More Related Content Similar to Intro to the Austin Startup Scene for Investors (20) Intro to the Austin Startup Scene for Investors3. Austin Open Coffee Club!
(2010-present)
Austin on Rails!
(Co-Founder / Leader,!
Technology User Group!
2005-present)!
Cafe Bedouins â¨
(Weekly Hack Night, !
2008-present)
InvestorSheets!
(Side project)
Techstarsâ¨
(Mentor,!
2013-present)
@damon
Longhorn Startupâ¨
(Mentor,!
2011-present)
https://linkedin.com/in/damonc
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 âPlug Inâ
⢠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 â
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!
⢠OfďŹce hours
10
12. Startup Focused Orgs
â˘3 Day Startup!
â˘Austin Technology Council (ATC)!
â˘Bootstrap Austin 3.0!
â˘Entrepreneurs Foundation!
â˘Entrepreneursâ Organization!
â˘Rice Alliance Austin!
â˘TiE Austin
13. Happy Hours
â˘Austin Tech Happy Hour (ATHH)!
â˘Big Ass Social Happy Hour (BASHH)!
â˘Tech Ranch CampďŹre!
â˘Techstars Community Meetups!
â˘Capital Factory Happy Hours (various)!
â˘(NEW) Intro to the Austin Startup â¨
Scene Happy Hour
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!
⢠âŚ
18. Incubators / Accelerators
⢠Tech Ranch Austin !
⢠Dreamit Ventures!
⢠Capital Factory!
⢠Longhorn Startup!
⢠Techstars!
⢠UnLtd USA!
⢠Austin Technology â¨
Incubator!
⢠Medical Innovation â¨
Labs!
⢠Texas Venture Labs!
⢠SKU!
⢠International â¨
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-Statesmanâ¨
Lori Hawkins, Omar Gallaga, Kirk Ladendorf!
⢠Austin Business Journalâ¨
Christopher Calnan!
⢠The Austin Phoenixâ¨
Kelly Holt!
⢠Fortuneâ¨
Stacy Higginbotham!
⢠Silicon Hills Newsâ¨
Laura Lorek, Susan Lahey!
⢠Xconomy Texasâ¨
Angelah Shah
24. Investment Firms/Groups
⢠Austin Ventures!
⢠Corsa Ventures!
⢠CTAN (Angels)!
⢠G-51 Capital!
⢠Live Oak Ventures â¨
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 Moneyâ¨
http://x.thestartupslingshot.com/how-to-raise-money/ (by @william_griggs)!
⢠The Startup Slingshot: Austinâs Startup Brain Trustâ¨
http://x.thestartupslingshot.com/austin-startup-brain-trust/ (by @william_griggs)!
⢠A Smart Bearâ¨
http://blog.asmartbear.com/ (by @asmartbear)!
⢠We are Austin Techâ¨
http://www.weareaustintech.com/ (by @weareaustintech)!
⢠Shockwave Innovationsâ¨
http://shockwaveinnovations.com/blog/ (by @gordondaugherty)!
⢠Built in Austin: Top 100 Tech Companies in Austinâ¨
http://www.builtinaustin.com/2015/05/12/top-100-tech-companies-austin (by
@BuiltInAustin)!
⢠Lucky 7â¨
http://lucky7.io/ (by @bazaarbrett)â¨
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