Ethan Austin

Ethan Austin

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Founding Partner Outside VC | Fintech Investor

Top Advisor

I specialize in

Fundraising 101
VC & Angel Advice
Founder Advice
Fundraising strategy
Pitch deck
Startup Tech Stack
Seed round

Outside VC partner backing overlooked founders at pre-see

Background & Highlights

Founding Partner

Outside VC

2022 – Present

Outside VC

Chief Strategy Officer

Gig Wage

2020 – 2022

Gig Wage

Managing Director

Techstars

2017 – 2020

Techstars

About me

Partner at Outside VC | Investing in Outsider Founders | Building a More Equitable Financial System and Climate I use Hubble primarily for helping founders tactically think through their fundraise or think through challenges they are facing in their current startup. If you are looking advice please book! If you are looking for an investment from Outside VC for your startup you can visit www.outside-vc.com. I believe in having fun, doing good, and helping others—values that guide my work in venture capital and beyond. As a Partner at Outside VC, I invest in outsider founders building a more equitable and just financial system and climate. Our goal? Lift 100M people into the middle class over the next decade. Through Hubble, you can book a one-on-one call with me for: ✅ Pre-Seed Fundraising & Pitching To VCs ✅ Building a tactical fundraising plan ✅ Navigating The Early-Stage Startup Journey ✅ Understanding The Venture Capital Landscape Background & Achievements: - Partner at Outside VC, writing $100K-$250K first checks into pre-seed startups - Focused on investing in founders often overlooked by traditional VC - Former founder - built one of the original crowdfunding platforms used by millions of people. - Passionate about making people smile, doing good, and helping others If you're a founder building a startup and you're trying to figure out how to get from 0 to 1 or 1 to 10 let's connect. Book a call with me on Hubble. 🚀

You'll get advice on

  • Raising Venture Capital
  • Fundraising strategy and process
  • The Early-Stage Startup Journey
  • Breaking into VC as an investor

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