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

JANUARY 4, 2020

Photo source: THBD) As part of Temple Health and Bioscience District’s (THBD) mission to grow twenty-first century jobs by fostering bioscience education, research and healthcare in Central Texas, the team at THBD hosted high school students from Temple Independent School District (TISD) for a tour of the office and laboratory facility this month.

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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. Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: November 25, 2017 Earlier this fall , MassChallenge announced their expansion into Texas, which is this incubator’s first US location outside of the home base in Boston. This announcement provided another strong endorsement of the fast-growing entrepreneurial ecosystem in Austin and across the Lone Star State.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

On top of that, we’re fourth in early-stage funding. However, there are many incubators, accelerators, and VC’s around town that we have been proud to work alongside— Techstars, Austin Technology Incubator, Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN), Silverton Partners, and LiveOak Venture Partners to name a few. According to Inc.

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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. It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley. Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Competencies?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

It came from an amazing small startup in McKinney, Texas (30 miles North of Dallas) called NewToy , which they acquired. I’ve had this conversation with several communities such as in San Diego where I believe there are way more qualified and talented engineers than available local capital to support them. Think again.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. Room 400–402 Texas Fight! Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

According to Fortune magazine , “For decades, Austin Ventures was more than just the largest and most powerful venture capital firm in Texas. When Austin Ventures got its start in 1979, the venture capital industry was nascent nationally and almost non-existent in Texas.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 19, 2021

Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas, the number one state for startups in the U.S. With boots on the ground in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, we meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to investors, employees, mentors, and customers.

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Austin Startup

JULY 22, 2021

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. Any software, hardware, or CPG startup in Texas with a female founder or co-founder can apply to participate.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

I was already Texas-bound to give my personal take on global trends in digital kid’s media, so when the Summit organisers opened applications for an integrated pitch event I filled out the form with a determined “pick me” focus. I could not have picked a better bunch of people to share my early Thursday mornings with.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Join Me On an Epic 3 Day Roadshow Across the Great State of Texas Get your ticket on this exclusive journey across the 10th largest economy in the world and 4 of the 10 largest and fastest growing cities in the U.S. For many years, Texas has been the fastest growing state with many of the fastest growing cities. June 4–6, 2019.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Colonel) is the Director of the Texas Military Department Joint Innovation Unit, a DARPA and NSIN Fellow, and now leads the Defense Innovation Unit across Texas. Ben previously co-founded Simply Interactive, Chaotic Moon, and Conversable leading all of them to successful exits. The Connectors Alex “STOIKY” Goldberg ( Lt.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Josh runs a series of Capital Factory-affiliated venture funds and is the most active early stage investor in Texas since 2013, according to Pitchbook. Announcing Multicoin Capital was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 16, 2021

You could walk away with $50,000 and a new home at the Center of Gravity for Entrepreneurs in Texas! They’ve recently partnered with Texas powerhouse grocer H-E-B to produce and sell bread, hot dog buns, and hamburger buns that are virtually zero carb and high in protein and fiber. Application deadline is April 26.

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Austin Startup

MAY 15, 2020

Oksana and I had more than just a few meetings in the past few months to discuss how the current pandemic will change investing in early stage companies, and how we can adapt to help companies be safe, and grow through hard times. So, let’s get started partnering with you, the dauntless entrepreneur during COVID, and press forward.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

COVID-19 has caused global acceleration of many trends that were already happening before the pandemic and the immigration to Texas and especially Austin are no exception. He was the first institutional investor in Facebook and also an early-stage investor in groundbreaking companies like Etsy, Spotify, C3.AI, Why Jim Breyer?

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2018

Last year, we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. Many of the most successful entrepreneurs in Texas banded together to give one startup from San Antonio a $100,000 investment to try and change the world.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

02:06] Can you share your experience starting with an early-stage company (Hubspot) that eventually went public? [07:11] You were an early HubSpot person. But when you get somebody in a sales conversation, they will usually like, oh yeah, I've been following you guys for this and listen to your podcast. Why am I asking?

