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RollingSouth is a Venture Fund that invests in early stage High Value/High Growth startups in the Southern United States. We mitigate risk with disciplined diligence and diversification. We invest our own capital and you can invest along with us.

RollingSouth is launching it’s ATDC Fund in 2025. A Fund focused exclusively on the ~140 startup companies enrolled in the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), a Georgia state funded economic development organization based at Georgia Tech, and the largest accelerator in the Southern US. The fund plans to invest in 5-8 select ATDC companies, diversified across early stage and growth stage as well as across industry verticals. This is how it works:

  • Made possible by a unique public-private collaborative model between Georgia Tech and corporate sponsors, ATDC delivers expert coaching, curriculum, community, and connections to portfolio members. For 44 years, they've guided nascent startups into becoming fledgling, viable companies contributing to the Georgia, national, and global economy. This process enriches the pool of startup investments with companies more likely to succeed.

  • These are holding companies (LLCs) that accept Limited Partner (LPs) investment and that RollingSouth uses to hold LP assets for investment in 5-8 companies. These are typically named for the year of initial investment, like RollingSouth ATDC Fund 2025.

  • The Fund (SPV) plans to invest in 5-8 ATDC companies over ~ 2 years. LPs have a $20,000 minimum investment.

    Larger investors have the option to co-invest additional funds in individual companies up to the full amount of their Fund investment amount.

  • Coming in 2025, this fund aims to raise >$2 over 12-24 months and deploy capital in approximately 5-8 ATDC startups selected by the GPs after completing comprehensive due diligence. These companies have already completed a rigorous qualifying process by ATDC.

  • Exemption from federal capital gains tax for QSBS eligible startups (IRS sec 1202). We expect about 90% of our investments to be QSBS stock.

    Diversification in the annual ATDC Fund is generally 5-8 Seed and Growth startups per year and in at least 4 different industry verticals.

    Non-correlation with other investment categories (real estate, public equities, bonds, private equity and commodities)

    Limited Parter investors (LPs) pay a one time 2% fee refundable from profit and 15% Carry on profits . Carry may be discounted for larger Investments in the Fund.

Listen to the Venture In The South podcast available on all podcast platforms. This 30 minute pod is released each Monday. We focus on interviews with founders about their companies, educational content about startup investing and some commentary on the current state of the startup ecosystem.