I lead seed rounds in #AI & #SaaS Startups in the South ✨Founder @ValorVC & @startup_runway ✨ Kauffman Fellow 🏇 USDF Bronze Medalist
Atlanta, GA
Joined April 2012
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Heading to @VentureAtlanta? Get the insiders take from VCs, founders and Strategics to know about in my latest podcast drop — podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Calling emerging artists in the South — apply for the @valorvc 2025 Art of Inclusion Commission 👇🏼
I created a GPT for early stage board directors serving @valorvc portfolio firms. The next 30 days is an open tuning and hardening period before it closes and becomes private. Let me hear your feedback. chatgpt.com/g/g-689cb05dc91c…
Also, don’t expect West Coast rents 😎
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Wondering how your AI startup stacks up? Tune in to the Atlanta Startup Podcast for a mid-year deep dive with Valor VC's AI podcast co-hosts.
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We're looking for local emerging artists who want to help us envision a future of inclusion in the age of AI. Help us find these amazing visionaries--application link is: valor.vc/art-commission-incl…
GEO—Generative Engine Optimization—is becoming as prevalent as SEO.
(Thanks for the term + great guide @G2dotcom + @GoddardAbel)
Now most LLMs are about as reliable as your first 5 Google search results.
This means founders selling AI have a big shift to gear —
chatgpt.com/g/g-686c0112b9e8… and finally,
3. if you are building in the South, get the first round funding you need to scale even faster.
Feedback same day by sharing your deck with me here:
Valuation ≠ validation. In early rounds, investors use 3 key founder archetypes.
Recognize yourself in one?
valor.vc/whats-the-right-fir…
What’s the Right First Round Valuation Today? - Valor Ventures
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Calling all Startups!
The Accelerate Investor Conference is now accepting applications for the opportunity to pitch to a packed room of angel and venture capital investors at this year’s conference in November!
Organizations interested in pitching must apply by July 29th.
Learn more here: acceleratedeals.org
(@AccelerateDeals)
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Celebrated Atlanta entrepreneur @kingofpops CEO @steven_carse , author of Work Is Fun, shares his discipline of moving from joy to joy in a surprisingly candid conversation with @valorvc managing partner @lisa_calhoun
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Awesome day in Arlington —@willinvestsvc and me catching up with more 🚀top flight🚀 AI startups. The VA/DC area is seriously out-punching its VC density weight class in AI 💪🏼. Not convinced? Look at the list in our “AI Startups in the South” read out: valor.docsend.com/view/zfzhm…
