This document provides an overview of the startup scene in Austin, Texas from the perspective of Joshua Baer, founder of Capital Factory. It discusses what Baer looks for in investments, compares Austin to Silicon Valley, lists local accelerators and coworking spaces, top angel investors, resources for startups like lawyers and blogs, and upcoming startup events in Austin. The document aims to introduce readers to opportunities for funding, mentoring, and networking available to Austin-area startups.

1. Intro to
Angel Investing
in Austin
by @joshuaBaer

2. Joshua Baer
Founder of Capital Factory
University of Texas at Austin
Carnegie Mellon University

3. 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

4. Austin vs. valley
• Lower valuations - $3m average starting point
• No uncapped notes
• Growth vs. Revenue
• What else?

7. 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

8. Up and coming
• DrillingInfo
• Edgecase
• Eagle Eye Networks
• Impossible Ventures
• Main Street Hub
• Outbound Engine
• PostUp
• Spredfast
• Sparefoot.com
• Spiceworks
• Umbel
• uShip
• WP Engine

9. 800 lB Gorillas
• Apple
• Atlassian
• Bazaarvoice
• BigCommerce
• Box
• Dell
• Dropbox
• Facebook
• Google
• HomeAway
• IBM
• Indeed
• Microsoft
• RetailMeNot
• SolarWinds

11. Bob Metcalfe
Inventor of Ethernet
Founder of 3Com
Professor of Innovation

12. Longhorn Startup
SPRING Demo Day
LBJ Library Auditorium
University of Texas at Austin
Thursday, April 30
5pm-10pm
http://lsdemoday.eventbrite.com

13. 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

14. 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

17. 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

18. Revolutionizing the $24 Billion
self storage industry
180 employees - $26 million funding insight Partners

19. wordpress hosting
Platform for business
150 employees - $18 million funding Northbridge

20. $6 Million Funding CHarles River Ventures, A16Z

21. • 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

26. 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?

27. 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

28. 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)

29. Blogs
• Bryan Menell - Austin Startup
austinstartup.com
• Jason Cohen - ASmartBear
asmartbear.com
• Brett Hurt - Lucky7
lucky7.io
• Gordon Daugherty - Shockwave
shockwaveinnovations.com
• Ash Maurya - Running Lean
practicetrumpstheory.com
• Kip McClanahan - ReOverthinking
reoverthinking.com
• Silicon Hills News
siliconhillsnews.com
• WeAreAustinTech
weareaustintech.com
• Silicon Hills Law
siliconhillslawyer.com
• Joshua Baer - Austinpreneur
austinpreneur.com

30. FACEBOOK
• Austin Startups
http://facebook.com/groups/austinstartups
• Austin Angel Investors
http://facebook.com/groups/ATXAngelInvestors
• What else?

31. Twitter

32. Twitter

33. reserves

34. If things go
well
the startup needs
more money

35. If things go
BAD
the startup needs
more money

36. Rick Timmins
Chairman

37. 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
• Google
• Dell
• Longhorn Startup
• UT Austin
• St. Edwards University
• Recruiting Firms
• PR Firms
• Crowdfunding

38. 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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