24 Most Active Venture Capital Firms in Texas 2021
| Name | Location (City, State, Country) | Website | Description | Preferred Industry | Preferred Investment Types | Leadership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Capital | San Antonio, Texas, United States | www.activecapital.com | Founded in 2017, Active Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Antonio, Texas. The firm seeks to invest in B2B SaaS companies. | Software | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | CEO – Pat Matthews |
| ATX Venture Partners | Austin, Texas, United States | www.atxventurepartners.com | Founded in 2014, ATX Venture Partners is a US-based venture capital firm that focuses on seed, series A and early-stage B2B software investments, usually with a Texas-centric geographic focus. The firm invests in disruptive and emerging B2B software, APIs, applications, frontier tech and marketplaces across a number of industries including supply chain, FinTech and workforce efficiency. | Insurance, Logistics, Retail, Software | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Partners & Co-Founders – Brad Bentz, Danielle Weiss Allen and Chris Shonk |
| Bill Wood Ventures | Austin, Texas, United States | Bill Wood Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. The firm primarily prefers to invest in the information technology sectors. | Software | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Founder and General Partner – Bill Wood | |
| Blue Bear Capital | San Rafael, California, United States | www.bluebearcap.com | Founded in 2016, Blue Bear Capital is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California. The firm invests in digital technologies across energy, infrastructure, and climate industries. | Software | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, PE Growth/Expansion, Seed Round | Partner – Ernst Theodor Sack, Vaughn Blake, Robert Macinnis, PH.D. |
| Breyer Capital | Menlo Park, California, United States | www.breyercapital.com | Founded in 2006, Breyer Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm seeks to invest in the media, software, and healthcare sectors. Healthcare, Security Services (B2B), Social Content, Software | Buyout/LBO, Debt – General, Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, PE Growth/Expansion, Recapitalization, Seed Round | CEO – Jim Breyer | |
| Builders VC | San Francisco, California, United States | www.builders.vc | Founded in 2016, Builders VC is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm seeks to invest in the software, advanced manufacturing, big data, cybersecurity, digital health, Internet of Things, mobile, Software-as-a-Service, agriculture, real estate, construction, and industrials sectors. | Software | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Partners – Jim Kim, Amit Mehta, Alex Kinniier, Jocelyn Doe, Mark H. Goldstein, and Mark Blackwell |
| Capital Factory | Austin, Texas, United States | www.capitalfactory.com | Founded in 2009, Capital Factory is a venture capital firm and an accelerator based in Austin, Texas. The firm seeks to invest in seed-stage, early-stage and later-stage companies. The firm seeks to accelerate companies in the software, media and technology sectors in Texas. | Media, Services (Non-Financial), Software | Accelerator/Incubator, Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | President – Gordon Daugherty, CEO – Joshua Baer |
| Cathexis Ventures | Houston, TX, USA | www.cathexisventures.com | Founded in 2018, Cathexis Ventures is a corporate venture arm of Cathexis Holdings headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm seeks to make minority investments in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies. | Business Products and Services (B2B), Consumer Products and Services (B2C), Financial Services, Information Technology, Materials and Resources | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, PE Growth/Expansion, Seed Round | Managing Director – Mark Friday |
| Chevron Technology Ventures | Houston, TX, USA | https://www.chevron.com/technology/technology-ventures | Founded in 1999, Chevron Technology Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Chevron and is based in Houston, Texas. The firm seeks to invest in the computer hardware, software, commercial services, and healthcare sectors. | Software | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Merger/Acquisition | Venture Executive – Richard Pardoe |
| Ecliptic Capital | Austin, Texas, United States | www.ecliptic.capital | Founded in 2018, Ecliptic Capital is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. The firm seeks to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies. The firm prefers to invest in the aerospace, defense, energy, healthcare, information technology, industrials, and manufacturing sectors in Texas. Aerospace and Defense, Energy, Healthcare, Information Technology | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Managing Partners – Adam Lipman and Mike Boyle | |
| Geekdom Fund | San Antonio, Texas, United States | www.geekdomfund.com | Founded in 2014, Geekdom Fund is a venture capital firm based in San Antonio, Texas. The firm seeks to make minority investments in seed, early-stage, and later-stage companies. The firm prefers to invest in companies from the software, blockchain, robotics, software-as-a-service, artificial intelligence, and machine learning sectors. | Business Products and Services (B2B), Consumer Products and Services (B2C), Software | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Managing Directors – Don Douglas, Michael Girdley, Mike Troy, and Cole Wollak |
| GOOSE Capital | Houston, Texas, United States | www.goose.capital | Founded in 2005, GOOSE Capital is a venture capital firm based in Houston, Texas. The firm seeks to invest in early-stage breakthrough technologies. The firm’s unique model helps the portfolio companies direct access to the Fortune 500 execs or successful entrepreneurs. | Bridge, Convertible Debt, Early Stage VC, Seed Round | Managing Director – Chris E. Staffel | |
| Green Park & Golf Ventures | Dallas, Texas, United States | www.gpgventures.com | Founded in 2011, Green Park & Golf Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Dallas, Texas. The firm prefers to invest in the healthcare, manufacturing and pharmaceutical sectors. | Healthcare Devices and Supplies | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, PE Growth/Expansion, Seed Round | Founding Partners – Carl Soderstrom and Clay Heighten, MD. |
