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 billion, according to the firm.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The Texas Health Catalyst held its Demo Day Tuesday afternoon with 13 early-stage ventures showcasing their new projects. These are really, really early innovations,” said Nishi Viswanathan, director, Texas Health Catalyst at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. The […].

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Austin Startup

MARCH 8, 2021

Here’s how 5 Sputnik-backed, woman led early stage startups began and how they’re growing today. after founding her first company Alex Porter, co-founder of MOD Tech Labs Learning to Humanize Tech : how Alex Porter and Tim Porter started MOD Tech Labs and how they learned to succeed in the early days during Sputnik ATX.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 21, 2018

In two years, DivInc, an Austin-based accelerator focused on mentoring and coaching ethnically diverse and women-led tech startups, has had four cohorts with 36 companies. Those early-stage companies have raised $2.5 The post Nine Early Stage Startups Pitch at DivInc’s Fourth Demo Day appeared first on SiliconHills.

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SiliconHills

APRIL 9, 2019

Krishna Srinivasan, Venu Shamapant and Ben Scott founded Austin-based LiveOak in 2013 and raised a $100 million fund to invest in early-stage Texas startups. The post LiveOak Venture Partners Closes a $105 Million Fund to Invest in Early-Stage Texas Startups appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In September 2017, I spent 2 weeks in Austin, Texas to understand what makes this vibrant startup ecosystem tick. My primary mission was to learn from the impressive entrepreneurial ecosystem in Austin and draw lessons for developing the entrepreneurship education program for Beetroot Academy. The talent, however, cuts the mustard.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 30, 2019

Quansight Futures, based in Austin, announced the launch of a new $20 million early-stage investment fund focused on open-source technology. The post Quansight Futures is Raising a $20 Million Fund to Invest in Early-Stage Open-Source Tech Startups appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

JULY 7, 2019

Funding early-stage resources?—?how For early-stage, we raise 77 cents on the dollar to men. Without these things, how are we supposed to get more women past early-stage!? Laurie Felker Jones wrote an extremely vulnerable and no-holds-bar piece about the recent closing of her startup here in Austin recently.

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The StARTup Studio put on by the Innovation Center at the University of Texas at Austin had a decidedly pharmaceutical focus during its January presentations.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

In 2010, LiveOak Venture Partners saw a vast opportunity in the Austin and Texas market for early stage technology entrepreneurs. The post LiveOak VP and Telestax Discuss Early Stage Technology Investing in Austin on the Ideas to Invoices Podcast appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

JULY 15, 2019

Capital Factory has been the most active early stage tech investor in Texas since 2013. Do you have an understanding of venture capital terminology and common structures such as convertible notes, SAFEs, stock options, warrants, and early stage equity transactions? We did 70 transactions in 2018 alone!

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Sputnik ATX Three rules to avoid getting scammed by advisors As an early stage VC, one of the saddest things I observe from meetings with founders is the toxic and pervasive influence of what I call the start-up industrial complex (the SIC). The SIC is real, spread the word and beware!

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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. SXSW Edu Intro to the Austin Startup Scene at Capital Factory. There are a zillion things to do, both official and unofficial?—?so so here are some of my picks that might stand out from the crowd.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The Howdy Austin mural commissioned by Ride|Austin Here is your home page to get started and meet all of the people you need to know to plug into the Austin tech startup scene?—?the Working with Joe, he founded RideAustin to provide ridesharing to Austin when Uber and Lyft were driven out by city council.

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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. Meet the Locals Here are the most active early stage investors in town that you should meet while you’re here and do deals with.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Some came from angel investors, but we also sought out industry experts to be early contributors in this stage, which leads me to tip number three. Some of the best advice I’ve received as an entrepreneur counters this approach; the advice to prioritize strategic investors, even early on, to make future fund raising more successful.

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SiliconHills

MAY 29, 2019

Santé Ventures, a healthcare and life sciences investment firm specializing in early-stage companies, announced Wednesday it has closed a $250 million fund. The firm is based in Austin and has an office in Houston. This is Santé Venture’s third fund, since its founding in 2006.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A decade ago, Austin-based LiveOak Venture Partners took a few years to put together its first $100 million investment fund. It is the largest institutional Texas-focused, early-stage tech venture capital fundraised in more than a decade, […].

