Industry Private equity Founded 1979 Type of business Private | Website www.austinventures.com Number of employees 60 Total assets 3.9 billion USD | |
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Founders Joe Aragona, Ken DeAngelis, Bill Wood Products Venture capital, Growth capital Headquarters Austin, Texas, United States Profiles | ||
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. 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.