Central Texas Angel Network
Angel networkAustin · Pre-Seed–Series A · 9 people tracked
Investment thesis
CTAN is a member-based angel network that provides a structured forum for accredited investors, family offices, and funds to cooperatively source and vet early-stage investment opportunities in the Austin region. Founded on the belief that early-stage investing can yield meaningful returns while driving regional economic growth, CTAN's members invest directly into startups and funds and also mentor entrepreneurs, connecting them to business resources. The organization supports the Texas startup ecosystem and economy through capital and expertise.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 9 people
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What they invest in
from 74 of 125 portfolio companiesConsumer ×17Medical Devices ×17SaaS ×16AI & Machine Learning ×15Biotech ×15Healthtech ×15Enterprise Software ×12Hardware ×10
HQs:United States×41Mexico×1
Investments · 125 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 22019 · 12018 · 12017 · 22015 · 29 dated
Savara is a biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (autoimmune PAP) and other rare lung diseases.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesAustin, US
Matt Pauls(Chair of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer)Richard J. Hawkins(Director)An van Es-Johansson(Director)Ricky Sun(Director)Taneli Jouhikainen(Executive Officer)Mike Ciesla(Executive Officer)
Denver, US
Dirk Wallinger(Director)Robert Assenmacher(Director)Willam Bonner(Director)Brad Wilford(Director)
Altis Biosystems builds RepliGut®, human intestinal tissue models grown from human intestinal stem cells that provide human-relevant preclinical data for drug absorption, metabolism, toxicity, and disease modeling.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesDurham, US
Christopher Sims(Executive Officer)Jimmy Smedley(Executive Officer)Samuel Franklin(Director)Joseph McMahon(Director)Michael Biron(Executive Officer, Director)Swetha Peddibhotla(Senior Scientist)
UnaliWear makes the Kanega Watch, a medical alert smartwatch with fall detection, button push, and voice activation that connects wearers to live emergency response agents 24/7.
Digital HealthHardwareWellness & FitnessAustin, US
William Lyon(Director)Ricky Solomon(Director)Jean Anne Booth(CEO & Founder)Marc DeVinney(Executive Officer)Brian Kircher(Co-founder & SMTS)
Televero is an online medical practice offering therapy, counseling, psychiatry, and neurotesting (including ADHD, cognitive, and autism evaluations) delivered by licensed clinicians through secure video sessions.
Digital HealthMental Health
SpayVac develops single-dose, no-booster contraceptive vaccines for wildlife, livestock, aquaculture, and companion animals, using a proprietary liposome-based platform that produces a multi-year infertility immune response from one injection.
AgTechBiotechMadison, US
PredxBio analyzes spatial multi-omic tissue data to identify response-defining biology, offering a decision-intelligence platform called SpaceIQ that supports drug development from discovery through clinical trials.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical Devices
B. Dusty Majumdar(Chief Executive Officer)Joe Camaratta(Sr. VP Business Development)Bruce(VP Software Engineering)
Endomedix is developing PLEXimine, a technology platform based on polysaccharide chemistry that lets surgeons form structured medical devices in situ during procedures.
BiotechMedical DevicesNew Materials
HeatGenie develops HeatGen, a patented self-heating packaging technology that uses a solid-state thermal reaction to heat ready-to-drink beverages inside the package in under two minutes.
FoodTechHardwareNew Materials
Vaccine Systems develops SureVax, an automated vaccine reconstitution and preparation system with temperature monitoring and data tracking, aimed at reducing waste and error in mixing modified live virus and freeze-dried vaccines.
AgTechHealthtechMedical Devices
Bob Livolsi(President & CEO)
Floafers designs and sells footwear for children, including first-walker shoes, loafers, and sneakers organized into collections by developmental stage.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
iCHOR Vascular develops the iSWEEP system, an all-in-one combination thrombectomy and embolic protection device for peripheral vascular clot removal in both arteries and veins.
HealthtechMedical Devices
Phoenix Pharma Labs is a drug development company creating non-addictive analgesics that target opioid receptors without producing a euphoric high, aiming to treat moderate to severe pain, addiction, and PTSD.
BiotechHealthtech
Bill Crossman(CEO)
Trace Orthopedics is developing a device and technique (the Trace Method) to repair partially torn tendons back to bone through a needle inserted through the skin, avoiding open or arthroscopic surgery and general anesthesia.
HealthtechMedical DevicesPhiladelphia, US
Adam Greenspan(President & CEO)William B. Morrison(Co-Founder & Medical Director)
GreenJay Therapeutics is a late-stage pharmaceutical company reformulating existing drugs to improve clinical outcomes for hematological diseases.
BiotechHealthtechHouston, US
Vassil Tzenov(Vice President & Chief Financial Officer)Donald Payne(CEO (deceased))
Austin Cocktails makes canned, full-strength cocktails at 12.5-15% ABV using premium spirits and natural ingredients sweetened with organic agave.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech
Jill Burns(Co-founder)Kelly Gasink(Co-founder)
BetterVoice provides a second phone number that works through a mobile app and web dashboard, letting users make and receive calls and texts, forward calls, and get voicemail-to-text transcripts.
ConsumerSaaS
Entvantage Dx develops diagnostic tests for ear, nose, and throat illnesses that distinguish bacterial from viral infections, including a kit that identifies major bacterial sinusitis pathogens.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical Devices
Hyperwear designs weighted fitness gear including adjustable weighted vests, workout sandbags, and ruck packs for strength training, rucking, running, and low-impact resistance training.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerSports Tech
LogZilla is an AI-powered operational intelligence platform that lets IT teams query log data in plain English, correlate events across devices, and get vendor-specific remediation commands for SecOps, NetOps, DevOps, and compliance use cases.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & Infrastructure
NanoMedical Systems develops subcutaneous implantable drug-delivery devices built on its nStrada nanofluidics platform, which uses arrays of precision nanochannels to provide long-term, constant release of small molecules, peptides, and proteins for chronic therapies.
BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesAustin, US
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioSavaraNASDAQ: SVRAYork Space SystemsNYSE: YSS
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesButton · investmentnews.com · Jul 2, 2026
Prefix · intelligence360.news · May 27, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Central Texas Angel Network invest at?
- Central Texas Angel Network invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Central Texas Angel Network focus on?
- Central Texas Angel Network focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Central Texas Angel Network located?
- Central Texas Angel Network is headquartered in Austin, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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