267 The Quarterly Power Show: A Microgrid Solution For Data Center Power
S5:E267 It's The Quarterly Power Show with co-host Karl Rábago, a Power Utility Expert. Today we're talking about Microgrids and how they might solve the power problem for Data Centers and make ...
E266 The Week In Venture
S5:E266 David reviews the week in venture and introduces the Wednesday Power Show with co-host Karl Rabago, a utility industry veteran. We’ll be focusing on Microgrids and their potential to solve many of the Grid problems facing industry today...
E265 The $100M Club
S5:E265 David and Paul discuss a significant milestone notched by VentureSouth, an Angel Group focused on the Southeastern Startup Ecosystem. They reached the $100M threshold of deployed capital, joining just 10 other North American Angel Group...
E264 The Week In Venture
S5:E264 David reviews the past week in venture and tees up Wednesday's E265 when Paul joins in a discussion of a significant milestone notched by VentureSouth, an Angel Group focused on the Southeastern Startup Ecosystem. They reached the $100M...
E263 Thinking About Economic Downturns
S5:E263 David and Paul discuss how economic downturns can affect founders and startup investors, what they can do to plan for them, how to deal with them and what can be learned from them. (recorded 8.6.26)
E262 The Week In Venture
S5:E262 David reviews the past week in Venture and previews E263 on Wednesday 8.12.26 with Paul when we'll be offering up a timely episode on ‘Financial Downturns’ and how investors can plan around them while the champagne is still flowing. (re...
E261 Emrgy Is All About Distributed Renewable Energy Microgrids
S5:E261 David interviews Emily Morris, CEO of Emergy, a startup focused on harnessing water infrastructure into distributed renewable energy microgrids, ...
E260 The Week In Venture
S5:E260 David reviews the past Week In Venture and setups his interview with Emily Morris, CEO of Emrgy, a startup I first invested into in 2016. Emrgy i...
E259 Christopher Mirabile, Angel Investor for the Ages and now an Author
S5:E259 David interviews Christopher Mirabile, a leading Angel Investor with Launchpad Ventures, a co-founder of the venture portfolio tracking tool Seraf, and an author of two nove...
E258 The Week In Venture
S5:E258 David reviews The Week In Venture, and, once again, AI dominated. Then on Wednesday July 29th I'll be interviewing Christopher Mirabile, a leading angel investor with Launchpad Ventures, a co-founder of Seraf, a venture portfolio tracki...
E257 The Top 10 Myths in Startup Investing Part 2
S5:E257 David & Paul Paul kick off part two of our double-header on Ten Myths of Angel Investing -- covering material for founders, new angel investors, and the "tech curious." We’ll be taking on myths 6-10 in startup investing: is everythi...
E256 The Week In Venture
S5:E256 David covers the past week in Venture with a special focus on the AI Bubble. Then on Wednesday July 22nd, David and Paul kick off part 2 of our series on the top 10 myths in Startup Investing for Founders, Rookie Angel Investors and the...
E255 The Top 10 Myths in Startup Investing Part 1
S5:E255 David and Paul kick off a two-part series on the "Myths in Angel Investing". Useful for founders seeking capital, rookie angel investors taking their first swings, and the "tech curious" in other parts of the tech and entrepreneurial ec...
E254 The Week In Venture
S5:E254 David runs down the most significant events in Venture over the last week and previews Wednesday's E255, a 2 part series for Founders, Rookie Angel Investors and the Tech Curious. And if you’re an active Angel, you may pick up some tips...
E253 The Era of Physical AI
S5:E253 David co-hosts a special episode on the future of Physical AI with Drobot CEO Stijn Van de Velde. Stijn was on the Pod for E178 for Part 2 of my series on Robotics in the summer of 2025. In this episode we’ll be talking about the curren...