We all have our own south side that we think of immediately.
When I first saw the name South Loop Ventures, I thought of Chicago, where I lived for almost six years—and I told Zach Ellis, the Houston-based firm’s managing director and founder, as much. The firm’s name references Houston’s South Loop, which connects various historically diverse neighborhoods and is near the historically Black Third Ward, Beyoncé’s birthplace. But the fact that I thought of my own touchpoint is, actually, somewhat ideal.
