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Inside VentureSouth's Southeastern Angel Investing MilestoneEarlier this month, VentureSouth announced that we had crossed a threshold: more than $100 million invested by its angel investor members into early-stage companies in the Southeastern US. Reaching nine figures is an achievement worth celebrating, not because it's particularly large, but because of what it represents: thousands of individual investors, working together, deciding (repeatedly) to bet on entrepreneurs building something new in a part of the country that venture capital often overlooks.Here's the story behind the milestone, how VentureSouth got here, and why we believe it matters for the region's startup economy.From a Greenville Meetup to a Regional PowerhouseVentureSouth was hatched in 2008, when a group of Greenville, South Carolina investors founded the Upstate Carolina Angel Network (UCAN). At the time, early-stage capital in the Upstate was scarce, despite the efforts of several trailblazers, so promising companies with ideas and traction had few places to raise the money to grow. UCAN set out to pool angel capital and run a disciplined process to find and fund the region's best startups.After first melting down the global economy in the GFC, the model turned out to work! By 2014, CB Insights had ranked UCAN among the top 10 angel networks in the country. Seeing an opportunity to do more, UCAN jedi Matt Dunbar joined forces with paduans Charlie Banks and Paul Clark to expand statewide, and then regionally, evolving these plans into “VentureSouth,” expanding beyond the Upstate into Columbia and Charleston, beyond South Carolina into Asheville, and then onward further across the southeast.Over the following decade, VentureSouth built out angel investing groups in communities small and large – from Anderson, Aiken and Atlanta to Charleston, Charlotte and Chattanooga – and across six southeastern states. Not every chapter survived; not every experiment worked. But operating as “one big angel group,” VentureSouth brought a consistent, professionally-managed angel investing infrastructure to markets that previously had little organized early-stage capital.Hitting $100MThis summer, VentureSouth members hit a milestone of passing $100 million invested into startups.That isn’t much in the world of grand finance. Economic development programs often allocate 10x that amount to luring a big corporate headquarters. AI companies burn that amount in an afternoon. The largest venture capital firms amass 10x that for a first closing for a later-stage fund.But in the world of angel investing, it’s a big chunk of change. Only around 10 angel groups in the country beat us to the milestone; only one got there faster, and none are based in a town the size of Greenville, SC.Today, VentureSouth has over 500 members across the Carolinas and neighboring states in its network, making it one of the largest and most active angel investing organizations in North America. The Angel Capital Association has repeatedly recognized VentureSouth as a Top 10 most prolific angel group in North America, including in the most recent 2026 ACA Angel Funders Report.The Deal that Did ItIn typical VentureSouth style, the investment that pushed the tally over the $100M mark wasn't a publicized new deal, or one where we are riding the coattails of a big VC. Instead, it was a small add-on investment in an existing portfolio company, HealthyCell, a Charleston-based microgel nutrient company whose products, hopefully, you consume! This investment reflects several VentureSouth hallmarks. An investment in the southeast. An investment in a company doing something interesting, novel, and “good.” A follow-on round, a reminder that much of VentureSouth’s work is about supporting companies over time, not just writing a first check and moving on. An investment that aggregated “a little bit more” investment from members new to VentureSouth.Unlike many venture funds, or even angel groups that specialize narrowly, VentureSouth has always taken an industry-agnostic approach, reflecting the varied backgrounds of its investor members — entrepreneurs, executives, academics, attorneys, and accountants — to evaluate opportunities across sectors. That shows clearly in this year's cohort of new portfolio companies, which include Alita Health (Charleston, SC), Beam Dynamics (Winston-Salem, NC), Connexus (Pawleys Island, SC), SalivIQ (Richmond, VA) and StratusGrid (Chattanooga, TN).We cover software, health tech, and life sciences, a variety of industries, with the common denominator of geography, stage, and entrepreneurs we want to work with.Built for the Long HaulPart of what makes the $100 million milestone notable is the environment in which it was built. Angel and venture funding nationally pulled back since 2021, and VentureSouth felt some of that slowdown too. But our strategy was to keep showing up — continuing to fund new companies and support existing ones through follow-on rounds — rather than retreat. That consistency, sustained across multiple economic cycles since 2008, is arguably as important to the milestone as the dollar figure itself.Built in Small ChunksMaybe more mind-blowing is how the $100 million is derived. VentureSouth isn’t a venture capital fund deploying money in $10 million chunks. Instead, the funds are spread over 135 companies, averaging less than $1M per company; in fact, at a median investment per company of $379,450!  