11 Clean Tech Investors Based in Austin

Your odds of raising from local investors are better than trying to raise capital from outside your city. We put together this list to help Austin-based founders connect with clean tech-based investors that write checks into Clean Tech companies. Here are 11 investors that match that criteria.

1) Brandon McCrae

Fund: Newchip Accelerator
Title: Analyst
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: Entertainment, Agriculture Tech, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Web3, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Recruiting, eSports, Marketplaces, Electronics, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Professional or Technical Services, Food Services, Proptech, Robotics

2) Cole Wollak

Fund: Geekdom Fund
Title: Partner
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Electronics, Fintech, Recruiting, DEI, Insurtech, Legal, Logistics, Other Tech, Robotics

3) Colleen Konetzke

Fund: Ironspring Ventures
Title: Principal
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Seed, Series A
Sectors: Clean Tech, Future of Work, Fintech, Marketplaces, Manufacturing, Logistics, Internet of Things, Other Tech, Proptech, Transportation, AI

4) Harrison Wells

Fund: Notley
Title: Investor / Researcher
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cannabis, Cloud, Fashion, Web3, Cybersecurity, Digital Health and Wellness, Developer Tools, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Fintech, Entertainment, eSports, Government Tech, Recruiting, DEI, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Media, Proptech, Parenting, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Social Impact, Sales Tech, Space, Transportation, Travel

5) Ileana Gonzalez

Fund: Techstars
Title: Venture Associate
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Art, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Cannabis, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Government Tech, eSports, Recruiting, Hospitality, EdTech, E-Commerce, Cybersecurity, Web3, Digital Health and Wellness, Developer Tools, Future of Work, Fintech, Entertainment, Electronics, Food and Beverage, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Sales Tech, Robotics, Proptech, Space, Social Impact

6) Nicholas Lagnese

Fund: Newchip Accelerator
Title: Venture Analyst
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: Other, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Art, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Cannabis, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, Recruiting, Hospitality, DEI, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Consumer, Media, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel

7) Nicole Bentz

Fund: S3 Ventures
Title: Senior Associate
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Marketing, AI, AR/VR, Clean Tech, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, eSports, Government Tech, Recruiting, Hospitality, DEI, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Media, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Proptech, Sales Tech, Other

8) Olivia Dell

Fund: Falkon Ventures
Title: Investment Associate
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Travel, Transportation, Space, Social Impact, Sex, Sales Tech, Robotics, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Consumer, Chemicals, Media, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Logistics, Internet of Things, Legal, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, Government Tech, Hospitality, DEI, Recruiting, eSports, Food and Beverage, Entertainment, Electronics, Insurtech, Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Art, Cosmetics, Cannabis

9) Randall DeBastiani

Fund: Austin Innovation Capital
Title: Co-Managing Partner
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Seed, Series A
Sectors: AR/VR, AI, Marketing, Clean Tech, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, EdTech, Fintech, Government Tech, Recruiting, DEI, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Enterprise, Other Tech, Professional or Technical Services, Parenting, Sales Tech

10) Tiana Laurence

Fund: Laurence Innovation
Title: General Partner
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: AR/VR, Agriculture Tech, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, EdTech, Electronics, Fintech, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Robotics

11) Triet Nguyen

Fund: MicroVentures
Title: Venture Associate
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Art, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Cannabis, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Recruiting, Hospitality, DEI, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel

Hopefully this list helps you find more local investors that invest in companies in your sector. If you’re looking to pitch these investors + the rest of the Confluence.VC investor network, make sure to check out Commonapp.VC