# Austin Gideon

> Austin Gideon is a Series B investor at Five Elms Capital backing Software and Health Care. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Five Elms Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/five-elms-capital)
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-gideon-15558035
- Website: https://www.fiveelms.com/austin-gideon-2

Austin Gideon is a Principal at Five Elms and sits on the firm’s Investment Committee. Austin holds a B.S.C. in Accounting and Business Administration from Washington and Lee University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 75% |
| Health Care | 3 | 38% |
| B2B | 1 | 13% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |
| Music | 1 | 13% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 25% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 50% |
| Canada | 2 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Opus1.io | Opus1.io is the end to end platform for music and performing arts schools - Scheduling, Invoicing, Self-booking, Payments etc. |  | Series B | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| Motivity | Founded and funded solely from research grants by the National Institute of Health (NIH), Motivity is the only cutting-edge electronic data collection software platform on the market for ABA and behavioral health. | $27M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 12, 2025 |  |
| Fable | Fable is a leading accessibility platform powered by people with disabilities.The best digital teams work with Fable to make products more accessible for over 1 billion people who live with disabilities. | $25M | Series B | Oct 16, 2024 |  |
| Gymdesk | Martial Arts on Rails provides gym owners and martial arts instructors with a modern, cloud-based management software. From digital sign-ups and waivers, to membership management, attendance tracking, billing and recurring payments and much more. | $32.5M | Private Equity | Jul 08, 2024 |  |
| Opus1.io | Opus1.io is the end to end platform for music and performing arts schools - Scheduling, Invoicing, Self-booking, Payments etc. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 24, 2024 |  |
| Prismatic | Prismatic is the AI-enabled embedded iPaaS for B2B SaaS companies, the foundation for product extensibility. It brings productized integrations, embedded workflows, and agentic interactions together on one platform that handles everything that breaks at scale: authentication, deployment, monitoring, security, and compliance. Developers build andship integrations 10x faster with code-native development and AI coding assistants. Customers build the workflows they need with embedded, white-labeled tools. And AI agents act across connected systems. Used by Fortune 500s and high-growth startups alike, Prismatic turns integrations from a bottleneck into a growth driver. Learn more at prismatic.io. | $22M | Series B | Jan 17, 2024 |  |
| Practice Better | Practice Better is a practice management software platform that offers a suite of tools that integrate scheduling, telehealth, client engagement, and billing. Trusted by group and solo practices across the globe, Practice Better simplifies how wellness professionals operate their businesses with a comprehensive set of features that manage booking,billing, telehealth, charting, client engagement, online programs/courses, and more. | $20M | Series A | Apr 20, 2023 |  |
| Fable | Fable is a leading accessibility platform powered by people with disabilities.The best digital teams work with Fable to make products more accessible for over 1 billion people who live with disabilities. | $10.5M | Series A | May 17, 2022 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Difference Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/difference-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Disruption Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/disruption-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Homegrown Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/homegrown-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Five Elms Capital

VC Fund · Kansas City, United States

Five Elms Capital is a growth investor in software businesses that users love, providing capital and resources to help companies accelerate growth and further cement their role as industry leaders.With over $3 billion in assets under management and a team of over 80 professionals, Five Elms has invested in more than 70 software platformsworldwide. Beyond providing capital, Five Elms delivers strategic and operational expertise, focused on executing initiatives that move the needle on growth, retention, product, and AI to set companies up for long-term success. For more information, visit fiveelms.com.

5 contacts available at Five Elms Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Austin Gideon | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-gideon |
| Fred Coulson | Managing Partner & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fred-coulson |
| Joe Onofrio | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-onofrio |
| Reed Edwards | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reed-edwards |
| Ryan Mandl | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-mandl |

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## FAQ

### What does Austin Gideon invest in?

Austin Gideon invests primarily in Software, Health Care and B2B startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Austin Gideon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Austin Gideon closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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