And spread over multiple rounds of investment; 342 different investment rounds. That’s an average of $292,753 per deal, and a median of $192,500 deal size.Even more mindblowing: VentureSouth’s capital doesn’t come from institutional investors or a small number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals that regularly invest in million-dollars bites. They come in small check amounts. In fact, 5,752 different investment contributions from members, at a median investment check size of $10,000. 1,798 of those checks were for $5,000 – the smallest amount we can administer. Getting to $100 million via $5,000-10,000 increments takes a long time and requires a lot of commitment from a lot of people. But it is hard to think of a method for investing in startups that’s more fun.What's Next – Vicinity VenturesAs VentureSouth Co-Founder and Managing Director Charlie Banks put it, reaching $100 million is a moment to look forward:“Crossing the $100 million mark isn't the finish line: it’s the beginning of our next chapter,” said Charlie Banks, Managing Director of VentureSouth. “The Southeast is producing exceptional entrepreneurs at a pace we've never seen before, and the quality of companies being built here continues to rise. Our mission is to ensure founders don't have to leave this region to access world-class capital, mentorship, and investor networks. If the first $100 million established VentureSouth as a leader in angel investing, our focus now is on helping build the next generation of iconic companies that call the Southeast home.”Ten years ago, VentureSouth was an entrepreneurial experiment in whether angel investing could be done consistently and well outside the traditional coastal hubs. A hundred million dollars and 100+ companies later, the answer seems clear.But we weren’t satisfied with “just” angel investing. In 2025, VentureSouth took its evolution a step further, combining with Vicinity Capital – another entrepreneurial experiment in Greenville, this one focused on Regulation Crowdfunding – to form Vicinity Ventures. Vicinity Ventures’ goal is to be the premier platform for local alternative investing in the southeast. This pairs VentureSouth’s curated, accredited-investor angel deals with Vicinity Capital’s Regulation Crowdfunding work on companies raising from their “local communities.” The platform combines local investment opportunities for a broader base of investors. Our goal for the next chapter is not just to keep funding great Southeastern startups, but to build the infrastructure that makes local alternative investing more accessible across the region. To learn more about VentureSouth or explore investment opportunities across the Southeast, visit Vicinity Ventures at www.vicinityventures.co/venturesouth.

In 2008, a group of business leaders in Greenville, SC founded the Upstate Carolina Angel Network (UCAN) with a simple vision: give promising entrepreneurs across the Southeast access to the early-stage capital and experienced investors they needed to build great companies. Matt Dunbar was hired to lead that effort.Several years later, Charlie Banks and Paul Clark joined Dunbar to expand the network beyond the Upstate, transforming UCAN into VentureSouth, a regional early-stage investment network serving entrepreneurs and accredited investors across the Southeast. That vision has now reached a major milestone: this summer, VentureSouth surpassed $100 million in total investments across 135 startups throughout the region that have created significant new technologies, hundreds of jobs, and significant investor returns.Now with more than 500 accredited investors across the Carolinas and nearby states, VentureSouth is consistently recognized as one of the nation's leading angel investment organizations. In the 2026 Angel Funders Report released in July by the Angel Capital Association, the group once again earned Top 10 status among the most active angel groups in North America, a reflection of its sustained commitment to entrepreneurs and innovation.While the investment milestone and Top 10 ranking are significant for an angel investing group, VentureSouth's founders measure impact not just by the dollars invested and returns achieved, but also by the companies built, the entrepreneurs backed, and the innovation ecosystem strengthened throughout the Southeast.“One hundred million dollars invested is a notable milestone worth celebrating, but what matters more is what that capital represents,” said Matt Dunbar, Managing Director of VentureSouth. “Behind every one of those dollars is an investor willing to make a risky bet on an unproven venture led by a visionary entrepreneur working against long odds to solve hard problems and create new value in the world. That is a remarkable and noble quest that forms the underlying engine of the American economy, and we are proud to play a small part in that process. We are incredibly grateful to all the investors, founders, partners, and employees who have contributed to that work, and we look forward to seeing the continued impact these companies will have in the region and beyond.”Over the past 18 years, VentureSouth has invested across software, healthcare, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, financial technology, consumer products, artificial intelligence, and other high-growth sectors. Portfolio companies have raised more than $1.5 billion in follow-on capital, created more than 1,000 jobs, and generated significant investor returns across more than 30 successful exits - proof of the long-term impact organized angel investing can have on entrepreneurs, communities, and regional economies.For many founders, VentureSouth has become much more than a source of capital.