Austin Startup

JULY 6, 2018

Background Reading: Why startups need signals. The below outlines how I would approach the decision: Cash and Equity. Very simply, what are you giving and what are you getting in return in terms of cash and equity for joining the program? See: Startup Accelerator Anti-Dilution Provisions; The Fine Print. Anti-Dilution.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Louis, South Bend, Austin, Houston, and so forth. And when VCs look to fund startups they know that if they miss a deal that deal is highly unlikely to come back if they raise funds from another firm so you have a rather binary decision. And that’s usually just 2 weeks worth of travel! It’s exciting. And daunting.

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MAY 8, 2018

Background reading: Founder Compensation: Cash, Equity, Liquidity Fatal Errors in Early Startup Hiring Early Hires: Options or Stock Given how deeply involved we are with early-stage startups hiring their first key employees, I figured it would be helpful to outline a few key principles to help entrepreneurs navigate the topic.

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Austin Startup

JULY 19, 2021

There’s a reason why Austin has been named the top tech city in the US in 2019 and 2020 by CompTIA. With the sheer number of startups, talent and investment funds within Austin or moving to the city, it is no surprise that the number of individuals relocating to the area continues to increase.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

The round brings Honor’s total equity funding to date to $325 million and values the company at over $1.25 Honor Technology, Inc. , Honor Technology, Inc. , With our new global scale, we are excited to accelerate the rollout of our game-changing care delivery platform.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 25, 2020

MassChallenge handed out more than $400,000 in equity-free prizes last week to the top startups in its 2020 program. MassChallenge Texas held its four-month accelerator for 58 startups online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The post MassChallenge Austin Names its 2020 Award Winners appeared first on SiliconHills.

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SiliconHills

APRIL 6, 2018

YouEarnedIt, a startup focused on rewarding employees at companies, has landed an investment from Vista Equity Partners, based in Austin. The Austin based startup also received investment from its previous investors, Ridge Ventures and Silverton Partners. It did not disclose the financial details of the deal.

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Austin Startup

JULY 8, 2017

Last time I checked a solid software developer will cost you six figures in salary; ignoring equity. Past “startup” territory. A few real truths on startup legal spend. See: Startups Need Specialist Lawyers. For a deeper discussion of law firm overhead, see: Startups Scale. Solo Lawyers Don’t.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

She is passionate about issues surrounding equal pay, employee wellness, and equity at work. All SXSW Pitch events take place at the Hilton Austin Downtown. To help companies resolve pay equity and the pay gap. Pay equity addresses equal pay for equal work. What has the startup experience taught you about life?

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Background Reading: When LLCs Make Sense for Startups Not Building a Unicorn If you have spent almost any time reading about the basics of startup legal issues, you know that Delaware C-corps are the default organizational structure for a “classic” tech startup (software, hardware) planning to raise angel/VC money and scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. Either would be fine with startups, so long as they can easily change their valuation. He’s fine with equity provided it’s cheap to paper it legally.

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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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JULY 15, 2019

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. We invest in startups that get funded by all of the top venture capitalists in Texas and Silicon Valley. Capital Factory has been the most active early stage tech investor in Texas since 2013.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

A systems-wide approach to operationalize diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the startup ecosystem is required and must be built from the ground by communities of color with the support and investment of all. Opportunity Hub is one of those communities forging the path towards true diversity, equity and inclusion.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2011

It's still not the accepted or the obvious choice for funding your startup, however. But news that the Austin, Texas-based MicroVentures has successfully raised its first $150,000 for three startups via its crowdfunding platform suggests that these alternatives might be viable after all. Discuss.

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SiliconHills

APRIL 29, 2019

KERV Interactive, an Austin-based video ad startup, has raised $11 million in funding. Vestech Partners, a private equity group, led the investment. The post Austin-based KERV Interactive Raises $11 Million in Funding appeared first on SiliconHills. KERV represents the next generation of consumer experience in […].

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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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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

A pivotal startup milestone? Bootstrap if you can, for as long as you can As a startup you’ll likely fail. Consider convertible debt Before diving into a seed round, you may want to consider convertible debt over equity financing. We focused on firms based both locally, in Austin, as well as on the East and West Coast.

