2019: YEAR IN REVIEW
 

After a record six exits in 2018, we spent most of 2019 growing our portfolio and firm:

  • INVESTED $50M+ OUT OF FUNDS V & VI INTO 17 COMPANIES
    We partnered with three visionary founders to add their companies to the S3 family: Leo Resig (Atmosphere, Series A), Doug Donovan (Interplay Learning, Series A), and Richard Lebovitz (LeanDNA, Series B).  We also made two new seed investments (Alleviant, Solace) and led Series A rounds in two prior seeds (BrainCheck, Liveoak Technologies).  Additionally, we made several follow-on investments — including four rounds (AllStacks, Chrono, Datical, Levelset) led by out-of-state venture firms.

  • ADDED THREE NEW TEAM MEMBERS
    We brought on Eric Engineer (full-time Venture Partner), Patrick Moody (Associate), and Jonathan Fine (Director of Business Development).

  • EXPANDED OUR RESOURCES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
    We hosted multiple CXO summits, redesigned our website (and logo!), and kicked-off this newsletter — which will include funding announcements, portfolio news, job opportunities, and useful data/tools for entrepreneurs. 

Happy New Year and we hope to see you in 2020!  

— The S3 Team

NEW INVESTMENTS
 

FOLLOW-ON INVESTMENTS
 

NEW TEAM MEMBERS
 

In October 2018, Eric joined S3 Ventures full-time after serving as CEO of Invodo — an S3 portfolio company acquired by CoCreativ.

Learn more about Eric
 

Patrick joined S3 Ventures this fall. He spent the past two years as an Investment Banking Analyst with Credit Suisse in New York City.

Learn more about Patrick
 

Jonathan joined S3 Ventures this past summer. He spent the past three years as VP of Business Development with RevTech Ventures in Dallas.

Learn more about Jonathan

NEW LOGO & WEBSITE
 

PORTFOLIO NEWS
 

Alkami Recognized as the Fastest Growing Mobile Banking Solution - PR Newswire

A Coffee Robot Is Coming to Houston’s New Whole Foods - Eater

OutboundEngine Expands Platform to Nearly Every Independent Professional, Entrepreneur and Small Business - MarTech Series

Devs Celebrate Women in Games by Hosting a Steam Sale and Donating the Proceeds to Charity - PC Games Network

This startup just raised $8 million to help busy doctors assess the cognitive health of 50 million seniors - TechCrunch

PORTFOLIO JOBS
 

Our portfolio companies are growing and hiring for key roles:

Atmosphere - VP of Distribution Sales, North America (Austin, TX)

Levelset - Director of Software Engineering (Austin, TX)

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