Bandgap Ventures

What is Bandgap Ventures?

Bandgap Ventures is an Austin-based venture capital firm that specializes in early and seed stage investments. They focus on backing companies that operate in various sectors including advanced materials, chemical, energy technology—both renewable and non-renewable—advanced manufacturing, sensor and instrumentation sectors.

With an investment range between $6,990,000 and $8,500,000, they target companies that have tangible physical products with a defensible technology at their core.

Their aim is to invest in ground-breaking new materials, manufacturing processes, equipment, instrumentation, and hardware solutions that have the potential to significantly alter market dynamics. Bandgap Ventures puts an emphasis on supporting innovations that can change how we interact with the world and creating a sustainable energy ecosystem by investing in efficient and profitable energy technologies.

They encourage thinking big but also recognize that sometimes the most impactful solutions come in small packages. As well as their focus on hardware and physical science technologies, they also invest in the software, IT, TMT, and mobile sectors.

Their philosophy includes a belief that while the software and digital media sectors receive a lot of attention, it is often the physical hardware that enables all digital functions. By investing in companies that create new markets or revolutionize existing ones through hardware and manufacturing, they maintain a balance between the digital and physical aspects of technological advancement.

What they say:

We are an Austin-based venture capital firm focused on equity investments.

What we look for: We invest in early stage companies across diverse industries.