“VentureSouth believed in me when FarmShots was little more than an idea,” said Josh Miller, founder of FarmShots and founder & CEO of Gradient Health. “That early support gave us far more than funding. It connected us with experienced entrepreneurs and investors who challenged our thinking, opened doors, and helped us build a successful company. Years later, as we're building Gradient Health, those relationships still matter. That's what makes VentureSouth unique- it invests in founders, not just companies.”That collaborative approach- disciplined investment processes paired with active mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs, executives, and investors—is central to VentureSouth's model.“Great companies rarely succeed on capital alone,” said Paul Clark, Managing Director of VentureSouth. “The best outcomes happen when experienced investors roll up their sleeves and help founders navigate the challenges of building a business. That's always been at the heart of VentureSouth. We've built a community where successful entrepreneurs and executives share their experience alongside their capital, and that combination has created tremendous value for both founders and investors.”By the Numbers$100+ million invested135 portfolio companies350+ investment rounds500+ accredited investors33 successful company exits, and counting$1.5 billion in follow-on capital raised by portfolio companiesOver 1,000 jobs createdTop 10 Angel Capital Association ranking over the last decadeLooking ahead, VentureSouth sees even greater opportunity as the Southeast continues to emerge as one of the country's fastest-growing innovation hubs.“Crossing the $100 million mark isn't the finish line - it's the beginning of our next chapter,” said Charlie Banks, Managing Director of VentureSouth. “The Southeast is producing exceptional entrepreneurs at a pace we've never seen before, and the quality of companies being built here continues to rise. Our mission is to ensure founders don't have to leave this region to access world-class capital, mentorship, and investor networks. If the first $100 million established VentureSouth as a leader in angel investing, our focus now is on helping build the next generation of iconic companies that call the Southeast home.”

2025 was a busy year for VentureSouth members, funds, and team. Paul’s episode of Venture in the South with David released in January captures some of the highlights, but here’s a fuller outline of what we got up to last year.Invested: $8.4M in 33 companies - 8 new companies joined the portfolio, and 23 existing companies (via 25 rounds) saw additional capital invested in their continuing journeys. 32% of capital invested into new companies, a little below our historical norms but in line with the market’s continuing focus on portfolio company support.Roughly 100 members wrote one or more investment checks during the year (plus the, partly overlapping, 50 investors in the VentureSouth Angel Fund VI that made its final investments this year).Proceeds: Final tally of proceeds of $8.7M from 9 realized gains and losses, from exits including Proaxion, Zipit, and several others that aren’t publicly disclosed yet. Returns > deployment makes a good year at VentureSouth!Of the realizations, we had 6 companies creating realized gains (over 13 investment rounds), 3 creating realized losses (8 rounds; which ranged from 20c to 85c recovered), and 1 company (1 round) repaying a note. Overall a “win rate” significantly above the 50/50 benchmarksSimilar to our November recap, December saw an exciting “early exit” when one of our companies partially exited through a growth recap – festively, the day before Christmas. We sent another >$1M of distributions to VentureSouth members and sidecar fund VI investors - the first exit from fund VI, and enough to make it a top 1% VC fund based on DPI! Again no Techcrunch feature, but another very solid “southeastern” deal at 5x on sold stock in 18 months.Ups, downs, and dodges: 3 up-rounds secured, technically zero down-rounds endured (although a couple of arguable recaps and mergers), and 12 portfolio companies that raised capital without pricing equity.Strategy: Our combination into Vicinity Ventures, which lets us cover the full range of Reg D and RegCF fundraising, expanded our team, systems, improved variety of deal flow opportunities for members, and helped local companies access different financing options from a wider investor group.Staffing: we welcomed Jewel Walker to the team, wished Alex well for his contributions to VentureSouth, and became increasingly concerned about how long we’ve been doing this for!What’s next: for a full rundown of 2025 results, you really need to attend Matt’s annual “State of VentureSouth” address at the 10th Annual VentureSouth Summit. To do that, you have to be a member of VentureSouth - which you can do via this link.

