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Intro to the !
Austin !
Startup Scene
^ for Investors
HELLO
Austin Open Coffee Club!
(2010-present)
Austin on Rails!
(Co-Founder / Leader,!
Technology User Group!
2005-present)!
Cafe Bedouins 

(Weekly Hack Night, !
2008-present)
InvestorSheets!
(Side project)
Techstars

(Mentor,!
2013-present)
@damon
Longhorn Startup

(Mentor,!
2011-present)
https://linkedin.com/in/damonc
4
http://bit.ly/austinscene
Annual Calendar
• Austin Startup Games (January)!
• SXSW / Startup Village / Accelerator (March)!
• Capital Factory Demo Day / Startup Crawl (March)!
• Dreamit Ventures Demo Day (March)!
• Longhorn Startup Demo Day (April)!
• PeopleFund Innovation Week (May)!
• Techstars Demo Day (June/varies)!
• Innotech Beta Summit (Oct)!
• Capital Factory Demo Day / Startup Crawl (Oct)!
• Austin Startup Week (Oct)
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene for Investors
Offices in Austin
“Unicorns”
Entrepreneur Meetup Organizers
Kevin

Koym
Damon!
Clinkscales
Josh

Baer
Jacqueline

Hughes
Bijoy

Goswami
Kimberly

Patrick
Ash 

Maurya
Johan

Borge
Monika

Ostrowski
Val 

Luessenhop
Ways to “Plug In”
• Sign up for newsletters and
follow interesting folks/orgs
on Twitter!
• Attend community meetups,
coffees, and happy hours!
• Go to hackathons, Startup
Weekends, and Demo Days!
• Invite interesting people you
meet for a cup of coffee!
!
• Be helpful to others —
make introductions, give
feedback, be open to the
possibilities!
• Share your experiences
as you go on a blog and
social networks!
• Interact with / be helpful
to others on social media!
• Office hours
10
Mentorship Opportunities
•CTAN Office
Hours!
•Capital Factory!
•Techstars!
•Tech Ranch!
•Dreamit Ventures!
•AVINDE
•Longhorn Startup
Lab (Spring)!
•ATI SEAL!
•International
Accelerator!
•SKU!
•Unltd USA
Startup Focused Orgs
•3 Day Startup!
•Austin Technology Council (ATC)!
•Bootstrap Austin 3.0!
•Entrepreneurs Foundation!
•Entrepreneurs’ Organization!
•Rice Alliance Austin!
•TiE Austin
Happy Hours
•Austin Tech Happy Hour (ATHH)!
•Big Ass Social Happy Hour (BASHH)!
•Tech Ranch Campfire!
•Techstars Community Meetups!
•Capital Factory Happy Hours (various)!
•(NEW) Intro to the Austin Startup 

Scene Happy Hour
Entrepreneur Coffees
•Austin Open Coffee Club!
•Austin TechBreakfast
Coworking Spaces
15
•Capital Factory!
•Link!
•Perch!
•Opportunity
Space!
•WeWork
•Tech Ranch!
•Vuka Co-op!
•Chicon Collective!
•Owen’s Garage!
•Orange Coworking
Investor/Founder Meetups
• Co-Founders Austin (Tech Map)!
• Austin Lean Startup Circle!
• Intro to Angel Investing in Austin (CF)!
• Intro to Fundraising in Austin (CF)!
• Intro to the Austin Startup Scene (CF)!
• Intro to Austin Accelerators (CF)!
• Startup Grind Austin!
• TeXchange
Hacker/Dev Meetups
• ATX Hardware Startups!
• Product Austin!
• Women Who Code!
• Refresh Austin!
• Austin Python!
• Austin on Rails!
• Austin JavaScript!
• …
Incubators / Accelerators
• Tech Ranch Austin !
• Dreamit Ventures!
• Capital Factory!
• Longhorn Startup!
• Techstars!
• UnLtd USA!
• Austin Technology 

Incubator!
• Medical Innovation 

Labs!
• Texas Venture Labs!
• SKU!
• International 

Accelerator
Incubator/Accelerator Directors
Kevin

Koym
Steve

Welch
Josh

Baer
Jason 

Seats
Zoe

Schlag
Isaac!
Barchas
Michael

Patton
Rob!
Adams
Shari 

Wynne 

Ressler!
Dean!
Kakridas
http://startupdigest.com/austin
Facebook Groups
Austin Startups
Capital Factory News
https://www.facebook.com/groups/austinstartups/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cfstartupnews/
Austin Angel Investors
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ATXAngelInvestors/
Austin Startup Press
• Austin American-Statesman

