SiliconHills

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Austin startups raised $701 million in venture capital in the third quarter of 2022, 30 percent less than the same quarter a year ago, according to the latest Pitchbook-National Venture Capital Association Venture Monitor report.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. million, our Seed Funds mostly between $200–300 million and have delivered median ownerships of ~20% from the first check we write into a startup.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Austin Startup Week , spanning from September 22–26, flourished with learning opportunities and thought-provoking discussions that left us wanting more. From tips on international expansion strategies to using XR as a musical instrument, these sessions at Capital Factory showcased some amazing innovation in Austin’s startup community.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 15, 2022

The year 2021 marks the year of the biggest funding deals for Austin startups since Silicon Hills News began covering the market in 2011. Austin had several big funding deals more than $100 million. In fact, all the top ten deals for Austin in 2021 were worth $100 million or more.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

In that time, I’ve been consistently delighted by the support and enthusiasm of the Austin startup community. In July I spoke on a panel at 3 Day Startup Global Roundup, an opportunity that sprung out of a connection in a Female Founders Facebook Group. In the venture capital world, it’s similarly staggering, with 4.2%

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. It came from an amazing small startup in McKinney, Texas (30 miles North of Dallas) called NewToy , which they acquired.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Best startup city rankings have reflected this truth for a long time. Austin, TX. Boulder, CO.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 13, 2024

Austin startups raised more than $1.12 billion in venture capital in the fourth quarter of 2023, an almost 10 percent increase from the same quarter a year ago, according to the latest Pitchbook-National Venture Capital Association Venture Monitor Report.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

As an investment partner, Claire England will lead a new office in Austin for Dallas-based GPG Ventures, a venture capital firm. GPG has invested in more than 100 startups nationwide. Its investments range from the seed stage to Series B.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 11, 2017

By LAURA LOREK Publisher of Silicon Hills News GenXComm, a telecommunications startup spun out of the University of Texas at Austin, announced Tuesday it has raised $7 million in funding, led by Intel Capital. The post Austin-based GenXComm Lands $7 Million in Venture Capital appeared first on SiliconHills.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Austin area saw a huge slowdown in venture capital invested in the fourth quarter with $775 million flowing into 78 deals, according to PitchBook-National Venture Capital Association Venture Monitor data. That is down 50 percent in dollars invested from the fourth quarter of 2021 which recorded $1.5

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. Louis, South Bend, Austin, Houston, and so forth. Why do they invest in venture capital?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We remain confident in the long-term trend that software enables and the value accrued to disruptive startups; we also recognized that in a strong market it is important to ring the cash register and this doesn’t come without a concentrated effort to do so. In short, In Venture Capital, Size Matters Size matters for a few reasons.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

Support the ATX Startup Community by voting for this selection of panels featuring Austinites. Of the thousands of submissions, our team has poured through and highlighted a diverse grouping of Austin startup focused panels that we think deserve to be at SXSW 2019! By: Tom Hadfiled, CEO @ M.io We reached out to the M.io

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SiliconHills

MARCH 19, 2019

OJO Labs, an artificial intelligence startup, has raised $45 million in additional funding. The Austin-based company plans to use the funds to accelerate its development and market expansion. The Series C funding round is being led by LiveOak Venture […].

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Looking for Funds in All the Right Places: The Definitive Guide to Austin Capital By David Altounian and Stephen Straus OVERVIEW For entrepreneurs: We’ve compiled a definitive list of sources of capital in Austin to help focus your fundraising efforts.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The region is experiencing a startup renaissance, with the formation of Midwest startups on the rise and funding growing at historic rates. Growing Venture Capital Activity. This has been a phenomenal year for Midwest startups. billion in venture capital, compared to just $2.7 billion, compared to $3.1

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Austin Startup

JULY 15, 2019

You will coordinate and administer the most active venture capital fund in Texas and see an insane amount of dealflow. You’ll interact with every VC in Texas and those from Silicon Valley who are investing in Texas and every startup CEO who gets funded. You’ll know the inside details about almost every deal that goes down.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Amir Elaguizy pitching Cratejoy on stage at SXSW 2014 I know lots of investors from Texas and from around the world who are visiting Austin for SXSW and want to know where to go and how to plug in. The SXSW Startup Crawl! Grab a group of friends and tour the latest and greatest of Austin’s startup community.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 26, 2022

BluePallet was established in 2020 in Austin, Texas, by Esther Lopez (SimpleTrade Inc). as startup funding for Carbanio. According to Crunchbase, Dilip Raghavan and Prashant Purker invested 60 million in Chemarc as startup money. Blue Pallet. It provides a whole sourcing experience for searching, sourcing, and buying chemicals.

