Atlanta Startup Podcast

These founders met at a pre-sunrise run, and the conversation revolved around the intersection of real estate development and technology. The result, Yieldi, is making real estate investing as simple as shopping on Amazon. Hear the Atlanta duo discuss more about Yieldi and their thoughts on the state of current real estate markets. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an...

Founder Dustin Walsey of Buckle thinks gig work could be a lot safer. His rideshare insurance agency is designed around the gig worker starting with drivers. Find out how that changes everything in this interview of the edge of internet economy with host William Leonard. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .

SmartCommerce founder and CEO Jennifer Silverberg shares her do's and don'ts in startup fundraising in this candid episode with Valor general partner Lisa Calhoun. This is a can't-miss episode for founders packed with fundraising tips and strategies that work. You'll especially enjoy how she dives into the differences between raising in VC, New York, and the Valley as an Atlant...

Atlanta Founder and Georgia Tech grad Ajesh Kapoor shares his story of prior exits, crucial lessons learned as a founder, and how his latest startup. SemiCab is digitizing the antiquated world of freight movement. Learn all about it in this conversation with Valor Investor William Leonard. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .

After relocating her startup to Atlanta from New York, Founder and CEO of Knac Ariel Lopez shares the driving forces behind her decision and breaks down Knac's approach to humanizing the hiring process. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .

With police and community relations in the recent spotlight, Lisa Mitchell and Marlin Jackson detail their approach to improving transparency and accountability between government organizations and local communities through the Pulse Analytix software platform. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .

Kauffman Fellow and VC Carlos Antequera, Co-founder and Managing Director at Novel Growth Partners, details his team's approach to building a revenue-based financing venture fund. In this conversation with host William Leondard, he lays out why they don't take equity in their investments and how they look for opportunities with this "novel" approach in Atlanta. Let's take...

Led by CEO and Founder Jennifer Sparks, Atlanta startup VacMobile is working to simplify the storage and transmission of vaccination records and health status records from your smartphone. Enjoy Jennifer discussing her pre-covid vision of more secure, transparent vaccination record storage and how she's using COVID-19 to accelerate VacMobile. Let's take this conversation to real time. Jo...

Learn how Dan Drechsel, Partner at Panoramic, looks for opportunities in the Southeast in this conversation with Valor Ventures investor William Leonard. You'll get a deep dive into how Panoramic sees investing opportunity and is applying a wider lens to grow its funnel of founders. Dan shares how he sees two basic types of founders and what he looks for in pitches that catch his interest. Le...

Atlanta Business Chronicle journalist Erin Schilling landed in Atlanta after graduating from UGA. She's made a big difference in less than a year of reporting on the Atlanta startup scene. Learn how to pitch this dynamic young journalist and what she looks for in a great story in this conversation with Valor general partner Lisa Calhoun. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Va...

Learn from three pioneering general partners in venture capital what it takes to scale an early-stage venture capital firm in the Southeast. Find out how to earn a seed-stage lead investor term sheet from each of them. Enjoy this conversation with general partners at The Artemis Fund, a Houston-based seed-stage lead investor eager to invest more in Atlanta, hosted by Valor general partner Lisa Cal...

Ken founded Speedscale in 2020 with the ultimate ambition of developing a more efficient solution to prevent production incidents with automation. Hear Ken's journey of starting Speedscale, his advice on developing a GTM strategy, and his take on industry/geographical trends that serve as tailwinds for Speedscale in this conversation with Valor Investor, William Leonard. Let's take this...

Maggie Kenefake, venture partner with Kansas City venture capital firm Royal Street, looks for seed-stage opportunities in Atlanta too. She is excited about experienced founders in the Southeast with a bias toward diverse founders. Learn what it takes to earn her term sheet in this interview with host and Valor Ventures investor William Leonard. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join...

Georgia Tech grad and Atlanta native Graham Gitz shares how his first-time fundraising struggles created a vision for Knightley, a data room challenger to data rooms like Digify, Dropbox, and Docsend. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .

Hear 20-year veteran venture capitalist Gary Peat, venture capital firm founder Lisa Calhoun, and rising investor William Peat discuss investing in Fintech in the Southeast. They're all investors at Valor Ventures, one of the most active fintech seed investors in the region. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .

CoFounders Capital is the most active early-stage venture capital investor in North Carolina, according to Crunchbase. Hear this deep dive discussion with general partner Tim McLoughlin and Valor investor William Leonard. Learn what Tim loves to invest in and his tips for raising capital for founders. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .

Interviewed by Valor investor William Leonard, Atlanta founder Tim Hall is helping reshape how large CPG brands leverage AI to automate new product research. Simporter's software automates new product research, including White Space Exploration, pre-launch forecasting, marketing simulations, and product monitoring. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming eve...

General Partner at Maveron Anarghya Vardhana is long on inclusion and the demographic shifts reshaping culture. Listen to this passionate conversation with Valor General Partner Lisa Calhoun on how she broke into VC as an immigrant from South India and how she now leads investments for one of the top venture capital firms in the country. Anarghya invests in Seed and Series A and works actively acr...

Victoria Fram is co-founder of Village Capital, a visionary VC investing in seed stage. It started right here in Atlanta and the firm backs founders in the South regularly. Victoria didn't start out as a venture capitalist. She backpacked the world trying to ease poverty. Hear how that influences and informs her investments in this provocative conversation with Valor general partner and found...

Hear dynamic Atlanta lawyer-turned-software-founder Lucy Lu describe how she built AI Legal during the pandemic into a scaling platform that helps other businesses manage legal costs. Interviewed by Valor General Partner Lisa Calhoun, this Startup Runway Finalist graduated from the Harvard of China and brings incredible insight and zest to her work to change the costly legal environment by automat...

Interviewed by Valor general partner Lisa Calhoun, learn how William Leonard--raised in Marietta, educated in Macon at Mercer--plotted a path to break into venture capital. He's worked with not one, but three, venture capital firms and shares his mindset and insights into why he chose to get into venture--and how he made it happen. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor fo...

Seasoned Atlanta venture capitalists Mike Becker and Emery Waddell of Vocap Partners join host Lisa Calhoun of Valor Ventures to discuss why the Southeast is suddenly such a hot topic in the global startup community. Learn what this experienced operator-VC looks for when they lead seed investments. Get Mike Becker's incredible playbook for hiring your best sales leader ever. Let's take t...

Yotam's Atlanta AI startup provides monitored production for AI. "We help scientists and engineers figure out if their AI is working well," he says. Learn more about how Mona's team in Atlanta and Tel Aviv is creating outperformance for software teams using AI. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .

Kyle Schlotman Managing Partner of early stage venture capital firm Connetic has been investing in fast-growth startups for half a decade. The firm uses a unique screening approach. Instead of meeting with founders, they ask a few questions through a form. Learn more about how this innovative early-stage investor is sourcing deals in this conversation hosted by Valor general partner Lisa Calhoun L...

Are you hungry? Sofiat can relate. She started the fastest growing food truck platform in the country. It helps food truck owners and operators serve customers faster. Learn more about her journey as a fintech founder and why she's in love with the diversity and deliciousness of the food truck industry. Interviewed by Valor general partner Lisa Calhoun. Let's take this conversation to re...