Hub-Based Venture Firms
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Capital Factory
In-house operating fund? YES
- https://angel.co/capital-factory-fund-4
- "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
- Founding date unclear, but Capital Factory founded 2009
1871
In-house operating fund? NO
- Space where companies, ideas, startups come together to share experience
- Has partnerships with VC, but does not seem to have own fund
1776
In-house operating fund? YES
- "We connect our startups to the latest wisdom on how to build highly scalable businesses through our curriculum. To expert mentors who can help startups quickly solve problems. To markets through our institutional and corporate partners. To capital through our investor network and the 1776 Seed Fund."
- Incubator with own seed fund
- http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/techflash/2015/09/calling-all-startups-1776-closes-first-seed-fund.html
- Closed first seed fund at $12.5m late 2015
- Focuses on government in energy, health, education, sustainability, transportation, and smart_tech
American Underground
In-house operating fund? At one point
- Invested in Groundfloor for $1m in 2014, classifies as a "Micro VC"
- 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
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