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Anthony Oni shared thisBig moment for ThinkLabs AI, Inc. ThinkLabs is helping utilities build on their strengths with the speed and clarity needed to meet today’s unprecedented energy demand. Josh Wong congrats to you and the team on the Series A.Anthony Oni shared thisWe’re excited to announce that ThinkLabs AI has closed its $28M Series A, led by EIP. Utilities are being asked to add capacity on timelines the industry has never seen before, and the stakes extend far beyond the grid. Electricity is the foundation on which economic growth, technological progress, and national security depend - and the grid has to be ready for that. ThinkLabs AI, Inc. AI delivers the speed, accuracy, and transparency that utilities need to meet this moment. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e7NydCfRThinkLabs AI raised $28M led by EIP and including the VC arms of Nvidia and EdisonThinkLabs AI raised $28M led by EIP and including the VC arms of Nvidia and Edison
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Anthony Oni reposted thisAnthony Oni reposted thisOverstory is hiring a CTO. 🎉 This is a rare opportunity at the intersection of AI and climate tech — the chance to guide a commercially successful company through our next stage of growth following the recent close of our Series B. The person in this role gets to lead and scale a world-class engineering team whose work reduces the risk of wildfires and power outages around the world every day. I’m looking for an entrepreneurial startup leader with a track record of leading engineering teams from Series A through Series C and beyond with a mix of boldness and empathy. Only lovely humans should apply. Please spread the word. https://lnkd.in/eYZUf_ZT
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Anthony Oni reposted thisUtilities are at a pivotal moment, facing more extreme weather events every year. Overstory is tackling this challenge in a way that utilities can act on immediately, making sense of satellite data to spot the exact tree to trim, pole to clear, or asset to replace. We are excited to welcome Overstory to our portfolio.Anthony Oni reposted this🔥 Big Overstory news: A $43M Series B, next-gen wildfire tech, and a powerhouse COO. Check out the headlines below for a glimpse into our next chapter. 📈 We’ve closed a $43M Series B, thanks to the incredible support from Blume Equity, Energy Impact Partners join alongside existing investors B Capital, Pale blue dot, Semapa Next, CapitalT, Convective Capital, Bentley Systems, Moxxie Ventures and MCJ. 🛰️ We’ve launched a new generation of our Wildfire Intelligence, powered by our proprietary Fuel Detection Model. For the first time, utilities can understand not just where a spark might occur, but where fires are most likely to ignite and spread. 🙌 The incredibly talented Tamara Mendelsohn has joined our team as Chief Operating Officer to guide us through our next phase of growth. We’re thrilled to have her. Why does all this matter? As Andrew Abranches at Pacific Gas and Electric Company said "Innovation and technology have become the pillars of progress when it comes to wildfire prevention. The details are in the data, and that precision allows us to deploy our crews where wildfire risk is greatest." Thank you to Lauren Rosenthal at Bloomberg for the insightful article on the space. For more on our news and the deeply researched Bloomberg piece sharing it, find links in our comments.
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Anthony Oni shared thisProud to see ADEN come to life in such a powerful way. This is the kind of long term, statewide commitment that changes the future of education and workforce. Bringing world class digital skills, high speed connectivity, and modern learning spaces to rural and underserved communities will unlock new pathways for thousands of learners across Alabama. The partnership between the State of Alabama, Alabama Power Company, Alabama State University, Apple and Ed Farm shows what is possible when we align around access, talent, and opportunity. Special thanks to L. Waymond Jackson Jr for leading and sheparding this effort on the Ed Farm side.Anthony Oni shared thisADEN is a statewide commitment to expanding digital skills, workforce readiness, and economic opportunity—especially across the communities that have historically had the least access. In partnership with the State of Alabama, Alabama Power Company, Alabama State University, and Apple, Ed Farm is building a connected ecosystem of learning hubs supported by high-speed broadband and world-class digital training. This is an investment in the state’s talent, its economy, and its future. Learn more about ADEN at edfarm.org/aden.
