Hometown Star, Early Facebook Alum Returns To Lead Firebrand Ventures’ New Austin Office
Founded by former Techstars Managing Director John Fein, Firebrand is adamantly focused on startups located outside of the coasts and more specifically �the ?greater Midwest.?;
- Kansas City-based Firebrand Ventures has launched an office in the Texas capital and tapped Ryan Merket, a Facebook alum-turned angel investor to lead it.
- The move is “a homecoming of sorts,” Merket told Crunchbase News.
- Founded by former Techstars Managing Director John Fein, Firebrand is adamantly focused on startups located outside of the coasts and more specifically the “greater Midwest.
- I visit quite often and every time I do I seem to meet compelling founders,” Fein told Crunchbase News.
- Fein recruited Merket to run the new Austin office because of what he described as their “shared values.