Are Southeast Investors Confident About The Future? A New Survey Gives Us Clues. Market volatility, tariffs, and uncertain exit multiples all came up as things that are worrying investors in the near-to-medium term.
A Focus On Diversification Helps Front Porch Venture Partners Close Its $20 Million Fund II North Carolina-based Front Porch Venture Partners (FPVP) is the latest Southeast-based firm to raise its second fund, and the team is ready to deploy that capital in the regional startup ecosystem. FPVP announced today it closed a $20 million Fund II, which is quadruple the size of its
Temperature Check: How did early-stage investors navigate uncertainty in 2023? The VC world was pretty quiet this year, particularly for those investing in and watching later-stage ventures. Venture capital funding globally dropped by nearly half in the first half of 2023, according to data from research firm PitchBook. That lack of enthusiasm certainly hit the Southeast, as later, bigger