An Atlanta native and ecosystem builder, Avoilan Bingham is the Atlanta Seed General Manager for Drive Capital where he leads early stage investing for Atlanta & the Southeast and the President of Atlanta Tech Week. Avoilan has spent his professional career as an operator and sales leader coaching, training and developing high performing sales teams across numerous sales and tech organizations and is focused on rethinking the way we create, engage and develop business solutions in an increasingly digitized economy.

Avoilan has held positions throughout his career including Managing Partner at Atlanta based Venture Firm Vertical404, Director of Partnerships for music tech company MyMyMusic where he led corporate partnerships, outreach and growth strategy and was Head of Sales for the digital event SaaS (Software as a Service) platform, The Labz.

A Founding 100 Member and Stakeholder at The Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (RICE) and Foundation Member at The Gathering Spot Atlanta, Avoilan is actively involved in community and social initiatives and also served as a member of Saks Off Fifth’s inaugural Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board.

Avoilan holds a B.S. in Sports Management from Guilford College (NC) and currently lives in the Metro Atlanta area with his wife and their children.