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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

Austin Startup

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 Customers? Early adopters, especially those who are willing to pay for novel services, are the lifeblood of lean startups.

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Easy Expunctions wins $100,000 San Antonio Investment Challenge in partnership with Geekdom

Austin Startup

Last Tuesday, we drove to Geekdom in San Antonio with a bus full of investors, mentors and entrepreneurs and chose Easy Expunctions as the winner of our $100,000 San Antonio Investment Challenge. We were fortunate to have an incredible partner to work with on this initiative. Click here to schedule a tour.

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Geekdom Teams With Alamo Angels to Launch a Pre-Accelerator Program in San Antonio

SiliconHills

Geekdom, the tech co-working space at the heart of San Antonio’s technology district, announced recently that it has teamed up with Alamo Angels to launch a pre-accelerator program designed to nurture new startups. The applications for the program opened […]. The applications for the program opened […].

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Second Annual San Antonio Startup Week Kicks Off

SiliconHills

The second annual San Antonio Startup Week is taking place this week at various venues downtown. Events run Monday through Friday at the annual event which features sessions geared to entrepreneurs and early-stage companies. This year, Geekdom, USAA and Trinity University are sponsoring San Antonio Startup Week.

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Bluegrass Vascular Technologies Gets $4.5 Million in Funding and Moves to San Antonio

SiliconHills

Targeted Technology Fund II, a San Antonio-based venture capital fund that invests in early stage life sciences companies, led the Series A investment. As part of the deal, Bluegrass Vascular will move its headquarters to San Antonio.

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$100,000 San Antonio Investment Challenge in partnership with Geekdom

Austin Startup

This Tuesday we’ve chartered a Von Lane bus and are coming to San Antonio with 24 investors, mentors and entrepreneurs to announce $100,000 just for San Antonio! 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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Texas Intrepid Ventures’ David Spencer on Startup Grind San Antonio

SiliconHills

David Spencer is an advocate for San Antonio’s technology community. Spencer was a founding board member and co-chair of the now defunct San Antonio Technology Accelerator Initiative, known as SATAI. San Antonio David Spencer OnBoard Software startups technology Texas Intrepid Ventures'