Portfolios

MassChallenge is a nonprofit global startup accelerator founded in 2009 in Boston. It runs equity-free, zero-cost accelerator programs and has supported 4,400+ startups across 24 countries. U.S. hubs: Boston (HQ), Rhode Island, and Texas (Austin, Houston, Dallas). Programs are cohort-based with mentorship, corporate-partner market access, and equity-free cash prizes (over $18M awarded to date).

Capital Factory is Texas's most active early-stage investor and the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. Founded in 2009 by Joshua Baer in Austin, Capital Factory runs the Incubator Resident program, operates multiple investment funds (Austin Fund, Partners Fund, All Access Fund), and has backed hundreds of Texas startups.

Y Combinator is the world's premier seed-stage startup accelerator, founded in 2005 by Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Robert Morris, and Trevor Blackwell. YC has funded over 5,000 companies including Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox, Reddit, and Coinbase.

Techstars is a worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Founded in 2006 in Boulder, Colorado, Techstars runs mentorship-driven accelerator programs across the globe — in partnership with corporates like Barclays, Disney, Comcast, and the US Air Force — and has backed more than 3,000 companies with a combined market cap in the tens of billions.

Boost VC is a Bay Area accelerator-fund hybrid founded by Adam Draper in 2012, focused on frontier tech — crypto, VR/AR, space, biotech, robotics, AI, and climate. Based in San Mateo, Boost runs a 13-week cohort-based program ("Tribes") and was one of the earliest crypto-native accelerators, with early investments in Coinbase, Etherscan, Polychain, and The Graph.

Draper Associates is Tim Draper's flagship seed-stage venture capital firm, founded in 1985 and based in San Mateo, CA. Across 40+ years of frontier-tech investing, the fund has backed 400+ transformative companies — including Tesla, Skype, Baidu, Hotmail, SpaceX, Coinbase, Robinhood, Twitch, DocuSign, Ancestry, and Twitter — with 60+ unicorns across AI, crypto & blockchain, space, biotech, and consumer internet. Distinct from other Draper-network funds (DFJ, Draper Dragon, Draper Athena, Boost VC) and run directly by Tim and Billy Draper with Andy Tang.

8VC is a venture capital firm founded by Joe Lonsdale in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm invests in transformative companies re-platforming trillion-dollar industries with deep tech — defense, biotech, logistics, finance, healthcare, and industrial software — partnering from seed through growth stage.

Breyer Capital is Jim Breyer's personal investment firm, founded in 2006 when he spun out of Accel Partners. Headquartered in Austin, Texas (relocated from Silicon Valley in 2020), Breyer Capital makes concentrated, multi-stage investments across AI, healthcare, media, sports, entertainment, fintech, enterprise, and climate. Jim Breyer is best known for leading Facebook's Series A at Accel and serving on its board; notable Breyer Capital investments include Etsy, Spotify, Circle, Legendary Entertainment, 21st Century Fox, Datadog, Anduril adjacent, Fanatics, Wayfair, Groupon, Epic Games, Shield AI, SandboxAQ, and Xaira.

Silverton Partners is Austin’s longest-standing venture capital firm, founded in 2006 and led today by Morgan Flager and Kip McClanahan. Silverton invests in early-stage, Texas-anchored software, consumer, fintech, enterprise, and healthcare companies with a strong operator bias. Notable portfolio companies and exits include HomeAway (acquired by Expedia), BigCommerce (NASDAQ: BIGC), Main Street Hub (GoDaddy), Favor (H-E-B), The Zebra, SpyCloud, SailPoint, Pingboard, and Literati.

Moonshots Capital is an Austin, TX-based seed-stage venture capital firm founded by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings — both West Point graduates and military veterans. The firm invests in early-stage startups with extraordinary leaders, with a concentration in veteran-led and mission-driven companies. Current vehicles include Fund I, II, and III plus Syndicate and Angel portfolios.

Next Coast Ventures is an Austin-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Mike Smerklo (former CEO of ServiceSource). The firm backs early- and growth-stage technology companies building outside the coastal hubs — its "Next Coast" thesis is that the next wave of venture-scale businesses will be built across Texas and the rest of America. Next Coast invests across consumer, enterprise software, emerging platforms, healthcare, and fintech. Portfolio companies include Aceable, AlertMedia, Dosh (acquired by Cardlytics), Dropoff, Everlywell, ICON, Galileo, Civitas Learning, JumpStart Games, and Vyve Broadband.

Space Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 (formerly Space Angels) by Chad Anderson, managing roughly $1B AUM across three funds. The firm invests at the intersection of space technology and global markets, with a focus on space infrastructure, geospatial intelligence (GEOINT), satellite communications, launch, in-space manufacturing, and space-enabled applications. Space Capital publishes a widely-read quarterly space-economy report and supports the broader ecosystem through Space Talent and the annual Space Capital Summit.

Moneta Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Folsom, California, investing in mission-critical enterprise technology ("Software++") across AI/ML, vertical SaaS, fintech, healthcare IT, mobility, and workflow automation. The firm is on Fund III and emphasizes a high GP commitment (~5% of committed capital) and hands-on operator involvement with founders.

