An Austin Engineer Built a VC Directory to Map the Local Investor Scene

Finding the right investor in Austin usually means piecing together scattered information. Eddy Hernández, a local full-stack software engineer and UI/UX designer, built an Austin VC directory with a map and chatbot to help founders navigate the local investor ecosystem more easily.

The idea is simple:

Put Austin's VC ecosystem data in one place.

Instead of forcing founders to piece together investor information from websites, spreadsheets, LinkedIn searches, event pages, newsletters, and word of mouth, Eddy's directory gives people a more visual and searchable way to understand who is investing around Austin.

That matters because local ecosystem data gets messy fast. Eddy's approach is to use web crawlers to scrape and aggregate event data at scale. For Austin founders, the practical use case is obvious:

Use the directory to understand the capital landscape before you start asking for intros. You can see which investors are nearby, explore the local VC map, and use the chatbot to ask questions about the Austin funding ecosystem.

Eddy has spent 10 years shipping React apps and is especially interested in the intersection of design, code, and early-stage venture.

Check Out Austin's VC Directory Here →