Investors in Houston, TX

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Mercury Fund

Founded in 2005, Mercury Fund is a Houston-based venture capital firm with an additional office in Ann Arbor. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in technology-related companies across the United States midcontinent.

EnCap Investments

EnCap Investments L.P., established in 1988, is a Houston, Texas-based private equity firm focused on the oil and gas industry. It specializes in seed, start-up, emerging growth, and early venture investments, typically allocating between $10 million and $350 million per deal. The firm primarily invests in upstream and midstream oil and gas companies, with a particular interest in natural gas pipelines, processing facilities, and energy infrastructure projects. EnCap also considers investments in the energy transition sector. It operates from offices in Houston and Dallas, Texas.

Catalyst Partners

Catalyst Partners is a capital advisory and principal investment firm specializing in energy and emerging technology sectors.

Uma Ventures

Uma Ventures, based in Houston, Texas, is a private investment firm focusing on early-stage investments. It specializes in human-centric foundational technologies that aim to benefit humanity.

Limitless Crypto Investments

Established in 2017 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, Limitless Crypto Investments is a venture capital firm specializing in investments within the cryptocurrency sector.

Amnis Ventures

Amnis Ventures Inc. is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in Houston, Texas. The firm specializes in growth capital investments across various sectors, including hardware technologies, renewable energy, blockchain-based financial services, and real estate development. Amnis Ventures aims to support companies that are focused on delivering sustainable solutions and innovations in their respective fields.

Type One Ventures

Founded in 2019, Type One Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco. It specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on technology, infrastructure, and services sectors. The firm aims to empower entrepreneurs developing innovative solutions that drive human advancement.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

1789 Capital

1789 Capital is a growth equity firm based in Palm Beach, Florida, founded in 2023. It provides venture and growth capital to middle, late, and crossover-stage companies across sectors such as artificial intelligence, software, aerospace and defense, healthtech, and fintech. The firm pursues investments aligned with its thematic focus on the replication or parallel economy, deglobalization, and sectors deemed anti-ESG, alongside funding cutting-edge technologies that disrupt industries burdened by bureaucracy.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Singtel Innov8

Singtel Innov8 is the corporate venture capital arm of the Singtel Group, investing in and partnering with early-stage technology startups worldwide. Based in Singapore with offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv, it leverages the resources and expertise of the Singtel Group to help startups scale and access new markets. The firm focuses on technologies that can drive meaningful change in networks, next-generation devices, digital services, and customer experience. By connecting startups to Singtel’s regional footprint, which spans 21 countries in Asia, Australia and Africa and serves hundreds of millions of mobile customers, Singtel Innov8 supports strategic collaborations that align with Singtel Group’s business needs while enabling startups to grow beyond their home markets.
Made 5 investments in Houston, TX

Citi Ventures

Citi Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Citigroup that leverages the bank’s resources to identify, incubate, and invest in innovative ideas at the intersection of finance and technology. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, London, Palo Alto, Tel Aviv, and Singapore, Citi Ventures collaborates with Citi colleagues, clients, and the broader innovation community to discover new value and accelerate the development of transformative technologies. The firm focuses on fintech, data analytics and machine learning, the future of commerce, security and enterprise IT, marketing, property technology, distributed ledger technology, and digital assets, pursuing strategic investments that complement Citi’s business lines and risk management capabilities. Since its founding, Citi Ventures has sought to build partnerships and portfolios that support entrepreneurship and technological progress, helping individuals, businesses, and communities adapt to rapid digital change while expanding Citi’s ecosystem and capabilities.
Made 3 investments in Houston, TX

StageOne Ventures

Founded in 2001, StageOne Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Herzliya, Israel. It specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on deep tech startups addressing complex enterprise challenges across sectors such as fintech, IT, and cybersecurity. The firm typically invests between $0.5 million to $3 million, leading seed rounds and providing follow-on support with top-tier co-investors.
Made 5 investments in Houston, TX

