Austin Ventures

Austin Ventures

Type	Private
Industry	Private equity
Founded	1979^[1]
Founders	Joe Aragona, Ken DeAngelis, Bill Wood
Headquarters	Austin, Texas, United States
Products	Venture capital, Growth capital
Total assets	$3.9 billion
Number of employees	60+
Website	www.austinventures.com

Austin Ventures (AV) is a private equity firm focused on venture capital and growth equity investments in business services and supply chain, financial services, new media, Internet, and information services companies nationally with a focus on Texas. The firm, which is based in Austin, Texas, was founded in 1984.^[1] AV has raised approximately $3.9 billion since inception across ten private equity funds. In September 2008, the firm announced the closing of Austin Ventures X with $900 million of investor commitments which will be used to fund start-up capital for emerging companies and growth capital for expansion rounds and recapitalizations.

Portfolio

The portfolio includes HomeAway, Bazaarvoice, WhaleShark Media (now RetailMeNot), Dachis Group, and Spiceworks.

References

1 2 findventure.com

Austin, We Have a Problem. New York Times, August 20, 2000
SHAREHOLDER MAKES A COMPETING BID FOR HOOVER'S. New York Times, February 8, 2003
MARATHON AND AUSTIN WITHDRAW BID FOR HOOVER'S. New York Times, February 14, 2003
Austin Ventures to buy financial publication publisher. Austin Business Journal, December 22, 2008
Number of US venture capital funds raising capital significantly down in Q3. AltAssets, October 14, 2008

External links

Austin Ventures (company website)

Private equity and venture capital investment firms

Investment strategy	Venture Growth Mezzanine Secondaries Leveraged buyout

History	History of private equity and venture capital Early history of private equity Private equity in the 1980s Private equity in the 1990s Private equity in the 2000s

Investors	Angel investor Corporate venture capital Commercial bank Crowdfunding Institutional investor Insurance company Investment bank Endowment Family office Fund of funds High-net-worth individual Merchant bank Pension fund Sovereign wealth fund

Private equity firms Venture capital firms Portfolio companies

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