VentureSouth
VC Fund
Greenville, United States
VentureSouth is an early-stage venture firm that develops and manages angel investment groups and funds throughout the Southeast. Since our inception with the Upstate Carolina Angel Network in 2008, VentureSouth has grown to include more than 550 investors across a dozen angel groups and funds, making us one of the largest angel investment organizations in the United States. To date, VentureSouth has deployed over $80 million in more than 100 companies. Follow us to learn how we Make Money. Have Fun. Do Good.
- Total investments:
- 148
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 22%
- Fund size:
- $580k
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries VentureSouth invests in
Stages VentureSouth invests in
Countries VentureSouth invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $233k–$3.1M
- Series A
- $760k–$13M
- Convertible Note
- $300k–$3.4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 24 (16%)
- Health Care 16 (11%)
- Biotechnology 15 (10%)
- SaaS 11 (7%)
- Medical 8 (5%)
Stage
- Seed 37 (25%)
- Series A 29 (20%)
- Convertible Note 20 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 9 (6%)
- Series B 7 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Banks
Co-Founder & Managing Director
|
Co-Founder & Managing Director | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Malay Shah
Director
|
Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Paul Clark
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Dawson Racek
Venture Analyst
|
Venture Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Matthew Dunbar
Co-Founder and Managing Director
|
Co-Founder and Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botsi is a AI Pricing for consumer apps: show the right offer to the right user | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Sep 09, 2026 | ||
| StratusGrid is a next generation managed services company utilizing Transformational Intelligence™ to provide precise cloud strategy, implementation, migration and management. | $3M / Seed / Jun 02, 2026 | ||
| CADchat provides a cloud-based digital workspace tailored for product, engineering, and manufacturing teams. The platform enables live collaboration on native 3D CAD files without requiring screen sharing or file conversion across formats. | Seed / Aug 01, 2024 | ||
| DHN Solution is a cloud-based automation software platform that helps healthcare systems to improve their preventive care quality metrics. . | $706K / Seed / Mar 05, 2024 | ||
| Using cutting edge mitochondrial science to develop cosmeceuticals and pharmaceuticals. | $7.5M / Seed / Feb 20, 2024 | ||
| 6AM is redefining the future of local media as the fastest growing newsletter-first local media company in the country, delivering the most relevant need-to-know local news and events. We aim to build communities driven by conversation, designed to educate and activate the cities we call home.Markets: Greenville, SC (GVLtoday); Columbia, SC(COLAtoday); Charleston, SC (CHStoday); Asheville, NC (AVLtoday); Raleigh, NC (RALtoday); Chattanooga,TN (NOOGAtoday); Nashville, TN (NASHtoday); Lakeland, FL (LALtoday); Louisville, KY (LOUtoday); Lexington, KY (LEXtoday); Kansas City, MO (KCtoday); Richmond, VA (RICtoday); Madison, WI (608today); Indianapolis, IN (INDYtoday); Portland, OR (PDXtoday); Seattle, WA (SEAtoday); Boston, MA (BOStoday); Fort Worth, TX (FTWtoday); San Antonio (SATXtoday); San Diego, CA (SDtoday); Sacramento, CA (SACtoday); and San Jose, CA (SJCtoday). | $10M / Series A / Feb 02, 2024 | ||
| We use machine learning to assist radiologists with their workflow to reduce their cognitive load and increase their operational efficiency | $2.8M / Seed / Jun 20, 2023 | ||
| APPROVE is an internal, custom-branded lending programme that shows reasonable monthly payments at Every point of sale. | $3M / Seed / Jun 01, 2023 | ||
| Founded in 2014, Emrgy Inc. is a transformational technology company that is redefining hydropower to remain the world’s most reliable, continuous, and cost-effective renewable energy resource in an energy economy shifting to distributed, intermittent renewables. | $18.4M / Series A / Apr 11, 2023 | ||
| Babylon offers a smart, scalable indoor farm tailored to meet the clients' needs.At the touch of a button, Babylon delivers a simple, yet engaging indoor growing experience. Babylon is leveraging its remote management technology to develop a complete indoor farming platform that will power a distributed network of Micro-Farms across NorthAmerica.Founders Alexander Olesen and Graham Smith met at the University of Virginia where they first designed a low-cost micro-farm to provide nutritious produce for food-insecure refugees in the Middle East. Alexander and Graham were initially inspired by the desire to bring benefits of sustainable hydroponic farming to those who need it the most. They set out to develop technology that would automate the complex aspects of indoor farming and in doing so make this transformative method of crop production accessible to anyone. | $8M / Series A / Apr 03, 2023 | ||
| See all 148 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does VentureSouth invest in?
VentureSouth invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 148 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does VentureSouth invest in?
VentureSouth typically joins rounds of $233k–$3.1M at Seed, $760k–$13M at Series A and $300k–$3.4M at Convertible Note. These are whole funding-round sizes, not VentureSouth's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds VentureSouth took part in.
How do I contact VentureSouth?
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Who are the partners at VentureSouth?
The team at VentureSouth includes Charlie Banks (Co-Founder & Managing Director), Malay Shah (Director) and Paul Clark (Managing Director), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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