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Anthony Oni reposted thisAnthony Oni reposted thisMost people talk about how AI needs more power. Fewer talk about how nuclear needs AI... In the latest episode of Inevitable, Trey Lauderdale, CEO of Atomic Canyon, joins Cody to unpack how generative AI can streamline nuclear operations and help the industry scale. Atomic Canyon recently deployed the first commercial on-site generative AI system at Diablo Canyon in San Luis Obispo. In just two years, Trey has built partnerships with major players like Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Idaho National Laboratory, the kind of institutional relationships that typically take decades to establish in the nuclear industry. 🎧 Listen wherever you get podcasts: https://lnkd.in/g57W2N3c
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Anthony Oni shared thisThe spaces where our children learn are just as important as what they learn. When thoughtfully designed — blending environment, technology, and creativity — classrooms can spark imagination, build confidence, and change the trajectory of a student’s future. Recent studies show that nearly 16% of student learning outcomes are directly influenced by classroom design — factors like natural light, acoustics, color, flexibility, air quality, and access to the right tools and technology. The right space doesn’t just house learning; it activates it. That’s why I’m so proud of the work happening through Ed Farm Spaces — where innovative classroom design meets digital creativity and community transformation. Led by Daniel Whitt, our Head of Spaces, the team is reimagining what learning environments can look like for every child — from Birmingham to rural Alabama and beyond. Every Space we build is a catalyst: for curiosity, collaboration, and confidence. It’s how we close digital divides and open doors to future-ready skills. A huge thank you to our partners at Apple, Alabama Power Company and Kurani for enabling this vision and believing in what’s possible when technology, design, and purpose come together.
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Anthony Oni reposted thisAnthony Oni reposted thisWhat 41 AI startups told me about pricing for the energy transition and the physical world: AI is forcing a rethink of software pricing across the board. Traditional SaaS models, such as per-seat, fail to align with the economics of AI. This shift is especially hard in energy and physical markets. These industries still run on long budgeting cycles, rigid compliance and procurement needs, and legacy buying processes. To understand how founders are adapting, I surveyed 41 early-stage AI startups building for the energy transition and physical world. The companies span pre-revenue to $20M+ ARR and 2014–2025 founding years, with most at the seed stage or earlier — where pricing experimentation is most active. Below are a few highlights from the report: • Pricing AI features within SaaS products • Adjusting pricing when selling to utilities and industrials • Moving toward hybrid or outcome-based models If you'd like the full deck, including data breakdowns and founder quotes, comment/DM or fill this out: https://lnkd.in/gcsE2eEe I’m an investor focused on software and AI for the energy transition and physical world. (Views are my own.) Thanks to Nat Bullard and Skakel McCooey for the support!
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Anthony Oni shared thisOne of my highlights from CBC this year was celebrating my friend Dr. Lamell McMorris at his book signing for The Power to Persist. Inspiring words from Lamell and powerful reflections from MARC MORIAL made it an unforgettable moment. Congrats on making Amazon Best Seller list!
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Anthony Oni reposted thisAnthony Oni reposted thisI've been thinking a lot about pricing models in this new age of AI and how it is *particularly complicated* for companies building software for the ⚡ energy transition ⚡ or 🦾 physical world 🦾. SaaS pricing used to be simple: charge per seat. Then AI came along...and broke the model. Now we’re all guessing between usage, agent, workflow, or outcome-based pricing. But easier said than done - You can’t plug a usage-based pricing model into a 9-month procurement cycle. You can’t sell outcome-based pricing to a buyer who doesn’t know what their “baseline” is. So, it gets even more complicated if you're selling into utilities, energy, or industrial markets because of long budget cycles, rigid procurement needs, and often less sophisticated software orgs. I’m running a survey to benchmark how early-stage startups in our ecosystem price today - my guess is it looks and feels different than the other AI-native startups that have seen success in other industries like software engineering (e.g. Lovable, Cursor) or legal (e.g Harvey) or medicine (e.g. Abridge). SURVEY HERE: https://lnkd.in/gdYivTFZ It should take about 5 minutes and I'll share back anonymized, aggregated insights back to you if you fill it out - thanks for sharing your experience and feel free to share with other early stage startups.Fill | Pricing AI Software for the Energy Transition & Physical WorldFill | Pricing AI Software for the Energy Transition & Physical World
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Anthony Oni liked thisAnthony Oni liked thisLast week I spent time talking #energy with a huge spectrum of people at the "super bowl of energy," CERAWeek. Here're a few reflections culled from a wide variety of conversations: 1) I was surprised by how little anyone was talking about Iran and the huge impacts that's having on global energy #supplychains, not to mention so much else (and so many human lives). My hypothesis: there's just too much uncertainty about what's really going on, what the objective is, or how it'll end. 2) #renewables aren't dead and gone; rather, they're seen as a crucial part of the mix of #energyresources the world needs as we rush headlong into the #datacenter-powered #AI era. While #offshorewind is undoubtedly having a bad (years), #renewableenergy more generally is still on the move. 3) #Batteries, #storage, and firm #baseload are crucial in the near and mid-longer term. Fervo Energy's announcement (link in comments) about non-recourse #projectfinance was well timed to ensure #geothermal was part of the conversation. #nuclear was also much-discussed, though I came away with the general sense that it's still the technology of the future. The question, as always, is when does the future come? 4) Partnerships are critical, and big corporates can play a huge role in helping new companies get off the ground. This is old news in some ways but an #offtake agreement from a #hyperscaler can be hugely impactful on an early-stage company trying to raise capital/attract team/grow. 5) As always, it's really important to get together with great people trying to move the needle. I had so many lovely conversations with people from across the energy spectrum. It was especially great to catch up with Julia Trotman, Nour Ghadanfar, Daniel Fritsche, David Yeh, Micah Kotch, Charles Gertler, 💡Eric Rubenstein, Deanna Zhang, Ayo Olabimtan, CFA, Jack Fritzinger, James Shih, Ryoh Ohashi, Daniel Goldman, Amy Zhao, Anouck Champsaur, Craig Lawrence, Leslie Hayward, and of course portfolio company folks like Tim Latimer, Chris Graves, Jason Salfi, Mac Hatch, John Santoleri, Bruce Logue, and Joselyn Lai (pictured!)!
