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Techcrunch
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February 12, 2021
UpEquity raises $25M in equity and debt for its cash-pay mortgage lending service
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Austin Inno
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December 3, 2020
Austin’s new unicorn: At-home health testing startup Everlywell raises $175M in funding
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Mike Smerklo
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Startup Nation
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November 10, 2020
Why Entrepreneurs Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Ask for Help
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The Statesman
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November 6, 2020
Aceable, Dosh, and Dropoff named The Statesman’s Greater Austin Top Small Employers of 2020
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Austin Woman Magazine
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November 1, 2020
CEO and Founder Julia Cheek makes the cover of Austin Woman Magazine’s November Issue
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Austin Business Journal
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October 29, 2020
Supply Drop emerges from stealth already funded and with hundreds of customers
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Austin Business Journal
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October 29, 2020
Next Coast Ventures Participates in Steadily’s Seed Round
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Triangle Business Journal
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October 29, 2020
Next Coast Ventures Leads Hip eCommerce Series A Funding Round
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Austin Inno
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October 27, 2020
Everlywell, ICON, & Swivel receive 2020 Austin Inno on Fire Awards
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Press Release
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October 22, 2020
LeanDNA Drives Results and Operational Efficiency with the Industry’s First Factory-Focused Inventory Optimization Workflows
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Tech Times
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October 16, 2020
Innovative Startups Like Eterneva Are At The Forefront Of The Growing DeathTech Industry
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Austin Chamber
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October 9, 2020
Next Coast Portfolio Companies AlertMedia and Dosh Win Austin Chamber’s Tech and Inno Award
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Press Release
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October 6, 2020
Next Coast Ventures Participates in Seed Round of Data-driven Credit Card Comparison Platform, GigaPoints
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Entrepreneur Magazine
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October 6, 2020
Everlywell CEO and Founder Julia Cheek makes Entrepreneur’s annual list of 100 powerful women
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NASA
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October 2, 2020
ICON3D Partners with NASA to Advance 3D Printing Construction Systems for the Moon and Mars
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Press Release
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September 23, 2020
Next Coast Ventures Grows In-house Team with New Investing Professional
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Press Release
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September 15, 2020
Four more top venture firms call Houston strategic, join the HX Venture Fund portfolio of funds
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Austin Chamber
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September 15, 2020
NCV Portfolio Companies AlertMedia, Aceable, and Dosh are 2020 A-List Honorees
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Detroit Business
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September 8, 2020
NCV expands ‘Next Coast’ reach with investment in Michigan-based company, AaDya Security
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DivInc
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September 1, 2020
DivInc shares new VC Partnership Challenge
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Press Release
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August 27, 2020
Former Ultimate Software CEO Adam Rogers Joins NCV’s Entrepreneurs Council
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Austin Inno
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August 20, 2020
NCV Leads CoPilot’s $10M Series A Round
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Austin American-Statesman
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August 7, 2020
Austin Startup Ceresa Aims to Increase Leadership Access for Women and Underrepresented Minority Employees
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Techcrunch
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August 7, 2020
Special raises $2.26M to build a subscription platform for online creators
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Press Release
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August 5, 2020
Ceresa Secures Seed Round Funding
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Stoplight
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August 4, 2020
Introducing Stoplight’s New CEO
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Press Release
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July 17, 2020
Next Coast Ventures Invests In Utah-based Startup VideoPeel
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Press Release
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July 15, 2020
Next Coast Ventures Expands Footprint Announcing Cotter Cunningham as Entrepreneur-in-Residence
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Crunchbase News
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July 13, 2020
Eterneva Announces $3 Million Seed Extension Round
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PYMNTS
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June 8, 2020
Dispute Management Firm Chargeback Raises $6.6M to Accelerate Platform Automation
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FORBES
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April 7, 2020
This Emergency Communications Startup Just Raised $15 Million Amid A COVID-19 Boom
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Techcrunch
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March 20, 2020
Hospital Droid Diligent Robotics Raises $10 Million to Assist Nurses
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Crunchbase News
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January 30, 2020
Austin-Based Stoplight Raises $6M to Build New Category of API Design Management
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Techcrunch
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December 19, 2019
Osano,a Risk and Compliance Startup, Raises $5 Million in Series A
