Atlanta Startup Podcast

Founder Dustin Walsey of Buckle thinks gig work could be a lot safer. His rideshare insurance agency is designed around the gig worker starting with drivers. Find out how that changes everything in this interview of the edge of internet economy with host William Leonard.Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event.

SmartCommerce founder and CEO Jennifer Silverberg shares her do's and don'ts in startup fundraising in this candid episode with Valor general partner Lisa Calhoun. This is a can't-miss episode for founders packed with fundraising tips and strategies that work. You'll especially enjoy how she dives into the differences between raising in VC, New York, and the Valley as an Atlanta founder.Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event.

Atlanta Founder and Georgia Tech grad Ajesh Kapoor shares his story of prior exits, crucial lessons learned as a founder, and how his latest startup. SemiCab is digitizing the antiquated world of freight movement. Learn all about it in this conversation with Valor Investor William Leonard.Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event.

After relocating her startup to Atlanta from New York, Founder and CEO of Knac Ariel Lopez shares the driving forces behind her decision and breaks down Knac's approach to humanizing the hiring process.Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event.

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.