The South’s Accelerating Venture Flywheel: What LPs See In 2026

In this candid LP roundtable, Lisa Calhoun, Founder of Valor Ventures, is joined by sophisticated investors Tom Weithman, CIO of Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation, and Beth Kytle Chandler, Managing Director at Cresset, to unpack how venture capital is evolving across the South in 2026. From the return of exits and capital recycling to disciplined AI investing and the power of patient, regionally anchored capital, this conversation offers rare LP-level clarity on what matters heading into 2026—and why the South is increasingly where venture fundamentals resonate.

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