Top Austin, TX Angel or VC Firm Companies (33)
A leading software development company in the market for 20+ years, we collaborate with organizations to simplify and amplify their business operations to scale and sustain effectively. With 100+ developers and 20+ industry experts, we help entrepreneurs and business leaders embrace digital transformation and move toward the bigger picture. We take a core tech approach and offer a wide range of services, like app development, data engineering, cloud deployment, enterprise transformation, etc., to nurture innovation. Operating at 6 different global locations, we have worked with a variety of brands and organizations, including critical industries like education, healthcare, agriculture, energy, etc. W2S Solutions is also a strong advocate for sustainability, and we help businesses shift to the post-carbon economy without compromising on their scalability plans. Our goal is to prepare businesses for the UN 2030 goals and create a holistic, sustainable, and inclusive future for all.
Thinktiv is a value-creation consulting firm. As trusted partners to leading startup founders, established businesses, and their boards, we transform organizations to maximize their value. We are software-natives driven by a fierce get-shit-done entrepreneurial spirit. We’re an elite team of business veterans and technology pioneers. With a fully integrated understanding of market and customer behavior, we find value where others don’t. We tackle challenges others won’t. And we deliver results others can’t. We’re hands-in alongside you: enhancing organizational capacity in real-time with state-of-the-art thinking and world-class delivery. We’ll help you go farther, faster. We architect businesses: Our Business-Value Architecture positions companies to achieve premium valuations coupled with the needed strategies to grow revenue and protect enterprise value. Our Value-Creation Solutions are investment-driven and evolved from decades of real-world operating wisdom. At the heart of our operation is Thinktiv’s Value-Creation Philosophy. It identifies and de-risks the obstacles that threaten a company’s Enterprise Value and provides insights to build future Enterprise Value growth. We specialize in Mid-market transformations. From pre-transaction diligence to divestiture, we support executive teams and their investors throughout the investment lifecycle to enhance business value. We also selectively invest alongside our partner firms in proven entrepreneurs. For over a decade and in thirty-plus deals, Thinktiv has served as the value generation engine for invention-stage companies. We are Thinktiv. The architects of next.
Digitech Venture Capital Fund, Inc. was formed to invest in the companies that will define our world in the years to come. Digitech is a venture capital investing model for tomorrow's technology. Our Fund intends to revolutionize the world of venture capital funding for technology companies by making venture capital investments available to non-traditional investors.
Technology and the media are interwoven, and just like industries before it, MediaTech is emerging to address the fast-moving pace of technology and the impact on the resulting media economy. Though giants like Facebook, Spotify, Netflix, and Epic Games, have led the way in media technology, the sector is still surprisingly underserved and media is still riddled with problems. Those seizing opportunities to invest and harness change in media technology, while matching consumer demands, will own the market evolution. Access a community of people who matter, gain education and resources to learn what works, leverage platforms and tech to help build, and promote how you're evolving media. Plug into the MediaTech community. Showcase how you've been evolving media, foster startup innovation through education and mentorship, and explore the future of media. Be the first to discover our community of startups and partners. Investment comes in many forms - be a mentor, discover our portfolio, learn trends and insights to invest in the future of media innovation.
We are a software holding company that selectively invests in leadership teams with staying power. We back founders who are ambitious enough to want to make a dent in the universe and humble enough to realize they can’t do it alone.
Mission Capital was founded in 2001 by a group of local funders, nonprofit leaders and community volunteers as a place where Central Texas nonprofits could go for resources and guidance. The organization’s history has evolved from a nonprofit resource into a community resource and partner focused on solving complex social issues.
CSC Generation is saving retail. In just four years, we’ve acquired and turned around several brands to get to a $500M run rate. We’ve also saved over 1,000 jobs, several companies from liquidation, and have over one million happy customers and counting. Starting with DirectBuy Home Improvement Inc in 2017, our acquisition of Z Gallerie in 2019, and our recent acquisitions of One Kings Lane, and Sur La Table, we're consolidating the home furnishings industry, while driving growth through digital. Founded by Justin Yoshimura and backed by world class investors.
Centennial Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in network companies and related enabling software and technology enterprises, with the potential to be market leaders. Our investment focus is on early and later-stage opportunities. Centennial Ventures VII, a $341 million partnership, is our most recent fund being invested.We believe great people, more than any single factor, transform innovative ideas into successful companies. Our job is to partner with talented management teams and provide our knowledge and resources to accelerate the growth of their enterprises. We call these resources: People, Plans, Money and Partners, and they are respectively designed to provide assistance in recruiting senior executives and directors, developing strategic plans, raising debt and equity capital, and attracting strategic partners.Since our inception in 1982, Centennial has invested in over 100 communications and related companies. Cencom Cable, OneComm, Brooks Fiber Properties, Crown Castle, and Verio are examples of successful portfolio companies that we assisted in growing into market leaders.