11 down, 1 to go!  It might be a shorter month, but no less activity kept us busy in November. Here’s what an angel investment group gets up to when left unsupervised.Meetings:November’s calendar was anchored by our last “Seasonal Summit” of 2025, in Charlotte, NC. We welcomed over 50 VentureSouth members and guests, mostly from Charlotte but with intrepid attendees from Greenville and the Triangle, for an afternoon of angel investing.We also met virtually, and in-person in Greensboro, Durham, and Chattanooga to make sure our members got to see entrepreneurs in real life.Thanks to six companies who pitched across those sessions, and to the four portfolio companies who updated us on their progress while we were in Charlotte.Investments:November was on a regular pace (given the lost week), with VentureSouth’s angel investors and funds investing $692,500 this month.We had some concentration risk this month: most of those funds went into the one new company that joined the VentureSouth portfolio. As is often true, we can’t publicly identify the company because the round is still active, but we are excited to add a new logo to the website! A small amount also trickled into one other existing portfolio company raising follow-on funding.VentureSouth members joined a wider set of “local investors” to fund some crowdfunding investments through Vicinity Ventures. Over the last month Vicinity Ventures has facilitated over $1.3M in community investment in public deals. You can check out these deals, and more at https://vicinityventures.co/ (but need to be a VentureSouth for the private deals, of course.)Liquidity!November was one of the very enjoyable months during which exiting companies sent more capital back to investors than investors sent to new investments.A company - who must remain nameless because the transaction documents swear us to confidentiality - was acquired in mid November. We sent distributions totaling over $1.4M to VentureSouth members and VentureSouth Angel Fund V investors. The “early exit” was a nice solid quick win, of ~2x in 15 months, at a 31% IRR. Not a Techcrunch article, no press releases, and no misleading TVPI markups along the way; just a solid (and, hopefully, consistent and repeatable) “southeastern angel” deal. And a success for the entrepreneurs, who continue to work on the technology with the strategic acquirer.That’s the eighth realization from the VentureSouth portfolio this year – the M&A markets appear to be opening up.Of course angel investing has bad news as well as good. Another portfolio company filed bankruptcy paperwork after some ill-judged follow-on round debt funding, working capital challenges, and growth issues compounded earlier personnel turnover and led to a hard-stop negative exit. We don’t see many of those, but this one hurt. Diligence:Behind the scenes, we skipped our screening meeting because we have plenty of companies in the diligence pipeline. But we made progress on those, with one company finishing diligence and getting investment, and two others reaching positive verdicts right at the end of the month.Portfolio: We processed incoming 3Q updates from ten companies. Notable public news from the portfolio in November included:Gradient Health presented at Medtronics, and at Johnson & Johnson; its Atlas platform is now live on Google Cloud Marketplace; and Atlas 2 just launched.MPath’s JAMA article (published in October) demonstrated that its direct-to-patient digital health intervention increased rates of lung cancer screeningPhinite was voted best Ag-tech startup of the year by Ag Startup Engine.Seal the Seasons is available at Hannafords.(And not a portfolio company, but Venture in the South interviewee Scale Social AI announced its $1.3M Seed round, with participation from several southeastern angel group efforts. Congratulations on getting this done!)Need a Black Friday deal from a VentureSouth portfolio company? Check out Healthycell’s Amazon bargains and a 24% discount at xxiv skincareOut & About:We coincided our Charlotte meeting with the Venture 135 conference - one of the best VC conferences in the southeast. Matt covered the “ask me anything” investor reverse pitches, and Paul covered the pitching crowd and was a general nuisance to organizers (sorry Avra). Great work Dan and the team.Next up: year end closings, company budgets, portfolio updates – and holiday parties. Merry Christmas from the VentureSouth team!

