About Matt Dunbar
Matthew Dunbar is co-founder and managing director of VentureSouth, an angel investment group with nearly 600 member investors across the Southeast. He helped launch the Upstate Carolina Angel Network in Greenville in 2008, which became VentureSouth's starting point. He is also a director of VBASE Oil Company, which makes biodegradable base oils from renewable carbon for lubricant formulators and equipment manufacturers. Dunbar is also a deacon at Downtown Presbyterian Church in Greenville.
He began as an engineer at Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tennessee, then became a project leader in Boston Consulting Group's Atlanta office. His corporate board service includes Entegra Bank, Cirtemo and Zylo Therapeutics. First Citizens Bank later acquired Entegra, and Thorlabs acquired Cirtemo. His nonprofit board work includes the Angel Capital Association, Greenville Community Foundation and Clemson University Board of Visitors. He earned a chemical engineering bachelor's degree at Clemson, then completed an MBA and a master's in education at Stanford's business school.
Experience
This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Matt Dunbar in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.
Key Colleagues at Startups
The people Matt Dunbar works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.
