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Venture In The South

Venture In The South

201 episodes

1 week ago

S4:E197 David gives The Venture Update and then introduces a special segment with Guest Co-Host Karl Rábago, a utility lawyer, who shares his perspective on the issues contributing to the Data Center Power Struggle and how winners and losers will emerge. (review recorded 10.29.25) Follow David on X at https://x.com/DGRollingSouth Connect On LinkedIn with David at https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgrisell/ Follow Paul on X at https://x.com/PalmettoAngel Connect On LinkedIn with Paul at http...

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S4:E197 David gives The Venture Update and then introduces a special segment with Guest Co-Host Karl Rábago, a utility lawyer, who shares his perspective on the issues contributing to the Data Center Power Struggle and how winners and losers will emerge. (review recorded 10.29.25) Follow David on X at https://x.com/DGRollingSouth Connect On LinkedIn with David at https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgrisell/ Follow Paul on X at https://x.com/PalmettoAngel Connect On LinkedIn with Paul at http...

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Venture In The South

E197: The Venture Update and a special episode on Data Center Power

S4:E197 David gives The Venture Update and then introduces a special segment with Guest Co-Host Karl Rábago, a utility lawyer, who shares his perspective on the issues contributing to the Data Center Power Struggle and how winners and losers will emerge. (review recorded 10.29.25) Follow David on X at https://x.com/DGRollingSouth Connect On LinkedIn with David at https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgrisell/ Follow Paul on X at https://x.com/PalmettoAngel Connect On LinkedIn with Paul at http...

1 week ago

1 hour 3 minutes

Venture In The South

E196: The Venture Update and an update on recent changes to the QSBS tax exclusion.

S4:E196 David gives The Venture Update with a special segment on the potential impact of Quantum Tokens on the blockchain. Then Paul provides a brief update on the current status of Capital Gains Tax Exclusion for gains on Qualified Small Business Stock or QSBS with Ben Glenn, an accountant specializing in startups. The One Big Beautiful Bill substantially updated the QSBS rules, solidifying one of the key incentives for startup investing for stock issued on or after July 5, 2025. (review rec...

2 weeks ago

32 minutes

Venture In The South

E195: The Venture Update and review of BIP Venture’s 2025 report on the ‘State of startups in the Southeast’.

S4:E195 David gives The Venture Update and then Paul and David review BIP Venture’s 2025 report on the ‘State of startups in the Southeast’. We cover the strengths, weaknesses and what's not included. (review recorded 10.22.25) Tim Higgins' WSJ article "Is OpenAI Becoming Too Big To Fail" Chris Mims WSJ article on Small Model AI State of Startups in the Southeast Follow David and Paul: https://x.com/DGRollingSouth https://x.com/PalmettoAngel Connect On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin...

3 weeks ago

40 minutes

Venture In The South

E194: The Venture Update and an interview with Mike Carnes of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center

S4:E194 David covers The Venture Update for the week and then Paul interviews Mike Carnes of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center about recent challenges in dealing with the Foreign Risk constraints for US Biotech Startups that win SBIR Grants. (interview recorded 9.29.25) Follow David and Paul: https://x.com/DGRollingSouth https://x.com/PalmettoAngel Connect On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgrisell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulclarkprivateequity/ We invite your fe...

4 weeks ago

32 minutes

Venture In The South

E193: The Venture Update and an interview with Dan Haight, an entrepreneur and experienced Angel Investor.

S4:E193 David covers The Venture Update and then Paul interviews Dan Haight, an experienced Investor who tells his personal story of Angel Investing, what works for him and what doesn’t. (interview recorded 9.23.25) Mothering Across ContinentsSM (MAC) a 501c3 non-profit Follow David and Paul: https://x.com/DGRollingSouth https://x.com/PalmettoAngel Connect On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgrisell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulclarkprivateequity/ We invite your feedba...

1 month ago

37 minutes

Venture In The South

E192: The Venture Update and an interview with Runbin Dong, Founder of Scale Social

S4:E192 David covers The Venture Update and then interviews Runbin Dong, Founder of Scale Social, an innovative social marketing platform that harnesses short video format testimonials for multisite service businesses. Scale Social validates authentic customer reviews while avoiding fake reviews and doesn't require customers to provide personal information. It has gained significant market traction in the first year of operation and successfully closed a Seed Round of financing. (discussion r...