Lori Hawkins, Omar Gallaga, Kirk Ladendorf!
• Austin Business Journal

Christopher Calnan!
• The Austin Phoenix

Kelly Holt!
• Fortune

Stacy Higginbotham!
• Silicon Hills News

Laura Lorek, Susan Lahey!
• Xconomy Texas

Angelah Shah
Funding Options
23
Investment Firms/Groups
• Austin Ventures!
• Corsa Ventures!
• CTAN (Angels)!
• G-51 Capital!
• Live Oak Ventures 

Partners!
• S3 Ventures!
• Silverton Partners!
• Access Venture Partners!
• Alara Capital
Inside Austin
• ARCH Venture Partners!
• ATX Seed Ventures!
• Covera Ventures!
• Murphree Ventures!
• Next Step Capital Partners!
• Sante Ventures!
• Sevin Rosen Funds!
• TEXO Ventures!
• Trellis Partners
Investment Firms/Groups
!
• Floodgate Fund (SF)!
• Disruption Corporation (DC)!
• ATAN (Texas Angel Alliance)!
• Golden Seeds (Dallas)!
• McCombs Partners (SA)!
• Trailblazer Capital (Dallas)!
• Sutter Hill Ventures (SF)
Outside Austin
• Foundry Group (Boulder)!
• Mark Cuban Companies (Dallas)!
• Mercury Fund (Houston)!
• First Round Capital (NYC)!
• ff Ventures (NYC)!
• 500 Startups (SV/SF)!
• Mohr Davidow Ventures (SF)!
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene for Investors
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene for Investors
Thank You
Onward to
the future!
• The Startup Slingshot: How to Raise Money

http://x.thestartupslingshot.com/how-to-raise-money/ (by @william_griggs)!
• The Startup Slingshot: Austin’s Startup Brain Trust

http://x.thestartupslingshot.com/austin-startup-brain-trust/ (by @william_griggs)!
• A Smart Bear

http://blog.asmartbear.com/ (by @asmartbear)!
• We are Austin Tech

http://www.weareaustintech.com/ (by @weareaustintech)!
• Shockwave Innovations

http://shockwaveinnovations.com/blog/ (by @gordondaugherty)!
• Built in Austin: Top 100 Tech Companies in Austin

http://www.builtinaustin.com/2015/05/12/top-100-tech-companies-austin (by
@BuiltInAustin)!
• Lucky 7

http://lucky7.io/ (by @bazaarbrett)

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Intro to the Austin Startup Scene for Investors