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Venture Beat
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December 11, 2019
LeanDNA Raises $15 million for AI Factory and Delivery Management Software
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Austin Inno
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December 11, 2019
Top Austin Startups to Watch in 2019
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Techcrunch
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November 20, 2019
NCV Portfolio Company Brava Acquired
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Crunchbase News
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November 12, 2019
Austin’s 2019 Funding Already Exceeds All of Last Year
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Austin Inno
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November 1, 2019
Austin Startup Funding Reaching Peak Levels Heading into 2020
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Austin American-Statesman
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October 25, 2019
Austin VC Investment on Track for Two-Decade High
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Innovation Map
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October 22, 2019
NCV-Backed Navegate Expands to Houston
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E2E
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October 20, 2019
NCV Adds Zaz Floreani as a Principal
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Austin Inno
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October 8, 2019
Tenfold Raises $7.5M Series C Led By Next Coast Ventures
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Inc
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September 16, 2019
Andrea Thomaz Named One of Inc’s Top 100 Women Building America’s Most Innovative and Ambitious Businesses
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E2E
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September 13, 2019
NCV Adds Sarah Puil as Entrepreneur-in-Residence
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Austin Inno
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September 3, 2019
StitchFix Acquires Finery
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E2E
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August 27, 2019
Brian Sharples, Cotter Cunningham and Julian Castelli Added to Entrepreneurs Council
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InvestorConnect
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August 23, 2019
Investor Connect Podcast with Michael Smerklo
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Inc
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August 15, 2019
AlertMedia Named No. 285 on Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies List
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Female Founders Fund
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August 14, 2019
EverlyWell Named Part of Next Wave of Female-Led Unicorns
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Crunchbase News
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August 7, 2019
NCV Leads One of Texas’ Largest Funding Rounds in Q2
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E2E
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July 31, 2019
NCV Hires Jonathan Kaplan as COO
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Press Release
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July 24, 2019
EverlyWell and PerkinElmer Announce Partnership to Expand At-Home Lab Testing
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Austin American-Statesman
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July 23, 2019
TrustRadius Raises $12.5M Series C Led by Next Coast Ventures
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Techcrunch
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July 18, 2019
Montana-Based Submittable Raises $10M Series B Led by Next Coast Ventures
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Crunchbase News
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July 2, 2019
NCV Named One of Texas’ Most Active Q2 Investors
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Austin Inno
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June 25, 2019
Phlur Raises $7M, Acquires Texas Beauty Labs
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Austin American-Statesman
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June 19, 2019
Software Startup Enboarder Picks Austin for U.S. Headquarters, Raises $8M
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Austin Inno
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May 30, 2019
Backtracks Raises $2.1M to Monetize Podcasting
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ABJ
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May 24, 2019
After $50M in Funding, EverlyWell Hires First Chief Medical Officer
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FORBES
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May 24, 2019
The Greatest Competitor You’ve Never Heard Of
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Austin Business Journal
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May 23, 2019
Venture Capital Funding Booming in Austin
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ABJ
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April 25, 2019
Food Startups Redefine Austin Innovation
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Crunchbase News
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April 22, 2019
Tech’s Great Migration to Austin, TX
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ABJ
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April 16, 2019
EverlyWell Scores $50M Haul
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Techcrunch
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April 16, 2019
With 35 At-Home Tests, EverlyWell Raises $50M to Expand
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Crunchbase News
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April 16, 2019
Austin-Based Digital-Health Startup EverlyWell Raises $50M
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Crunchbase News
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April 11, 2019
Texas Q1 2019 Report: $800M for Lone Star Startups
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Press Release
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April 9, 2019
Diligent Robotics Receives Honorable Mention in Fast Company’s 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards
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ABJ
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March 26, 2019
NCV Among First Firms in Austin to Sign Diversity Pledge
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ABJ
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March 21, 2019
Diligent Robots’ Andrea Thomaz Named Woman to Watch by ABJ
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Inc
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March 11, 2019
This Female Founder Wants to Democratize Lab Testing
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Press Release
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March 5, 2019
Osano Unveils New Privacy Monitor to Make Data Privacy More Transparent
