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Techcrunch - February 12, 2021

UpEquity raises $25M in equity and debt for its cash-pay mortgage lending service

Austin Inno - December 3, 2020

Austin’s new unicorn: At-home health testing startup Everlywell raises $175M in funding

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Mike Smerklo, Startup Nation - November 10, 2020

Why Entrepreneurs Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Ask for Help

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The Statesman - 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 - 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 - October 29, 2020

Supply Drop emerges from stealth already funded and with hundreds of customers

Austin Business Journal - October 29, 2020

Next Coast Ventures Participates in Steadily’s Seed Round

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Triangle Business Journal - October 29, 2020

Next Coast Ventures Leads Hip eCommerce Series A Funding Round

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Austin Inno - October 27, 2020

Everlywell, ICON, & Swivel receive 2020 Austin Inno on Fire Awards

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Press Release - 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 - October 16, 2020

Innovative Startups Like Eterneva Are At The Forefront Of The Growing DeathTech Industry

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Austin Chamber - October 9, 2020

Next Coast Portfolio Companies AlertMedia and Dosh Win Austin Chamber’s Tech and Inno Award

Press Release - October 6, 2020

Next Coast Ventures Participates in Seed Round of Data-driven Credit Card Comparison Platform, GigaPoints

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Entrepreneur Magazine - October 6, 2020

Everlywell CEO and Founder Julia Cheek makes Entrepreneur’s annual list of 100 powerful women

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NASA - October 2, 2020

ICON3D Partners with NASA to Advance 3D Printing Construction Systems for the Moon and Mars

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Press Release - September 23, 2020

Next Coast Ventures Grows In-house Team with New Investing Professional

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Press Release - 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 - September 15, 2020

NCV Portfolio Companies AlertMedia, Aceable, and Dosh are 2020 A-List Honorees

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CRAIN'S -, Detroit Business - September 8, 2020

NCV expands ‘Next Coast’ reach with investment in Michigan-based company, AaDya Security

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DivInc - September 1, 2020

DivInc shares new VC Partnership Challenge

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Press Release - August 27, 2020

Former Ultimate Software CEO Adam Rogers Joins NCV’s Entrepreneurs Council

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Austin Inno - August 20, 2020

NCV Leads CoPilot’s $10M Series A Round

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Austin American-Statesman - August 7, 2020

Austin Startup Ceresa Aims to Increase Leadership Access for Women and Underrepresented Minority Employees

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Techcrunch - August 7, 2020

Special raises $2.26M to build a subscription platform for online creators

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Press Release - August 5, 2020

Ceresa Secures Seed Round Funding

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Stoplight - August 4, 2020

Introducing Stoplight’s New CEO

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Press Release - July 17, 2020

Next Coast Ventures Invests In Utah-based Startup VideoPeel

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Press Release - July 15, 2020

Next Coast Ventures Expands Footprint Announcing Cotter Cunningham as Entrepreneur-in-Residence

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Crunchbase News - July 13, 2020

Eterneva Announces $3 Million Seed Extension Round

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PYMNTS - June 8, 2020

Dispute Management Firm Chargeback Raises $6.6M to Accelerate Platform Automation

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FORBES - April 7, 2020

This Emergency Communications Startup Just Raised $15 Million Amid A COVID-19 Boom

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Techcrunch - March 20, 2020

Hospital Droid Diligent Robotics Raises $10 Million to Assist Nurses

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Crunchbase News - January 30, 2020

Austin-Based Stoplight Raises $6M to Build New Category of API Design Management

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Techcrunch - December 19, 2019

Osano,a Risk and Compliance Startup, Raises $5 Million in Series A

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Venture Beat - December 11, 2019

LeanDNA Raises $15 million for AI Factory and Delivery Management Software

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Austin Inno - December 11, 2019

Top Austin Startups to Watch in 2019

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Techcrunch - November 20, 2019

NCV Portfolio Company Brava Acquired

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Crunchbase News - November 12, 2019

Austin’s 2019 Funding Already Exceeds All of Last Year

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Austin Inno - November 1, 2019

Austin Startup Funding Reaching Peak Levels Heading into 2020

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Austin American-Statesman - October 25, 2019

Austin VC Investment on Track for Two-Decade High

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Innovation Map - October 22, 2019

NCV-Backed Navegate Expands to Houston

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E2E - October 20, 2019

NCV Adds Zaz Floreani as a Principal

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Austin Inno - October 8, 2019