  • 1. by Damon Clinkscales Intro to the ! Austin ! Startup Scene ^ for Investors
  • 3. Austin Open Coffee Club! (2010-present) Austin on Rails! (Co-Founder / Leader,! Technology User Group! 2005-present)! Cafe Bedouins 
 (Weekly Hack Night, ! 2008-present) InvestorSheets! (Side project) Techstars
 (Mentor,! 2013-present) @damon Longhorn Startup
 (Mentor,! 2011-present) https://linkedin.com/in/damonc
  • 4. 4
  • 6. Annual Calendar • Austin Startup Games (January)! • SXSW / Startup Village / Accelerator (March)! • Capital Factory Demo Day / Startup Crawl (March)! • Dreamit Ventures Demo Day (March)! • Longhorn Startup Demo Day (April)! • PeopleFund Innovation Week (May)! • Techstars Demo Day (June/varies)! • Innotech Beta Summit (Oct)! • Capital Factory Demo Day / Startup Crawl (Oct)! • Austin Startup Week (Oct)
  • 10. Ways to “Plug In” • Sign up for newsletters and follow interesting folks/orgs on Twitter! • Attend community meetups, coffees, and happy hours! • Go to hackathons, Startup Weekends, and Demo Days! • Invite interesting people you meet for a cup of coffee! ! • Be helpful to others — make introductions, give feedback, be open to the possibilities! • Share your experiences as you go on a blog and social networks! • Interact with / be helpful to others on social media! • Office hours 10
  • 11. Mentorship Opportunities •CTAN Office Hours! •Capital Factory! •Techstars! •Tech Ranch! •Dreamit Ventures! •AVINDE •Longhorn Startup Lab (Spring)! •ATI SEAL! •International Accelerator! •SKU! •Unltd USA
  • 12. Startup Focused Orgs •3 Day Startup! •Austin Technology Council (ATC)! •Bootstrap Austin 3.0! •Entrepreneurs Foundation! •Entrepreneurs’ Organization! •Rice Alliance Austin! •TiE Austin
  • 13. Happy Hours •Austin Tech Happy Hour (ATHH)! •Big Ass Social Happy Hour (BASHH)! •Tech Ranch Campfire! •Techstars Community Meetups! •Capital Factory Happy Hours (various)! •(NEW) Intro to the Austin Startup 
 Scene Happy Hour
  • 14. Entrepreneur Coffees •Austin Open Coffee Club! •Austin TechBreakfast
  • 15. Coworking Spaces 15 •Capital Factory! •Link! •Perch! •Opportunity Space! •WeWork •Tech Ranch! •Vuka Co-op! •Chicon Collective! •Owen’s Garage! •Orange Coworking
  • 16. Investor/Founder Meetups • Co-Founders Austin (Tech Map)! • Austin Lean Startup Circle! • Intro to Angel Investing in Austin (CF)! • Intro to Fundraising in Austin (CF)! • Intro to the Austin Startup Scene (CF)! • Intro to Austin Accelerators (CF)! • Startup Grind Austin! • TeXchange
  • 17. Hacker/Dev Meetups • ATX Hardware Startups! • Product Austin! • Women Who Code! • Refresh Austin! • Austin Python! • Austin on Rails! • Austin JavaScript! • …
  • 18. Incubators / Accelerators • Tech Ranch Austin ! • Dreamit Ventures! • Capital Factory! • Longhorn Startup! • Techstars! • UnLtd USA! • Austin Technology 
 Incubator! • Medical Innovation 
 Labs! • Texas Venture Labs! • SKU! • International 
 Accelerator
  • 21. Facebook Groups Austin Startups Capital Factory News https://www.facebook.com/groups/austinstartups/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/cfstartupnews/ Austin Angel Investors https://www.facebook.com/groups/ATXAngelInvestors/
  • 22. Austin Startup Press • Austin American-Statesman
 Lori Hawkins, Omar Gallaga, Kirk Ladendorf! • Austin Business Journal
 Christopher Calnan! • The Austin Phoenix
 Kelly Holt! • Fortune
 Stacy Higginbotham! • Silicon Hills News
 Laura Lorek, Susan Lahey! • Xconomy Texas
 Angelah Shah
  • 24. Investment Firms/Groups • Austin Ventures! • Corsa Ventures! • CTAN (Angels)! • G-51 Capital! • Live Oak Ventures 
 Partners! • S3 Ventures! • Silverton Partners! • Access Venture Partners! • Alara Capital Inside Austin • ARCH Venture Partners! • ATX Seed Ventures! • Covera Ventures! • Murphree Ventures! • Next Step Capital Partners! • Sante Ventures! • Sevin Rosen Funds! • TEXO Ventures! • Trellis Partners
  • 25. Investment Firms/Groups ! • Floodgate Fund (SF)! • Disruption Corporation (DC)! • ATAN (Texas Angel Alliance)! • Golden Seeds (Dallas)! • McCombs Partners (SA)! • Trailblazer Capital (Dallas)! • Sutter Hill Ventures (SF) Outside Austin • Foundry Group (Boulder)! • Mark Cuban Companies (Dallas)! • Mercury Fund (Houston)! • First Round Capital (NYC)! • ff Ventures (NYC)! • 500 Startups (SV/SF)! • Mohr Davidow Ventures (SF)!
  • 29. • The Startup Slingshot: How to Raise Money
 http://x.thestartupslingshot.com/how-to-raise-money/ (by @william_griggs)! • The Startup Slingshot: Austin’s Startup Brain Trust
 http://x.thestartupslingshot.com/austin-startup-brain-trust/ (by @william_griggs)! • A Smart Bear
 http://blog.asmartbear.com/ (by @asmartbear)! • We are Austin Tech
 http://www.weareaustintech.com/ (by @weareaustintech)! • Shockwave Innovations
 http://shockwaveinnovations.com/blog/ (by @gordondaugherty)! • Built in Austin: Top 100 Tech Companies in Austin
 http://www.builtinaustin.com/2015/05/12/top-100-tech-companies-austin (by @BuiltInAustin)! • Lucky 7
 http://lucky7.io/ (by @bazaarbrett)
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