Location Austin, Texas, United States Regions Southern US Gender Male Also Known As Joseph
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Joe Edgar originally hails from Chiloquin, Oregon and is an experienced entrepreneur and investor who bought his first real estate property at 14 years of age. At age 17 he co-founded Modern Homes Inc., a company in Porto Alegre, Brazil, which he sold in 2001. Joe founded Edgar Investment in 2003 as a property holding company for his investments.
In 2004 he founded McLaughlin Company, focused on real estate development of new and renovated residential homes in Eugene, OR. In 2005 he founded Fairent.com, which provided online property management services. In 2007 Joe founded EI Investments, a $10 million venture fund focused on providing debt and equity to early stage companies in OR and TX.
In 2008 Joe joined Governor Perry’s office and managed $487 Million in state authority with a focus on early stage and emerging companies. In 2011 Joe joined Commissioner Staples in advising, operating and deploying the J4T Venture Fund, which is a $46.5 million investment fund focused on Texas’ early stage companies. Joe is also a member of the US Treasury SSBCI Venture Capital Working Group, which works to bring best practices for early-stage investment throughout the U.S. In 2014, Joe founded TenantCloud.com, which is a cloud-based marketplace involving tenants, landlords, and servicepros.
Joe holds a Bachelors of Science with a focus in Economics from the University of Oregon, with high honors, an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management and is a Kauffman Fellow. Joe is also active in the community as a member of the Central Texas Angel Network and volunteers time with Community Tax Center helping low income families file their tax returns.
