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About Investor

Dawson Racek works in Innovation at Bobcat Company and serves as an Analyst at VentureSouth, an early-stage investor network in the U.S. Southeast. He typically participates in very early angel-style checks between $1K and $5K, backing pre-seed and seed-stage startups in sectors such as medical devices, biotech, space, fintech, SaaS, AI, cybersecurity, construction tech and broader deeptech. His responsibilities at VentureSouth include deal sourcing, due diligence, strategic partnerships and supporting portfolio growth. Earlier, he worked in sales and customer experience roles at RingCentral and holds a finance degree from Virginia Tech, and he writes publicly about culture, startups and regional innovation.