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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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. public, private, debt, equity, market return, concessionary capital, etc. You can see a much larger list at the end.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 14, 2018

In fact, a recent Texas Senate hearing revealed that among the major metropolitan areas in the state, Houston had approved 548 small cell permit applications, Dallas had approved 288, and Austin had approved only two. Austin is far behind other communities in permitting small cells, technology that will bring 5G?—?the

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Austin Startup

JUNE 9, 2019

Two robot buses full of dozens of venture capitalists and family office investors from around the world traveled for three days around the great state of Texas from Dallas to Houston to Austin. The Texas Startup Manifesto The roadshow was a successful trip that we will definitely repeat in 2020.

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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

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

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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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

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

We’ve had the pleasure of working with DivInc in the past on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Challenges in Austin , Houston , and Dallas. Year-round Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summits are just one example of how we’re making Capital Factory more accessible. Apply now to be one of five teams selected to pitch.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

We’ve had the pleasure of working with DivInc in the past on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Challenges in Austin , Houston , and Dallas. Year-round Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summits are just one example of how we’re making Capital Factory more accessible. Apply now to be one of five teams selected to pitch.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summits focused on key under-represented groups are one example of how we try to do that and we’re starting to see some results. You could walk away with $100,000 and a new home at the Center of Gravity for Entrepreneurs in Texas! Application deadline is January 22. Want a chance to pitch?

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Introduced before keynoting at Austin, Texas's Capital Factory Demo Day as "the most-connected person in Silicon Valley," Hoffman gave a really interesting talk about how he handles hiring at his company. Give early employees as much equity as you can - and reup them over time. Those side conversations don't happen as much.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 9, 2021

Downs’ appointment marks the next step for Texas-based Chargify as it looks to further accelerate its growth. Downs will be based in Colorado and split his time between Chargify’s Texas headquarters and SaaSOptics’ Georgia headquarters respectively. To learn more about Chargify, visit www.chargify.com.

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Austin Startup

JULY 19, 2021

To give a high-level snapshot of the activity in just the investment community alone this past June, ATX Venture Partners closed a $150M fund, 8VC filed with the SEC regarding plans to raise an $880M fund and Mainsail Partners, a growth equity fund based in San Francisco, is planning to open an office in Austin this September ( Source: AustinInno ).

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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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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I’m from Texas and I went to UT, so much of my embrace of Austin was more innate than it would be for others who moved here to work at Facebook or Oracle from coastal cities, or those who moved here for college from cities with more ethnic diversity, most notably cities with substantial black populations.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

C-Corp largely because (i) VCs have historically favored C-Corps for nuanced tax and other reasons, and (ii) virtually all of the standardized legal infrastructure around startup finance and equity compensation assumes a C-Corp. However, times are changing. If you are an LLC tech startup, you need tax counsel.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2020

If you’re blessed to live in the State of Texas, companies like Favor ( [link] ), will find and deliver anything to your home. For those of you who have to suffer living outside of Texas, you will need to hire and locate your own delivery people, or do it yourself. and please do so now. Originally published at [link] on March 19, 2020.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2019

There will also be a public showcase to close out the summit where the Texas startup scene will come together for the next $100,000 Investment Challenge pitch competition. If you’ve been paying attention to the tech news lately, you know that augmented and virtual reality are one of the hottest trends of late.

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Austin Startup

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. Bob Metcalfe (University of Texas, Cockrell School of Engineering), Sarah Jones Simmer (Bumble), and many many others.

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DECEMBER 13, 2020

Not unless you’re Elon Musk and Governor Abbott has a smile as wide as the Texas Panhandle or you’re Joe Rogan and every tech bro in Austin is so pumped to point to your move (and Tim Ferriss’ move) here as some kind of stamp of approval that they never needed Silicon Valley. The State of Texas looms large over Austin politics.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Yet as providers announce that Texas cities like Dallas, Houston, and Waco will be receiving 5G in the near future, Austin is left on the outside looking in. compared to hundreds in other Texas cities like Dallas and Houston.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

The stories he told me during our conversation, somber as they are, show the truth of that belief. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. 18:08) Carl's experiences at USAA following Hurricane Harvey's devastating 2017 hit on Texas. (18:21)

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2018

Here’s a video with elevator pitches from the six finalists, plus Mayor Steve Adler announcing the winners: [link] About Capital Factory Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas, the number one startup state in the U.S. According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active investor in Texas since 2013.

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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. just under $6 billion, respectively.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The gift that keeps on giving I can only imagine the abundance of positive Press and Social Media Coverage each of the P3 organizations will receive for collaborating to solving one of Austin’s major equity problems. No doubt each enterprise will see a rise in BRAND, major return-on-investment, and a nice bump in profits.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

As well, the lack of participation of persons with disabilities, people of color and other equity groups in Austin’s urban affairs is one of the biggest challenges facing our central Texas city. This week Austin’s strongbox of abundance busted open, spilling a Pirate’s booty across the Texas Capitol.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2018

Terri and KUT Austin’s Audrey McGlinchey following the Courageous Conversation Training Can Austin become Courageous? Unfortunately, now the NAACP has a reason to broaden their investigation because the city’s Equity Office is under investigation. But let’s return to the Courageous Conversations training.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

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. government accelerator that takes no equity. 550 teams; 20 universities [as nodes and another 36 as sites ]; must be 30-40-50 instructors now playing Steve Blank.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Mellie Price is a Capital Factory co-founder and started our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts. Investing in Diverse Partnerships We’ve chosen to work with great partners who prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion. Investing Across Texas Three years ago we announced the Texas Startup Manifesto ?—?encouraging

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Mellie Price is a Capital Factory co-founder and started our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts. Investing in Diverse Partnerships We’ve chosen to work with great partners who prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion. Investing Across Texas Three years ago we announced the Texas Startup Manifesto ?—?encouraging

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

You should know every metric regarding customer acquisition, conversion and retention. Keep in mind that any cash you put in will remain in the company as Founders’ Equity, and will only come back to you on a successful exit in which your investors make money. [3a. ” 10.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 1, 2018

million in convertible notes from our prior round which converted into equity alongside this new $2.5 For this round, we chose to work with Active Capital , a new fund based in Texas led by Pat Matthews and Pat Condon, because they agree wholeheartedly with the funding and operating strategy I describe below. million, not $5 million.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Is trying to crack equities trading through deep learning algorithms $100K Winner The $ 100K was won by New Knowledge. Verizon Ventures led SparkCognition's $32.5M With no formal sales team, they are doing great with marquee names on their customer rooster. Kintrans Sign language kiosks through machine learning algorithms. Substrate.ai

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Normally this is accepted as given, much like how when you close an equity round, the price you got is the price you got. It is much more complicated to implement something like this in an equity round, which is why you almost never see it. Originally published at Silicon Hills Lawyer.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. equity debate. More tiers = more complication = more confusion. Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.”. Lessons Learned.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: October 17, 2017 If you didn’t get a chance to be part of their launch event on Monday afternoon at the Bob Bullock Museum on Monday afternoon, then be sure to attend the Meet MassChallenge Texas Meet Up at 3:30 pm on Tuesday, March 17 at Capital Factory (701 Brazos Street in the Omni Hotel).

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