Gordon Daugherty

Gordon Daugherty is an American computer scientist, business advisor, high-tech executive and author. During his early career, he did research and development work on IP videoconferencing.

Daugherty co-founded Capital Factory, a co-working space, early stage venture fund and tech accelerator based in Austin, Texas.

Daugherty worked at VCON Videoconferencing, which later became a publicly listed company in the Nouveau marché stock market in Paris (now a part of the Euronext Paris stock market) and was later acquired by an Israeli conglomerate named Emblaze. Additionally, Daugherty has worked at Austin-based NetQoS, which was acquired by CA Technologies, for $200million. Through his company Capital Factory and individually, Daugherty has invested in more than 250 early-stage companies.

Daugherty was an advisor for Riskpulse, which was sold to DHL and Columbia Capital in January 2020. He was also an advisor for as technology company MediaMind, and was acquired by Digital Generation Systems in 2011.

Daugherty co-founded Capital Factory, a co-working space and tech accelerator based in Austin, Texas. He also founded Shockwave Innovations, an advisory firm.

Publications and lectures Daugherty is the author of more than 150 articles and publications.

In 2019, Daugherty wrote a book called Startup Success: Funding the Early Stages of Your Venture .

He is also a contributing writer at Texas CEO Magazine. 2003: The Business Case for Manages Rich Media Conferencing Services, White Paper created for VCON Visual Communications. 2003: Traversing Firewalls with Video over IP: Issues and Solutions, White Paper created for VCON Visual Communications. 2002: Interactive Multicast technology: Changing the Rules of Enterprise Streaming Video, White Paper created for VCON Visual Communications.

Selected lectures, talks, and workshops Daugherty's lectures, talks, and workshops include the following: 2020: Austin Forum: “From Tech Idea to Technology Impact: Creating Successful Tech Companies That Matter” 2020: Dallas Startup Week: “Funding the Early Stage of Your Venture” 2019: Pflugerville Business Pfirst Conference: "Defense Innovation: A Commanding Presence" 2019: Governor's Small Business forum (Central Texas) 2019: Austin Startup Week 2019: SXSW 2018: Austin Startup Week 2017: Austin Forum: “Founders Academy Essentials; From Seed to Series A”