Austin Ventures is an Austin, Texas–based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1979/1984 that partners with entrepreneurs and executives to provide early-stage, middle-market and growth equity funding across business services, technology, software and industrial sectors, having raised approximately $3.9 billion and backed more than 250 companies predominantly in Texas and the broader United States; the firm deploys capital from seed through growth rounds with a patient, long-term orientation and provides strategic, operational and governance support to help portfolio businesses scale toward exits or public markets.