PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
... at the park…and had a chance to actually wake up. Initally I’d thought that Bondy was on the Austin Ventures stage, but as we neared, I could have sworn I heard the fantastic musical stylings of Ohio duo mr. Gnome . Discovering my mistake, I was delighted to find that the tunes actually belonged to the reverb-loving foursome from Chicago known as Sybris. Though not playing to a sizable...
Austinist (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Jeff Beckham Influential weblog TechCrunch drew hundreds of folks to its high-tech mixer Thursday at Pangaea. Co-sponsored with venture capital firm Austin Ventures, the meet-up also gave several Austin startup companies a chance to shine, as they set up booths in the back of the club to talk with interested applicants, partners, and investors. Among the startups grabbing...
DealBook (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Austin Ventures has closed on two new venture funds totaling $900 million, according to The Austin Business Journal. The venture capital firm said the new money will foster its continued investment in early-stage and growing companies. The funds reportedly closed the same day Wall Street was rocked by Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy and Bank of America’s purchase of [...]...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
We are releasing the final 50 tickets to the TechCrunch Austin Ventures Meet-Up today. If you act quickly, you will be able to join us this Thursday, September 25 at Pangaea to mix it up with local tech start-ups, TechCrunch editors and our fabulous sponsors. Details for this Austin event may be found here . This will follow my Web Starts At The Grassroots Roundtable, which is...
SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
What a party. The Tech Crunch / Austin Ventures Meet Up at Pangaea was a great time! I was unable to score a ticket to the afternoon panel discussion on the University of Texas campus where some of Austin's top tech entrepreneurs participated in a panel discussion on "The Web Starts At The Grassroots". I was able to catch part of the program on a live webcast , but with 20 panelists...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Austin Ventures (“AV”), a leading $3 billion growth focused private equity firm, announced today
Austinist (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
White Denim by Nash Cook Okay, okay, so everyone loves White Denim. Or, if you don't love White Denim, you probably haven't heard of them or are in denial. But let's put off talk of them for a moment, because they're just one of the seven oft-awesome acts taking turns, swapping out, roughing up, breaking down, moving through, and bashing in the Austin Ventures Stage this wonderful Sunday....
Austinist (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
Image via Alejandro Escovedo’s MySpace. Photo by John Kurc. If there's a vibe running through Friday's Austin Venture stage roster, it's simply that there is no vibe. Like ACL Fest, the stage is sporting everything from twee boy/girl indie-pop to grizzled country and sleaze rock. If you'd like some variety, this is the place. For those super eager to ditch work on Friday, Dublin's Automata...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
Today, we are releasing 100 tickets for “The Web Starts at the Grassroots” Roundtable Discussion prior to the TechCrunch Austin Ventures Meet-Up at Pangaea. Tickets are $50, with all of the proceeds benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation . The Roundtable will be held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center located on the University of Texas at Austin campus, starting...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Next week is our MeetUp in Austin, Texas, but before we party we are going to tackle the issue of how to use the Web to build grassroots support for a business, a cause, or a political candidate. Everyone loves to give lip service to grassroots campaigns, but do they really scale? When do they work and when is it best to use traditional mass marketing and outreach? To help answer these questions,...
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
... previously spent six years at IAC ( NSDQ: IACI ). Most recently, though, he was COO of Connected Ventures, parent of CollegeHumor.com, BustedTees.com and Vimeo.com. Release . -- JEGI : The Jordan, Edmiston Group has tapped Lehman Bros. banker Elizabeth Satin as managing director, where she will focus on M&A advisor practice to the media and business info services sectors. As an advisor at...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Austin Ventures (“AV”), a leading $3 billion growth focused private equity firm, announced today
Austinist (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... is excited about playing ACL, and you can hear him flow about it on his MySpace: “I’m ready for Austin City Limits/ it is my very first festival/ watch how I’m about to wreck ‘em.” In the past, Blakes has performed with rap all-stars including Snoop Dog, De La Soul, Devin the Dude , and Jurassic 5 . For this performance, Blakes will be joined by The Extra Plairs . While this three-piece...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Today, we are releasing 100 additional tickets for the TechCrunch Meet-Up in Austin, Texas with the team from Austin Ventures . As previously reported, we are in town on Thursday, September 25 just in time for the Austin City Limits music festival. Get your tickets now , as we only expect to release one additional round of tickets prior to the event. We do have a...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
CIT Serves as Lead Arranger in Austin Ventures’ Acquisition of Delta Rigging & Tools NEW YORK--()-- (NYSE: CIT), a leading global commercial finance company, today announced that it served as lead arranger in a $50 million senior secured credit facility to support acquisition of , a leading provider of wire rope, rigging and lifting equipment used in energy applications throughout the...
