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*"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
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