Act Venture Capital

Act Venture Capital is a Dublin-based venture capital firm that makes seed to growth investments in technology and healthcare companies across Ireland. The firm provides capital and hands-on support to help founders build category-defining businesses and scale globally. With a small team and a broad network of US and European investors and founders, Act has raised multiple funds totaling several hundred million euros and maintains close ties to the European Investment Fund. The portfolio focuses on technology sectors including application software, IT infrastructure, communications, internet and mobile.
Made 3 investments in Houston, TX

IMM Investment Corp. - 아이엠엠인베스트먼트

IMM Investment Corp. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in mezzanine investments. It focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investing, corporate restructuring, private equity investing, industry consolidation, management buyouts, spin-offs, recapitalizations, and cross-border investments. Within mergers and acquisitions, the firm invests in strategic mergers, growth through acquisitions, going public via a reverse merger, and strategic divestures. For recapitalizations, it targets family owned enterprise considering whole or partial exit and balance sheet restructuring. The firm also co-invests in buyout transactions. For its growth stage investments, it allocates 20 percent to startups, 40 percent to expansion, and 40 percent to mezzanine. The firm targets companies operating in information technology infrastructure, wireless communications entertainment and contents, franchising, cement, software, electricity, food and beverage, machinery, game software, chemical, paper manufacture, and automobile parts industries. For industries concentration, it sets 40 percent to information technology infrastructure focusing on security, application service provider, and e-commerce solutions; 30 percent to contents, focusing on education, game, and animation; and 30 percent to digital hardware focusing on network and communications equipment, semiconductor, parts and others. The firm also invests in infrastructure, high-technology, 5G, Internet of things, mobile, commerce service, environment, manufacturing, enzyme, biotechnology, and healthcare sectors. The firm also makes secondary investments. It considers investments in companies with T5 or higher ratings by Tech Credit Bureau. The firm primarily invests in medium-sized companies located in South Korea, including Seoul, Gyeonggi, Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and Chungcheongbuk-do. It prefers to take an active role in management. IMM Investment Corp. was founded in July 1999 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Vintage Investment Partners

Vintage Investment Partners is a global venture firm that invests in venture funds and startups through primary and secondary transactions. It acquires limited partnership interests in Israeli, European, and select U.S. venture capital funds, and also makes direct investments in growth-stage technology companies. The firm participates in co-investments with partner venture funds and invests across technology sectors, including semiconductors, information technology, software, internet infrastructure and medical devices, with a focus on opportunities in Israel, Europe and the United States.
Made 3 investments in Houston, TX

SOSV

SOSV is a global venture capital firm that supports early-stage startups through active, founder-first development programs. Its flagship initiatives HAX and IndieBio provide facilities, engineering resources, services, and laboratory equipment to accelerate product development and prepare companies for subsequent funding rounds. SOSV focuses on deep technology across health, environmental, and cross-border software sectors, aiming to solve human and planetary health challenges. In addition to providing capital, the firm emphasizes intensive programmatic support to help portfolio companies move quickly from seed toward growth, including customer acquisition and scale. The firm operates globally with a bias toward startups targeting rapid international expansion, especially in Asia, and tends to back a small cohort of high-potential companies to accelerate their progress and attract leading investors.
Made 2 investments in Houston, TX

Greenfield Partners

Founded in 2016, Greenfield Partners is an independent investment platform focused on early growth technology investments globally. Originally established by TPG Growth, the firm brings private equity rigor to early-stage investing and continues to collaborate with TPG on select large-check investments.
Made 2 investments in Houston, TX

Acrew Capital

Acrew Capital is a venture capital firm that funds startups across seed to growth stages, focusing on cybersecurity, data platforms, fintech, health tech, AI and machine learning, and related infrastructure technologies. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco, it seeks long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs, providing equity investments and frequently pursuing lead or co-investment opportunities. It supports technology growth companies and aims to diversify cap tables while backing transformative businesses.
Made 2 investments in Houston, TX

Mercury

Mercury is a purpose-built early-stage venture capital platform dedicated to supporting transformative software startups in communities across America, particularly in Middle America. The company identifies and partners with exceptional founders, offering both guidance to new entrepreneurs and resources to experienced innovators. With a focus on operationally-driven investment strategies, Mercury has generated over $9 billion in value, facilitating rapid and sustainable growth for its portfolio companies. Through its comprehensive growth partner network, Mercury aims to leverage local assets and talent, fostering entrepreneurship and innovation within the regions it serves.
Made 4 investments in Houston, TX