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Anthony Oni liked thisAnthony Oni liked thisHonoring a leader who shaped the very best of who we are is one of the greatest privileges of this job. Today in Gulfport, we dedicated Mississippi Power’s Workforce Development and Training Center in honor of Anthony Wilson, someone whose more than four decades of commitment to people, community and Safety First helped shape our culture across Southern Company. His leadership set a standard that continues to guide us. This center reflects the values Anthony championed throughout his career: investing in our workforce, preparing the next generation and ensuring our teams have the training and support to do their jobs safely and with excellence. It was a privilege to work alongside Anthony and watch his leadership in action over the years. And, today, it’s a privilege to join the Mississippi Power team in celebrating Anthony and his family as we honor his legacy.
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Anthony Oni liked thisAnthony Oni liked thisGreat day for California's energy future - PG&E's Diablo Canyon Power Plant secures approval to keep generating clean energy!
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Anthony Oni liked thisAnthony Oni liked thisNo surprise - our Atlanta Startup Ecosystem is powerful.⚡🏙️ On Monday, we officially kicked off our Spring 2026 Cox Cleantech Accelerator Cohort at Super South! The room was full of smiles, y'alls, and the types of important connections that drive startup success. 🤝 Our community proved exactly why Atlanta is the most exciting startup hub in the nation! We heard fantastic pitches from our 5 startups working on innovations from biodegradable materials to AI-driven ops. Investors, corporate partners, and mentors - you don't want to miss out on connecting with them! Special thanks to the Metro Atlanta Chamber for hosting and Jon Hutson for organizing. 👏 Buckstop - Urban Mining Intelligence Fordje LCOE.ai, Inc. Silvis Materials WattsUp
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Anthony Oni liked thisAnthony Oni liked thisExcited to back ThinkLabs AI, Inc. in their $28M Series A alongside a world-class group of partners. As AI drives unprecedented electricity demand, ThinkLabs is bringing physics-informed AI to modernize how the grid is planned and operated. https://lnkd.in/gKQXCSH3ThinkLabs AI Closes $28 M Series A Led by Energy Impact Partners, Backed by NVentures and Edison InternationalThinkLabs AI Closes $28 M Series A Led by Energy Impact Partners, Backed by NVentures and Edison International
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Anthony Oni liked thisAnthony Oni liked thisHeating costs in the State of New Jersey climbed again this winter. These families had already proven their income to the state. Until now, none of that mattered when the heating bill arrived. Governor Sherrill's administration, the NJ Department of Health, Gateway Community Action Partnership, and the AMERICAN WATER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC chose bold. Promise matched WIC enrollment data to utility accounts across 9 utilities and delivered $200 credits directly to families. No new application. No new paperwork. No new proof. 1,250 families enrolled. 98% of funds delivered in 15 days. Every dollar traceable to a verified account. This is what government should look like. A state uses data it already has instead of forcing families to prove the same fact twice. Faster for families. Cheaper for the state. Auditable end to end. We are proud to power this partnership. Read more → https://lnkd.in/g-rDrQab #AI #GovTech #BenefitsIntegrityNews | Utility Assistance Pilot Program Launches to Bring Relief to New Jersey WIC FamiliesNews | Utility Assistance Pilot Program Launches to Bring Relief to New Jersey WIC Families
