VentureSouth

VentureSouth is a venture capital firm based in Greenville, South Carolina, specializing in startup and early-stage investments. The firm focuses primarily on manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare sectors, targeting opportunities in the Southeastern United States, particularly the Carolinas and surrounding areas. Since its founding, VentureSouth has developed a network of over 550 investors through various angel investment groups, making it one of the largest organizations of its kind in the country. The firm typically invests between $0.25 million and $2 million for a preferred equity stake of 15% to 35%, aiming for companies that can potentially deliver a 50% annualized rate of return within a 3-5 year timeframe. VentureSouth does not engage in common equity or debt investments, and it rarely invests in convertible debt.

Matt Bailey

Investor

Charlie Banks

Managing Director

Alex Biermann

Analyst

Paul Clark

Managing Director

Matt Dunbar

Managing Director

Past deals in News

6AM City

Series A in 2024
6AM City is a publishing technology company that builds platforms to maximize local audience participation and activate home cities by aggregating, curating, condensing, and distributing essential local news, conversations, events, and hot topics through daily email and social media, creating a hub for local content that supports brief, conversational newsletters focused on community engagement rather than politics and aims to foster active participation, vibrant local conversations, and sustainable growth for local ecosystems.

6AM City

Series A in 2021
6AM City is a publishing technology company that builds platforms to maximize local audience participation and activate home cities by aggregating, curating, condensing, and distributing essential local news, conversations, events, and hot topics through daily email and social media, creating a hub for local content that supports brief, conversational newsletters focused on community engagement rather than politics and aims to foster active participation, vibrant local conversations, and sustainable growth for local ecosystems.

6AM City

Seed Round in 2020
6AM City is a publishing technology company that builds platforms to maximize local audience participation and activate home cities by aggregating, curating, condensing, and distributing essential local news, conversations, events, and hot topics through daily email and social media, creating a hub for local content that supports brief, conversational newsletters focused on community engagement rather than politics and aims to foster active participation, vibrant local conversations, and sustainable growth for local ecosystems.

6AM City

Convertible Note in 2019
6AM City is a publishing technology company that builds platforms to maximize local audience participation and activate home cities by aggregating, curating, condensing, and distributing essential local news, conversations, events, and hot topics through daily email and social media, creating a hub for local content that supports brief, conversational newsletters focused on community engagement rather than politics and aims to foster active participation, vibrant local conversations, and sustainable growth for local ecosystems.

6AM City

Debt Financing in 2018
6AM City is a publishing technology company that builds platforms to maximize local audience participation and activate home cities by aggregating, curating, condensing, and distributing essential local news, conversations, events, and hot topics through daily email and social media, creating a hub for local content that supports brief, conversational newsletters focused on community engagement rather than politics and aims to foster active participation, vibrant local conversations, and sustainable growth for local ecosystems.

6AM City

Debt Financing in 2017
6AM City is a publishing technology company that builds platforms to maximize local audience participation and activate home cities by aggregating, curating, condensing, and distributing essential local news, conversations, events, and hot topics through daily email and social media, creating a hub for local content that supports brief, conversational newsletters focused on community engagement rather than politics and aims to foster active participation, vibrant local conversations, and sustainable growth for local ecosystems.
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