Aspect Ventures

Aspect Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and based in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in San Francisco. The firm concentrates on seed and early-stage investments in fintech, financial services, technology, and healthcare, seeking opportunities at the intersection of mobile, social, cloud, and big data. It backs startups across business-to-business and business-to-consumer models as well as healthcare and information technology, pursuing follow-on rounds such as Series A and Series B alongside initial seed funding. Typical activity spans early rounds and select larger follow-ons to support companies through the early growth arc toward standalone, sustainable businesses. Aspect partners with entrepreneurs to create long-term value, leveraging its track record and fresh perspective to guide companies from inception to scalable operations.
Made 2 investments in Houston, TX

TLV Partners

Founded in 2015, TLV Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The company invests in innovative startups across various sectors including cybersecurity, data, AI, devtools, fintech, biotech, and eCommerce.
Made 2 investments in Houston, TX

Blue Collective

Blue Collective is a Brooklyn-based investment firm that conducts venture capital and private equity activities. It funds technology-driven startups and growth-stage companies across pre-seed to late-stage rounds, with a focus on early potential and scalable business models. The portfolio spans sectors including B2B software, enterprise technology, hardware, consumer products, biotech and life sciences, and business services. The firm primarily targets opportunities in the United States, with select investments across North America and other regions as appropriate. By providing capital and strategic support, Blue Collective aims to partner with exceptional founders to accelerate product development, go-to-market plans, and growth trajectories.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Chingona Ventures

Founded in 2019, Chingona Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The firm invests at the earliest stages across financial technology, health technology, future of learning, and ed-tech sectors within the United States.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Social Impact Capital

Social Impact Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage investments aimed at driving social good. The firm seeks ventures that address essential human needs and generate positive social outcomes while aiming for top decile financial returns. Its investment focus spans biotech, deeptech, consumer, business-to-business, fintech, healthtech, and blockchain sectors. Founded in 2016, the firm concentrates on backing companies at the intersection of impact and scalable growth, funding startups that advance areas such as energy, water, food, health, environment, education, housing, access to capital, and social justice.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Energy Impact Partners

Energy Impact Partners is a New York-based private investment firm focused on the energy transition. It backs entrepreneurs and established energy and industrial companies across venture, growth, credit and infrastructure, with an emphasis on energy efficiency, clean energy generation, smart grids, energy storage, distributed generation, and related digital and data-enabled services. The firm collaborates with partners to accelerate innovation in smart buildings, mobility, cybersecurity for energy systems, and comprehensive energy services, often pursuing co-investments. Since its founding in 2015, Energy Impact Partners has built a global footprint with offices in New York, San Francisco, Palm Beach, Cologne and London, enabling investments across North America and Europe. It seeks to align investments with environmental impact and scalable infrastructure, supporting the transition to sustainable energy and resilient energy systems.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Hemisphere Ventures

Hemisphere Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 that invests in software, biotechnology, robotics, nanotechnology, drones, and space companies. The firm focuses on helping portfolio companies achieve scale and identify early revenue opportunities, with emphasis on advances in synthetic biology and related technologies.
Made 3 investments in Houston, TX

Starbridge Venture Capital

Starbridge Venture Capital is a Washington, DC-based venture capital firm founded in 2017. It backs companies operating at the intersection of space technology and traditional technologies, with emphasis on communications, computing, energy, and space sectors. The firm seeks products that enable commercial space activity while delivering meaningful profit potential in terrestrial markets, defining these opportunities as space scalable ventures that could drive the next decade of space activity and broader technology adoption.
Made 3 investments in Houston, TX

Samara Asset Group

Established in 2018, Samara Asset Group specializes in investing in cryptocurrency assets and blockchain technology companies.
Made 2 investments in Houston, TX

Harbert Management

Harbert Management is a privately owned investment management firm focused on alternative asset classes, with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, and offices across the United States and Europe. Established in 1993, it manages investments across private equity, venture capital, real estate, mezzanine debt, and related strategies. The firm targets value-enhancement real estate through its US Real Estate and European Real Estate platforms and serves a broad client base including foundations and endowments, funds of funds, pension funds, financial institutions, insurance companies, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. It operates through dedicated investment teams in multiple cities to source and analyze opportunities, and its structure includes subsidiaries such as a venture capital affiliate. The firm emphasizes disciplined, principle-based investing and a global reach to access diverse markets and opportunities.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

