Brief overview of the Austin startup scene, presented at Capital Factory on July 21, 2015.

1. by Damon Clinkscales
Intro to the !
Austin !
Startup Scene
(condensed)

2. 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, 2015)
Techstars
(Mentor,!
2013-present)
@damon
Longhorn Startup
(Mentor,!
2011-present)
https://linkedin.com/in/damonc

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4. http://bit.ly/austinscene

5. 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)

7. Offices in Austin
“Unicorns”

8. Entrepreneur Meetup Organizers
Kevin
Koym
Damon!
Clinkscales
Josh
Baer
Jacqueline
Hughes
Bijoy
Goswami
Tech
Ranch!
(Various)
Austin Open
Coffee Club
Capital
Factory!
(Various)
Austin!
Startup!
Week
Bootstrap
Austin
(3.0)

9. Entrepreneur Meetup Organizers
Kimberly
Patrick
Ash
Maurya
Johan
Borge
Monika
Ostrowski
Val
Luessenhop
Startup!
Grind
Austin!
Lean!
Startup!
Circle
ATX !
Entre-!
preneurs
TeXchange
Rice
Alliance

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. A
little randomness is O-K.!
!
• 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!
• Hold Office hours
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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
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•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!
• … (100+ on meetup.com)

18. Incubators / Accelerators
• Tech Ranch Austin !
• Dreamit Ventures!
• Capital Factory!
• Longhorn Startup!
• Techstars!
• UnLtd USA!
• The Bunker!
• Austin Technology
Incubator!
• Medical Innovation
Labs!
• Texas Venture Labs!
• SKU!
• International
Accelerator

19. Incubator/Accelerator Directors
Kevin
Koym
Steve
Welch
Josh
Baer
Jason
Seats
Zoe
Schlag
Tech!
Ranch
DreamIt!
Ventures
Capital!
Factory
Techstars Unltd USA

20. Incubator/Accelerator Directors
Isaac!
Barchas
Michael
Patton
Rob!
Adams
Shari
Wynne
Ressler!
Phil!
Pompa
Austin!
Technology!
Incubator
!
Medical !
Innovation!
Labs
Texas!
Venture!
Labs
SKU
International!
Accelerator

21. http://startupdigest.com/austin

22. 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/

23. Austin Startup Press
• Austin American-Statesman
Lori Hawkins, Omar Gallaga, Kirk Ladendorf!
• Austin Business Journal
Christopher Calnan!
• The Austin Phoenix
Kelly Holt!
• AustinInno
(various)!
• Fortune
Stacy Higginbotham!
• Silicon Hills News
Laura Lorek, Susan Lahey!
• Xconomy Texas
Angelah Shah

24. Funding Options
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25. 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

26. Alliance of Texas
Angel Networks

27. Investment Firms/Groups
!
• Floodgate Fund (SF)!
• Disruption Corporation (DC)!
• ATAN (Texas angel groups)!
• 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)!

30. Thank You
Onward to
the future!

31. • 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)
Further Resources