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Capital Factory Doubles Down on Houston

Austin Startup

CF merges with Station Houston and is the first member of The Ion with Rice University and Houston Exponential. Startups in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio shouldn’t need to move to Austin to scale. one from Austin, one from Houston, and one from Dallas. It’s working?—?40

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Houston Startups can Pitch for a $50,000 Venture Investment

Austin Startup

Greetings from Houston Mural located in Houston Heights If your startup is located in the Houston region you may be eligible to compete for a $50,000 investment! Any software, hardware, or CPG startup located in the greater Houston metropolitan area can apply to participate. One will walk away with a $50,000 investment!

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

In case you didn’t know, many VCs target a 3-year investment horizon for a fund and after that the fund mostly does only follow-on investments in companies in that portfolio. Louis, South Bend, Austin, Houston, and so forth. In 2015 we go back to square one and start to build a brand new portfolio. It’s exciting.

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Breyer Capital Austin?—?End of Year Update

Austin Startup

I also couldn’t be happier that friends from Silicon Valley like Joe Lonsdale, Drew Houston, and Elon Musk have also moved here. While obviously bullish on Austin, Breyer Capital remains excited to invest in and support current and future Silicon Valley portfolio companies. Richard was previously the Chief Scientist at Salesforce.

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Female Founders! Pitch for a Fast Track into Capital Factory with a $100,000 Investment

Austin Startup

Capital Factory’s Texas Fund , in partnership with Beam Angel Network , Seven Seven Six Fund , and Golden Seeds (Houston) , is excited to announce the next $100,000 Investment Challenge at our 4th Annual Women In Tech Summit. Houston based Syzygy Plasmonics is developing a green power source from hydrogen fuel cell technology and raised a $5.8

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

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. Drew Houston. For decades, Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio have been on all of the “Top 10 Places for…” lists. Joe Lonsdale. Jim Breyer.

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Do my startup’s lawyers need to be local?

Austin Startup

Houston has among the world’s top energy lawyers, but slim pickings for technology/vc lawyers. build their portfolios: (A) being actually good (objectively) at their service, and (B) building relationships and generating referrals from those relationships. See: “ How to avoid ‘captive’ company counsel.