Events

Engineering Education and Research Center (EER) – Texas Innovation Center – 2nd Floor, 2.518

Longhorns & Launch Funds: Angel Pitching 101

This Coffee Club will focus on helping entrepreneurs understand the fundamentals of fundraising from angel investors. Participants will gain insights into crafting compelling pitches, hearing about investor expectations and due diligence, and positioning their startups for early-stage funding success.

A portion of the program will be dedicated to UT startup pitches in front of a live audience, with feedback from Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) and Houston Angel Network (HAN) investors. A time where Longhorn Tech Nation innovators network and learn more about the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Coffee and light bites provided.

This event is open to all UT Austin faculty, students, researchers, and staff.

About the Speakers:

Katie Russel joined CTAN in January 2023 as the Executive Director. She graduated with her M.B.A. in 2022 while simultaneously building her startup and investment portfolio. Katie comes from the tech world, previously working at Facebook as an Ad Analyst and at RetailMeNot in Product Operations. She previously led Business Development and Marketing at Draper University and was an investor with Draper U Ventures, focusing on pre-seed founders. Katie also spends her time as the Managing Partner of Draper Startup House Accelerator, a pre-seed “pop-up” accelerator program in Austin, TX. She is passionate about empowering entrepreneurs to take the big jump into creating their own companies and opening up the world of entrepreneurship to everyone.

 

Mitra Miller is the Vice President and President-Elect of the Houston Angel Network and the managing member of Mill River Capital, a diversified development firm that sources, develops, and capitalizes investment opportunities in early-stage companies and commercial real estate. She advises investors, companies, and business leaders in the areas of strategic planning, due diligence, commercialization, capital planning, and team development. A dynamic and results-oriented executive, speaker, author, and board member, she has worked in the innovation ecosystem for 25 years. Mitra’s avocation is to empower low-income and under-resourced young people through education and active engagement in the startup and business communities through her non-profit Eagle Investors (www.eagleinvestors.us).