Venture In The South

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 does
• who are the investor and founder members
• what members get from the ACA
• startup investment analytics and reports produced by the ACA
• the Angel University sponsored by the ACA for introductory and advanced training on the Venture Ecosystem
• the major issues facing startup founders and investors
• policy efforts by the ACA to influence change in the regulatory definition of the Accredited Investor

(recorded 1.7.25)

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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 companies in his portfolio with considerable success and we thought we might learn something from him. (recorded 12/4/24)

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E151: David opens with the weekly update in venture then kicks off an interview with Fashivly Founder and CEO, Ashlyn Greer. Fashivly is an innovative online fashion platform aiming to disrupt fashion shopping. It sounds like just another shopping site but Fashivly is truly unique in that they have no inventory, have multiple revenue streams, have been profitable from their bootstrapped beginning and are utilizing a scalable AI model trained on their own proprietary data. Their secret sauce is fully personalized and accessorized looks tailored to the shopper's budget, body type and lifestyle, delivered on-demand directly to their inbox to shop! And it's coming to men too. If you are an accredited investor and interested in Fashivly, reach out to [email protected] for a warm intro to Ashlyn. (recorded 12/19/24)

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E150: David opens with the weekly venture update then joins Paul to discuss significant portfolio events in 2024 including: 

• Zylo Therapeutics
• Aticus Pharma
• Yuva Bio
• Case Status
• RoundlyX
• luminelle
• Altis Bio
• Iconic

We then pose some questions for listeners about potential future show topics. (recorded 11.27.24)

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E149: David opens with the weekly venture update then joins Paul to discuss the portfolio we wish we could have. What do we wish we could invest in? 

This includes opportunities that are out or reach or just a twinkle in a founder's eye such as:

• We cover what we don't invest in and why
• The characteristics of an ideal venture investment
• Manufacturing Tech
• Space Tech
• Longevity Tech
• Power Generation Tech
• Deep Tech
• Human Genetic Engineering
• Venture Philanthropy.

(recorded 12/3/24)

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E148: David opens with the weekly venture update then interviews Min Alexander Co-founder and CEO of BOSSCAT, a PropTech startup. BC has been on the Pod twice before in E13 and E63, with phenomenal growth and then contraction with the rise of interest rates squelching the real estate market. Now with a reset to diversify revenue channels and a successful fund raise, BC is set to notch a new revenue record. Min reviews the BC story, their current status and the growth plan going forward. (recorded 12/3/24)

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E147: David opens with the weekly venture update then Paul interviews John Cambier, Fund Administrator for the RTP Angel Fund.

RTP AF is based in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina. It is a committed capital fund launched in the Summer 2023 with an aim to invest in and work with companies to help them grow and achieve scale. 

It's a member-managed fund with a diverse investor base of over 50 North Carolinians who may also invest additional funds alongside the Fund on any given investment. 

The fund is generally sector agnostic and typically invests at the early stages of funding for a company in an amount ranging from $50k to $250k, with an average investment amount of $150k. Focused on early-stage investment opportunities located in the Research Triangle Park region of North Carolina, they also consider deals originating throughout North Carolina and the southeastern United States. (recorded 8/26/24)

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E146: David opens with the weekly venture update then interviews John D. Cooper who leads Catalyst by Wellstar, the corporate venture arm of Wellstar Health System. 

Wellstar is an 11-hospital health system in Georgia with multiple ancillary facilities making them a leading healthcare provider in Georgia. Catalyst is an independent but wholly owned subsidiary of Wellstar, a first-of-its-kind global digital health and innovation center founded in 2021. 

Through their strategic partnership with ATDC, the largest startup incubator in the South, Catalyst's mission is to pilot new therapies, develop less-invasive procedures and advance technologies to transform healthcare and improve people’s lives by harnessing the innovation of startup founders. 

John explains why Wellstar sponsors ATDC, about their portfolio, what Wellstar offer founders, what Wellstar gets from their sponsorship at ATDC and what he views as some of the greatest problems in Healthcare that need to be solved. (recorded 11/20/24)

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E145: David opens with the weekly venture update then interviews Ryan Heafy, COO of 6AMCity on their growth, challenges and expectations.

David originally interviewed 6AMCity in May 2022 for E16 and for an update in July 2023 for E77. 

As 6AM approaches profitability, David re-interviewed Ryan to understand what has and hasn't worked for 6AM, how they are growing now and what they see ahead over the next few years. (recorded 11.7.24)

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E144: David updates on Venture for the week, then Paul interviews Thomas Spencer, Co-founder and Chief R&D Office at Scalable Systems Group, formerly known as WasteWizer. 

Scalable saw an opportunity to solve a weighty problem in the industrial waste and recycling industry: When is the bin full and ready to empty? 

Think about 10,000 bins distributed across 500 to 1,000 sites. Scalable has developed a proprietary technology for capturing the weight of bins up to 20 tons, without moving parts and that can tolerate the stress of the industrial environment all while sharing live data over their IoT network. They have accumulated a large data set to train their AI and have deployed their latest customer dashboard into the metal recycling industry to broad acceptance. Now they are preparing to scale and penetrate other industries that use weight. (recorded 11/8/24)

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