Tenfold Raises $7.5M Series C Led By Next Coast Ventures

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Inc - 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 - September 13, 2019

NCV Adds Sarah Puil as Entrepreneur-in-Residence

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Austin Inno - September 3, 2019

StitchFix Acquires Finery

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E2E - August 27, 2019

Brian Sharples, Cotter Cunningham and Julian Castelli Added to Entrepreneurs Council

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InvestorConnect - August 23, 2019

Investor Connect Podcast with Michael Smerklo

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Inc - August 15, 2019

AlertMedia Named No. 285 on Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies List

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Female Founders Fund - August 14, 2019

EverlyWell Named Part of Next Wave of Female-Led Unicorns

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Crunchbase News - August 7, 2019

NCV Leads One of Texas’ Largest Funding Rounds in Q2

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E2E - July 31, 2019

NCV Hires Jonathan Kaplan as COO

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Press Release - July 24, 2019

EverlyWell and PerkinElmer Announce Partnership to Expand At-Home Lab Testing

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Austin American-Statesman - July 23, 2019

TrustRadius Raises $12.5M Series C Led by Next Coast Ventures

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Techcrunch - July 18, 2019

Montana-Based Submittable Raises $10M Series B Led by Next Coast Ventures

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Crunchbase News - July 2, 2019

NCV Named One of Texas’ Most Active Q2 Investors

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Austin Inno - June 25, 2019

Phlur Raises $7M, Acquires Texas Beauty Labs

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Austin American-Statesman - June 19, 2019

Software Startup Enboarder Picks Austin for U.S. Headquarters, Raises $8M

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Austin Inno - May 30, 2019

Backtracks Raises $2.1M to Monetize Podcasting

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ABJ - May 24, 2019

After $50M in Funding, EverlyWell Hires First Chief Medical Officer

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FORBES - May 24, 2019

The Greatest Competitor You’ve Never Heard Of

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Austin Business Journal - May 23, 2019

Venture Capital Funding Booming in Austin

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ABJ - April 25, 2019

Food Startups Redefine Austin Innovation

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Crunchbase News - April 22, 2019

Tech’s Great Migration to Austin, TX

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ABJ - April 16, 2019

EverlyWell Scores $50M Haul

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Techcrunch - April 16, 2019

With 35 At-Home Tests, EverlyWell Raises $50M to Expand

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Crunchbase News - April 16, 2019

Austin-Based Digital-Health Startup EverlyWell Raises $50M

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Crunchbase News - April 11, 2019

Texas Q1 2019 Report: $800M for Lone Star Startups

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Press Release - April 9, 2019

Diligent Robotics Receives Honorable Mention in Fast Company’s 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards

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ABJ - March 26, 2019

NCV Among First Firms in Austin to Sign Diversity Pledge

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ABJ - March 21, 2019

Diligent Robots’ Andrea Thomaz Named Woman to Watch by ABJ

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Inc - March 11, 2019

This Female Founder Wants to Democratize Lab Testing

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Press Release - March 5, 2019

Osano Unveils New Privacy Monitor to Make Data Privacy More Transparent

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Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do Podcast - March 1, 2019

Entrepreneurship Shapes the World with Michael Smerklo

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WSJ - March 1, 2019

Austin Ranked No. 1 Job Market in the Country by WSJ

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Austin American-Statesman - January 24, 2019

Austin’s VC Scene is Booming

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Crunchbase News - January 10, 2019

Austin Retains Crown as King of VC in Texas in 2018

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Inc - January 9, 2019

Austin Ranked No. 1 City to Start a Business

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FitSmallBusiness - January 8, 2019

Texas Ranks No. 1 for Best States for Female Entrepreneurs

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Austin American-Statesman - January 3, 2019

Austin Software Maker AlertMedia Starts 2019 with $25M Cash Infusion

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Crunchbase News - December 17, 2018

Austin Investors React to Apple’s Expansion Plans in Austin

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FORBES - December 17, 2018

How Phlur Sold Perfume to 90,000 Customers Before Then Even Smelled It

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FORBES - December 12, 2018

Startups Aren’t Cool Anymore – And That’s Okay

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ABJ - December 5, 2018

Tenfold Names Jeff Cotten as New CEO

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Built in Austin - November 20, 2018

Thanks, Austin: 20 Tech Leaders Share What They’re Thankful for This Year

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Texas Monthly - November 19, 2018

The Power Issue: Texas’ Most Influential People

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FORBES - October 29, 2018

This Founder Helps Women Define their Health and Fertility Journeys

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San Francisco Business Journal - 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 - September 28, 2018