October is in the books! It’s always a busy month, and so here is a quick recap of what we got up to before our trick-or-treaters got their candy.Meetings:In a regular month of in-person meetings, we saw live startup pitches and in-person discussion in Charlotte, Greenville, Asheville, Charleston, Greensboro, Durham, and Chattanooga – plus our monthly online meeting if none of those in-person meetings were convenient!Thanks to everyone who joined us to pitch or update (six different companies - some existing portfolio companies, one soon-to-be portfolio company, and three potentially portfolio companies) and to hear and grill the pitchers.Investments:October was a fairly typical month for investing activity: VentureSouth’s angel investors and funds invested $902,248.57 this month. (You don’t get to be the #1 most active angel group in the State of Startups if you don’t invest a bunch.)This investment went to one new portfolio company (which we can’t publicly identify because the round is still open) and four follow-on rounds in existing portfolio companies.One of those was an unusual “milestone” round, where we had committed last year to invest further funds if the startup hit certain milestones. They did, so we did.VentureSouth members, alongside a wider set of investors interested in local alternative asset investments, also funded public investments through Vicinity Ventures, including closed rounds in 13 Stripes, Waters Edge Winery, and Carbon Country. You can check out these deals, and more at https://vicinityventures.co/ (You’ll need to be a VentureSouth for the private deals, of course.)Diligence:Behind the scenes, four companies pitched at our screening meeting at the beginning of the month, and two started our rigorous diligence gauntlet.Portfolio: Notable news from the portfolio in October included:Plantd officially announced its $22M Series B round.Zinnia won the HearstLab pitch competition twentyfour skincare launched product lines using both Zylo Therapeutics’ Z-pods and Yuva Bio’s Y100 ingredients in a great example of cross-portfolio pollinationGoPivot launched a Wellness Program at The Sharon in South Park in Charlotte.Out & About:Paul welcomed VentureSouth member Dan Haight to the Venture in the South podcast (video channel here; or subscribe on Spotify etc.), David reviewed AI trends with portfolio company CEO Josh Miller, and we covered regulatory challenges and positive developments.And, as usual, we participated in entrepreneur and investor events across the southeast. You might have seen: Jewel representing VentureSouth at the Venture Atlanta conference.Matt sharing his wisdom as a veteran entrepreneur with the Angel Capital Association.Paul helping Greensboro’s entrepreneurs with tips on how to raise capital; moderating a panel on valuating pre-revenue startups; and attending office hours at NEXT.Charlie spending time in Harrisonburg, VA - as well as selling beer at the Newberry Oktoberfest.Several team members helping with this season’s Clemens Angel Analyst program at Furman’s Hill Institute, covering diligence, team sheets, and cap tables.And more.Team:On a sad note, Alex left us this month, to further his career in a new role in Fayetteville helping companies with their financials. Alex made VentureSouth better and did a great job tracking and helping our portfolio companies. We’ll miss his dedication, analytical rigor, and team spirit, and really do wish him the best of luck in his new role.And on the Halloween updates, we had Wednesday, Katniss Everdeen, and many other miscreants on the streets on 10/31. All are accounted for.

May always seems to be a busy month, with schools ending, graduation ceremonies, conferences, and summer planning. Here’s a quick look at the events and accomplishments keeping VentureSouth members busy during the month.Meetings:We shook up our monthly meeting cadence in an experiment we called the “Spring Seasonal Summits.” The goal was to consolidate our monthly member meetings into fewer, but bigger, meetings in North and South Carolina – and see how larger crowds and a full day of angel investing impacted the “vibe.”Over 75 angel investors met in both Charleston (for pitches, presentations, and to watch the Riverdogs crush it) and Greensboro (for similar ideas, though the weather forced a relocation from baseball to brewery - which didn’t get too many complaints). Particular highlights were the site visits to portfolio companies Case Status, Bublish, and Soelect. Angel investing can sometimes seem theoretical and virtual; the best parts are meeting in person and seeing the tangible results of the investing and the companies’ work, so we are thankful these companies let us drop by.Thanks especially to everyone who hit the road to join the meetings. Though not quite in the league of our annual Summit (like this one), getting together in larger groups is always a fun experience for angels; we hope you enjoyed them as much as we did, and look forward to a “fall” reprise.Investments: After a big April, May was quieter on the investing ledger. Nonetheless, we funded over $200k into one new company, and exercised our pro rata positions in two existing portfolio companies raising additional capital. Total investment rounds now stands at 312.Deals & Diligence: Behind the scenes, four companies competed in the screening meeting at the beginning of the month, and two continued through our diligence process (under the eagle eye of Jewel).Don’t forget you can explore a subset of these opportunities yourself, for free via www.vicinityventures.vc or www.vicinitycapital.com to see the public deals. You’ll need to be a VentureSouth for all of them ,of course..Portfolio: Notable news from the portfolio in May included:BreachRx announced a new $15M Series funding round led by Ballistic VenturesIconic released its next notable artist set - Whip Out the Paints and Get To It by Rebecca Rose.Reveal Mobile announced a partnership with SOMO, and OneDigitalTrust announced a partnership with RCB Bank, and Sharpen announced a partnership with Chime Health.And if you prefer audio: Paul welcomed portfolio companies Protect3d and MPath onto the Venture in the South podcast, which is also available now in video form here. (Subscribe on Spotify or leave a review on Apple podcasts!)Out & About:And, as usual, we kept our cars busy as we covered the southeast. You might have seen: Paul around Greenville at Ten at the Top, or office hours at NEXT, or at the Furman Advantage Greenville – or on the road meeting entrepreneurs and investors in the TriangleMatt at Seed the South in Charlotte.And more.

