Sputnik ATX

Sputnik ATX is a venture capital firm and startup accelerator based in Austin, Texas, established in 2017. The firm supports early-stage maker-founders by combining capital with training and expertise to foster startup growth. Its investment portfolio is diverse, encompassing various industries including aerospace, biotechnology, consumer products, digital marketing, healthcare, and more. Sputnik ATX conducts two accelerator cohorts each year, providing participating companies with investments ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 through a SAFE note structure. The firm is recognized as a top decile venture capital fund, reflecting its commitment to nurturing innovative startups across multiple sectors.

Oksana Mindyuk Malysheva

Managing Partner / CEO

Joe Merrill

General Partner

Past deals in Austin, TX

Growth Channel

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Growth Channel Inc. specializes in marketing channel management software tailored for startups and small businesses. The company offers an array of tools including personalized marketing plans, custom personas, content suggestions, ad targeting, performance indicators, and campaign activation ideas. Additionally, Growth Channel provides a comprehensive growth library featuring marketing resources, checklists, webinars, and templates for customer journeys and user personas. The firm serves a diverse range of industries, including insurance, SaaS, eCommerce, education, and more. Founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, Growth Channel also features an AI-powered advertising platform designed to micro-target niche audiences by leveraging deep learning technology. This platform enhances ad performance, optimizes campaign strategies, and measures impact, thus enabling businesses to improve their financial performance and marketing effectiveness.

Growth Channel

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Growth Channel Inc. specializes in marketing channel management software tailored for startups and small businesses. The company offers an array of tools including personalized marketing plans, custom personas, content suggestions, ad targeting, performance indicators, and campaign activation ideas. Additionally, Growth Channel provides a comprehensive growth library featuring marketing resources, checklists, webinars, and templates for customer journeys and user personas. The firm serves a diverse range of industries, including insurance, SaaS, eCommerce, education, and more. Founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, Growth Channel also features an AI-powered advertising platform designed to micro-target niche audiences by leveraging deep learning technology. This platform enhances ad performance, optimizes campaign strategies, and measures impact, thus enabling businesses to improve their financial performance and marketing effectiveness.

Bonsai

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Bonsai is a company based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in artificial intelligence software solutions designed to enhance customer service operations. The platform utilizes AI to create a dynamic knowledge base that automates the generation of intelligent answers for knowledge workers in sales, marketing, and customer support. By learning from various inputs such as responses, documentation, help videos, and user inquiries, Bonsai's technology improves real-time responses and facilitates quicker resolution of customer inquiries, thereby increasing efficiency in handling support tickets.

Check

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Check is a company based in Austin, Texas, that provides a virtual communication platform designed to enhance interactions between governments and citizens. Its primary application focuses on facilitating safe and efficient communication between police officers and motorists during traffic stops, aiming to reduce stress for all parties involved. The platform also emphasizes the protection of historically discriminated minorities, fostering a more equitable environment during law enforcement encounters. Through its innovative approach, Check aims to strengthen community ties and improve public safety.

Tenavox

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Tenavox is a commercial real estate leasing platform dedicated to informing, matching and connecting tenants with the best leasing resources. Their free-to-use platform launched in March of 2018 and currently covers both Houston and Austin with over 120M square feet of commercial property and over 30 of the largest brokerages and service providers in the industry. With a growing user base of over 14,000 tenants to date, Tenavox aims to make leasing commercial real estate easy.

ZenYala

Seed Round in 2018
ZenYala is a software that is called to turn meeting to a productive event and decrease the level of chaos as more as it is possible. Its focus is on making meetings efficient and productive. It takes an intuitive and organized approach to help in loving meetings. It believes that every meeting should be decisive and fun. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Newchip Accelerator

Seed Round in 2018
Newchip is a global remote startup accelerator. Newchip Accelerator, 1401 Lavaca St. PMB 40433, Austin, TX, 78701, Email: investing@newchip.com

Astralabs

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Astralabs is an accelerator and incubator based in Austin, Texas, dedicated to launching, acquiring, and scaling startups. Established in 2016, the firm focuses on building a diverse portfolio of startups, particularly in the information technology sector. Astralabs aims to support emerging companies through various accelerator programs, providing them with the resources and guidance needed to achieve success.

Redenim

Seed Round in 2018
Redenim Inc. is an online shopping and personal styling platform based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in providing customized jeans for women. Founded in 2016, the company utilizes data analytics to optimize the fit and style of jeans, ensuring they match each customer's personal preferences and measurements. By integrating sophisticated data with personalized service, Redenim helps customers select the ideal jeans that suit their body type and stylistic choices. The platform offers an on-demand service, allowing customers to receive tailored selections directly to their homes.
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