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Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do Podcast
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March 1, 2019
Entrepreneurship Shapes the World with Michael Smerklo
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WSJ
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March 1, 2019
Austin Ranked No. 1 Job Market in the Country by WSJ
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Austin American-Statesman
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January 24, 2019
Austin’s VC Scene is Booming
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Crunchbase News
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January 10, 2019
Austin Retains Crown as King of VC in Texas in 2018
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Inc
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January 9, 2019
Austin Ranked No. 1 City to Start a Business
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FitSmallBusiness
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January 8, 2019
Texas Ranks No. 1 for Best States for Female Entrepreneurs
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Austin American-Statesman
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January 3, 2019
Austin Software Maker AlertMedia Starts 2019 with $25M Cash Infusion
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Crunchbase News
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December 17, 2018
Austin Investors React to Apple’s Expansion Plans in Austin
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FORBES
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December 17, 2018
How Phlur Sold Perfume to 90,000 Customers Before Then Even Smelled It
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FORBES
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December 12, 2018
Startups Aren’t Cool Anymore – And That’s Okay
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ABJ
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December 5, 2018
Tenfold Names Jeff Cotten as New CEO
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Built in Austin
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November 20, 2018
Thanks, Austin: 20 Tech Leaders Share What They’re Thankful for This Year
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Texas Monthly
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November 19, 2018
The Power Issue: Texas’ Most Influential People
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FORBES
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October 29, 2018
This Founder Helps Women Define their Health and Fertility Journeys
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San Francisco Business Journal
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September 29, 2018
Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital Moves from S.V. to Austin for its food trucks, tolerance and lower costs
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Crunchbase News
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September 28, 2018
Austin VCs Say There’s Room for Peter Thiel in Texas
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FORBES
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September 18, 2018
What The Economist Got Wrong About the Decline of Silicon Valley
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Austin Inno
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September 7, 2018
Next Coast Ventures Named One of Austin Inno’s 50 on Fire
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Austin Business Journal
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August 9, 2018
Health Scare Inspired Julia Cheek to Disrupt Health Testing
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Austin Inno
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July 18, 2018
Timing and Opportunity – How Swivel Built a Founding Team and Raised $4.7m
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Austin American-Statesman
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July 17, 2018
Austin’s OnRamp Snapped Up by Iowa-Based IT Company
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FORBES
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July 16, 2018
How This Female Founder is Making the Healthcare Industry More Accessible
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ABJ
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July 3, 2018
Fundraising and Hiring Advice from AlertMedia CEO Brian Cruver
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Silicon Hills News
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June 7, 2018
Austin-Based SeriesX Raises $2 Million for Platform Built on Ethereum Blockchain
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Austin Inno
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June 6, 2018
Next Coast Ventures Leads Series A Round in 101 Commerce
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Silicon Hills News
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May 25, 2018
Dosh, AlertMedia Among Austin’s A-List of Hottest Startups
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Entrepreneur
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May 16, 2018
When an Investor Bailed, Whitney Casey and Brooklyn Decker had to do Major Damage Control
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Vator
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May 14, 2018
The Big Niche: Start Small, Think Big
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ABJ
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May 1, 2018
EverlyWell, Which Can Tell if You Have STDs or Gluten Sensitivity, Names First CFO as it Aims for $20M in Annual Revenue
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Austin Inno
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April 26, 2018
Dosh Lands Massive Series A Investment from PayPal and Goodwater Capital
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Product Hunt
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April 18, 2018
Umuse is Live on Product Hunt
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ABJ
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April 16, 2018
Goldman Sachs Buys Personal-Finance App Founded by Brother of Michael Dell
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WSJ
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April 15, 2018
Goldman Sachs Goes to the App Store, Acquires Clarity Money
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Crunchbase News
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April 11, 2018
In Q1, Austin Carries Texas in Dollars Raised and Deals Made
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Press Release
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April 3, 2018
Wildfires, IT Outages: Kawasaki Depends on AlertMedia for Emergency Notification System
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Austin Inno
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April 2, 2018
Top Tech Hires and Departures in Austin in March 2018
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Forbes.com
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March 28, 2018
Advice for Entrepreneurs on Board Management: Mind the Information Gap
