Jeff Garvey is a co-founder of Austin Ventures, headquartered in Austin, Texas and one of the largest and most active venture capital firms in the United States. From 1979 when he was the firm’s first investment professional through 1999, Garvey was a General Partner and leader of the firm through its first six investment funds (now investing tenth fund), and personally focused primarily on equity investments in media, communications and healthcare services. Over his career, he participated actively as a board member in the company building process with a variety of portfolio companies, many of which eventually became publicly held entities.