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Perot Jain , one of the most active early stage venture firms in Texas, is joining DivInc and The DEC to support our $100,000 Dallas Diversity & Inclusion Challenge and help us get the word out as far and wide as possible! According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active investor in Texas since 2013.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 16, 2018

Earlier this year at the FUND Conference in Austin, Texas, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. The Austin conference was the inaugural Texas event after several successful Chicago FUND Conference events. HQ Location : Austin, Texas HQ.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 7, 2017

According to the NVCA, Texas has consistently ranked 4th in VC investment by state behind California, New York, and Massachusetts. Source: NVCA Worth noting here that the number of deals in the Texas market was slightly less than half of that in New York. On the Austin market Austin has a very interesting startup ecosystem.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 8, 2020

Over that time period, this newsletter has emerged as a must read for the city’s startup community because of its aggressive coverage of investments, IPOs, launches, Central Texas re-locations, mergers, founder-related events and (more recently) COVID-related layoffs. Are most of your readers based in Central Texas? It’s changed a lot.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I arrived in Dallas a little more than six months ago, April 1, to begin my new role at the University of Texas at Dallas. 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. But, it wasn’t knocked out, with signs of re-emergence.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In August we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. Many of the most successful entrepreneurs in Texas have banded together to give one startup from Houston with a diverse executive team a $100,000 investment to try and change the world.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2017

In August we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. Many of the most successful entrepreneurs in Texas have banded together to give one startup from San Antonio a $100,000 investment to try and change the world.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 1, 2018

Here is a handful of reasons why I was hot on Fetch: Fetch had traction which is especially key to raising from Texas VCs. Of course, a ton of other factors go into an early stage investment decision. He had a clear idea of the current state of his business as well.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

I was happy to do my part and present on fundraising both Monday at Austin Ventures as well as Tuesday along with panelists from CTAN (the Central Texas Angel Network). The book is also full of very practical early-stage marketing advice so you can break through the noise. Yes, they do fund very early-stage ideas!

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

Visit Us: [link] Call Us: (+1) 512-827-2252 #realestate #Florida #Texas #Home #HomeSeller #Property  —  @ListingSpark Can you introduce yourself and give us your elevator pitch? In Texas, we’ve saved our clients millions so far, and we’re at about half a billion in real estate transactions.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

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. MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN AMOS SCHWARTZFARB REVEALS DETAILS ON SEPT.

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www.ashmaurya.com

AUGUST 29, 2012

Running through the complete process in the early stages makes you much more efficient in later stages as you get a feel for the industry and have warm introductions. ” The latter forms initiate the same conversation, but they don ‘t sound desperate and grasping. Are you a Wolverine?”

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

Today he is the founder of M34 Capital , a seed capital fund that focuses on early-stage projects being spun out of academic and corporate research labs. And in Texas, it’s the University of Texas at Austin, Rice and … Steve : We’re losing count, but there’s a bunch of them now that started from that phone call.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 4, 2020

She is the Managing Partner and CEO of Sputnik ATX , an accelerator that funds and mentors early-stage startup companies. Growing up in Ukraine , did you ever imagine that your life journey would take you to leading startups in the middle of Texas? What inspired Sputnik ATX to create the Texas Start-Up Bible ?

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Kendra Scott and The University of Texas at Austin: The Future of Female Leadership Time : Tuesday, September 24th, 4:00pm-6:30pm Location/Track : Bass Concert Hall, Evening Events Join Designer and CEO Kendra Scott with remarks by UT President Gregory L. at @CapitalFactory - followed by a celebration at @NativeHostels starting at 8 p.m.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 18, 2017

If you’re in the most high risk, uncertain stage of a company’s life, and you’re already asking investors to sign a standardized document with slimmed down protections relative to those a VC would usually get, why (honestly) shouldn’t there be some kind of timeline to force a conversation with stakeholders if things haven’t gone as planned?

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Austin Startup

MAY 25, 2018

I’m very excited to announce the launch of E/N Alpha , a flat-fee subscription program ($500/mo) that our firm has launched for high-potential very early-stage startups. The details are available on the linked page, and should be fairly straightforward. They aren’t, and shouldn’t be, the end-product.

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