1 month ago

50 minutes

Venture In The South

E191: The current state of AI with Josh Miller, CEO of Gradient Health and the Venture Update

S4:E191 David gives the Weekly Update on Venture and then guest co-host Josh Miller, CEO of Gradient Health which is a data provider for Medical AI Model developers, joins David in a wide ranging discussion of what is AI, where is it going, what works about it and what doesn't, and how will it make money. (discussion recorded 9.23.25) David's Consumer Directed Healthcare (CDH) solution White Paper Follow David and Paul: https://x.com/DGRollingSouth https://x.com/PalmettoAngel Connect On Li...

1 month ago

43 minutes

Venture In The South

E190: The Weekly Insights in Venture and then David gets an update on HealthyCell from CEO Doug Giampapa

S4:E190 David summarizes The Weekly Insights in Venture and then gets an update on HealthyCell from CEO Doug Giampapa. HealthyCell is a neutraceutical provider of a proprietary supplement gel that is easier to swallow than multiple pills and provides far better absorption. Doug updates listeners on their current primary channel, DTC with metrics. He also talks about aspirations to gradually develop a national retail presence. Then finally, Doug talks a bit about his own startup investin...

1 month ago

45 minutes

Venture In The South

E189 The Weekly Insights into Venture and then David and Paul discuss Exits

S4:E189 David covers The Weekly Insights into Venture and then David and Paul discuss the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Startup exits we’ve had this year. It’s the goal of every startup investment to exit for a princely sum but the journey is frequently a winding path with many detours, hopefully leading to an attractive reward at the end of the journey. (interview recorded 9.12.25) The Jeremy Blum article from Seeking Alpha on AI Valuations Follow David and Paul: https://x.com/DGRolli...

2 months ago

54 minutes

Venture In The South

E188 The Weekly Insights into Venture and Paul interviews Grady Johnson, Executive Director at the Harbor Entrepreneur Center

S4:E188 David covers The Weekly Insights into Venture and then Paul interviews Grady Johnson, Executive Director at The Harbor Entrepreneur Center in Charleston, SC. He talks about the dramatic growth of the startup ecosystem in Charleston, the kind of companies they attract, their Mentors and how Harbor supports them. (interview recorded 9.4.25) Rebecca Szkutak's article on The Golden Age of Robotics at TechCrunch Follow David and Paul: https://x.com/DGRollingSouth https://x.com/PalmettoAn...

2 months ago

43 minutes

Venture In The South

E187 The Weekly Insights into Venture and David interviews Tacilent.ai CEO Ron Johnson

S4:E187 David covers The Weekly Insights into Venture and then interviews Tacilent.ai CEO Ron Johnson. Tacilent is an AI-native enterprise risk management platform that turns risk management into continuous resilience with predictive risk intelligence. They came out of Stealth in September of ‘24 and are on track to hit over $1M in ARR by Q1 of ‘26. They have bootstrapped this growth to date and were recognized this year as one Georgia’s top 40 most innovative companies. Ron explains the busi...

2 months ago

51 minutes

Venture In The South

E186 The Weekly Update in Venture and David and Paul review the 2025 Angel Funder's Report from an investor perspective

S4:E186 David covers The Weekly Update in Venture followed by David and Paul's review the 2025 Angel Funders Report from an investor perspective. We talk about what the data in the report means, what is not there, what we would like to see in the future and how this data influences Seed Stage Startup Investing. (interview recorded 8.26.25) The ACA's 2025 Angel Funder's Report Follow David and Paul: https://x.com/DGRollingSouth https://x.com/PalmettoAngel Connect On LinkedIn: https://www.l...

2 months ago

49 minutes

Venture In The South

E185 The Weekly Update in Venture and Paul interviews John Harbison, a Board Member of the Angel Capital Association in Part 1 of the 2025 Angel Funder's Report

S4:E185 David provides The Weekly Update in Venture and then Paul interviews John Harbison, a Board Member of the Angel Capital Association and early advocate for hard data for startup investing. Paul and John discuss some of the highlights from the ACA's 2025 Angel Funders Report. Next week, Paul and I will share our own insights from the report in Part 2 on The Angel Funder's Report and discuss how the report helps Angels invest smarter. (interview recorded 8.11.25) Follow David and...

