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Texas Gets A New Tech Equity Program

Austin Startup

We’ve recently partnered with one of our favorite Austin-based startups, Favor Delivery , to make sure that Texans have opportunities and pathways to thrive in a technology-fueled economy. Interested in getting involved? Share Dream Corp TECH with your employer as an opportunity to invest in surrounding underserved communities!

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. Now the 9th largest economy in the world, it‘s clear that the rest of the world is waking up to the potential in Texas. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Are they drawn to Texas or moving away from California? Jim Breyer.

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Get 10 years of experience in 3 years running the most active venture fund in Texas

Austin Startup

You will coordinate and administer the most active venture capital fund in Texas and see an insane amount of dealflow. 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 did 70 transactions in 2018 alone!

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I am a proud Mexican-American “Tejano” who grew up in South Texas.

Austin Startup

I love you New England, but Texas is calling me home Why we Moved Back To Texas I love you New England, but Texas is calling me home I am a proud Mexican-American “Tejano” who grew up in South Texas. As a teenager I moved away from Texas to Chicago to put myself through school and find opportunity outside of South Texas.

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Now Any Accredited Investor Can Invest in Texas Startups with Capital Factory and AngelList

Austin Startup

For the past decade, Capital Factory has been building a pipeline of tech startups and investment rights and now we’re opening up to everyone through AngelList. Texas continues to dominate the headlines… Hewlett Packard Enterprises and Oracle move to Texas Elon Musk relocates to Texas , building a Tesla Gigafactory and a SpaceX factory.

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Silverton Partners Raises $144 Million Fund Focused on Investing in Early-Stage Startups Primarily in Austin and Texas

SiliconHills

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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LiveOak Venture Partners Closes a $105 Million Fund to Invest in Early-Stage Texas Startups

SiliconHills

LiveOak Venture Partners announced Tuesday that it has closed a $105 million fund, its second fund. 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 fund was oversubscribed, according to a news release.