Venture In The South
Venture in the South is about angel investing in the Southeastern United States. We interview founders and thought leaders, sponsor a few panels discussing significant events and share our own experiences with over 100 startup investments. Released every Monday and usually 30-45 minutes long, ~50% of shows are Founder interviews, ~25% interviews with thought leaders and ~25% educational. We invite feedback and suggestions via www.ventureinthesouth.com or email david@ventureinthesouth.com. If you like our show please subscribe and give us a rating with a quick review. Thanks for listening and remember: Our mission is to MAKE MONEY, HAVE FUN AND DO GOOD.
Episodes
S5:E259 David interviews Christopher Mirabile, a leading Angel Investor with Launchpad Ventures, a co-founder of the venture portfolio tracking tool Seraf, and an author of two novels (links below) with Bublish, one of David's portfolio companies.
The pair discuss Christopher's authorship experience with Bublish, his angel experience, and the founding Seraf. (recorded 7.26.26)
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S5:E258 David reviews The Week In Venture, and, once again, AI dominated. Then on Wednesday July 29th I'll be interviewing Christopher Mirabile, a leading angel investor with Launchpad Ventures, a co-founder of Seraf, a venture portfolio tracking tool, and an author of two novels with Bublish, one of my portfolio companies. (recorded 7.26.26)
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S5:E257 David & Paul Paul kick off part two of our double-header on Ten Myths of Angel Investing -- covering material for founders, new angel investors, and the "tech curious." We’ll be taking on myths 6-10 in startup investing: is everything you thought you know about startup investing wrong? (recorded 7.9.26)
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S5:E256 David covers the past week in Venture with a special focus on the AI Bubble. Then on Wednesday July 22nd, David and Paul kick off part 2 of our series on the top 10 myths in Startup Investing for Founders, Rookie Angel Investors and the Tech Curious. We’ll be taking on myths 6-10 in Startup Investing noting that everything you thought you knew about Startup Investing is wrong. (recorded 7.19.26)
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S5:E255 David and Paul kick off a two-part series on the "Myths in Angel Investing". Useful for founders seeking capital, rookie angel investors taking their first swings, and the "tech curious" in other parts of the tech and entrepreneurial ecosystems.
And if you’re an active angel, you may pick up some tips on how to explain your odd hobby to your friends. We’ll be taking on the Top 10 myths in angel investing: i...
S5:E254 David runs down the most significant events in Venture over the last week and previews Wednesday's E255, a 2 part series for Founders, Rookie Angel Investors and the Tech Curious. And if you’re an active Angel, you may pick up some tips to explain yourself to your friends. We’ll be taking on the top 10 myths in Startup Investing noting that everything you thought you knew about Startup Investing is wrong. (recor...
S5:E253 David co-hosts a special episode on the future of Physical AI with Drobot CEO Stijn Van de Velde. Stijn was on the Pod for E178 for Part 2 of my series on Robotics in the summer of 2025. In this episode we’ll be talking about the current market for Robotics, Software for bots, Robots-as-a-Service, virtual training with digital twin technology, the value prop for Humanoids and what the future is likely to look like for...
S5:E252 David reviews The Week In Venture which once again was dominated by AI. On Wednesday July 8th David will be co-hosting a special episode on the future of Physical AI with Drobot CEO Stijn Van de Velde. Stijn was on the Pod for E178 for Part 2 of the series on Robotics in the summer of 2025. In this episode they'll be talking about the current market for Robotics, Software for bots, Robots-as-a-Service, virtual trainin...
S5:E251 David interviews Daniel Herrington, CEO of Voxel Innovations, a manufacturing Tech startup disrupting the parts supply chain for the likes of cutting edge chip production and Power Turbines for AI data centers. Voxel was last on the Pod for E71 in June of 2023, so a lot has happened and it's all good. (recorded 6.29.26)
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S5:E250 David details the past Week In Venture and previews his Wednesday July 1st interview with Daniel Herrington, CEO of Voxel Innovations, a manufacturing Tech startup crashing the supply chain for cutting edge chip lithography and Power Turbines for AI data centers. (recorded 6.29.26)
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S5:E249 David is joined by Doug Giampappa, the CEO of HealthyCell for an update on HealthCell, a rapidly growing DTC oral gel supplements provider preparing to break into retail. Then, we'll be talking about eCommerce in the AI era, outline the basic characteristics of successful eCommerce strategies and talk a bit about what the near term future looks like in eCommerce. Just to take a break from AI. (recorded 6.18.26)
S5:E248 David reviews the week in Venture and sets up Wednesday's show dedicated to eCommerce. For that episode David and Doug Giampapa, CEO of HealthyCell, will update listeners on HealthyCell, a unique supplements provider leveraging the longevity marketplace. We’ll outline the basic characteristics of successful eCommerce strategies and talk a bit about what the near term future looks like in eCommerce. (recorded 6.21.26)
S5:E247 AI is exploding so I invited a guest who operates an AI company to take listeners on a deep dive into the current state of AI. Josh Miller is the CEO of Gradient Health, a medical image data vendor for of AI models. Gradient has experienced growth and market expansion similar to Big AI, but from a more modest starting point. We review Gradients' current growth and then get into the future of AI startups. (recorded 6/16/26)
S5:E246 David offers up The Week In Venture and what a week it was with the SpaceX IPO sucking up capital like a Supermassive Black Hole. David then tees up Wednesday's deep dive into the state of AI with Josh Miller, CEO of Gradient AI, a data aggregation company for medical imaging AI model developers. He’ll give us a brief update on Gradient’s explosive growth and share his perspective on where AI is headed.
S5:E245 David takes a deep dive into IPO dynamics and how investors can think about the multitude of IPO features to work them to your advantage. (recorded 6.9.26)
The VitS Checklist for Pre-IPO Buyers
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S5:E244 David updates listeners on the past Week In Venture and tees up Wednesdays Pod for a deep dive into IPO dynamics and how investors can win at the IPO game. (recorded 6.7.26)
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S5:E243 David interviews Kathy Meis, CEO of Bublish, the world’s first publishing platform with built-in AI enabled professional positioning, editing, design, production, branding and distribution. Kathy has been on the Pod twice before for E50 and E168 but has executed a major pivot to bublish.ai that enables scaling self publishing at lower cost but with greater control for authors. They've notched a few best sellers and so...
S5:E242 David updates listeners on the week in Venture and then on Wednesday, David interviews Kathy Meis, Founder and CEO of Bublish, about her publishing startup’s turn to AI and how it’s working. (recorded 5.21.26)
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S5:E241 David and Paul explain Startup Fundraising Rules in a brief but informative review. (recorded 5.14.26)
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S5:E240 David updates listeners on the significant events in Venture for the past week. On Wednesday May 27, David and Paul present a short but sweet review of fundraising rules for Founders and Investors. (recorded 5.24.26)
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