Autumn Autrey

Autumn Autrey is the Founder/CEO of Aventura VC LLC, a venture capital and private-equity firm founded in 2012 by Autumn Autrey and Bill Autrey and headquartered in Ruston, Louisiana. MarketScreener lists her active roles at Aventura VC as Chief Executive Officer, Founder, and Private Equity Investor starting December 31, 2012.

Her Wellfound profile describes her as the founder of Aventura VC, “a humanitarian startup investment fund,” and says she founded and built the firm into a portfolio with $3 million of invested capital across more than 30 startups. The same profile lists Aventura-backed companies including 500 Startups, Lyft, Storefront, and Spire Global.

Autrey’s education includes a graduate degree from Texas A&M University and an undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University, according to MarketScreener. Wellfound provides more detail, listing an M.Ed. in Counseling from Texas A&M University, Business Management at LSU, and a 2012 Texas A&M graduate-assistant role lasting 11 months.

• Aventura VC’s stated thesis emphasizes founders willing to “dare to do something,” with the firm saying its main interest is “providing promising entrepreneurial start ups with initial investments.”
• The firm is not limited to one category: public profiles describe investments ranging from “technical hardware to educational tools,” and Wellfound lists Aventura VC’s markets as SaaS, Clean Technology, and Aerospace.
• Aventura VC is especially drawn to companies that add “humanitarian value” to the community in which they operate, whether locally, nationally, or globally.
• The firm is flexible on structure: Aventura says it is open to private debt-equity for established companies in addition to startup investments.
• Angel-investor databases list Autumn Autrey as seed-stage focused and generally not a lead investor.