Austin VCs Say There’s Room for Peter Thiel in Texas

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FORBES - September 18, 2018

What The Economist Got Wrong About the Decline of Silicon Valley

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Austin Inno - September 7, 2018

Next Coast Ventures Named One of Austin Inno’s 50 on Fire

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Austin Business Journal - August 9, 2018

Health Scare Inspired Julia Cheek to Disrupt Health Testing

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Austin Inno - July 18, 2018

Timing and Opportunity – How Swivel Built a Founding Team and Raised $4.7m

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Austin American-Statesman - July 17, 2018

Austin’s OnRamp Snapped Up by Iowa-Based IT Company

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FORBES - July 16, 2018

How This Female Founder is Making the Healthcare Industry More Accessible

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ABJ - July 3, 2018

Fundraising and Hiring Advice from AlertMedia CEO Brian Cruver

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Silicon Hills News - June 7, 2018

Austin-Based SeriesX Raises $2 Million for Platform Built on Ethereum Blockchain

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Austin Inno - June 6, 2018

Next Coast Ventures Leads Series A Round in 101 Commerce

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Silicon Hills News - May 25, 2018

Dosh, AlertMedia Among Austin’s A-List of Hottest Startups

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Entrepreneur - May 16, 2018

When an Investor Bailed, Whitney Casey and Brooklyn Decker had to do Major Damage Control

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Vator - May 14, 2018

The Big Niche: Start Small, Think Big

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ABJ - 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 - April 26, 2018

Dosh Lands Massive Series A Investment from PayPal and Goodwater Capital

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Product Hunt - April 18, 2018

Umuse is Live on Product Hunt

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ABJ - April 16, 2018

Goldman Sachs Buys Personal-Finance App Founded by Brother of Michael Dell

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WSJ - April 15, 2018

Goldman Sachs Goes to the App Store, Acquires Clarity Money

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Crunchbase News - April 11, 2018

In Q1, Austin Carries Texas in Dollars Raised and Deals Made

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Press Release - April 3, 2018

Wildfires, IT Outages: Kawasaki Depends on AlertMedia for Emergency Notification System

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Austin Inno - April 2, 2018

Top Tech Hires and Departures in Austin in March 2018

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Forbes.com - March 28, 2018

Advice for Entrepreneurs on Board Management: Mind the Information Gap

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ABJ - March 23, 2018

Meet the Millennial Whisperer: Austin VC Firm Hires Consultant to Help Portfolio Companies, Investments

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Press Release - March 22, 2018

Next Coast Ventures Adds Generational Behavior Expert Jason Dorsey as Venture Partner

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Silicon Hills News - March 21, 2018

Umuse Raises $5 Million for its Smart Digital Assistant to Organize Email and Chat

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PE Hub - March 20, 2018

Next Coast Ventures Recruits Jason Dorsey as Venture Partner

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WWD - March 19, 2018

Direct-to-Consumer Fragrance: Can It Ever Work?

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Crunchbase News - March 19, 2018

The South’s Most Active Startup Investors

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Conscious Connections - March 17, 2018

Panel Recap: Digital Natives Disrupting Time-Honored Industries

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SXSW Panel - March 10, 2018

Digital Natives Disrupting Time-Honored Industries

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LinkedIn - 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 - February 22, 2018

SXSW Panel Preview: Digital Natives Disrupting Time-Honored Industries

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Silicon Hills News - January 27, 2018

Next Coast Ventures Adds Jeff Browning as Venture Partner

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WSJ - January 16, 2018

Finery Raises $5 Million to Bring Wardrobes Online

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WSJ - January 10, 2018

Investors Back Robotics for Health, Companionship

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FORBES - January 4, 2018

The 3 Mistakes I Made Learning to Manage Time

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Austin Inno - December 13, 2017

How Phlur is Innovating on Fragrances

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Crunchbase News - December 8, 2017

Diminishing But Not Dead: Kitchen Tech in a Post-Juicero World

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Austin Inno - December 7, 2017

Dosh Raises $4.9 Million to Help Consumers Save Money with Discounts

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Forbes.com - December 5, 2017

To Avoid an Entrepreneur’s Biggest Dealbreaker, Find a Mentor

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Venture Beat - November 9, 2017

Scalefactor Secures $2.5 Million in Seed Funding to Modernize Accounting for Small Businesses

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Forbes.com - November 2, 2017