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Anthony Oni liked thisAnthony Oni liked this⚛️ When Safety, Service, and Innovation Meet🔍 California’s last nuclear power plant faced an unexpected pivot when Diablo Canyon’s operating life was extended, bringing urgent regulatory deadlines and staffing challenges. Pacific Gas and Electric Company turned to a locally founded AI startup (Atomic Canyon) to responsibly simplify how millions of safety and compliance documents are accessed on site. The result was the first commercial, on‑site generative AI tool at a US nuclear plant, helping teams spend less time searching and more time focused on safe, reliable operations. It’s a practical example of using curiosity and ownership to deliver clean, resilient energy while keeping people and communities safe. “We had to pivot to continue to operate.” --Maureen Zawalick, SVP and Chief Risk Officer, PG&E Trey Lauderdale, Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Tyler Germann, Anthony Oni, Katy Gil, Yoav Nissan, Gayle Littleton, Catherine Harb (Infantolino), Jon Guidroz, Tim Buckley, Sarah Claudy Lemonick, John Harkness, Ph.D., U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, NVIDIAHow workers at California's last nuclear plant use generative AI to save timeHow workers at California's last nuclear plant use generative AI to save time
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Anthony Oni liked thisAnthony Oni liked thisLast week, Riyad Muradov and I had the opportunity to showcase Rock Rabbit at EPRI's Incubatenergy Labs Pitch Day in Atlanta hosted by Southern Company, where we were honored to be among the 24 energy innovators selected for this year's cohort. The energy in the room was palpable. There is so much excitement right now around using AI to tackle the affordability and efficiency challenges facing our grid. It was energizing to be surrounded by innovative startup leaders and some of the most forward-thinking utilities in the country working on these problems. Thank you to the EPRI team for facilitating such a high-quality program and for Southern Company for being tremendous hosts. Excited for next steps! 🚀
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Emery Waddell
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What’s old is new. Funny to watch VCs flood back to out-of-favor business models—hardware-enabled software, marketplaces, consumer tech—which are now viewed as more defensible because AI can't easily replicate physical infrastructure, network effects, or brand.
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Suresh Sharma
Open Range Capital, Atlanta… • 5K followers
[Podcast on Dawdle.live platform] WHAT MAKES STARTUPS SUCCESSFUL THE FIRST TIME AND EVERY TIME. 6 hours ago • Edited • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn We had the privilege of hosting Suresh Sharma — Innovation Fellow at Georgia Tech, serial entrepreneur, and former senior leader at GE — on the Dawdle.live podcast. His journey spans aerospace, clean energy, healthcare, education, and startup acceleration, giving him a rare vantage point on how innovation truly happens. Key insights from our conversation: ✅ Ecosystem Gaps: Many startups fail not because of bad ideas, but due to a lack of holistic, supportive innovation ecosystems. ✅ Founders’ Alignment: True alignment is built on values and purpose first, not just complementary skills. ✅ Authentic Market Discovery: Customer validation must go beyond friendly feedback to real evidence of demand. ✅ Global Perspective: Cultural attitudes toward risk and failure shape the depth of innovation in different countries. ✅ Healthcare’s Big Shift: Personalised medicine, AI-driven efficiencies, and primary care transformation will redefine outcomes. ✅ Higher Education Reform: Content is now a commodity — the future lies in accelerated, applied, and AI-enhanced learning. This conversation was packed with practical lessons for entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders looking to innovate with impact. 🎧 Stay tuned — we’ll soon share the entire podcast as Leader Insights on Dawdle.live platform #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #StartupEcosystem #BusinessChallenges #Leadership #AI #HealthcareInnovation #HigherEducation #DawdleLive #LeaderInsights
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Alex Duff
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Proud to be an investor in Living Carbon as they announce a major agreement with Microsoft to turn coal country into carbon country. At 1.4 million tonnes of CO₂ removed, this is a game changer and will be the largest mineland reforestation effort in North America. Coal powered the 20th century. Now abandoned mines will help decarbonize the 21st!
