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BIP Ventures
"State of StartupsSM in the Southeast"
Report Readout and Panel Discussion

WHEN

Tuesday
October 21, 2025

WHERE

Promenade Midtown
Visa Building
1200 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30309

Since 2018, BIP Ventures has published The State of StartupsSM in the Southeast the most comprehensive source of research on the region’s innovation and investment ecosystem. This interactive report gives a longitudinal look at startup performance across key sectors, market influences, and the investors fueling progress in the region. In the 2025 report, stability, discipline, and capital concentration emerge as defining characteristics of the Southeastern venture ecosystem.

Join this special event to hear from the authors of this report, BIP Ventures, as they share findings from this year’s report and discuss them among a panel of entrepreneurs and investors.

 

PANEL DISCUSSION
Some items covered will be:

- Venture investing forecast – what to expect (and prepare for) in 2026

- What technology startups should consider if they are planning to raise VC money in the coming year

- How and where AI should be integrated in your business to capture funding and get the best valuation

- The right and wrong ways for technology startups to raise capital in the current environment

 

MODERATED BY:

John Yates
Partner
Gunderson Dettmer

PANELISTS:

Mark Flickinger
General Partner and COO
BIP Capital

Marc Gorlin
Founder and CEO, Roadie
Co-Founder, Kabbage

Baha Zeidan
CEO
Azalea Health

Miguel Granier
Managing Director
Cox Cleantech Accelerator

FUND OF THE MONTH:BrightMind-Logo

COMPANY OF THE MONTH:
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
5:30 - 7:30pm

RSVP Deadline Friday, October 17th, 5:00 pm

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