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ATX Venture Partners

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ATX Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on leading Seed, Series A, and early-stage software investments across the US.

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Also Known As

ATX Seed Ventures

founded date

01.01.2014

Number of employees

IPO status

Private

Description

The firm invests in disruptive and emerging B2B software, APIs, applications, frontier tech, and marketplaces in industries such as Supply Chain, FinTech, InsurTech, and Future of Work. They provide founders with access to industry experts, hands-on support, and a network of successful entrepreneurs, executives, institutions, and family offices. ATX Venture Partners also opportunistically invests in different stages, investment structures, and profiles outside of their early stage fund vehicles. Their fund, ATX Seed Ventures II, was established in 2016 and focuses on investments in the software sector, primarily in Texas.
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Brad Bentz
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Brad Bentz graduated with honors from UC Berkeley (1990) and earned an MBA with a focus in entrepreneurship from the Acton School of Business in Austin in 2005. He spent ten years as a field archaeologist working on research projects in Pakistan, Syria, Bulgaria, and the U.S. before establishing a second career as a software developer and team lead. After business school, Brad joined a boutique private equity firm and participated in over a dozen transactions involving more than $72M in equity capital. More recently, he worked at IDC and Boston Consulting Group before joining the investment team at ATX Venture Partners. Knows what it means to be adaptable and do more with less. Learned from working across a variety of domains: finance, academia, and IT. Favorite Superhero is Indiana Jones (AKA James Harvey Gaul).

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Danielle Allen
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Danielle Allen

Danielle Weiss Allen is Partner + Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at ATX Venture Partners. Danielle graduated from Tulane University (2001) and earned an MBA focusing on Finance & Investments from the Zicklin School of Business in 2005. She spent 14 years on Wall Street at top hedge funds, private equity firms, and investment banks including JPMorgan, Nomura and Millennium. She has been responsible for investor relations, product management, marketing, business development, and infrastructure design. Currently Danielle is a mentor for TechStars as well as other startups in the area. Danielle is a native New Yorker and proud Texas transplant. Knows what it means to excel in ludicrous mode. Learned from Wall Street mentors and the clients she serves. Favorite Superhero is Captain Jack Sparrow. ‍

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ATX Venture Partners

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1

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Christopher Shonk
Christopher Shonk

Christopher Shonk

Chris Shonk started his first business at fourteen, was named the Special Operations Soldier of the Year, co-founded and exited business in the pawn shop, banking, spa/wellness, and video game industries. He has operated, advised, and invested in consumer service and technology companies for over a decade. He has been interviewed by Business Week, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Forbes. Chris is a graduate of the Acton School of Business and was the first alumni to start an endowment to offer other deserving entrepreneurs the opportunity to change the world. He currently is on the GP team at ATX Seed Ventures, the prominent seed stage VC in Austin, Texas.

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count Of Investments

5

Christopher Shonk

Employee Profiles
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Jeff Thompson

Jeff Thompson

Partner & President

Emerson Miller

Emerson Miller

Senior Associate

Tarika Kumar

Tarika Kumar

Head of Investor Relations

Meg Brigman

Meg Brigman

Director of Portfolio Success

David Ritter

David Ritter

Venture Partner

Brad Bentz

Brad Bentz

Partner

Danielle Allen

Danielle Allen

Partner & Co-Founder

Kenneth Cho

Kenneth Cho

Limited Partner

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