Live Oak Venture Partners is an Austin-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Krishna Srinivasan, Venu Shamapant, and Ben Scott. The firm invests in Texas-based technology companies across B2B SaaS, cybersecurity, fintech, healthcare, real estate technology, and AI, typically leading seed and Series A rounds. Notable portfolio companies and exits include OJO Labs (acquired by Lower), Opcity (Realtor.com), SchoolMint, Mandiant (FireEye), Mavenir (NYSE: MVNR), AmplifAI, ConverseNow, Homeward, SchooLinks, and TrustRadius.

Collab Capital is a Black-led venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Jewel Burks Solomon, Justin Dawkins, and Barry Givens. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the firm backs Black-led technology companies advancing Community Infrastructure, Healthcare Access, and Economic Mobility. Fund I closed at $50M in 2022 (oversubscribed, backed by Apple, Google, Goldman Sachs, MacKenzie Scott); Fund II closed at $75M in 2025.

Overmatch Ventures backs deep tech founders solving the hardest, highest-stakes problems — dual-use defense, autonomy, space, and national-security-adjacent infrastructure. Early-stage fund with a typical $2M check, targeting ~25 investments.

NightDragon is a growth-stage investment firm backing companies in cybersecurity, safety, security, and privacy. Founded by Dave DeWalt (former CEO of FireEye and McAfee), the firm combines capital with operational expertise and a network of 100+ advisors across critical industries.

Red Cell Partners is a DC-area venture studio and venture capital firm that incubates and invests in dual-use national security, defense, cyber, and healthcare companies. Founded by Grady Summers and Nathan Mintz, Red Cell partners with mission-driven founders to build companies that serve both commercial and government customers.

Mithril Capital is a growth-stage venture capital firm co-founded in 2012 by Peter Thiel and Ajay Royan. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Mithril runs a family of long-term, sector- and geography-agnostic funds that partner with teams using technology to build valuable and lasting businesses. Named after the fictional metal in Lord of the Rings, the firm takes concentrated, contrarian positions from late-seed through Series C. Notable investments include Palantir, BlackSky, Helion Energy, Neocis, Auris Health, and Adimab.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a Menlo Park–based venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. With more than $45B in AUM across multiple funds, a16z invests from seed through late growth across Crypto, AI, Bio + Health, Games, American Dynamism, Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, and Infrastructure. Portfolio includes Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase, GitHub, Slack, Lyft, Figma, Databricks, OpenSea, and Anthropic.

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek. Known for contrarian, founder-led, concentrated bets across frontier tech — notable investments include SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Stripe, and Airbnb.

AFWERX is the Department of the Air Force's innovation arm, directed by AFRL, which connects airmen and guardians with commercial technology companies through SBIR/STTR, STRATFI, TACFI, and open-topic solicitations. AFWERX awards contracts to startups building dual-use capabilities in autonomy, space, AI/ML, advanced manufacturing, and human performance. This portfolio lists companies in the Pitch directory that have received AFWERX-attributable awards tracked via USAspending (DoDAAC FA8649 — AFRL/RQKAX SBIR/STTR contracting office).

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is a Department of Defense organization founded in 2015 (as DIUx) that accelerates the adoption of commercial technology across the U.S. military. DIU awards prototype and production Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) — not traditional FAR contracts — to commercial companies building capabilities in AI/ML, autonomy, space, cyber, human systems, and energy. This portfolio lists companies in the Pitch directory that have received DIU-attributable awards tracked via USAspending.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is the U.S. Department of Defense's research arm, chartered in 1958 to prevent strategic surprise by funding high-risk, high-reward research that creates breakthroughs in national security. DARPA awards Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs), Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs), and procurement contracts to commercial companies, universities, and government labs across Strategic Technology, Information Innovation, Biological Technologies, Microsystems Technology, and Tactical Technology. This portfolio lists companies in the Pitch directory that have received DARPA-attributable awards tracked via USAspending.

The Army Applications Laboratory (AAL) is the U.S. Army's commercial technology engagement unit, based in Austin, TX. AAL runs cohort-based programs that pair Soldiers with commercial startups to solve battlefield problems with dual-use technology. This portfolio lists companies in the Pitch directory that AAL has publicly named as cohort participants or case-study partners.

Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) is an Austin-based angel investor group and one of the largest, most active angel networks in the United States by deal count. Since ~2006, CTAN members have pooled diligence and invested individually into early-stage Central Texas startups across sectors from biotech and medtech to consumer packaged goods and enterprise software.

The Houston Angel Network (HAN) is a nonprofit angel investor group supporting early-stage startups in the Houston and Gulf Coast region. Founded in 2001, HAN is one of the oldest angel networks in Texas and pools member diligence across consumer, life sciences, energy, tech & software, and aerospace.

The Thiel Fellowship, run by the Thiel Foundation, is Peter Thiel's "20 under 20" program launched in 2011. Fellows under 22 receive $200,000 over two years, along with guidance and resources, to skip or drop out of college and build a company, nonprofit, or research project. Unlike a venture capital fund, the fellowship takes no equity. Approximately 270 fellows have graduated across 14 cohorts, collectively building more than a dozen unicorn companies including Figma, Ethereum, Luminar, Scale AI, OYO, Anthropic, Cognition, Mercor, and The Ocean Cleanup.