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SiliconHills

APRIL 18, 2017

The Austin-based startup closed its Series A round with additional investment from Peeli Ventures, Harvest Equity and a number of Austin investors. million in investment from […] The post Austin-based Factom Raises $8 million in Venture Capital appeared first on SiliconHills.

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SiliconHills

MAY 12, 2023

Special Contribution by Evisio Every startup in the world has one thing in common: a dream. From humble beginnings in a basement or garage, entrepreneurs set out to build the next big thing. It’s a tale as old as time and has always been part of the American dream. For most entrepreneurs, there’s inevitably one […]

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

When I began investing a little over five years ago, it felt like the conventional wisdom was that one had to invest in the Bay Area to harvest venture-like returns. Of course, that was not 100% true, with innovative startups and large outcomes occurring in Europe, in Asia, and other parts of the USA.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

The biggest week of the year for tech and startups in Austin, Texas as South by Southwest (SXSW) descends upon the city from March 19–15. Capital Factory will be making a $100,000 investment on stage in a blockchain startup. SXSW Edu Intro to the Austin Startup Scene at Capital Factory.

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SiliconHills

APRIL 30, 2020

Silverton Partners, based in Austin, announced this week that it has closed on Fund VI at $144 million, its largest fund to date. The venture capital firm, founded in 2006, focuses on early-stage companies and just in the last two years, its seed-funded startups have exited for a combined $3.2 Those […].

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

On August 14–15, the Air Force, through AFWERX , hosted a two-day Spark Collider event at Capital Factory to bring newly awarded 19.2 SBIR Phase I companies together with relevant Air Force and venture capital stakeholders. At the end of the day, there’s a mutual benefit to having startups in the “uptight” DoD ecosystem.

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SiliconHills

JULY 19, 2016

By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Austin is still doing well when it comes to attracting venture capital investment into its technology startups.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

New business are hard: 50% succeed in the first 5 years Startups are hard: 10% succeed?—?only only 1% ever receive outside capital (and not all businesses are built for outside capital) Marketplaces are hard Raising money for a women-led startups is hard: only 2% of all venture funding is invested in (white) female founders (.02%

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

It’s a big priority in Austin and at Capital Factory, too. Her day job is Head of Commercialization but she is also the Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Capital Factory, leading the Austin Diversity Council and advocating for women and LBGTQ in tech.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Bad Notes on Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1u3NJvn.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Wisegate, a platform for information technology professionals to network, announced Tuesday it has closed on $4 million in venture capital. To date, the […] The post Wisegate Lands $4 Million in Venture Capital appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin Sara Gates Wisegate'

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Other participating in the round were Noro-Moseley Partners, Harmony Partners, Altos Ventures and Capital Factory. The Austin-based startup plans to use the money on office expansion, product development and new vertical markets.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 19, 2021

Evocalize Opens New Office In Austin, Texas To Support Growing Demand for Its Collaborative Marketing Platform Evocalize today announced the opening of a new office in Austin, Texas, giving the company the ideal environment to scale its go-to-market reach and gain access to Austin’s unique talent pool.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Cerebri AI, which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve customer relations for companies, announced Wednesday that it has raised $7 million in venture capital funding. The Austin-based startup raised the funds from new investor Arcris Capital Partners and existing investors. million to date.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Tens of thousands visit Austin every year for the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

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SiliconHills

MAY 17, 2014

StepOne, an Austin-based startup that makes customer support software, announced that it secured $4 million in venture capital. LiveOak Venture Partners led the round with participation from Silverton Partners. Austin LiveOak Venture Partners Silverton Partners StepOne venture capital'

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