Austin Hankwitz
InvestorCo-Founder & CEO at Witz Ventures · Strategic Advisor at Ensemble VC
Nashville, Tennessee
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
Find your path to Austin
132 people in our graph share verified history with Austin — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Spencer FoustunlockedAustin: together at Sparrow (2022–2026)
×2Austin: together at MoneyLion
Austin: together at Telly
×7Austin: together at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
About
Entrepreneur and media personality focused on accessible financial education, building a multi-platform media presence across short-form video, podcasts, and a newsletter.
Experience
- Witz VenturesCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2020 — presentNashville, Tennessee
- Rate of ReturnAuthorcurrent2020 — present
- Stan - Make Money CreatingAdvisorcurrent2021 — present
- Ensemble VCStrategic Advisorcurrent2022 — present
- TellyInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- SparrowAdvisorcurrent2021 — present
- GrifinAdvisorcurrent2021 — present
- MoneyLionCo-Head of Creator Partnerships2022 — 2023
- AmedisysStrategic Financial Analyst2018 — 2021Nashville, Tennessee
- LBMCAnalyst2017 — 2018Knoxville, Tennessee
- Shingle Hill Capital LLCAnalyst2017 — 2018Knoxville, Tennessee
- University of TennesseeResident Assistant2016 — 2017Knoxville, Tennessee
Skills & more
Financial Analysis34Personal Communication26Team Leadership11Reliability20Entrepreneurship11Social Media12Public Speaking7Quality Assurance3Microsoft Word3Web Development3Web Design2E-commerce2
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RetailTime ManagementYouTubeStart-upsInventory ManagementInvestmentsOnline MarketingOnline AdvertisingBusiness AnalysisSalesMarketing StrategyBusiness StrategyFrom Austin's professional profile.
Colleagues at Witz Ventures
Network3
Aditi Maliwal
General Partner at Upfront Ventures
Justin Kan
Investor at Goat Capital
Mark Ladd
General Partner at Malex Enterprises
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Austin Hankwitz?
- Entrepreneur and media personality focused on accessible financial education, building a multi-platform media presence across short-form video, podcasts, and a newsletter.
- Where does Austin Hankwitz work?
- Austin Hankwitz is Co-Founder & CEO at Witz Ventures.
- What check size does Austin Hankwitz write?
- Austin Hankwitz typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Austin Hankwitz go to school?
- Austin Hankwitz studied at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Finance and Economics).
Same school
Also attended University of Tennessee, Knoxville78
Adam TebbeInvestor at Third Rock VenturesShakhina PulatovaInvestor at Storm VenturesAmy GeigerCFO at Fulcrum Equity PartnersJeff BabioneSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsMohan S. IyerGeneral Partner at SOSVJoelle FoxCFO & Operating Partner at Tech Square Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Grifin1
Also worked at MoneyLion14
Todd KimmelManaging Partner at Electric Feel Ventures LlcBrooks GibbinsManaging Partner at FinTech CollectiveAnna HubbellSenior Manager, Capital at Endeavor CatalystRon SuberInvestor at Upper90Chris SugdenManaging Partner at Edison PartnersChee Mun FoongCTO, MoneyLion at Good AI Capital
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