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What does Austin Ventures invest in?
Austin Ventures invests most often at Series B and Series A (55% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Big Data & Analytics, CloudTech and Creator Economy.
Austin Ventures highlights
- 01
255 rounds on record
- 02
Mostly Series B and Series A: 55% of its rounds
- 03
Sole investor in 47 rounds, median $6.5M
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66 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- Big Data & AnalyticsCloudTechCreator Economy
- Based in
- Austin, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first255 appearances
- 2016
1 round
- Apr
- 2015
3 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Apr
- 2014
11 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- Mar
- Jan
- Jan
- 2013
15 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- Mar
- Mar
- Mar
- Mar
- Feb
- 2012
20 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
We hold 4 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
Who backs their funds
2 LPs on record in Austin Ventures's funds
- Committed
- $244M
- Funds
- 6
- Vintages
- 1994 to 2008
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Mar 2026.
Washington State Investment Board5 funds$194MFund Vintage Committed Austin Ventures VIII 2001 $66M Austin Ventures VII 1999 $74M Austin Ventures VI 1998 $24M Austin Ventures V 1997 $15M Austin Ventures IV 1994 $15M 
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund1 fund$50MFund Vintage Committed Austin Ventures X 2008 $50M
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed66 in all
InnographyBought by CPA GlobalUndisclosedNov 2015
ExplorysBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedApr 2015
PublicEnginesBought by Motorola SolutionsUndisclosedApr 2015
Mavenir SystemsBought by Mitel Networks Corporation$560MMar 2015
PluckBought by SprinklrUndisclosedFeb 2015
Boundless NetworkBought by ZazzleUndisclosedDec 2014
Spatial WirelessBought by Alcatel-LucentUndisclosedSept 2014
MegaPathBought by GC Pivotal LLC dba Global CapacityUndisclosedSept 2014
Black Sand TechnologiesBought by Qualcomm IncorporatedUndisclosedJun 2014
Asset InternationalBought by Genstar CapitalUndisclosedJun 2014
Adometry By GoogleBought by GoogleUndisclosedMay 2014
Mass RelevanceBought by SpredfastUndisclosedApr 2014
Dachis GroupBought by SprinklrUndisclosedFeb 2014
ACTIVE NetworkBought by Vista Equity PartnersUndisclosedNov 2013
MapMyFitnessBought by Under Armour$150MNov 2013
LDR HoldingListed$75MOct 2013
Validity SensorsBought by Synaptics$255MOct 2013
RetailMeNot, Inc.Listed$230MJun 2013
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
Staktek CorpUndisclosedJul 2003