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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Thanks for listening and remember: Our mission is to MAKE MONEY, HAVE FUN AND DO GOOD.
Episodes
268 episodes
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...
E252 The Week In Venture
S5:E252 David reviews The Week In Venture which once again was dominated by AI. On Wednesday July 8th David will be co-hosting a special episode on the future of Physical AI with Drobot CEO Stijn Van de Velde. Stijn was on the Pod for E17...
E251 Voxel taps the AI supply chain
S5:E251 David interviews Daniel Herrington, CEO of Voxel Innovations, a manufacturing Tech startup disrupting the parts supply chain fo...
E250 The Week In Venture
S5:E250 David details the past Week In Venture and previews his Wednesday July 1st interview with Daniel Herrington, CEO of Voxel Innovations, a manufacturing Tech startup crashing the supply chain for cutting edge chip lithography and Power Tu...
E249 eCommerce in the era of AI
S5:E249 David is joined by Doug Giampappa, the CEO of
E248 The Week In Venture
S5:E248 David reviews the week in Venture and sets up Wednesday's show dedicated to eCommerce. For that episode David and Doug Giampapa, CEO of HealthyCell, will update listeners on HealthyCe...
E247 AI Insights with Josh Miller of Gradient Health
S5:E247 AI is exploding so I invited a guest who operates an AI company to take listeners on a deep dive into the current state of AI. Josh Miller is the CEO of
E246 The Week In Venture
S5:E246 David offers up The Week In Venture and what a week it was with the SpaceX IPO sucking up capital like a Supermassive Black Hole. David then tees up Wednesday's deep dive into the state of AI with
E245 How To Win At IPOs
S5:E245 David takes a deep dive into IPO dynamics and how investors can think about the multitude of IPO features to work them to your advantage. (recorded 6.9.26)The VitS Checklist for Pre-IPO Buyers...
E244 The Week In Venture
S5:E244 David updates listeners on the past Week In Venture and tees up Wednesdays Pod for a deep dive into IPO dynamics and how investors can win at the IPO game. (recorded 6.7.26)
E243 A Bublish AI Update
S5:E243 David interviews Kathy Meis, CEO of Bublish, the world’s first publishing platform with built-in AI enabled professional positioning, editing, design, production, branding and distribution. Kathy has b...
E242 The Week In Venture
S5:E242 David updates listeners on the week in Venture and then on Wednesday, David interviews Kathy Meis, Founder and CEO of Bublish, about her publishing startup’s turn to AI and how it’s working. (recorded 5.21.26)