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 this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
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. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
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. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event ....
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 Valor for an upcoming event .
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 Calhoun. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event ....
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 conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
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 Valor for an upcoming event .
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 event .
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 across the Southeast, including leading Maveron's investment in Atlanta's Black-female-founded Capway. ...
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 founder Lisa Calhoun Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event ....
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 automating tedious processes. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event ....
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 for an upcoming event .
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 this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
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 Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event ....
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 real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
What are the real grassroots technology trends driving startups this year? Hear from software founders including Deb Casurella, CEO of MyAgData; Jeannie Tarkenton of Funding U; Nelson Thomas from Ecotext and Andrew McConnell of Rented. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Medical expert Evodie Epane is an Atlanta founder whose company Vegan Tiger is bringing a healthy new delicious snack to market. Learn about her journey into vegan foods. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
The Biden Harris administration is going to have a huge impact on the venture capital industry. Get insights of national and local interest from leaders Congressman Kwanza Hall, who won the US House of Representatives seat formerly held by Hon. John Lewis; Jina Sanone, executive director of political action group Her Term; and Tiffany McKenzie, partner with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. This conversation is hosted by Valor general partners Lisa Calhoun and Gary Peat. Let's take this conversation ...
Hustling co-founders Joel Nkounkou and Nelson Thomas just raised their first venture round for their digital textbook platform. Enjoy their insights into what the students of today need from their learning platforms. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Hear Atlanta founder Carolyn Pitt who's building the top job platform for the film and media industry. She shares why customers like Marvel focus on hiring in the Southeast, and what her startup is doing about it. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Founder Safir Monroe knows airlines, and COVID-19 is the perfect storm for the industry. Get his insider's perspective on building the software the industry needs to recover and thrive. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Meet one of the most prolific and seasoned angel investors in Atlanta, Mike Ross, president and founder of MHR International. In this can't-miss conversation, you'll hear his deep insights on the break-out Black Tech scene headquartered in Atlanta and get his thoughts on the future. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Small Bites Adventure Club creates turn-key tools to help children discover, love and eat fruits and vegetables. Learn how Atlanta founder Erin Croom is tackling the frontier of food for the youngest, pickiest eaters. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Dive in deep with LaVonda Brown as she shares how EyeGage is changing drug screening technologies for the better. Every day, 29 people die because of driving under the influence. This simple app you can use on your own phone can change the game for good. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Calendly founder Tope Awotona shares openly about how he works, why he built Calendly, and how he sees success in a conversation with Valor General Partner Lisa Calhoun, recorded for Startup Runway as a part of its event series for under-represented founders. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