Know Thyself, Know Thy Leader: Tips to Hiring a Successful Sales Leader

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Crunchbase News - October 20, 2017

Startups Work to Make Mass Communication Faster and More Useful

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Bloomberg Pursuits - October 17, 2017

This Former Ralph Lauren Exec Wants to Change How You Buy Cologne

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Austin Inno - October 11, 2017

Austin’s VC Firms Team-Up on AlertMedia Series B Funding

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Silicon Hills News - October 11, 2017

AlertMedia Lands $8 Million in Funding Led by Next Coast Ventures

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Press Release - October 11, 2017

AlertMedia Receives $8 Million in Series B Funding to Support Mass Communication Software

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Xconomy - October 11, 2017

AlertMedia Takes $8 Million for Smartphone-Focused Notification Software

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Venture Capital Journal - October 11, 2017

Why Amazon Should Select Austin for its Second Headquarters

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AltAssets - September 20, 2017

Next Coast Ventures Expands Team with Three New Hires

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PE Hub - September 20, 2017

Next Coast Ventures Adds Three Members to Team

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Silicon Hills News - September 20, 2017

Next Coast Ventures Adds Two Technology Venture Partners, Entrepreneur in Residence to Team

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Austin Inno - August 31, 2017

Introducing AustinInno’s 50 on Fire

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Austin Inno - August 28, 2017

A Guide to the Austin Venture Capital Investing Landscape

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Austin Inno - July 28, 2017

Austin Tech CEOs and Venture Capitalists Oppose the Bathroom Bill

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512Tech - July 20, 2017

Austin VC Founding Bounces Back, Jumps 182 Percent in 2nd Quarter

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Venture Beat - July 13, 2017

40 Austin Startups Raised $385.9 Million in Q2

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Crunchbase News - July 11, 2017

Austin Keeps Crown as King of VC in Texas

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LA Times - June 18, 2017

Remember When Amazon Only Sold Books?

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Patch - June 16, 2017

Whole Foods Sale Lauded by Wall Street, Chamber Officials

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Silicon Hills News - June 16, 2017

Amazon to Buy Austin-Based Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion

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Built in Austin - June 8, 2017

Why Serial Entrepreneur Zeynep Young Keeps Coming Back to Austin

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CRAIN'S - - May 27, 2017

Michigan Hits Record with Latest Round of Fundraising

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Silicon Hills News - May 26, 2017

Michael Smerklo Delivers Lightning Talk at Austin A-List of Hottest Startups

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The Spoon - May 18, 2017

Stealthy Smart Kitchen Startup Brava Raises More Money

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Techcrunch - May 17, 2017

Despite Fickle Environment for Home Appliances, New Investors Get Behind Brava Home

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Xconomy - May 1, 2017

Texas Tech Roundup

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Xconomy - April 28, 2017

Renaissance VC Backs New-to-Michigan Next Coast Ventures

PE Hub - April 26, 2017

Renaissance Backs Next Coast Ventures

Austin Inno - 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 - 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 - April 5, 2017

Next Coast Ventures’ Founders Give Fundraising Advice

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Press Release - March 28, 2017

Next Coast Ventures Expands Team, Adds Former Double Line Founder and CEO

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Axios - March 5, 2017

Austin VC Firm Raises $85 Million Not to Invest in Silicon Valley

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Silicon Hills News - March 2, 2017

Austin-Based Next Coast Ventures Raises $85 Million Fund

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Press Release - March 2, 2017

Next Coast Ventures Announces $85 Million Fund

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Austin Inno - March 2, 2017

Next Coast Ventures $85 Million Fund May Be Bigger Than It Looks

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Austin American-Statesman - March 2, 2017

Austin’s Next Coast Ventures Launches an $85 Million Fund to Invest in Startups

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Ventureburn - February 4, 2017

How Entrepreneurs Can Think Like Venture Capitalists

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Vator - February 2, 2017

Meet Tom Ball, Co-Founder of Next Coast Ventures

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U.S. News and World Report - January 30, 2017

Can Facebook Start 2017 Earnings with a Bang?

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Xconomy - January 23, 2017

Texas Technology Roundup

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Xconomy - January 18, 2017

Next Coast Ventures Latest Addition to Austin’s Ecosystem

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Austin Inno - January 17, 2017

Report: Austin’s VC Spending Slumped in 2016

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InvestorPlace - December 7, 2016

The 10 Best IPO’s to Buy in 2017

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IdeasMensch - November 17, 2016

Get to Know Michael Smerklo