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- Jose Barrera: CEO and FounderPast Role: United States Air Force, Aerospace Electrical and Environmental Systems Craftsman
Austin Hurst: Co-Founder
StartupStarter is an AI-driven capital intelligence platform for founders and investors—real-time company data powers fundraising, deal discovery, and portfolio tracking in one place.
For startups: connect Stripe, banks, payroll, and analytics so your numbers stay live and verified; run the business (send invoices, track cash, growth, margins)
and execute the raise (share a live, permissioned data room and one-pager, manage your investor list and updates, and issue SAFEs/convertible notes with signatures and transaction tracking).
For investors: get a clean, modern view across companies—standardized real-time metrics, materials and deal progress in one place, alerts on material changes, and a live roll-up across your holdings—no chasing founders.
We operate one of Southern California’s largest ventures communities, bringing together founders, investors, limited partners, athletes, celebrities, and politicians. Our year-round events, anchored by the annual Investment Week conference, draw 5,000+ attendees and involve 200+ partners spanning startups, accelerators, universities, cities, funds, and tech giants.