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ABJ
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March 23, 2018
Meet the Millennial Whisperer: Austin VC Firm Hires Consultant to Help Portfolio Companies, Investments
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Press Release
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March 22, 2018
Next Coast Ventures Adds Generational Behavior Expert Jason Dorsey as Venture Partner
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Silicon Hills News
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March 21, 2018
Umuse Raises $5 Million for its Smart Digital Assistant to Organize Email and Chat
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PE Hub
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March 20, 2018
Next Coast Ventures Recruits Jason Dorsey as Venture Partner
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WWD
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March 19, 2018
Direct-to-Consumer Fragrance: Can It Ever Work?
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Crunchbase News
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March 19, 2018
The South’s Most Active Startup Investors
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Conscious Connections
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March 17, 2018
Panel Recap: Digital Natives Disrupting Time-Honored Industries
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SXSW Panel
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March 10, 2018
Digital Natives Disrupting Time-Honored Industries
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LinkedIn
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March 7, 2018
How Austin Became THE City for Women in Tech
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March 3, 2018
Austinites Represent at 2018 SXSW
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SXTX State
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February 22, 2018
SXSW Panel Preview: Digital Natives Disrupting Time-Honored Industries
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Silicon Hills News
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January 27, 2018
Next Coast Ventures Adds Jeff Browning as Venture Partner
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WSJ
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January 16, 2018
Finery Raises $5 Million to Bring Wardrobes Online
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WSJ
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January 10, 2018
Investors Back Robotics for Health, Companionship
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FORBES
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January 4, 2018
The 3 Mistakes I Made Learning to Manage Time
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Austin Inno
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December 13, 2017
How Phlur is Innovating on Fragrances
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Crunchbase News
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December 8, 2017
Diminishing But Not Dead: Kitchen Tech in a Post-Juicero World
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Austin Inno
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December 7, 2017
Dosh Raises $4.9 Million to Help Consumers Save Money with Discounts
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Forbes.com
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December 5, 2017
To Avoid an Entrepreneur’s Biggest Dealbreaker, Find a Mentor
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Venture Beat
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November 9, 2017
Scalefactor Secures $2.5 Million in Seed Funding to Modernize Accounting for Small Businesses
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Forbes.com
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November 2, 2017
Know Thyself, Know Thy Leader: Tips to Hiring a Successful Sales Leader
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Crunchbase News
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October 20, 2017
Startups Work to Make Mass Communication Faster and More Useful
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Bloomberg Pursuits
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October 17, 2017
This Former Ralph Lauren Exec Wants to Change How You Buy Cologne
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Austin Inno
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October 11, 2017
Austin’s VC Firms Team-Up on AlertMedia Series B Funding
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Silicon Hills News
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October 11, 2017
AlertMedia Lands $8 Million in Funding Led by Next Coast Ventures
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Press Release
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October 11, 2017
AlertMedia Receives $8 Million in Series B Funding to Support Mass Communication Software
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Xconomy
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October 11, 2017
AlertMedia Takes $8 Million for Smartphone-Focused Notification Software
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Venture Capital Journal
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October 11, 2017
Why Amazon Should Select Austin for its Second Headquarters
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AltAssets
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September 20, 2017
Next Coast Ventures Expands Team with Three New Hires
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PE Hub
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September 20, 2017
Next Coast Ventures Adds Three Members to Team
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Silicon Hills News
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September 20, 2017
Next Coast Ventures Adds Two Technology Venture Partners, Entrepreneur in Residence to Team
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Austin Inno
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August 31, 2017
Introducing AustinInno’s 50 on Fire
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Austin Inno
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August 28, 2017
A Guide to the Austin Venture Capital Investing Landscape
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Austin Inno
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July 28, 2017
Austin Tech CEOs and Venture Capitalists Oppose the Bathroom Bill
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512Tech
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July 20, 2017
Austin VC Founding Bounces Back, Jumps 182 Percent in 2nd Quarter
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Venture Beat
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July 13, 2017
40 Austin Startups Raised $385.9 Million in Q2
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Crunchbase News
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July 11, 2017
Austin Keeps Crown as King of VC in Texas
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LA Times
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June 18, 2017
Remember When Amazon Only Sold Books?
