Hometown Star, Early Facebook Alum Returns To Lead Firebrand Ventures’ New Austin Office
5 March 2019 4:13 PM IST
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.
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