Fireside chat

A lot is changing in the landscape of startup investing in the Southeast, and we want to give you the inside scoop🍨! Join us for an aerial view of the investing scene with insights from three champions of Atlanta: Jewel Burks Solomon, Mike Ross, and Sig Mosley.

Moderated by the brilliant Tami McQueen, delve into the minds shaping Atlanta's tech landscape. Check out some more information about our guests below⤵️

GUESTS

Jewel Burks Solomon

Jewel Burks Solomon is Managing Partner at Collab Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund she launched to close the funding gap for Black entrepreneurs.

Prior to leading Collab Capital, Jewel was Head of Google for Startups US, where she created initiatives that have deployed over $50M in non-dilutive capital to Black and Latino-led businesses since 2020.  Jewel's passion for leveling the playing field for Black founders was born from her own experience. Jewel was the Founder/CEO of Partpic, a startup that was acquired by Amazon in 2016, which streamlined the purchase of maintenance and repair parts using computer vision technology.

Jewel serves on the boards of The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Endeavor Atlanta, JP Morgan's Advancing Black Pathways and the Center for American Entrepreneurship. She is a member of the 2019 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute. Jewel received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Howard University. She currently resides in Atlanta, GA with her husband and son.

Sig Mosley

Sig Mosley is the Managing Partner of Mosley Ventures, a venture fund investing in early-stage technology startups in the Southeast, and a Venture Partner in Zane Venture Fund. He is also an advisor to Silicon Road Ventures. Widely regarded as “The Godfather of Angel Investing”, a title Sig Mosley earned as president of Imlay Investments, Inc. Sig currently is the record holder of the largest Southeast Venture deal with the $5.7 Billion acquisition of Tradex by Ariba.

Mr. Mosley serves on the board of directors of several private companies. He also serves as Venture Capitalist in Residence at the ATDC and the TI:GER program at Ga. Tech. He also serves as Entrepreneur in Residence at Emory University Goizueta Business School. He also serves on the advisory board of the Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group at Georgia State University. He is a mentor at the Creative Destruction Lab at Georgia Tech. In addition, he serves on the advisory board of Local Initiatives Support Corporation Atlanta.

In addition, Mr. Mosley is a director and Treasurer of The Imlay Foundation, Inc. and serves as Vice Chairman of Imlay Investments, Inc. Mr. Mosley is also Chairman of GATV, on the board of the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurship. Mr. Mosley is managing member of Flashpoint Investors, LLC.

MODERATOR

Tami McQueen

Tami McQueen is the Chief Marketing Officer at BIP Ventures, where she brings deeply rooted experience in B2B software and tech-enabled services businesses to her role.

Before joining BIP Ventures in 2021, Tami helped build the community for digital events at SaaStr, the world's largest community of SaaS executives, founders, and entrepreneurs. She made her leap into entrepreneurship as co-founder of 31south, after serving as the first marketing hire at Salesloft, one of the fastest-growing B2B SaaS startups in the U.S. At Salesloft, Tami helped to lead the company through Series A to B fundraising rounds and pioneered the Rainmaker conference.

Tami has led Global Social Strategy for Women Who Code, the largest and most active community of engineers dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. For more than a decade, she has worked with some of the most innovative brands, including ActionIQ, Agility Recovery, Boeing, Cognism, Digital Hands, ilos, Keyfactor, SaaStr, Sendoso, Tricentis, and Women Who Code.

INTRODUCING OUR EMCEE

Eileen Lee

Eileen Lee is the Managing Director of Endeavor Atlanta, Endeavor’s Atlanta affiliate supporting high-growth entrepreneurs across Georgia, Alabama, The Carolinas, and Tennessee.

Before joining Endeavor in 2023, Eileen was the Co-Founder of The Lola, a women’s coworking space and digital community for female entrepreneurs and women in business creating a positive work environment for all women. She also was the COO of Venture for America, where she made an impact by creating an internal women’s and diversity initiative to support 1,000+ Fellows and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Eileen continues to serve as an advisor and mentor at Venture for America, serves on the Board of Directors at Hands on Atlanta, and is a board member at Sur Legal and Spring Research Foundation.