14 eSports 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 esports-based investors that write checks into eSports companies. Here are 14 investors that match that criteria.

1) Aliya Friedman

Fund: Moonshots Capital
Title: Associate
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: Cosmetics, Fashion, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, Entertainment, Food and Beverage, eSports, Marketplaces, Media, Food Services, Social Impact, Travel

2) Ben Mathews

Fund: Night Ventures
Title: General Partner
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Cosmetics, Art, Cannabis, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Other, Travel, Transportation, Space, Social Impact, Sex, Sales Tech, Robotics, Food Services, Proptech, Professional or Technical Services

3) 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

4) Carolyn Houren

Fund: S3 Ventures
Title: Investment Associate
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, AI, eSports, Fintech, Insurtech, Other Tech, Sales Tech, Internet of Things, Marketplaces

5) Dillon Dunteman

Fund: Vista Equity Partners
Title: Associate
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed
Sectors: Web3, Cybersecurity, eSports, AR/VR, AI, Manufacturing, Logistics, Space, Quantum Computing, Robotics

6) Francisco García

Fund: Alamo Angels
Title: Board Observer
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: Internet of Things, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, eSports, Food and Beverage, Hospitality, Insurtech, Logistics, Marketplaces, Proptech, Food Services, Travel

7) 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

8) 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

9) 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

10) 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

11) 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

12) Spencer Calvert

Fund: Serent Capital
Title: Vice President
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Seed, Series A
Sectors: AR/VR, Agriculture Tech, AI, Cosmetics, Fashion, Cybersecurity, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Legal, Marketplaces

13) 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

14) Umar Brimah

Fund: Unknown Ventures
Title: Venture Partner
Location: Austin, TX
Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Marketing, AI, AR/VR, Art, Cosmetics, Cannabis, Fashion, Web3, Communications, Digital Health and Wellness, Cybersecurity, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Hospitality, Recruiting, DEI, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Media, Consumer, Other Tech, Enterprise, Robotics, 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