Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Austin.
On my 3rd successful bootstrapped tech company. Investor/Mentor at @Capital Factory. Advisor to several Austin startups. CS Rice University.
Founded Mastodon Capital Management, and run a hedge fund. BS & ME in engineering from Cornell; MBA from UCLA. Live in Austin, TX.
RetailMeNot CEO/Founder [SALE]. Former COO Bankrate [RATE].
CMO at @howler-brothers-2, Partner/Co-founder of @stage-one-capital. Multiple start-ups, former private equity. Marketer and fisherman at heart.
I've been a partner with Silverton since 2006. Prior to Silverton, I worked with FTV Capital in San Francisco. I was a entrepreneur with Kintana and Ingrian.
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.
Founder @mita Ventures, • Worked @Silvergate Bank, @ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Mexico) • Studied @harvard, Advisor @manattjones
CEO of @dreamit-ventures. Founded Holiday Golightly. Worked @allrecipes.com @jobster @classmates.com @lexisnexis. Studied at @harvard-business-school, @duke-university
One of the most active angel networks in the US; investing in Texas entrepreneurs
Technologist. Photographer. Entrepreneur.
CEO and founder of @tocquigny, an internationally recognized digital marketing firm. 3 year mentor for Capital Factory
http://www.17stories.com
Investor @doctorbase, @gablit
Investor @bisonwood . Founded @leaky (Acq 2013). @y-combinator alum, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology dropout . Former pro gamer, ultramarathon runner.
http://459pm.com
Founder @broadjump (IPO), over six startups returned $800m in shareholder equity
http://www.reoverthinking.com
General Partner at @corsa-ventures
Founded 3 internet companies. All successful. Last company @leadclick-media took no investment and sold for $200mm. Currently, running a Hedge Fund & Angel Fund.
Founder/Managing Partner @scout-ventures; early-stage VC focused on media, tech, and entertainment. Focused on great people; @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @mit-sloan-school-of-management '01; USMA '94; Airborne Ranger
Chairman of the Board of @bts Corporation, @betamore, Digital Harbor Foundation, Lane Capital, @crosschx, and @ostp-ventures.
Innovation lead at T3. TechStars mentor. Angel investor.
CEO at @quotient-solutions-inc
Managing Partner @dapps-fund-i
Board Member @mastercoin-foundation
ED @bitangels
Triple Major('10) & MS Engineering ('12) @johns-hopkins-university
Vice President , Business & Market Development at Cognite
Work at @trinet • Studied at @texas-tech-university VP @bsfund Investor @aceable
20 years in technology sales. Helped start enterprise sales team for Winternals (purchased by Microsoft); Alliance sales manager for Sonicwall/Dell leading to Dell's purchase of Sonicwall; investor in SubtleData
Founded The Controller Group (sold to Tatum), founded HireBetter to help high growth companies scale, angel investor, advisor, YPO officer and board member
@capitalfactory , Previously @UTHorizonFund
Seasoned, strategic tech entrepreneur and investor; strong experience working with startups to multibillion $ market cap companies. @princeton, @oxford.
Entrepreneur in Residence & Senior Associate at @monthly-ventures-1 , Software Architect turned Agency GM / CIO / CDO, Founder of Digital Boss.
http://www.startupmonthly.com/
Worked at @at-kearney • Investor @lead Investor in Edioma Inc., @lead Investor in Fiberio Technology Corp. • Studied at @brandeis-university (Econ), UTEP PhD Intl Business
Partner, Ingk Labs
Serial entrepreneur, investor, consultant. Co-Founder & VP Business Development of Gazzang.
Joe Ross is President and Co-Founder of CSID, with more than 15 years of experience in managing and directing corporate operations on an international level. Ross is responsible for all aspects of global operations, sales, marketing and client services fo
Analyst @techstars. Previously @microventures-1.
VP of Business Development, Food on the Table
~20 year software veteran with strong executive, sales, marketing and technical background
12+ years of venture capital investing experience at Limestone and Gefinor Ventures. Focus on early stage investing in software & tech-enabled services.
Serial Entrepreneur and Angel investor in Healthcare, Oil & Gas, and Technology; Chicago Booth MBA, Practicing Anesthesiologist, Acute Pain Medicine Specialist
Mentoring leaders from top graduate schools across the country via access and review of Start-ups.
Fortune 500 Marketing Executive and investor for a privately held fund. Looking to invest in dynamic people with ideas that solve real-world problems.
Founder @weeli • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
Co-Founder: MPOWER Ventures, NetSpend (NTSP), REV Worldwide.
Advisor, CGAP.
Chairman, MPOWER Foundation.
Co-Founder, Empowerment Lab @ Harvard.
CGI Member.
Fmr Chmn/CEO AMD, Trustee Rand Corp and Rice U, Presidents Council of Advisors in Sci/Tech
Founder @blue-track-media, @plugged-inc • Managing Partner at @karlani-capital
http://shahzil.com
Interested in early -stage startups (seed to pre-series A)
Founder of two businesses sold to publicly-traded companies. CEO of four companies listed on the Inc. 500/5000, eight times. Start-up to exit multiple times.
Internet TV & Social Media, Humanitarian Assistance, Special Forces, Platform Development, Global Human Networks, Disaster Relief, Medical & Corporate Diplomacy
Founded CTV, sold to IntraLinks. Grew IntraLinks to acquisition and later IPO (NYSE:IL). UVA undergrad, Wharton MBA.
Founder Adscend Media , @macrobucks
Leading Mobile at Rocket.
MD, The Entrepreneur's Fund. Former GM, @ibm Watson ; Founder & CEO @webify (Acquired by IBM) @Exterprise (Acquired by Commerce One). Board Member @ Various