Category Archives: Austin Hill

Akoha (raises) opens the bar

Last night, Akoha gave a sneak preview of their product offering to a number of their friends, family and investors in Montreal (disclosure -  MSU is an investor).
The founders, Austin Hill & Alex Eberts (along with PR guru Dov) are no strangers to creating buzz and excitement about their projects and once again they made [...]

Akoha

Akoha ont aujourd’hui annoncé avoir conclu une première ronde de financement. Bien qu’ils n’aient pas encore publiquement lancé leur produit, je peux vous dire que c’est basé sur l’idée qu’on peut faire le bien tout en s’amusant. C’est un projet ambitieux, tant au niveau de la technologie, que des concepts. MSU croit à ce beau [...]

MSU invests in Akoha

Akoha, a Montreal based start-up founded by  Austin Hill and Alex Eberts announced today the closing of their angel financing round and we are really pleased to have been able to invest. 
Akoha’s plans are still somewhat under wraps but they have announced that they are developing a new type of online game that combines elements [...]

Betting on the success of a start-up

Full-time entrepreneur, part time angels investment instigator and one of our partners at MSU, Austin Hill, likes to ask an entrepreneur looking for finance:

“What’s the bet i’m making with this investment ?”

It’s a great question … but what a lot of first time entrepreneurs don’t appreciate is that the answer to the question depends on [...]

Nouveau fonds pour le démarrage d’entreprises en technologie

Le fonds bénéficiera de l’appui d’une vingtaine d’anges financiers et d’entrepreneurs montréalais qui ont réussi dans le domaine.
MONTREAL, Québec, 10 mars 2008 – Montreal Start Up, un spécialiste du capital de démarrage, dont la mission est d’appuyer les entrepreneurs montréalais qui bâtissent les succès de demain, a aujourd’hui annoncé le lancement d’un premier fonds de [...]