# VentureSouth

> VentureSouth is a VC fund in Greenville backing Software and Health Care. See 134 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Greenville, United States
- Total investments: 134
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 24%
- Last fund: Jul 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venturesouth-vc/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/venturesouth_vc
- Website: http://venturesouth.vc

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 investmentorganizations 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $233k–$3.1M |
| Series A | $1.2M–$18M |
| Convertible Note | $317k–$3.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 20 | 15% |
| Health Care | 15 | 11% |
| Biotechnology | 15 | 11% |
| SaaS | 10 | 7% |
| Medical | 8 | 6% |

120 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 33 | 25% |
| Series A | 22 | 16% |
| Convertible Note | 18 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 9% |
| Series B | 7 | 5% |

13 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charlie Banks | Co-Founder & Managing Director | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlie-banks |
| Malay Shah | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/malay-shah |
| Paul Clark | Managing Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-clark-6 |
| Dawson Racek | Venture Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dawson-racek |
| Matthew Dunbar | Co-Founder and Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-dunbar |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| StratusGrid | 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 | 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 |  |
| mPath Health | 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 |  |
| Yuva Biosciences | Using cutting edge mitochondrial science to develop cosmeceuticals and pharmaceuticals. | $7.5M | Seed | Feb 20, 2024 |  |
| 6AM City | 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 |  |
| Gradient Health | 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 | APPROVE is an internal, custom-branded lending programme that shows reasonable monthly payments at Every point of sale. | $3M | Seed | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| Emrgy | 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 Micro-Farms | 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 |  |
| Darby | Darby offers a platform that serves as a digital vending machine for medical equipment and diagnostics. By using Darby's product, any virtual care delivery model can toggle into hybrid care - allowing remote clinicians to order last-mile tests and treatments for their patients at home instead of referring them to expensive sites of care likethe emergency department. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 29, 2023 |  |

10 of 134 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Upstate Carolina Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/upstate-carolina-angel-network) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [IDEA Fund Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idea-fund-partners) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Asheville Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asheville-angels) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [SC Launch, Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sc-launch) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Bull City Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bull-city-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Meeting Street Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meeting-street-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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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 134 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is VentureSouth's check size?

VentureSouth typically joins rounds of $233k–$3.1M at Seed, $1.2M–$18M at Series A and $317k–$3.4M at Convertible Note. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds VentureSouth participates in.

### How do I contact VentureSouth?

Public channels for VentureSouth include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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