Innovation

A regional economic partnership fostering innovation, investment, workforce development, and livability across the Austin region, Opportunity Austin seeks to be a force multiplier for businesses. As part of this mission, the organization has taken a proactive approach to nurturing local startups and scaleups, including attracting more investment capital to Central Texas. 

As a convener and ecosystem builder Opportunity Austin has made a commitment to enhance and support the innovation with its commercialization; programming and strategic partnerships to ensure a diverse ecosystem and thriving community of creativity. As part of this commitment, Opportunity Austin has taken a proactive approach to nurturing local startups and scaleups, including attracting more investment capital to Central Texas.

The Austin region has become a beacon for innovation and growth, attracting world-class organizations like Tesla, Oracle, and Apple while at the same time the blend of an entrepreneurial spirit has flourished creating opportunities for innovation and startups.

Austin is where creativity and commerce collide. We offer an extremely young, creative, innovative, high-tech, and well-educated workforce. Austin has become one of the hottest cities in the world for creativity, tech talent, and innovation.  

#11

in U.S. for total patents awarded over last decade

#3

for per-capita patents, among top 50 metros

#3

University of Texas ranked in annual patent rankings of the top 100 U.S. Universities

1/3

of all Texas VC firms are in Austin

Ecosystem Platform

The Austin Innovation Ecosystem Platform, a free, open-source platform designed to help investors around the world match with Austin-based startups and scaleups, while also providing valuable leads for job seekers and professional services providers.

Already providing detailed information on over 4,400 verified local startups, more than 5,200 funding rounds, and thousands of job openings at local VC-backed companies, the two-year-old platform now features a menu that includes:

  • A guide to the Austin region’s innovation ecosystem;
  • Leading sectors for investment;
  • Top 100 investors in Austin innovation companies;
  • Benchmark statistics comparing Austin VC investment to other cities;
  • Interactive widgets with real time data.
View the Austin Ecosystem Platform on Dealroom

Ecosystem Partners