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After a slow start to the year, activity really picked up—resulting in a jam-packed newsletter with several exciting announcements!
Read below to learn more about our: New Investments: SpectraWAVE ($50M Series B), Sunthetics ($4M Seed) Portfolio News: Interplay Learning (Growth Round + Acquisition), Prokeep ($25M Series A), AllStacks ($10M Series A) S3 News: Our newest Associate, Anthony Marfisi Founder Spotlight: Erez Dror, Genda Founder & CEO Latest Resources: Updated SaaS Operating Model Template Job Openings: 50+ opportunities across our portfolio
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SpectraWAVE Raises $50M Series BWe are thrilled to partner with Eman Namati and the amazing SpectraWAVE team, as they improve treatment and patient outcomes for coronary artery disease. READ PRESS RELEASE →
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Sunthetics Announces $4M SeedWe are excited to partner with Founder/CEO Daniela Blanco and the Sunthetics team, as they revolutionize pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing R&D with easy-to-use AI that cuts costs and time-to-market. READ PRESS RELEASE →
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Interplay Learning Secures Growth Investment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Acquires Industrial Training International READ MORE →
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Prokeep Raises $25M Series A led by Dahlia Equity Partners READ MORE →
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Allstacks Announces $10M Series A led by Quadri Ventures and M12 (Microsoft) READ MORE →
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Atmosphere was named one of the Streaming Media 100 by Streaming Media Magazine! Braincheck was named as a finalist in the 2024 Growth Awards. HYAS launches new Point-of-Presence (PoP) in South Africa. Liquibase’s CEO Patti Soch was nominated for the most innovative and exemplary C-suite leaders elevating AustinTech. Riscosity launched an integration with ServiceNow. ZSuite Tech’s CEO Nathan Baumeister was nominated as one of Austin's Best CEOs by the Austin Business Journal. ZSuite Tech Made 2024 Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies.
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Meet Our Newest Associate: Anthony MarfisiWe’re excited to have Anthony join our investment team. He studied finance and accounting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was an associate at DCA Asset Management. GET TO KNOW ANTHONY →
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S3 Ventures Named VC Firm of the YearWe were honored to again be named Austin A-List VC Firm of the Year! Thank you to Opportunity Austin for organizing a great event.
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Our Favorite Day of the Year!In October, we held our annual CEO Summit—a day packed with insightful discussions, shared learnings, and meaningful connections with our portfolio leaders and advisors.
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Erez Dror: GendaFounder & CEO Erez Dror shares his experiences in construction that inspired him to start Genda, his challenges as an Israeli immigrant founder, and more! LEARN MORE ABOUT EREZ →
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Chris Loughlin joined Braincheck as Chief Executive Officer. Chris is a seasoned CEO with a proven track record of scaling technology and media companies across the U.S. and Europe.
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Paul Colucci joined RepVue as their first Chief Revenue Officer. Paul has 30+ years of experience in sales and executive leadership at high growth technology businesses.
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Angela Lee joined Hydrolix as Chief Financial Officer. Angela brings 17+ years of financial and operational leadership across technology, digital marketplaces, logistics, on-demand services, and e-commerce.
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Steven Correnti joined Liquibase as their Vice President of Global Sales. Steven has a proven record of success in driving growth for early-stage SaaS companies.
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Dave MacDonald joined Ceretax as Vice President of Engineering. Dave is a seasoned technologist with 25+ years of experience leading IT strategy and teams across engineering, eCommerce, operations, and data analytics.
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Sabari Navaneethakrishnan joined LeanDNA as VP of Product. As a product strategy leader, Sabari has scaled B2B SaaS platforms that leverage technology, data science, and AI across multiple industries.
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Updated: SaaS Operating ModelOur popular SaaS Operating Model Template is better than ever! With this update, you can more easily track CARR across new logos, expansions, contractions, and churns.
DOWNLOAD NOW →
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Check out the 50+ opportunities on our Job Board, and join our Talent Network to be discovered by our entire portfolio of companies. When you join our Talent Network, you can also opt-in to receive alerts about new postings. JOIN OUR TALENT NETWORK →
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Throughout the year, we host multiple events for entrepreneurs, investors, and community leaders—as well as regular happy hours specifically for functional leaders of Product/Engineering, Sales/CS, Marketing, and Finance. If you are a start-up founder or C/VP-level executive and would like to attend a future S3 event, let us know! REQUEST AN INVITATION →
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We invest in Seed, Series A, and Series B companies with checks ranging from $500K to $10M.
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