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Palmetto Venture Fellowship
Venture Carolina is a nonprofit organization based in South Carolina that enhances the entrepreneurship ecosystem by connecting angel investors with early-stage companies through educational resources and support.
Overview
What Palmetto Venture Fellowship does
What Palmetto Venture Fellowship is
Venture Carolina is a nonprofit organization based in South Carolina that enhances the entrepreneurship ecosystem by connecting angel investors with early-stage companies through educational resources and support.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 16, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Palmetto Venture Fellowship as a community
Community overview
Venture Carolina is a nonprofit organization focused on enhancing the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Southeast, particularly in South Carolina. It aims to bridge the gap between angel investors and entrepreneurs by providing educational resources and support for early-stage growth companies. The organization was founded to improve capital availability for these companies and is based in South Carolina.
Community focus
Venture Carolina invests in early-stage companies and provides educational programs for investors. Its initiatives include the Palmetto Venture Fellowship, which offers a curriculum designed to educate potential investors on the complexities of early-stage investing. The organization collaborates with partners such as VentureSouth and the South Carolina Department of Commerce’s Office of Innovation to expand access to risk capital for startups.
Member value
Members benefit from a year-long curriculum that includes workshops on angel investing, valuations, term sheets, capitalization tables, investor due diligence, navigating startup boards, executing exits, and practical application of investment strategies.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- cohort-based
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Investors · Founders
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community and fellowship
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Seed · Seed+
- Regions
- United States
Community activity
Events and activity
Venture Carolina hosts the Palmetto Venture Fellowship, which includes a series of workshops and educational sessions for investors.
Notable members
Key team members include Charlie Banks - Executive Director, John H. Barnes - CEO at Pendleton Street Advisory, Michael Nix - President of Verity Investment Partners, and Anthony Herrera - Chief Innovation Officer at Furman University.
Common questions
What to know about Palmetto Venture Fellowship
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
March 16, 2026
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