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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. We’ve compiled a definitive list of sources of startup capital in Austin.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

A new investment group, DealFlowNow, has launched in Austin to invest $60 million into early-stage companies. Kelsey August, a super angel investor and entrepreneur, is the founding managing director of DealFlowNow. She sat down with Silicon Hills News last Friday to talk about the focus of DealFlowNow. “I’ve

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I must take a moment to acknowledge the many kind greetings upon my return to Atlanta and the many well wishes as I departed Austin. Both cities are wondrous , and I will be in Austin regularly for SXSW and other special occasions, one example being the wedding of my daughter there this April. Yes, that has multiple meanings!)

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

I talked about this in my social proof post where I gave some suggestions about how to get the early guys off of the fence. Most early-stage entrepreneurs who have worked with me (either as an angel or as a seed VC) know that I don’t rely at all on the social proof of other investors. When I’m in, I’m in.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems.

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SiliconHills

JULY 24, 2021

an early-stage venture capital firm, announced last week that it has closed on its $41.3 The Austin-based VC firm founded by Kathryn Cavanaugh in 2019, invests nationwide in innovative consumer companies. Capstar Ventures L.P., million inaugural fund. and […].

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Austin always has a strong presence at SXSW and this year is no different. Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! 1:30PM Location: Hilton?—?Salon

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 25, 2020

Austin, TX Fast forward 4 years later, here I am working for a startup at the South By South West Tech & Music festival in Austin, TX. On the first day, I knew there was no way of getting free parking in Downtown Austin, so I had my roommate drive my car to the festival, drop me off and drive back. They asked. So one day?—?I

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Before graduating, I decided to forgo the finance path and instead dove into engineering and later sales and product management roles at VersaSuite (health IT) in Austin. Tushar moved to Austin and joined VersaSuite after graduation. Tushar and I can honestly say that we’ve never been so excited about anything.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 8, 2020

Brent Wistrom edits the daily Austin Inno Beat email newsletter , which has emerged over the last five years as a must-read source of information for the city’s startup, entrepreneurial and investment communities The Forrest Files: August 6, 2020 Brent Wistrom is a senior editor at American Inno , overseeing half of Inno’s 14 markets.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2018

Austin has built a name for itself within the startup scene, ranking among the top cities in the U.S. In 2017, Austin was the topped-ranked city by funding amount outside of the Western, Northeast and Chicago regions. billion in funding poured into Austin deals. That could set the stage for a concerning seed round trend.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

If you’re working with early-stage companies you need to be spending quality time with them which means you need to be nearby. Killer Events – Think about what a wonderful benefit Austin gets by hosting SxSW every year. Joshua Baer & Jason Cohen do this in Austin, Texas. Austin has Dell.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The program, overall, is a top 25-ranked entrepreneurship program in the country, right up there with our UT Austin and Texas A&M brethren. Before I made the move, like many of my Austin colleagues and friends, I had developed a high-level impression of the city. just under $6 billion, respectively.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN AMOS SCHWARTZFARB REVEALS DETAILS ON SEPT. 4 LAUNCH EVENT FOR NEW BOOK ‘SELL MORE FASTER’ (AUSTIN, TEXAS ? —?Aug. Voltron Room (701 Brazos, Austin, Texas 78701) that same day. Early stage sales and product-market fit are topics that I love talking about,” said Schwartzfarb.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 31, 2018

Quake Capital this week officially launched its first Austin accelerator aimed at early stage ventures in a wide range of industries. The post Quake Capital Launches its First Accelerator Program in Austin with 15 companies appeared first on SiliconHills. Quake Capital also has programs in New York and Los Angeles.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 7, 2017

Seven years ago, I accepted a job offer in Austin, TX. Two weeks before my scheduled start date (and a week after I put down a deposit for a downtown lease), HR called to let me know that the company over-hired for their Austin office and that I could re-interview in Mountain View, CA. US on the left, Austin on the right.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Austin, TX. According to the 2016 Kauffman Growth Entrepreneurship Index , Austin grew its startups faster than every city except Washington, D.C., In large part due to the University of Texas at Austin and other universities’ influence, Austin is known for having an educated workforce. Austin has become quite a hotspot.

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