A-LIST

The Austin A-LIST increases visibility for Austin’s most innovative homegrown companies.

Capital Committee

This committee focuses on the need for additional capital across specific industries in the region.

Austin Global Gateway

This committee works with foreign investors and businesses that are interested in investing the region.

Consumer Packaged Goods

The region’s CPG community is growing by the day, and its products are available across Austin and beyond.

Austin Ecosystem

We have a diverse and dedicated network of partners that collaborate to help the Austin region continue to lead the way.

Local leaders lean into employee wellness as top priority

As we prepare to say goodbye to 2020 and launch in to 2021, our tech leaders share their focus on health and wellness, above and beyond the bottom line. We've gathered some of their tips and encouragement below, with themes centering on stress relievers and morale boosters, self-care, mediation and mindfulness practices, empathy, emotional intelligence, and reducing anxiety and burn-out.

Nov 19, 2020

Understanding the Austin CPG scene

From western boots to popcorn, consumer packaged goods (CPGs) have become one of the strongest segments of the Austin startup scene. On November 12th, SXSW's chief programming officer Hugh Forrest interviewed Kirstin Ross, managing director at SKU and Aimy Steadman, founder & COO of Future/Proof and founding board member of Naturally Austin to discuss why Austin has become such a hot spot for this kind of entrepreneurial activity and what the next wave of CPG activity could bring to Central Texas.

Nov 17, 2020

International Biz Advantage: Texas & Canada

The U.S. and Canada have one of the world’s most comprehensive trading relationships and the largest investment relationship. Texas and Canada are often referred to as “a match made in heaven” because in addition to lifestyles and attitudes, they have complementary business interests and investments. On Tuesday, October 20, we heard from four distinguished leaders who shared how to think more globally and take advantage of this powerful alliance.

Oct 22, 2020