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[[Hubs]]
*"The Capital Factory Fund comes from Austin's most prominent entrepreneurs and investors and only invests in Austin-based tech startups. Investors from around the world are participating who want to dip their toe in the booming Austin market and identify future individual investments. If you are bullish on Austin, then you want to be in this fund."
*Takes in new investors each round
*co-invests based on partners
*Founding date unclear, but Capital Factory founded 2009
=1871=
*Focuses on government in energy, health, education, sustainability, transportation, and smart_tech
=American Underground=
In-house operating fund? At one pointYES* Invested in Groundfloor for $1m in 2014, classifies as a "Micro VC"so reasonably, has a small personal fund*Looks like it co-invests
*Mainly a campus space for startups and entrepreneurs to congregate
*"Google for Entrepreneurs enables tech hubs by providing them with technical content, business tools, and infrastructure upgrades so that they can support increasing demand from developers and startups."
*Focus: tech
=Galvanize=In-house operating fund? NO*Lessons for programming, data science, etc.*University of New Haven*Locations across US, online classes=Rocket Space=In-house operating fund? NO*"Corporate membership" for various perks, connections to network of startups*pseudo-accelerator program of some sort, has various program, so might make some small investments in the program*Focus: tech =Betamore=In-house operating fund? NO*has bootcamps for rising VC analysts, but no fund of its own to invest*programming classes for SQL, etc.*Became nonprofit 2015, partners with VC in Baltimore and other locations=Packard Place=In-house operating fund? UNLIKELY*Uses old space of Packard Place Motors, converted into an innovation and acceleration space*Claims to have multiple accelerator programs in Charlotte*Mentions nothing about on-site VC=The Venture Center=In-house operating fund? YES*VC fund based in Arkansas*Founded in 2013, raised $19m in revenue the past year*focuses on acceleration and mentorship as a VC*focus: technology commercialization=The Idea Village=In-house operating fund? NO*No information on VC on-site*Just an ecosystem with mentorship and opportunities=Benjamin's Desk=In-house operating fund? NO*Coworking space for mobile technology*Showcases work to potential investors, does not invest on its own*Perks with membership=GSV Labs=In-house operating fund? YES*invests with listed partners*over $250m raised in VC 2015*Founded 2012*focuses: big-data, edtech, entertainment, sustainability, and mobile*does not seem to co-invest*partners with silicon valley investors=Founders Floor=In-house operating fund? YES*"We are a seed stage investor in technology companies through our private syndicate fund."*Co-invests? yes "For larger seed rounds we regularly introduce our portfolio companies to in-network seed stage VC’s for co-investment opportunities"*Also has a pseudo-accelerator and coworking space*Founded fund in 2014, classified as micro VC(<<$100m)=CyberTech=In-house operating fund? NO*global space for cybersecurity and IoT*paid membership, plus an incubator program*hosts events around the US=Innovation Pavilion=In-house operating fund? NO*Never mentions in-house VC*place for connecting VC and startups*"At the heart of Innovation Pavilion is the entrepreneur. We have a network consisting of investors, supply chain manufacturers, service providers and professional services like financial, legal and marketing. We also encourage collaboration through events and workshops at our facilities." No onsite VC=BestHQ=In-house operating fund? NO*connects startups and VC*collaboration/coworking space*paid membership=Work Hard Pittsburgh=In-house operating fund? NO*Current model launched in 2016, serves as a business incubator and a co-working space*No mention of VC=Tampa Bay Wave=In-house operating fund? NO*space connecting entrepreneurs and startups*began a startup accelerator that launched in 2013=Think Big Partners=In-house operating fund? NO*"Think Big Partners helps companies grow faster, smarter and more efficiently through our network of in-house services, community members and national partners. We push the boundaries of the status quo and help entrepreneurs create game changing companies and technologies."*Not much more information on website than that, definitely no on-site VC=Hacker Lab=In-house operating fund? NO*coworking space with classes, a "hacker space", and a "maker space"*Does not invest=Geekdom=In-house operating fund? YES*Has its own "Geekdom Fund" which invests in early stage IT startups*focus: IT, tech*Raised $6.68m in 2014, classifies as micro VC*coinvests with partner network=Epicenter=In-house operating fund? NO*part of the Google for Entrepreneurs initiative, strictly a working space*connects entrepreneurs to coworking space with hands-on mentoring=Awesome Inc=In-house operating fund? YES*operates funds as a Micro VC to help startups partner with other companies*Raised about $4.5m from 2015-2016, founded in 2016*Focuses on education, many programs to teach high schoolers and middle schoolers basic STEM*Reasonable to expect co-investing with these circumstances=Learn Launch=In-house operating fund? YES*operates a small fund for seed investments into its Ed-tech accelerator*Micro VC providing up to $120k to each startup and working with VC partners to provide more*focus: education*Fund began as late as 2016, 2017 marks the second Accelerator fund=Catapult Chicago=In-house operating fund? NO*community of solely tech startups*Bunch of amenities for membership, including forums, programming, advisors, and "Everest" program=Velocity=In-house operating fund? YES*Very small fund in the ecosystem*invests from $10-25k to early stage and seed companies*Primarily connects companies together in Southern Indiana*Certainly co-invests*Funding seems to have started 2015*focus is tech=Tech Ranch=In-house operating fund? NO*Education for entrepreneurs, thinking space for ventures since 2008*Focus on networking*no mention of VC or funding=ReSET=In-house operating fund? NO*Paid membership*nonprofit with no personal fund*"Its strategic goals are threefold: to be the “go-to” place for impact entrepreneurs, to make Hartford the Impact City, and Connecticut the social enterprise state."*focus: social entrepreneurship, enterprise=The Atlanta Tech Village=In-house operating fund? NO*Just seems to be a collaboration space*Has private offices and communal places for networking and interactions*Has "scholarship" to waive membership fees, but that does not count as a fund.
