Venture In The South

S4:E162 David opens with the Weekly Venture Update and then Paul interviews Josh Rollins of Vicinity Capital, a CrowdFunding provider offering accessible, vetted investment opportunities that broaden your portfolio and benefit your community. They screen opportunities that are not only aimed at the success of its investors but also at the betterment of a community. (interview recorded 3/10/25)

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S4:E162 David opens with the Weekly Venture Update and then Paul interviews Cian Robinson, a Lone Wolf Angel focused on the HealthTech vertical. Cian is a former hospital system executive now focused on corporate venture who has gone independent, mixing consulting with Angel investing. He discusses his perspective on the startup ecosystem, his strategies for deal flow and diligence and the current deal environment. (interview recorded 2/13/25)

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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 to help founders and investors. He outlines the HBS Foundry effort for AI education for founders as well as MIT's Orbit, another AI tool for founders. (interview recorded 1.21.25)

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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 Space Infrastructure as well as Procurement to execute on their projects. (interview recorded 1/22/25)

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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 not your traditional tech startup but it’s very innovative, solves a big problem in a very big global market, has a wide moat against competitors and is scalable. (interview recorded 2/17/25)

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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)

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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 $30B for participating companies. With over 40 companies from across the South pitching to raise capital, the conference offers opportunities for networking, learning, growing your business…and more networking. 

Hear pitches from top startups selected by active investors…plus speakers, panels, and more. (recorded 2.4.25)

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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 argument for the difference. 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dc-palter_why-angels-are-not-the-answer-for-startups-activity-7285007063242420224-qAk0/

https://www.venturesouth.vc/resources/angels-vs-venture-capitalists-substitutes-or-complements

(recorded 1.21.25)

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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 and supporting institutional memory of collaboration. (recorded 11/11/24)

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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 our listeners.

Paul and William discuss Williams approach to deal flow, identifying investment opportunities, interviewing founders and getting help with diligence. (recorded 11/8/24)

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