Austin Venture Directory

The Community

Austin has a fast-growing greater venture community of over 150 organizations. Hover over the adjacent graphic for numeric breakdown. These companies consist of venture capital firms, family offices, growth/private equity & venture debt firms, accelerators, incubators, startup studios, pledges & angel funds/networks, and a vast network of remote VCs representing funds from all over the country.

View companies, their thesis’, investment stages, and websites via sections below. Keep this an accurate resource by submitting more information using the link at the end of the page. Last update was April 19, 2022.

 

Demographics

Venture Capital

 

  • Website
    Thesis:     Tech & CPG
    Stage: Seed - Series A

  • Website
    Thesis:     Tech & Consumer, Southwest
    Stage:     Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     Life Sciences
    Stage:     Seed, Series A

  • Website
    Thesis:     Veteran Focused
    Stage:     Seed

  • Website
    Thesis:     Bitcoin
    Stage:     Seed - Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     Industrial
    Stage:     Seed - Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     General, Impact
    Stage:     Seed - Early Stage, Debt

  • Website
    Thesis:     Frontier tech & founders from the military, intelligence community, and national research institutions
    Stage:     Pre-Seed - Early Stage
    News: With $55M Third Fund, Scout Ventures is Funding Veterans Ready to Tackle the Hardest Technical Challenges

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    Thesis:     Technology
    Stage:     Seed - Early Stage
    News: Hello, Austin!

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    Thesis:     Non-Coastal
    Stage:     Seed - Series A

  • Website
    Thesis:     Hardware, Energy
    Stage:     Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     Health Tech
    Stage:     Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     Frontier Science
    Stage:     Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis: R&D
    Stage:     Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis: Founder Institute Portfolio (SDG, E-Commerce, SaaS, Blockchain, FinTech)
    Stage:     Pre-Seed +

  • Website
    Thesis:
    Stage:

  • Website
    Thesis: Consumer Oriented in: Health, Personal Finance, & Enjoyment of Life
    Stage:     Seed

  • Website
    Thesis: Health, Education, Finance, Community
    Stage:     Seed

  • Website
    Thesis:     Tech & Tech Enabled
    Stage: Seed - Series B

  • Website
    Thesis:     Enterprise SaaS, Consumer
    Stage: Seed - Series B

  • Thesis: CPG
    Stage: Early to Growth
    Website

  • Website
    Thesis:     Technology
    Stage: Seed

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Stage: Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     Crypto
    Stage: Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Stage: Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     Health
    Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed

  • Website
    Thesis:     Consumer
    Stage: Seed - Series A

  • Website
    Thesis:     Technology & Life Sciences
    Stage: Early, Growth Stage, Debt

  • Website
    Thesis:     AI, FinTech, Software
    Stage: Late Stage Seed, Series A

  • Website
    Thesis:     Technology
    Stage: Agnostic

  • Website
    Thesis:     B2B Software & Services
    Stage: Series A+

  • Website
    Thesis:     Consumer
    Stage: Seed, Series A

  • Website
    Thesis:     Impact & Diversity
    Stage: Pre-Seed, Series A

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed

  • Website
    Thesis:     FinTech
    Stage: Series A
    News: Bankers Helping Bankers Announces Launch of Venture Capital Fund

  • Website
    Thesis:     SportsTech
    Stage: Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     Tech & Tech Enabled
    Stage: Seed - Series B

  • Website
    Thesis:     Gov regulated startups
    Stage:     Early Stage - Growth

  • Website
    Thesis:     Defense
    Stage: Agnostic

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Stage: Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     Women & Under-Represented Founders
    Stage: Pre-Seed - Series A

  • Website
    Thesis:     Consumer
    Stage: Seed - Series A

  • Website
    Thesis:     Technology
    Stage: Early - Growth Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Stage: Pre-Seed - Series A

  • Website
    Thesis:     Technology
    Stage: Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     Impact
    Stage: Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     Non-coastal
    Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed

  • Website
    Thesis:     Tech & Services
    Stage: Seed - Growth

  • Website
    Thesis: Diverse Founders in SaaS, CPG, Tech
    Stage: Pre-Seed
    News: New Diversity Focused Venture Fund in Texas

  • Website
    Thesis:     Consumer
    Stage:     Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis: Blockchain
    Stage:     Agnostic