3 months ago

49 minutes

Venture In The South

E184 The Weekly Update in Venture and Paul interviews Adovate CEO William Stilley

S4:E184 David provides The Weekly Update in Venture and then Paul interviews Adovate CEO William Stilley about their innovative drug development platform to exploit adenosine receptors involved in multiple major diseases. He explains their strategy of focusing on a single drug candidate with favorable physiochemical characteristics and distribution kinetics that treats a common disease with few to no side effects. They will be initiating their phase II trial of their candidate drug this year ...

3 months ago

52 minutes

Venture In The South

E183 The Weekly Venture Update and Paul interviews 2 VentureSouth Market Leaders About Their Startup Markets

S4:E183 David starts out with The Weekly Venture Update and Paul interviews 2 VentureSouth market leaders about their startup markets, Jay Shaffer in Chattanooga, TN and and Eric Thome in Charleston, SC. They talk about what brought them to those markets and the kind of startups and investors they see. (interviews recorded 4.26.25 & 6.17.25) Follow David and Paul: https://x.com/DGRollingSouth https://x.com/PalmettoAngel Connect On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgrisell/ h...

3 months ago

1 hour 10 minutes

Venture In The South

E182 The Weekly Update On Venture and Part 2 of What The Heck With Healthcare?

S4:E182 David closes out the most economically eventful week of the Summer with Inflation down, GDP up and short-term interest rates headed lower in September. With each show, I’m hoping to give you an information edge on investing in general and Venture Investing in particular. After updating you on the notable happenings in venture for the past week, I then bring you Part 2 of my 2 Part Series on the broken US Healthcare system and a proposed pilot solution to fix it right now by making the...

3 months ago

27 minutes

Venture In The South

E181 David brings the weekly update on Venture and then Paul interviews Rob Rodrigues, CEO of MP Cloud

S4:E181 David brings the weekly update on venture and then Paul follows with an interview with Rob Rodrigues, CEO of MP Cloud, a software startup focused on Revenue Cycle Management for EMS providers. The EMS industry is being acutely compressed by the Medicaid Cuts but MP Cloud expects to gain market share by offering better tools to improve cash flow, streamline operations, and reduce errors in providers' everyday work. (interview recorded 6.13.25) Follow David and Paul: https://x.com/DGRo...

3 months ago

36 minutes

Venture In The South

E180 David brings the latest insights into Venture and then interviews Cam Doody, GP at the Brickyard

S4:E180 David brings the latest insights into Venture and then has a follow up interview with Cam Doody of the Brickyard, a different kind of Seed Fund. I first interviewed Cam in Februrary 2024 for E105 and now I’m getting an update on the Brickyard. They have a truly unique approach to recruiting founders from across the US and across business verticals to their Fund Residency in Chattanooga, TN. (interview recorded 7.8.25) Follow David and Paul: https://x.com/DGRollingSouth https://x.com...

4 months ago

45 minutes

Venture In The South

E179 David offers the latest insights into Venture and then Paul interviews Leigh Hsu, CEO of Atticus Pharma

S4:E179 David offers the latest insights into venture and then Paul interviews Leigh Hsu, CEO of Atticus Pharma, a specialist BioTech Startup focused on Immunodermatology therapeutics. Atticus is utilizing a unique proprietary sustained-release skin delivery technology to address 2 specific skin conditions for which there is no good treatment. Atticus was spun out of Zylo Therapeutics who developed the skin drug delivery technology that Atticus is using for FDA regulated candidate drugs, one ...

4 months ago

46 minutes

Venture In The South

E178 The Notable In Venture For The Past Week And Then I’ll be Talking With Stijn Van de Velde, Founder And CEO of Drobot In Part 2 Of My Series On Robotics And AI

S4:E178 First the notable In Venture for the past week and then Part 2 of my series on Robotics and AI. I’ll be Talking With Stijn Van de Velde, Founder and CEO of Drobot, an innovative yet simple mobile Co-Bots-as-a-Service industrial solution to the Find & Fetch problem for tools, parts, inspection and more. They are leveraging existing Real-Time Locating Systems (RTLS) to on-board their Co-bots in as little as one day and using reinforcement learning to fine tune tasks and navigation. ...

4 months ago

42 minutes