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Patch
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June 16, 2017
Whole Foods Sale Lauded by Wall Street, Chamber Officials
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Silicon Hills News
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June 16, 2017
Amazon to Buy Austin-Based Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion
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Built in Austin
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June 8, 2017
Why Serial Entrepreneur Zeynep Young Keeps Coming Back to Austin
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May 27, 2017
Michigan Hits Record with Latest Round of Fundraising
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Silicon Hills News
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May 26, 2017
Michael Smerklo Delivers Lightning Talk at Austin A-List of Hottest Startups
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The Spoon
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May 18, 2017
Stealthy Smart Kitchen Startup Brava Raises More Money
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Techcrunch
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May 17, 2017
Despite Fickle Environment for Home Appliances, New Investors Get Behind Brava Home
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Xconomy
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May 1, 2017
Texas Tech Roundup
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Xconomy
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April 28, 2017
Renaissance VC Backs New-to-Michigan Next Coast Ventures
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PE Hub
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April 26, 2017
Renaissance Backs Next Coast Ventures
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Austin Inno
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April 17, 2017
LeanDNA Secures $4.5 Million in Funding Led by Austin’s Next Coast Ventures
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SiliconHills: Ideas to Invoices Podcast
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April 13, 2017
Serial Entrepreneur and Next Coast Ventures Partner Gives Tips on How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur
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SiliconHills: Ideas to Invoices Podcast
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April 5, 2017
Next Coast Ventures’ Founders Give Fundraising Advice
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Press Release
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March 28, 2017
Next Coast Ventures Expands Team, Adds Former Double Line Founder and CEO
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Axios
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March 5, 2017
Austin VC Firm Raises $85 Million Not to Invest in Silicon Valley
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Silicon Hills News
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March 2, 2017
Austin-Based Next Coast Ventures Raises $85 Million Fund
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Press Release
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March 2, 2017
Next Coast Ventures Announces $85 Million Fund
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Austin Inno
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March 2, 2017
Next Coast Ventures $85 Million Fund May Be Bigger Than It Looks
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Austin American-Statesman
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March 2, 2017
Austin’s Next Coast Ventures Launches an $85 Million Fund to Invest in Startups
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Ventureburn
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February 4, 2017
How Entrepreneurs Can Think Like Venture Capitalists
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Vator
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February 2, 2017
Meet Tom Ball, Co-Founder of Next Coast Ventures
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U.S. News and World Report
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January 30, 2017
Can Facebook Start 2017 Earnings with a Bang?
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Xconomy
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January 23, 2017
Texas Technology Roundup
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Xconomy
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January 18, 2017
Next Coast Ventures Latest Addition to Austin’s Ecosystem
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Austin Inno
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January 17, 2017
Report: Austin’s VC Spending Slumped in 2016
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InvestorPlace
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December 7, 2016
The 10 Best IPO’s to Buy in 2017
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IdeasMensch
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November 17, 2016
Get to Know Michael Smerklo
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