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Intro to Angel Investing
in Austin
by @joshuaBaer
Joshua BaerFounder of Capital FactoryUniversity of Texas at AustinCarnegie Mellon University
What I look for• Any tech startup in Austin
• Any email startup anywhere
• Local businesses that cashflow
• A product that I can use in my business or personally
• Founders who I like and trust
• A business model I understand
• How I can help besides money
Austin vs. valley
• Lower valuations - $3m average starting point
• No uncapped notes
• Growth vs. Revenue
• What else?
Recent Success• Black Locus > Home Depot
• Boundless > Zazzle
• Dachis Group > Spriklr
• Food on the Table > Food Network
• Gazzang > Cloudera
• Mass Relevance > Spredfast
• MapMyFitness > Under Armor
• Ridescout > Car2Go
• Spanning > EMC
Up and coming• DrillingInfo
• Edgecase
• Eagle Eye Networks
• Impossible Ventures
• Main Street Hub
• Outbound Engine
• PostUp
• Spredfast
• Sparefoot.com
• Spiceworks
• Umbel
• uShip
• WP Engine
800 lB Gorillas• Apple
• Atlassian
• Bazaarvoice
• BigCommerce
• Box
• Dell
• Dropbox
• HomeAway
• IBM
• Indeed
• Microsoft
• RetailMeNot
• SolarWinds
Bob MetcalfeInventor of EthernetFounder of 3ComProfessor of Innovation
Longhorn Startup SPRING Demo Day
LBJ Library Auditorium University of Texas at Austin Thursday, April 30 5pm-10pm http://lsdemoday.eventbrite.com
Pitch Events• Texas Venture Labs Investment
Competition (February)
• SXSW Accelerator (March)
• Capital Factory Demo Day at SXSW (March)
• Techstars Demo Day (June 2015?)
• Global Venture Labs Investment Competition (May)
• Capital Factory Demo Day at Startup Week (October)
• Innotech Beta Summit (October)
• SKU Demo Day
• ATI Clean Tech & Wireless Forums
• CTAN Presentation Day (5x)
• House of Genius
Accelerators• Austin Technology Incubator (UT affiliated) @ATI_UT
• Bunker (veterans) @TheBunkerAustin
• Capital Factory (tech) @CapitalFactory @JoshuaBaer
• International Accelerator @IntlAccelerator
• Longhorn Startup Lab (UT Austin students) @LonghornStartup
• SKU (consumer packaged goods) @SKUatx (formerly Incubation Station)
• SXSW Accelerator
• Techstars (tech) @Techstars @Seats
• Medical Innovation Labs (medical devices)
• Unltd USA (social good) @UnLtdUSA
Intro to Austin Accelerators 2nd Tuesday of each month at 4pm
Accelerator
• Introductions to angel investors, mentors, customers, strategic partners, employees
• $200,000 in hosting credits at Amazon, Google, Rackspace, Microsoft, Softlayer
• First priority on offices and desks at Capital Factory
• Access to $150,000+ in matching funds from Capital Factory, Silverton, FLOODGATE and our AngelList Syndicate
Revolutionizing the $24 Billion self storage industry
180 employees - $26 million funding insight Partners
wordpress hosting Platform for business
150 employees - $18 million funding Northbridge
$6 Million Funding CHarles River Ventures, A16Z
• One of the most active angel groups in the country
• >100 members
• Not just tech
• Bi-monthly application cycle
• Monthly office hours
• Rick Timmins is the Chairman
• Claire England is the Executive Director
Top Austin Angels• Joshua Baer
• Ross Buhrdorf
• Andrew Busey
• Dan Graham
• Russell Hinds
• Brett Hurt
• Mellie Price
• Rony Kahan
• Jason Seats
• Rob Taylor
• Rick Timmins
• Mikey Trafton
• Joel Trammell
• You?
venture capital
• Austin Ventures Mike Dodd, Tom Ball, Chris Pacitti
• Silverton Partners Jon Bassett, Morgan Flager
• Live Oak Venture Partners Venu Shamapant
• Mercury Fund Aziz Gilani, Ned Hill
• S3 Ventures (enterprise + health) Rajiv Bala
• Sante Ventures (biotech) Kevin Lalande
Startup Lawyers
• KHGR Evan Kastner
• Jones-Spross Brian Spross
• Wilson Sonsini (WSGR) Brian Beard & Paul Tobias
• Andrews-Kurth Matt Lyons
• DLA Piper Paul Hurdlow
• Sprinkle Law Steve Sprinkle (IP)
Blogs• Bryan Menell - Austin Startup
austinstartup.com
• Jason Cohen - ASmartBear asmartbear.com
• Brett Hurt - Lucky7 lucky7.io
• Gordon Daugherty - Shockwaveshockwaveinnovations.com
• Ash Maurya - Running Leanpracticetrumpstheory.com
• Kip McClanahan - ReOverthinkingreoverthinking.com
• Silicon Hills Newssiliconhillsnews.com
• WeAreAustinTechweareaustintech.com
• Silicon Hills Lawsiliconhillslawyer.com
• Joshua Baer - Austinpreneuraustinpreneur.com
• Austin Startupshttp://facebook.com/groups/austinstartups
• Austin Angel Investors http://facebook.com/groups/ATXAngelInvestors
• What else?
reserves
If things go
well
the startup needs more money
If things go
BAD
the startup needs more money
Rick Timmins Chairman
ask me anything• Angel Investors
• Venture Capital
• Incubators/Accelerators
• Coffee Shops
• Coworking Spaces
• Banks
• Lawyers
• Real Estate Reps
• Dev Shops
• Associations
• Hack-a-thons
• Finding a Co-Founder
• Local Tech Reporters
• Meetups
• Blogs
• Hardware
• Women in Tech
• Startup Games
• Capital Factory
• Dell
• Longhorn Startup
• UT Austin
• St. Edwards University
• Recruiting Firms
• PR Firms
• Crowdfunding
Associations• Austin Chamber Michele Skelding
• Austin Technology Council (ATC) Julie Huls
• Brazos Tech District
• Downtown Austin Alliance (DAA)
• Entrepreneur’s Foundation (EF) Eugene Sepulveda
• Leadership Austin Ashley Phillips
• Rice Alliance Robert McKee
• Texchange
• Young Entrepreur’s Organization (YEO) / Young President’s Organization (YPO)
• Young Men’s / Young Women’s Business League (YMBL)
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