1) Newchip
New Chip gives startup founders all the tools and skills they need to build, grow, and fund their businesses.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Ryan Rafols, Travis Brodeen
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Number of investments: 403
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 24
You can find their website here.
2) Capital Factory
Capital Factory is the hub for entrepreneurs in Texas, which is the best place in the U.S. to start a business.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2009
- Founders: Andrew Busey, Bryan Menell, Gordon Daugherty, Joshua Baer, Sam Decker
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Number of investments: 169
- Number of exits: 20
You can find their website here.
3) Quake Capital Partners
Quake is a unique accelerator that puts money into new and early-stage businesses in a wide range of industries at the seed level.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Adam Cragg, Brandon Maier, Chad Burgess, Glenn Argenbright
- Industries: Technology, AgTech, Al, Engineering, Software, Advertising
- Number of investments: 163
- Number of exits: 4
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12
You can find their website here.
4) Techstars Austin Accelerator
The Techstars Austin team puts their money into founders who they think can build a company that matters and attract top talent.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2006
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Number of investments: 108
- Number of exits: 12
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 14
You can find their website here.
5) Texas Venture Labs
Texas at Austin (TVL) is an award-winning university-wide program that helps with technology commercialisation, entrepreneurship, and innovation while giving students a unique and directly useful learning experience.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2010
- Founders: Randall Crowder, Rob Adams
- Industries: Healthcare, Consumer, Energy, Materials, Utilities, Information Technology, Telecommunications
- Number of investments: 83
- Number of exits: 13
You can find their website here.
6) Sputnik ATX
Sputnik ATX is a venture capital fund and startup accelerator that gives money to maker-founders in their early stages of business.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2017
- Founders: Joe Merrill, Oksana Mindyuk Malysheva
- Industries: Beauty, FinTech, AI, SaaS, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile, HRtech, Health, B2B
- Number of investments: 55
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 13
You can find their website here.
7) DivInc
DivInc's goal is to use entrepreneurship to create social and economic justice.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Dana Callender, Preston L. James
- Industries: Technology
- Number of investments: 28
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12
You can find their website here.
8) SKU
SKU is a program that helps great consumer product startups grow quickly.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2011
- Founders: Shari Wynne Ressler
- Industries: Consumer Goods, Consumer Services
- Number of investments: 08
You can find their website here.
9) International Accelerator
The International Accelerator's 12-month program gives entrepreneurs who were born outside of the U.S. a unique chance to live, work, and develop their idea in the U.S.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2013
- Founders: Angelos Angelou
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Number of investments: 04
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 10
You can find their website here.
10) Thinktiv
Thinktiv's goal is to get your company to make as much money as possible, change its multiples, and improve shareholder returns.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2005
- Founders: Justin Petro, Paul Burke
- Industries: Software Development
- Number of investments: 03
You can find their website here.
11) Austin Technology Incubator
The Austin Technology Incubator is the deep tech incubator at The University of Texas at Austin.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 1989
- Founders: George Kozmetsky
- Industries: DeepTech, Energy, Cleantech, Food, AgTech, Mobility, Water
- Number of investments: 01
You can find their website here.
12) MassChallenge Texas
MassChallenge gives brave entrepreneurs the tools they need to shake up the status quo and make changes that will last.
Details of the startup:
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Number of investments: 01
You can find their website here.
13) Astralabs
Astralabs is an accelerator that helps startups get started and grows them into successful businesses. It does this to build a diverse portfolio of startups.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2020
- Founders: Ryan Rafols
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
You can find their website here.
14) Rex
Rex is a technology, investment, and real estate company whose goal is to help the billions of people who use real estate to work, play, and call home.
Details of the startup:
- Founders: Peter Rex
- Industries: Tech, Real Estate
You can find their website here.
15) Mission Accelerator
Mission Accelerator are a non-profit organisation that works to improve race equity and opportunity in the Central Texas social sector through personal transformation, community cultivation, organisational resilience, and ecosystem collaborations.
Details of the startup:
- Industries: Social Impact
You can find their website here.
16) PandemicTech
PandemicTech is a virtual incubator in Austin that works to stop the spread of infectious diseases that could cause a pandemic.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Andrew Nerlinger, Lisa McDonald
- Industries: Tealthcare Technology, HealthTech, Life Sciences
You can find their website here.
17) CoLauncher
CoLauncher is a digital agency that only works with startups and non-profit organisations.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2015
- Founders: Josh Bolinger
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
You can find their website here.