24 investors have funded 11 Manufacturing Tech companies head-officed in Austin, across 35 rounds (Jun 1998 – Jan 2026). They are ranked by how many Austin companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Austin" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Technology Incubator | Austin, United States | SeedUnattributed | 4 | 4 | 4 | Jan 2012 | 148 |
| 2 | Austin Ventures | Austin, United States | Series CSeries BSeries A | 2 | 4 | 1 | Jun 2020 | 153 |
| 3 | Silverton Partners | Austin, United States | Series CSeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Sep 2007 | 94 |
| 4 | Next Coast Ventures | Austin, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2019 | 64 |
| 5 | Adams Capital Management | Sewickley, United States | UnattributedSeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2005 | 35 |
| 6 | Shell Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Series ASeries C | 1 | 2 | 2 | Jun 2020 | 48 |
| 7 | LiveOak Venture Partners | Austin, United States | Series ASeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2020 | 32 |
| 8 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2026 | 5,648 |
| 9 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2019 | 3,580 |
| 10 | Intel Capital | Santa Clara, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2007 | 764 |
| 11 | Alumni Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2021 | 607 |
| 12 | Next47 | Palo Alto, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2005 | 170 |
| 13 | Chevron | San Ramon, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2013 | 94 |
| 14 | S3 Ventures | Austin, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2019 | 74 |
| 15 | Accel-KKR | Menlo Park, United States | PE | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2025 | 90 |
| 16 | TL Ventures | Wayne, United States | Unattributed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2000 | 54 |
| 17 | Blackhorn Ventures | Boulder, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2021 | 47 |
| 18 | SAP Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2005 | 43 |
| 19 | Chevron Technology Ventures | San Ramon, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2020 | 39 |
| 20 | Dallas Venture Capital | Irving, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2019 | 31 |
| 21 | Needham Capital Partners | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2007 | 14 |
| 22 | Texas Emerging Technology Fund | Austin, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2010 | 6 |
| 23 | Unless | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2022 | 4 | |
| 24 | Sanchez | Houston, United States | Unattributed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2000 | 2 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Manufacturing Tech companies head-officed in Austin that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factory Logic factorylogic.com |
6 | 7 | $52.5M | Series B Jun 2005 |
| Veros Systems verossystems.com |
5 | 8 | $26.5M | Series C Jun 2020 |
| Nascentric nascentric.com |
4 | 6 | $41.2M | Series C Sep 2007 |
| LeanDNA leandna.com |
3 | 4 | $34.5M | PE Oct 2025 |
| Sustainment sustainment.com |
3 | 3 | $16.2M | Series A Aug 2022 |
| Axzon axzon.com |
2 | 2 | $1.6M | Seed Jan 2012 |
| Hlabs hlaboratories.com |
1 | 1 | $500K | Seed Jan 2026 |
| Zero Wait-State zerowait-state.com |
1 | 1 | — | Unattributed Jun 2004 |
| Viviota viviota.com |
1 | 1 | — | Series A Jul 2019 |
| Xitronix xitronixcorp.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2009 |
| Accelerate3D accelerate3d.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jul 2019 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | Y Combinator | Hlabs | Seed | $500K |
| Oct 2025 | Accel-KKR | LeanDNA | PE | — |
| Aug 2022 | UnlessLED | Sustainment | Series A | $12M |
| Jan 2021 | Blackhorn VenturesLED | Sustainment | Seed | $2.1M |
| Jan 2021 | Alumni Ventures | Sustainment | Seed | $2.1M |
| Jun 2020 | Shell VenturesLED | Veros Systems | Series C | $2.2M |
| Jun 2020 | Austin Ventures | Veros Systems | Series C | $2.2M |
| Jun 2020 | LiveOak Venture Partners | Veros Systems | Series C | $2.2M |
| Jun 2020 | Chevron Technology Ventures | Veros Systems | Series C | $2.2M |
| Dec 2019 | S3 VenturesLED | LeanDNA | Series B | $15M |
| Dec 2019 | Next Coast Ventures | LeanDNA | Series B | $15M |
| Jul 2019 | Dallas Venture CapitalLED | Viviota | Series A | — |
| Jul 2019 | TechstarsLED | Accelerate3D | Seed | — |
| Apr 2017 | Next Coast VenturesLED | LeanDNA | Series A | $4.5M |
| Jul 2014 | Shell VenturesLED | Veros Systems | Series A | $2.8M |
| Sep 2013 | ChevronLED | Veros Systems | Series A | $3M |
| Jul 2013 | Austin VenturesLED | Veros Systems | Series A | $5.9M |
| Jul 2013 | LiveOak Venture PartnersLED | Veros Systems | Series A | $5.9M |
| Jan 2012 | Austin Technology IncubatorLED | Axzon | Seed | — |
| Feb 2010 | Texas Emerging Technology FundLED | Axzon | Seed | $1.6M |
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