Mercury Fund is a seed-stage venture capital firm that makes equity investments in compelling and novel software and science-based startup opportunities. Mercury partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs to build globally competitive businesses, focusing on technology innovation originating in the U.S. Midcontinent. Our firm has a particular interest in startups associated with seed accelerators, incubators and universities. We frequently invest prior to the formation of a business plan or complete management team. Since inception in 2005, Mercury has become one of the most active seed-stage venture firms in the Midcontinent, becoming a "go-to" fund for entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of idea generation, company formation, and market execution.
Seaplane Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm based in Austin, TX. Seaplane backs tech-enabled US startups at the pre-seed and seed stages which have business models geared around networks and recurring revenues. The firm takes a conviction approach to investing in order to free up our team at Seaplane to better support founders at our portfolio companies.
ASTRALABS is the parent company of Newchip, Sofos, and Journey Venture Partners. We've built and launched multiple startups to exit and supported 1,000 startups in their growth in our accelerator with over $300M+ in funding. ASTRALABS companies drive results and set the standard for startups and investors.
Founded in 2013, Tritium Partners is a private equity firm focused on buyouts of growth companies in the lower middle market. For over a decade, the founders of Tritium have deployed over $700 million of equity capital while partnering with talented founders and executives to build market-leading companies. Tritium’s investment approach emphasizes acquiring majority positions in profitable companies and creating long-term value through internal growth initiatives and acquisitions, with a particular focus on three core sectors: Internet and information services, supply chain and logistics, financial and business services.
Next Step Capital Partners™ invests in early stage, growing companies in exchange for a share of future revenue. Angel investors, venture capitalists and banks often require an equity share, collateralization, or personal guarantees. We eliminate these requirements by offering an investment in exchange for a percentage of future revenue. As a result, your management team and Next Step Capital Partners™ are fully aligned toward creation of sustainable topline growth. Our innovative, revenue-sharing approach eliminates the complexities of securing funds and significantly reduces the time required to receive them. Whether launching a new product, expanding sales staff, or building inventory, we offer the right investment at the right time to fund your mission-critical objectives. We understand the challenge of positioning your company for long-term success. We’ve been there – as entrepreneurs and executives for companies ranging from explosive start-ups to global corporations. Our experience and passion for turning small business into big business are the key drivers of Next Step Capital Partners™ innovative approach to investing.
Draper Startup House is disrupting the hospitality model by creating true value through building a larger business ecosystem. Our mission is to empower people across the globe who have unique and groundbreaking ideas, providing them with resources to dedicate themselves to their vision and accelerate their work.
G-51 Capital Management is a premier, early stage venture capital firm that specializes in creating high value for our portfolio companies and delivering top returns to our investors. We lead Series A investments with $250k to $1 million and we syndicate Series A up to $3 million per round. We often syndicate our Series B investments with large institutional venture capital firms to provide the capital companies need to meet revised milestones or to extend their operational runway. G-51 provides the sound experience, deep knowledge, and funding support that entrepreneurs and large venture funds need to close the operational, technical and financial gaps that open during the early process of building long-term commercially viable businesses. Based in Austin, Texas, G-51 invests nationally in the software, hardware, internet and cleantech sectors.
S3 Ventures is the largest venture capital firm focused on Texas. Backed by a philanthropic, multi-billion-dollar family for over a decade, we empower great entrepreneurs with the patient capital and true resources required to grow extraordinary, high-impact companies in Business Technology, Consumer Digital Experiences, and Healthcare Technology.
High Alpha Innovation partners with the world’s leading organizations to innovate through startup creation. Part strategy consultancy, part venture studio, our team is a diverse mix of highly experienced company builders, designers, and strategists who work with corporate partners to source, launch, and invest in venture studios and startups.
We are early stage lead investorsPrimarily first institutional capital – seed and series A investmentsOpportunistically lead compelling later stage financingsSeek to be the largest and most active investors in our portfolio companiesWe invest in exceptional entrepreneurial teams, not pre- determined sectors or business modelsWe are active, hands-on investors providing our companies with:Access to our proprietary pool of executive and technical talentCollaboration with partners with a track record of building successful companies resulting in both M&A or IPODeep network of relationships with top venture investors for follow-on financings
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Sputnik ATX is a venture accelerator in Austin, TX. We combine capital (100k funding) with training and experience to prepare seed-stage businesses for future rounds of funding and move the sales needle for startups.
Silverton Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on Austin-based companies. Our culture is people-driven which leads us to partner with exceptional entrepreneurs who are committed to attacking growth markets with proprietary products or services. We are typically the first institutional investor and the lead investor in the companies we back.
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