EP 33: Allyson Eman
Allyson Eman, CEO of the Venture Atlanta Conference, connecting founders and funders through one of the nation’s largest venture capital conferences and communities.
A marketing, communications, sales leadership, and business development expert with more than 30 years of experience, Allyson took on the role of Executive Director for the newly created Venture Atlanta annual conference in 2007. Allyson worked with key business leaders across the country and founding organizations Metro Atlanta Chamber, Atlanta CEO Council, and Technology Association of Georgia to build Venture Atlanta. In 2020, Eman was promoted to CEO.
The conference is now in its to seventeenth year and has become the largest venture capital conference in the Southeast with over 1,500 attendees including venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and senior business executives. Venture Atlanta’s primary mission is to connect companies with capital and it has helped emerging technology companies raise over $7.7B to facilitate growth.
Prior to joining Venture Atlanta, Allyson was the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications for SouthStar Funding, a wholesale mortgage lender headquartered in Atlanta. During her nine-year tenure with the firm, she helped the company grow from eight employees to 800 with 30 nationwide offices. SouthStar Funding grew to be one of the most reputable, respected, and trusted wholesale mortgage lenders in the country under Allyson’s leadership. Prior to joining SouthStar, Allyson worked for SouthTrust Bank as a branch marketing manager overseeing the marketing platform for 100 branches across Georgia.
Venture Atlanta: Supporting the Southeast’s most promising tech companies by connecting founders and funders through one of the nation’s largest venture capital conferences and communities.