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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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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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JUNE 30, 2017

TL;DR : Elite accelerators have cemented themselves as the universities of the entrepreneurial world; offering a bundle of resources in exchange for a price (tuition in form of equity). in exchange for a price: usually 6–9% of equity, with (sometimes) heavy anti-dilution rights, and pro-rata rights.

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SiliconHills

MAY 16, 2014

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News In Austin, one of the big issues facing startups, particularly in the technology industry, is lack of access to capital. Austin San Antonio crowdfunding Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce Texas Securities Board'

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Our imagination is bounded by our experience,” Hector shared, and diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical to being able to imagine things properly. Despite not having formal coding skills or startup experience, Pamela became a founder by using Facebook as her platform.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

“Is Austin Racist?” That’s a Good Question I owe a lot of my professional and personal growth to Austin. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Austin is my first love. Is Austin racist?” or just to walk around downtown, which was way more fun than walking around Killeen.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

EverlyWell, the Austin-based startup that makes at-home healthcare tests, asked for a $1 million investment for a 5 percent equity stake in its company, on Shark Tank Sunday night. Julia Cheek, the founder, and CEO, ended up with a $1 million line of credit at an eight percent interest rate for a five percent equity […].

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The Forrest Four-Cast: Sept 24, 2018 The annual celebration of the sensational Central Texas entrepreneurial scene is right around the corner as the 2018 edition of Austin Startup Week is coming October 1–5. Click here to see the full schedule for Austin Startup Week 2018. James II (DivInc.),

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 15, 2012

Donna Harris, Startup America. Austin Evarts, GoChime. Jerry Johnson, RLJ Equity. Shaun Johnson, Boston Startup School. Finally – thank you, thank you, thank you to all the mentors helping out next week: Aneesh Chopra, Former US Chief Technology Officer. David Cohen, TechStars. Jared Polis, TechStars.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Early next year, startups may be able to raise money from the general public to finance their ventures. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday released its long-awaited proposed rules governing the practice of equity-based crowdfunding that allows startups to sell securities directly to the public.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. Bootstrap Austin, started by Bijoy Goswami. It is much different here in Austin.

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MAY 11, 2017

Arena Growth Partners | Venture Capital and Private Equity | Austin, Texas - Venture to Lead™ Aspect Ventures We bridge the gap between your seed and later stage venture so together, we can turn great ideas into great companies. home Breaux Capital Breaux and Company is a creative agency and social justice startup incubator.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The Austin-based fintech company, founded in 2017, allows people to use self-directed retirement accounts to make a wide variety of investments in alternative assets like real estate, startups, private equity, cryptocurrency, and more. Rocket Dollar, a self-directed retirement platform, recently closed on $8 million in funding.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2017

A year ago an Austin-based venture capital firm offered my company $400,000 for 40 percent of its equity. Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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JULY 2, 2019

Second, since we help grow startups, it’s important to note that diversity makes business sense. While this isn’t Capital Factory’s first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) event or initiative, this was the first of its kind in the DFW area and definitely not the last. Want to see more highlights from our LGBTQ+ in Tech Forum?

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 21, 2013

Equity Endeavor set out to help startup businesses raise money through its equity-based crowdfunding site. And although that practice has been approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama as part of the JOBS Act, equity-based crowdfunding still isn’t allowed. Austin San Antonio'

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 17, 2020

DISCO, the legal tech startup, announced Thursday that it has raised an additional $40 million in debt financing from Comerica. In October, Austin-based DISCO announced it had raised $60 million in equity funding. That […].

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

On Monday, September 23, Austin Startup Week had an impressive kick-off at Capital Factory where over 400 women and allies gathered at the 3rd Annual Women in Tech Summit! As a founder, you should lay out a definitive plan for what you want to do with the money you raise and be sure it’s the right call for your startup.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. Though RBI will displace some traditional equity VC, its much bigger impact will be to expand the pool of capital available for early-stage entrepreneurs. .

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