Venture In The South

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 C...

S4:E177 First the notable in venture for the past week and then I’ll be talking with Matthew Chang , founder of Chang Robotics, in a blockbuster interview about how robotics is transforming industrial labor and how AI is shaping robotics. He offers several key insights to enlighten investors, especially why humanoids are not really a thing and Cobots are the future. Next week will be Part 2 of our...

S4:E176 First The Notable and Quotable This Week In Venture and then Paul interviews Robin Smith , CEO of Darby , a Durable Medical Equipment Marketplace platform trying to disrupt legacy outpatient medical supply logistics currently managed via Fax. I had planned for an episode on Robotics and AI this week but it proved to be too big a topic for one episode so next week I am excited to kick off a...

S4:E175 First, the Notable and Quotable this week in Venture and then an interview with Karl Rabago , an independent Electric Utility and Grid expert. We’ll be talking about energy demand vs supply for data centers and how it can affect the entrepreneurial success of data center developers. Both Hyperscalers and individual entrepreneurs are in a frenzy to develop data centers and both groups rely...

S4:E174 David brings you the notable and quotable this week in Venture and then Paul interviews Zack Luttrell , President and COO of The Windjammer Way on their crowdfunding effort to revive the Windjammer Barefoot Cruise brand. They are trying to bring back the adventure and romance of an intimate sailing cruise while profitability supporting small, fragile island economies and preserving a treas...

S4:E173 First, the weekly update in venture and then a special interview with Ammon Simon the Chief Counsel to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs chaired by Sen. Tim Scott of SC which has purview over the FTC and associated investing regulation. He’ll be talking about reforming the Accredited Investor definition and how that might affect GenZ and Millennial investors. I’ll...

S4:E172 The Weekly Update and then Paul Interviews MPath Cofounder and CEO Dr. Dave Miller . MPath is an EMR enabled SaaS platform that identifies individuals who need a preventive care service, provides them personalized education and connects them to needed preventive care. Next week we have a special guest, Senate Banking Committee Chief Counsel Ammon Simon , who will answer questions about pro...

S4:E171 The Weekly Update and then a new segment with brief pitches from the 3 most interesting companies from the ATDC Spring Showcase that are candidates for our ATDC Fund. The idea is to give listeners exposure to the screening we do for the ATDC Fund. Next week we'll be talking with mPATH, an automated AI platform startup that identifies individuals who need a preventive care service, pro...

S4:E170 The Weekly Update and a discussion with co-host Paul Clark and guest co-host Josh Miller about startup investing for GenZ and Millennials. We’re talking about small investments in Startup Funds that offer diligence, deal flow and diversification at a low cost provided that Congress successfully changes the definition of an Accredited Investor. We’ll be talking more about a rule change for...

S4:E169 The Weekly Update and an Interview with Tim Skapek , CTO of Protect3D , a provider of custom-fabricated orthopedic devices with 3D technology. They have grown over 100% YoY and count over 60 collegiate and professional sports teams as customers. Their next market move is expansion to serve the general population. Next week Paul and I will be talking about the Southern Startup Investment Th...

S4: E168 The Weekly Update and an interview with Kathy Meis , CEO of Bublish , an AI enabled publishing platform that is growing 3x traditional publishing. She tells the story of Bublish democratizing content publishing by giving creators control of planning, editing, formatting, design, marketing and distribution with support for language translation, release as an ebook and audio book as well as...

S4:E167 First is The Weekly Update followed by an interview with Saksham Narang , Co-Founder and Vice President of Yuva Biosciences , a longevity startup focused on mitochondrial science to address aging-related conditions. Yuva has developed topical solutions for hair loss, skin wrinkles, and other aging conditions linked to declining mitochondrial function. The company's approach involves i...

S4:E166 David opens with The Weekly Update and then Paul reviews the Federal SSBCI program , administered by the states, for capital investment in qualified startups. Paul then interviews Dan Roselli , Co-Founder of RevTech Labs , a Fintech & Insurtech Accelerator Program in Charlotte, NC. Dan explains how the RevTech Labs Accelerator works and their experience with the SSBCI program. (intervi...

S4:E165 David opens withThe Weekly Update and then interviews Josh Miller , CEO of Gradient Health a data provider for medical AI. It’s timely because Gradient Health has been growing revenue and customers over 100% YoY for several years and will soon reach profitability (again) in an era when AI has become the capital incinerator extraordinaire. I talk a lot about the AI Bubble on this pod and ho...

S4:E164 David opens with The Weekly Venture Update and then launches into David's Healthcare challenge for founders, investors and self insured employers to rethink our healthcare system in the US. We all know it's broken, unsustainable and outrageously expensive but what to do about it? In David's Challenge on What the Heck with Healthcare? Part 1: The Problem he outlines his persp...

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) Fo...

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 curren...

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...

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 Infrastructu...

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 traditio...

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) Follow David on X at...

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 parti...

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 arg...

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...

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. P...