VentureSouth exists to encourage collaboration between angel investors across our state. Our goal is to fund fully our best early stage companies - so they can spend less time fundraising and more time building great businesses.As the UBJ and others around the state...
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VentureSouth Charlotte Helping to Grow Charlotte’s Angel-Funding Community
In a recent article in the Charlotte Observer, VentureSouth Charlotte’s Director Mac Lackey weighs in on the angel investing scene in the Queen City, how it’s shifted in recent years, and the potential for growth.
VentureSouth Surpasses $50 Million Invested
VentureSouth is delighted to announce a major milestone, as the early-stage investment group has now invested more than $50 million in early-stage companies in the Southeast.Recently announced investments in Threatswitch and Altis Biosystems, along with...
VentureSouth Establishing Fayetteville Angel Investor Group
VentureSouth, the Southeast’s largest angel investment network, is once again expanding its footprint. Fayetteville, N.C. will become the 14th community with a VentureSouth angel group, bringing the resources of a venture capital firm to local...
The negative side of being the lead investor
After reading the previous post about the advantages of being the lead investor, you may have been left wondering why so many people - individual angel investors, angel groups, micro-VCs, or even formal venture funds very often don’t lead deals. Below we’ll take a...
South Carolina Angel Tax Credit has been Extended!
Originally passed in 2013, The High Growth Small Business Job Creation Act, affectionately known as the South Carolina Angel Tax Credit, gave investors a state income tax credit of up to 35% of the amount they invested in eligible SC-based companies. The tax...
VentureSouth Invests In Two Southeastern Early-Stage Companies
VentureSouth is pleased to announce that it recently invested in two southeastern early-stage companies: MemberHub and Reveal Mobile.VentureSouth completed its investment in MemberHub last week, as the company finalized its Series A investment round of over...
Venture Carolina and Sharpen Offer Mental Health App to Entrepreneurs in South Carolina
Venture Carolina, an educational nonprofit whose mission is to support entrepreneurs in the Carolinas, is making its Sharpen Founder mental health app available for free to all entrepreneurs in South Carolina. ACCESS THE APP HERECompany founders and entrepreneurs...
VentureSouth Announces Another Record-Breaking Year in 2019
VentureSouth is proud to announce another year of record-setting investment activity. The South Carolina-based firm invested $12.7 million in 28 Southeastern early stage companies in 2019, up from $7 million the previous year, representing an 82% increase in capital...
KIYATEC To Present Immuno-Oncology Response Characterization at the 2019 Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting
GREENVILLE, S.C. – November 5, 2019 – KIYATEC, Inc. today announced that it will present data characterizing in vitro response to checkpoint inhibitors in solid tumors, a capability that addresses an important need in preclinical development...