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Eran Sandhaus
J-Impact Fund • 17K followers
We are thrilled to celebrate Powerline’s $7M Seed round and our partnership with this exceptional team. Led by Matineh Eybpoosh and Julian Lamy, Powerline is solving the most critical bottleneck of the energy transition: the "Intelligence Gap." As global energy demand surges, the grid requires capacity that is both faster to deploy and hyper-efficient to operate. Powerline is proving that the answer lies in software-driven intelligence. Their AI platform — the Battery Co-Pilot™ — radically improves the unit economics of energy storage, converting batteries from passive backup into high-yield financial assets. They are already delivering measurable results across the energy lifecycle: Existing Installations: Retrofitting "brownfield" battery portfolios with an intelligence layer that captures missed revenue and manages market volatility. New Deployments: Providing the digital testbeds needed to scale global fleets with institutional precision, significantly shortening the path to ROI. Legacy Displacement: Delivering a cost-effective alternative to polluting "peaker-plants," which can cost up to $200/MWh more than an optimized Powerline fleet. While solar-plus-storage is now consistently 20-30% cheaper than new-build gas, the real victory is in how that hardware is managed. At J-Impact Fund, we focus on the massive value creation that occurs when technology turns energy scarcity into abundance. By shifting the grid from a model of expensive, finite fuel to one of persistent, harvested power, we unlock superior financial upside. For us, deep decarbonization is the inevitable byproduct of this superior economic model. Congratulations to Matineh, Julian, and the entire team—we are proud to be on this journey with you. #EnergyStorage #AIOptimization #VentureCapital #AssetManagement #SeriesSeed #FinancialAlpha
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Victor Pascucci III
Energy Capital Ventures • 18K followers
Highwood Emissions Management leading the industry and #innovation for measurement informed inventories and OGMP 2.0 compliance! #greenmolecules #oilandgas #energy ✅ Devon Energy: Achieved OGMP 2.0 Gold Standard, streamlining complex data into a unified, audit-ready submission. ✅ Civitas Resources: Earned OGMP 2.0 Gold, integrating diverse data and reconciling top-down and bottom-up inventories with precision and confidence. ✅ Triple Crown Resources, LLC: Became the first Permian independent to achieve OGMP 2.0 Gold, in just one month from project start. ✅ Confidential Major (Global Energy Producer): Partnered with Highwood’s consulting team to accelerate OGMP 2.0 Level 5 reconciliation, cutting months off manual workflows.
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KEVIN RAPER
The Fulcrum; Work • 3K followers
Just had a great intro call with Rich and Edgar Puga y Vidals. These two are the real deal. MIT-educated brothers who co-founded Apis Energy Technologies in 2023 to tackle residential electricity costs and emissions. What struck me most wasn't the tech — it was the energy. Positive. Curious. Grounded in real-world execution, not just theory. They're building at the intersection of power hardware, AI, and energy market strategy. Not a lab experiment. Deployable, revenue-generating solutions for households. Edgar runs operations, financial strategy, and the messy work of actually getting technology into real markets. Rich drives the vision. Together they've got the rare combination: technical depth and commercial pragmatism. The game they're playing: lower end-user costs while aligning with decarbonization policy. Economic value and climate value. Not either/or. I love meeting founders who bring curiosity to every conversation. Who ask good questions. Who are clearly in it for the long haul. Rich and Edgar have that. Excited to see where Apis Energy goes — and looking forward to finding ways to be helpful.
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Lisa Piercey
Oakworth Capital Bank • 4K followers
What’s Investable in Healthcare Right Now Yesterday I spent the afternoon at the Nashville Health Care Council Sessions event, surrounded by healthcare investors from across the spectrum: venture capital, lower middle market private equity, sovereign wealth funds (QIA), and Wall Street, discussing what’s truly investable in healthcare right now. A few clear themes emerged: 1. Profitability and strategy matter more than ever. Investors want companies that know their lane and stick to it. That means shedding unprofitable service lines, focusing on sustainable margins, and aligning business strategy with the policy environment. (Policy and strategy are inextricably linked!) 2. The Medicare pivot is here. With the last baby boomers aging into Medicare in 2029, the focus is shifting. The growth story is no longer about MA enrollment, it’s about controlling costs throughout the Medicare lifespan. Chronic kidney disease, orthopedics, home health, and specialty pharmacy are hot spots of excess spend. 3. Technology is the bridge to sustainability. AI tools that cut administrative burden, alleviate provider burnout, and help employers manage costs are investable today. LLMs are now table stakes, and it’s nonnegotiable to adopt these technologies, while recognizing the products will look very different in 3–5 years. 4. Consolidation and restructuring will happen. Home health is ripe for roll-ups, payors are the most likely buyers for healthcare IT, and large “pay-viders” (I hate that term) may need to divest of provider assets as Medicare Advantage economics change. Partnerships with strategics are more attractive than traditional PE playbooks. The bottom line: margins are compressing and labor will have to be cut, but technology will carry the industry across the chasm. Ultimately, investors are backing companies with the experience, network, and conviction to lead through this environment, "not just tourists who heard that healthcare was a fun place to visit” (quote of the day by Marcus Whitney).
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Gregg Bordes
Front Porch Venture Partners • 3K followers
The Gulf Coast entrepreneurial ecosystem is humming people! If you are a VC and not engaging, you are missing out. And my favorite new term of the trio is ‘Cajun Grit’ used to describe the very persistent (if underfunded) founders in Louisiana ;)
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