April has been quite a month in the stock market. It’s less easy to see into opaque private markets, but it’s also been quite a month in the angel investing markets in the Southeast. Here’s the Vicinity Ventures April 2025 recap to give you a peek into what we’ve been working on.Investments: Big venture capital funds are making major bets on AI startups. Reflecting that national trend, VentureSouth members also made two big AI bets in April, investing over $1.2M in two rounds for AI-related companies. We don’t “break the news” of our companies’ investment rounds, but you’ll likely read more about these rounds as they are announced. We’re excited to invest in companies doing real things with AI here in our backyard.AI, though, represented less than half of our investments this month. VentureSouth members and funds invested over $2.4M in six companies (two new and four follow-on rounds) in total – not a bad pace of deployment for an angel group! In addition, Boyd Cycling successfully closed its community funding round, raising $589,550 from individuals across its “Vicinity” to fund continued expansion.Returns: As many tourist VCs and one-shot angels have painfully learned since 2021, deploying capital is only the first step; getting it back again is much harder!That is why we are particularly pleased that the last few weeks also saw VentureSouth members receiving proceeds from three companies – a bridge loan paying out interest, a prior-exited company releasing extra funds from a transaction escrow, and, most excitingly, over $3M returned as a long-standing portfolio company was acquired. Again, you’ll be reading more when the deal is announced, but (for now anonymous) congratulations to the team on a successful culmination of a LOT of hard work.Deals & Diligence: As usual, regardless of capital deployed or exits secured, work continues on new investment ideas, with four companies competing in the screening meeting at the beginning of the month, and two finishing the diligence gauntlet.Since the VentureSouth + Vicinity partnership was announced in February, you can begin exploring a subset of these investments yourself. Sign up for free at www.vicinityventures.vc or www.vicinitycapital.com to see the public deals, and upgrade to VentureSouth membership to see the menu exclusively available to VentureSouth members.Portfolio: Notable news from the portfolio in April included:A major partnership announced between Gradient Health and the Rajpurkar Lab in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical SchoolBabylon Microfarms made it onto NBC when it covered the MSC World America’s maiden voyage (complete with two Microfarms)Baebies received FDA “breakthrough device” designation for the first point-of-care heparin monitoring assay.And more, including Darby adding a new CEO, Healthycell now being available on iHerb, and Atticus starting its new clinical trial for androgenic alopecia.If you prefer audio: David welcomed portfolio companies Gradient Health, Yuva, and Bublish onto the Venture in the South podcast. (Subscribe on Spotify or leave a review on Apple podcasts!)Meetings & Membership:We held angel investor meetings in Asheville, Greenville (twice!), Atlanta, Chattanooga, and online, and welcomed new members to our flock across the Southeast.We thanked our sponsors Insperity, Burr & Forman, and Rhodes Companies for their contributions to the VentureSouth angel investor community.Out & About:And we hit the road, of course! You might have seen Eric and Allen scrambling to meet Fran Tarkenton in Atlanta, Paul Newsom co-organizing the No Boundaries pitching competition in Aiken, or Charlie flying the flag in Ponte Vedra Beach with our Jacksonville angels.But not before getting out all the VentureSouth K-1s. K-1 Kudzu ran longer than we like, but all K-1s were out by April 15th. Now just waiting for my stragglers from non-VentureSouth investments, then I can file…Lastly, it’s hard to believe it, but April 2025 also saw the 10th anniversary of the first meeting of Lowcountry Angels, back in the misty distant past of April 2015. Time flies like a Mallard when you’re having fun.

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A recap of VentureSouth's angel investing activities across the southeast in October 2024