Firm description: Intersouth Partners is a regionally focused venture fund that invests in seed and early-stage companies across the Southeast, primarily in the corridor from Baltimore through Florida, including Washington, DC, the Research Triangle region and Atlanta. Intersouth invests in the technology and life sciences sectors, and prefers to be the lead or co-lead investor. The firm prefers to participate in the first institutional round of a company with an initial investment of between $500,000 and $10 million. Intersouth also takes a leadership role in subsequent financings, planning for an average total investment in any single company of about $12 million through all rounds of financing.
Team members: Dennis Dougherty, Mitch Mumma, Jimmy Rosen, John Glushik, Rick Kent, Phil Tracy