Today we’d like to introduce you to Austin Hill.
Austin, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
We are Founders investing in Founders. We started Seed Round Capital because we recognized a need in the market to help early-stage startups secure funding by providing them with fundraising guidance.
Our principals, Brad Jenkins and Austin Hill, met in the EO (Entrepreneur Organization) Houston Chapter and recently had exited their former businesses and were independently mentoring start-ups and angel investing. While swapping companies and ideas, they found common pitfalls in companies they were working with and developed a systematized approach to fund-raising and growth. While they have each have unique backgrounds, educations, work experience and industries- they share an aligned vision on taking early-stage companies to the next level. We have collectively made over 40 investments and have raised 30M.
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
When both founders are serial entrepreneurs, the idea of a “smooth road” is hard to imagine. While we have both had bumpier roads in other ventures, Seed Round Capital has continued to pivot and improve our own product-market fit in the same way we’d expect of the start-up companies that we are working with.
We’ve iterated our offerings a few times in response to the market of both start-ups and the investor community. We still follow our original idea to work very closely with a handful of companies to help with both fundraising and scale, but we are also hosting a monthly pitch event that allows us to help many more companies that meet our qualifications. The SRC Pitch Event gives qualified companies the opportunity to get in front of accredited investors and SRC will put together a syndicate to invest 100-250k if there is enough interest. Our mission and intent hasn’t changed- but we have pivoted a few times to allow us to help more start-ups and more early-stage investors.
Seed Round Capital – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
Seed Round Capital was created by seasoned entrepreneurs. We utilize a specially formulated program that has helped over 10,000 companies scale. We seek to work with founders who are open to guidance and are at a stage where their company is primed and ready to scale. We prefer startups entering markets with wide potential and whose product demonstrates a competitive edge.
Our mentors have a proven track record of successfully starting and managing businesses that have achieved up to nine figures in revenue. We work with tech enabled companies that have demonstrated product market fit, traction and a growing customer base. We primarily assist in fundraising and have a variety of both active and passive options depending on what stage the company is at.
What moment in your career do you look back most fondly on?
Our proudest moments are when our start up companies succeed by meeting and exceeding their goals. In the past five months, we’ve watched a company grow from two founders to a team of nine. We’ve also helped a company that was having trouble finding leads transform into a company that is having trouble keeping up with customer demand. As former founders, we know good news comes more often to those that do the right things, but we also know that luck, both good and bad, plays a role in every company’s success or failure.
Contact Info:
- Address: 1334 Brittmoore Rd
Houston TX 77043 - Website: seedroundcapital.com
- Phone: 832-349-3000
- Email: info@seedroundcapital.
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