Austin Ventures
VC Fund
Austin, United States
Austin Ventures is a venture capital and private equity company that specializes in partnering with talented executives and entrepreneurs to build companies. It was founded in 1984 and headquartered in Austin, Texas.
- Total investments:
- 252
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 37%
- Fund size:
- $900M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Austin Ventures invests in
Stages Austin Ventures invests in
Countries Austin Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $1.6M–$12M
- Series B
- $5M–$30M
- Series C
- $6M–$28M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 51 (20%)
- Enterprise Software 23 (9%)
- Internet 15 (6%)
- Manufacturing 14 (6%)
- Information Technology 14 (6%)
Stage
- Series B 60 (24%)
- Series A 55 (22%)
- Series C 43 (17%)
- Funding Round 30 (12%)
- Series D 23 (9%)
Country
- United States 123 (49%)
- China 1 (0%)
- Japan 1 (0%)
- Canada 1 (0%)
- United Kingdom 1 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Alter
Senior Associate
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Senior Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jim Kozlowski
Venture Partner
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Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Joe Aragona
Founder & General Partner
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Founder & General Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Ken DeAngelis
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Chris Pacitti
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 56 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Tasktop
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Tasktop offers a software platform that allows companies to better manage the process of building their software. Tasktop plugs into existing tools and overlays the end-to-end value stream to provide the abstractions, automation, visualizations, and forensics needed to practice value stream management on a daily basis. | $100M / Private Equity / Apr 08, 2021 | |
Veros Systems
|
Veros Systems enables industrial customers to maximize production by providing actionable intelligence on their electrically-driven machines.Their web-based Predictive Intelligence Platform uses completely nonintrusive monitors that can be installed in hours. PIP offers real-time predictive reliability and energy efficiency intelligence onelectromechanical systems, and seamlessly integrates with leading Enterprise Asset Management applications. At last, engineers, managers, and executives have a means to see the future: to plan better, reduce costs, and improve a facility’s overall availability. | $2.2M / Series C / Jun 11, 2020 | |
Ambiq Micro
|
Ambiq Micro is an early-stage fabless semiconductor company that is developing ultra-low-power mixed-signal solutions for a new generation of wireless electronics.Ambiq Micro was founded in 2010 on the simple yet powerful notion that extremely low-power semiconductors are the key to the future of electronics. Through the use of their pioneeringultra-low-power technology, they help innovative companies around the world develop differentiated solutions that reduce or eliminate the need for batteries, lower overall system power, and maximize industrial design flexibility. | $11.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 05, 2018 | |
Vyze
|
Vyze is a financial technology leader in consumer financing solutions. NCL helps merchants launch and implement innovative lending programs that provide more consumers with the financing options they want and need. NCL’s simple solutions deliver increased sales and a better consumer financing experience while giving retailers and manufacturersgreater control over their lending options. | $13.1M / Series C / Aug 11, 2017 | |
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Vyze
|
Vyze is a financial technology leader in consumer financing solutions. NCL helps merchants launch and implement innovative lending programs that provide more consumers with the financing options they want and need. NCL’s simple solutions deliver increased sales and a better consumer financing experience while giving retailers and manufacturersgreater control over their lending options. | $13.1M / Series C / Aug 11, 2017 | |
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Tasktop
|
Tasktop offers a software platform that allows companies to better manage the process of building their software. Tasktop plugs into existing tools and overlays the end-to-end value stream to provide the abstractions, automation, visualizations, and forensics needed to practice value stream management on a daily basis. | $11.2M / Series B / Apr 13, 2017 | |
FLASH
|
FlashParking is the total simple approach to parking with their integrated suite of hardware and subscription solutions for parking operators and asset owners to manage their gated, parking lot, and valet operations. With their award-winning parking solutions, FlashParking's customers can take control of their revenue. | $3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 10, 2016 | |
Onit
|
Onit deploys Onit Apps to simplify business process automation and improve business productivity across all departments and industries. The Onit App Builder allows business users to drive efficiency and productivity by combining business process management, project management, and information management into one easy to use the tool so the usercan create their own Onit Apps without having to rely on IT for support. Businesses have processes for everything -- whether it’s hiring a vendor or law firm, terminating an employee, submitting a contract for review, requesting a trademark request, obtaining an NDA, etc. Most of these processes are manual, paper-intensive, and cumbersome. With Onit Apps, processes are automated in a few clicks, responsible parties are notified immediately, and data collection is centralized. Onit doesn’t require any software to download or resources from IT. | $8.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 27, 2016 | |
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Ambiq Micro
|
Ambiq Micro is an early-stage fabless semiconductor company that is developing ultra-low-power mixed-signal solutions for a new generation of wireless electronics.Ambiq Micro was founded in 2010 on the simple yet powerful notion that extremely low-power semiconductors are the key to the future of electronics. Through the use of their pioneeringultra-low-power technology, they help innovative companies around the world develop differentiated solutions that reduce or eliminate the need for batteries, lower overall system power, and maximize industrial design flexibility. | $9.5M / Series C / Jul 27, 2016 | |
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Vyze
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Vyze is a financial technology leader in consumer financing solutions. NCL helps merchants launch and implement innovative lending programs that provide more consumers with the financing options they want and need. NCL’s simple solutions deliver increased sales and a better consumer financing experience while giving retailers and manufacturersgreater control over their lending options. | $13M / Series B / Jun 02, 2016 | |
| See all 252 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Austin Ventures invest in?
Austin Ventures invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Internet startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 252 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Austin Ventures's check size?
Austin Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$12M at Series A, $5M–$30M at Series B and $6M–$28M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Austin Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Austin Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Austin Ventures?
The team at Austin Ventures includes Dave Alter (Senior Associate), Jim Kozlowski (Venture Partner) and Joe Aragona (Founder & General Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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