Venture Holiday Parties, Joe Lonsdale, Austin Venture Association Award

TEXAS VENTURE NEWSLETTER:
December 2022 Edition

This newsletter curates venture-related experiences, highlights, and resources for the startup investor community around the state.

VENTURE EXPERIENCES

AUSTIN

Softeq Venture Studio Demo Day, 12/5

Softeq Venture Studio invested $125k in cash & services in 22 startups to help build and scale. This 2H 2022 cohort is the largest yet. Register for Demo Day here.

Young VC’s Happy Hour, 12/6

Moneta Ventures’ Carter Bourrasa and Elsewhere Partners’ Tommy Hayes throw a happy hour downtown for young professionals in venture. Request invite here. They also created a Slack community— request information for that here.

Female Founders & Friends Holiday Party, 12/6

Gather for some holiday cheer. There will be beverages & snacks, as well as helping others in need.. ‘tis the season! Learn more and request invite here.

VC & Tech Annual Holiday Party Downtown, 12/7

Bridge Bank and friends, invite investors and tech community to mingle and jingle over cocktails & appetizers. Invites haven’t fully been sent yet, but so request an invite if you haven’t done so already here.

8VC’s Joe Lonsdale Chats w/ Texas Association of Business CEO, Glenn Hamer at Policy Conf, 12/9

Joe Lonsdale, founder of venture capital firm 8VC, a new-to-Austin fund managing $5B+, and TAB (Texas’ Chamber of Commerce) CEO Glenn Hamer, will have a fireside chat next Friday. Tickets are here.

HOUSTON

MediaTech Ventures’ Applications Open & Event Hosted at the Ion, 12/5

Refer a startup to join MediaTech Ventures hosted at the Ion. Their inaugural Houston incubator starts 1/17 and runs every Tuesday, 5-8pm through 4/11 via their 12-week curriculum. Dec 5th mixer registration is here.

Softeq Venture Studio Demo Day, 12/7

Softeq Venture Studio invested $125k in cash & services in 22 startups to help build and scale. This 2H 2022 cohort is the largest yet. Register for Demo Day here.

Builders & Backers’ Accelerator, Late Deadline To Apply, 12/30

Builders & Backers’s Idea Accelerator is where builders learn world-class experimentation approaches, low-code tools, and the art of being scrappy. More here.

Antler Accelerator, Has Open Applications

Know a startup founder who needs a more streamlined path to pre-seed funding? Share Antler’s application form for their US-based accelerator here.

RESOURCES & HIGHLIGHTS

Austin Venture Association awarded “Organization of the Year” via Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce

CS Freeland, cofounder and former Executive Director of the Austin Venture Association received an award from the Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce during their 10 year anniversary gala December 3rd. The celebration recognized individuals and companies in Austin’s Asian community that have contributed to the region’s economic success and enabled it to thrive. Read more here.

Launching Your First New Venture Capital Fund: The Roadmap To Success, a Guidebook by EisnerAmper

When venture capital managers launch their first fund, there are many items they need to take into account on the path to success, from pre-launch throughout the subsequent stages of their lifecycle. EisnerAmper’s Launching Your First Venture Capital Fund: The Roadmap to Success provides first-timers valuable insight into the areas to address. Read more here.

Venture Capital & Private Equity-Backed Startups Executive Recruiting, by Robert Walters

Robert Walters is proud to be a part of the Texas Venture Association, as a specialist professional recruitment consultancy to help high growth startups hire top tier industry experts across various career sectors. Their industry thought leadership gives clients and candidates unique insight, and is one of the reasons why they value the ongoing relationship. Robert Walters prides themselves on being leaders in innovation. View capabilities deck here.

State of Private Markets Q3 2022, by Carta

View the most recent deal activity data happening and research findings via the Carta platform: “Both deal activity and deal value on the Carta platform have declined in every quarter of 2022, falling back to pre-pandemic levels… Nevertheless, startup funding activity remains high relative to most of the past decade, signaling that it might have been 2021—and not 2022—that was the outlier.” More details here.

VC-Backed Startups’ Special Price on HR, by TriNet

The venture-backed startup community gets a steep discount around 60-79% off on HR services. If you’re shopping for that now or currently going through your renewal, now could be a good time to review. Please reach out to kara.hudson@trinet.com.

🎁 SPECIAL: VENTURE GIFTS 🎁

Investors love their wines— these startups are venture-backed partners of ours that will make holiday shopping a no-brainer:

“IN GOOD TASTE”

Austin Venture Fest partner and Austin’s Springdale Ventures portfolio company, In Good Taste, offers a Wine Advent Calendar that’s a perfect gift for a wine lover. 24 mini bottles means 24 opportunities to sip and explore premium wines, sourced all the way from Spain, Sicily, California, and beyond! You’ll uncover many varietals as you open a new window each day. Learn more here.

“BOXT”

Austin Venture Crawl’s wine sponsor and Austin’s Next Coast Ventures portfolio company, BOXT, is a female-founded wine company based in Austin. Their four-bottle format is delivered in a beautiful, wooden, eco-friendly BOXT and stays fresh for up to six weeks once tapped, so you can enjoy a glass or two without waste of an unfinished bottle. Learn more here.

VENTURE MEMBERSHIPS

Become a founding member of the Texas Venture Association, the first venture membership in the state and launching in the first quarter of 2023. To contribute to the newsletter and other Texas venture resources, please request to become a member on the website. Learn more here.

TEXAS VENTURE NEWSLETTER:December 2022 Edition