10 Most Active VCs in Austin, TX (2022)


InvestorDeal Count
(2013-2022)
Investor HQ
1Capital Factory143Texas
2Silverton Partners104Texas
3Central Texas Angel Network90Texas
4LiveOak Venture Partners74Texas
5Houston Angel Network54Texas
6Next Coast Ventures52Texas
7ATX Venture Partners51Texas
8Right Side Capital Management45California
9Geekdom Fund39Texas
10Austin Ventures37Texas
Source: PitchBook data as of March 29, 2022 from the Austin-Round Rock MSA

Ricky Nave

In college, Ricky studied physics & math, won a prestigious research competition hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, started several small businesses including an energy chewing gum business and a computer repair business, and graduated with a thesis in algebraic topology. After graduating, Ricky attended grad school at Duke University in the mathematics PhD program where he worked on quantum algorithms & non-Euclidean geometry models for flexible proteins. He also worked in cybersecurity at Los Alamos during this time before eventually dropping out of grad school to join a startup working on formal semantic modeling for legal documents. Finally, he left that startup to start his own in the finance & crypto space. Now, he helps entrepreneurs pay less capital gains tax.

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