  • Website
    Thesis: Minority Founders
    Stage:     Seed

  • Website
    Thesis: Crypto
    Stage:     Early-stage

  • Website
    Thesis: General
    Stage:     Seed & Series A

Angel Funds, Networks, Pledges

 

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Stage: Early Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     Female Investors

  • Website
    Thesis:     Impact
    Stage: Pre-Seed

Accelerators, Incubators,
Studios, Crowdfunds

 

  • Website
    Thesis:     General, Impact
    Type: Accelerator
    News: Techstars Closes Oversubscribed $150M Fund to Support Accelerators

  • Website
    Thesis:     Co-Living Network
    Type: Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Type: Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis:     Blockchain, Gaming
    Type: Venture Studio

  • Website
    Thesis:     UT System
    Type: Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis:     Texas-Based
    Type: Accelerator Support By UT Students

  • Website
    Thesis:     R&D
    Type: Lab & Co-Working

  • Website
    Thesis:     Deep Tech UT Austin
    Type: Innovation Center, Incubator, Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis:     Technology
    Type: Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis:     CPG
    Type: Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Investment:     Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Type:     Venture Studio

  • Website
    Thesis:     Corporations
    Type:     Venture Studio

  • Website
    Thesis:     Corporations
    Type:     Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Type:     Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Type:     Studio

  • Website
    Thesis: CPG
    Type:     Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis:     Media
    Type: Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Type: Venture Studio

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Type: Crowdfunding

  • Website
    Thesis:     Women/Students at UT
    Type: Institute

  • Website
    Thesis:     Veteran & Military Spouse Founders
    Type: Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis:     Health
    Type: Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis: CPG
    Type: Venture Studio

  • Website
    Thesis:     Technology
    Type: Incubator

  • Website
    Thesis: Technology, Co-Living House
    Type: Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis: General
    Type: Venture Studio

  • Website
    Thesis: Government Innovation
    Type: Venture Studio

  • Website
    Thesis: General
    Type: Co-Living Accelerator

  • Website
    Thesis: General
    Type: Co-Working Incubator

  • Website
    Thesis: General
    Type: Startup Studio

Growth/Private Equity & Venture Debt

 

  • Website
    Thesis:     Technology
    Stage: Series B+

  • Website
    Thesis:     Technology
    Stage: Series B+

  • Website
    Thesis:     Founder -Led, Rev $5M-$100M
    Company Stage: Growth

  • Website
    Thesis:     Technology
    Company Stage: $2-15M Annual Rev

  • Website
    Thesis:     Technology
    Series:     Series B+

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Series:     All

  • Website
    Thesis:     Founder-led B2B SaaS, Rev $3M-$30M
    Series:     Growth

  • Website
    Thesis:     Heathcare & Education

  • Website
    Thesis:     Series B+, Founder-led
    News: Mainsail Partners Raises $915M

  • Website
    Thesis:     Technology & Services
    Stage: Series B, C

  • Website
    Thesis:     General
    Stage: Private Equity

  • Website
    Thesis:     Tech, Services, Healthcare Tech
    Stage: Later Stage

  • Website
    Thesis:     Business services, consumer, financial services, healthcare, technology industries.
    Type: Growth Private Equity

  • Website
    Thesis:     Non-Silicon Valley B2b Software
    Type: Private Equity

Remote

Funds with at least one Austin-based representative.

 

Firebrand Ventures
Portfolia
Grit Ventures
Mercury Fund
Dell Tech Capital
Founder’s Fund
Advantage Capital
Fathom Capital
Republic
Cantos VC
Jetty Cove
Wafra
Debut Capital

Radicle Impact
RevTech Ventures
Foundation Capital
Seven Seven Six
Expa
ARCH Ventures
Kairos Ventures
NextGen Venture
SoGal Foundation
Active Capital
Swiftarc Capital
MVMT Ventures
Vibrant VC

Frontier Capital
Chicago Ventures
Cultivian Sandbox
Coinbase Ventures
Techstars Fund
Social Starts
CAVU Ventures
Kauffman Fellows
Bain Capital Ventures
Temerity Capital
JLL Spark
Halogen VC
SpaceFund

Weathergage Capital
Mucker Capital
NEA
Harvest Capital
Moneta Ventures
GPO Fund
Floodgate Capital
Trilantic Partners
Seraph Group
Spaced Ventures
The Chernin Group
Bessemer Venture Partners

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