| LiveOak Venture Partners | Austin, Texas, United States | www.liveoakvp.com | Founded in 2013, LiveOak Venture Partners is a venture capital firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm prefers to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies. The firm seeks to invest in companies operating in the information technology and tech-enabled services. | Communications and Networking, Other Information Technology, Other IT Services, Systems and Information Management | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Founding Partners – Krishna Srinivasan and Venu Shamapant |
| Mercury Fund | Houston, Texas, United States | www.mercuryfund.com | Founded in 2005, Mercury Fund is a venture capital firm based in Houston, Texas. The firm seeks to invest in the software as a services (SaaS), cloud, data science, and artificial intelligence sectors. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in the Southwest, Midwest, and Rocky Mountains regions. | Application Software, Automation/Workflow Software, Business/Productivity Software, Communication Software, Communications and Networking, Database Software, Entertainment Software, Financial Software, Internet Software, Media and Information Services (B2B), Multimedia and Design Software, Network Management Software, Other Information Technology, Software Development Applications, Vertical Market Software | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Managing Directors – Dan Watkins, Blair Garrou, Adrian Fortino, and Heath Butler |
| Next Coast Ventures | Austin, Texas, United States | www.nextcoastventures.com | Founded in 2015, Next Coast Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. The firm seeks investments in seed-stage, early-stage and later-stage companies. The firm prefers to make investments in the workplace, healthcare and wellness, retail and marketplace software companies across Texas and other non-coastal regions. | Communications and Networking, Software | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Managing Directors – Thomas Ball and Michael Smerklo |
| Oakwell Capital | Dallas, Texas, United States | www.oakwellcapital.com | Founded in 2018, Oakwell Capital is a venture capital firm based in Dallas, Texas. | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Partners – Jake Allen and Phillip Niels | |
| Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures | Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | www.saev.com | Founded in 2012, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Aramco Oil Company. The firm seeks to invest globally into start-up and high growth companies with technologies of strategic importance to Saudi Aramco and to accelerate their development and deployment in the firm operations. Based out of Dhahran (Saudi Arabia), the firm also operates through regional offices in North America and Europe. | Commercial Products, Commercial Services, Computer Hardware, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Software | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Chief Investment Officer – Bruce Niven |
| Silverton Partners | Austin, Texas, United States | www.silvertonpartners.com | Founded in 2006, Silverton Partners is a venture capital firm and is based in Austin, Texas. The firm seeks to make investments in companies operating in business software, consumer internet, cloud service, enterprise software and other technology sectors. | Other Information Technology, Software | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | CFO – Alyssa Dadoly, Partners – Kip Mcclanahan, Mike Dodd, Morgan Flager, and Roger Chen |
| Social Starts | San Francisco, California, United States | www.socialstarts.com | Founded in 2012, Social Starts is a set of early-stage venture funds that uses analytics to uncover and invest in the strongest companies in the strongest investment segments. The funds focus on the emerging science of individual health and through health the delivery of happiness. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Application Software, Beverages, Business/Productivity Software, Communication Software, Database Software, Education and Training Services (B2B), Educational and Training Services (B2C), Food Products, Healthcare Technology Systems, Other Media, Other Software, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Security Services (B2B), Social Content, Social/Platform Software, Water Utilities | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Managing Partner – Mike Edelhart |
| Springdale Ventures | Austin, Texas, United States | www.springdaleventures.com | Founded in 2019, Springdale Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. The firm prefers to invest in the direct-to-consumer, food and beverage, health and beauty, sports and fitness, apparel and accessories, accessible luxury, wellness, LOHAS, aging population, sustainable products, demand for personalization, humanization of pets, omnichannel, fem tech, and end of life sectors. | Apparel and Accessories, Beverages, Consumer Durables, Food Products, Healthcare, Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure, Services (Non-Financial), Software | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Co-founders and General Partners – Genevieve Gilbreath and Dan Graham |
| S3 Ventures | Austin, Texas, United States | www.s3vc.com | Founded in 2005, S3 Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. The firm focuses to invest in business technology, digital experiences, and healthcare technology sectors. | Healthcare Technology Systems, Monitoring Equipment, Software, Surgical Devices | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Managing Director – Brian R. Smith |
| Texas Halo Fund | Houston, TX, USA | www.texashalofund.com | Texas Halo Fund is an investment firm based in Houston, Texas. The firm specializes in investing in the early-stage firm. The firm seeks to invest in firms operating in the information technology and healthcare sectors. | Healthcare, Software | Angel (individual), Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC, Seed Round | Managing Director of Fund I and II and Fund I Deal Committee Member – Rob Tucci |
| Urban Capital Network | Houston, TX, USA | www.urbancapitalnetwork.com | Urban Capital Network is a venture capital firm based in Houston, Texas. The firm seeks to invest in the business products and services sectors. | Business Products and Services (B2B), Healthcare Technology Systems, Information Technology | Early Stage VC, Later Stage VC | Founder & Managing Partner – Leonard “Lenny” Saizan Jr |
This list includes corporate venture capital firms.
This report is informational only. The release is based on public data and may miss organnizations who are not currently releasing their data.