SET Ventures

SET Ventures is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm founded in 2007 that invests in European energy and renewable sector companies across early to growth stages. It backs digital technology-enabled solutions aimed at carbon-free energy systems, including energy generation, distribution and storage, energy efficiency, and smart energy applications in buildings, industry, mobility, and infrastructure. The firm targets investments in technology-enabled clean energy and sustainability initiatives, often with a focus on smart grid, energy storage, and EV/green building applications, and seeks to support portfolio companies with strategic guidance, including board participation. Typical check sizes range from approximately €0.5 million to €6 million per company over the life of participation. SET Ventures concentrates on Europe and prioritizes companies that combine software and hardware components to create scalable energy solutions.

Lowercarbon Capital

Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Jackson, Wyoming, that funds research and invests in companies developing technologies to reduce CO2 emissions and advance decarbonization, with a focus on energy, transportation, industrial materials, and agriculture.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

The Venture Collective

Founded in 2019, The Venture Collective is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in New York City and London. Led by a seasoned team of investors, ex-founders, and investment management executives, they invest capital, time, and network into highly defensible, fast-growing companies with global impact potential. They prefer diverse founding teams and have a focus on Pre-Seed to Series A investments.
Made 2 investments in Houston, TX

EDP Ventures

EDP Ventures is the corporate venture arm of EDP Energias de Portugal. It targets seed, series A and early-stage startups operating in energy-related sectors, including energy efficiency, energy storage, smart grids, electric mobility, and information technology. The firm invests across regions, typically providing €0.5 million to €5 million in early-stage rounds. Based in Lisbon, Portugal, EDP Ventures maintains an additional office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. By backing high-potential startups, it seeks to accelerate innovation and adoption of clean energy and digital technologies within the broader energy ecosystem.

Singtel Innov8 Pte. - 新电投资公司

Singtel Innov8 Pte. Ltd. is a venture capital arm specializing in seed to early stage investments. The firm typically invests in internet application, new digital media, technologies and solutions, next generation device, and digital content service sectors. It seeks to invest globally. The firm prefers to invest between S$100,000 (US$ .070 million) and S$30 million (US$ 21.18 million) but may consider investments above that as an exception. Singtel Innov8 Pte. Ltd. was launched in 2010 and is based in Singapore with additional offices in San Francisco, California; Silicon Valley, U.S.A; and Tel Aviv, Israel.

Camber Creek

Camber Creek is a venture capital investment firm focused on technology-related opportunities in real estate. Headquartered in Rockville with an office in New York, the firm concentrates on investing in real estate technology companies across the United States. It leverages expertise across real estate sectors such as construction, property management, development, and leasing, and combines investing, operating, and technology know-how with the assets of its partners, investors, and advisors to support the growth and success of its portfolio companies.

MANTIS Venture Capital

Mantis VC is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in Santa Monica, California. It specializes in early-stage investments and growth capital, focusing primarily on consumer technologies within the Media & Entertainment, Fintech, and Health & Wellness sectors. The firm manages multiple funds, including Mantis Capital Fund I, II, and III, which target innovative companies in these areas. Mantis VC operates as a Registered Investment Adviser, demonstrating its commitment to compliance and professional standards in the investment landscape.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Firestreak Ventures

Founded in 2022, Firestreak Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Aspen, Colorado. It invests primarily in early-stage companies operating within the open-source software, cybersecurity, blockchain infrastructure and applications, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and SaaS sectors.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

A100x Ventures

Founded in 2020, A100x Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York. It focuses on early-stage investments at the intersection of blockchain and AI technologies, supporting founders aiming to reshape real-world industries.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Decathlon Capital Partners

Decathlon Capital Partners, LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 and headquartered in Park City, Utah. The firm specializes in providing growth capital through customized revenue-based financing solutions, offering an alternative to traditional equity investments. This approach allows companies to secure long-term capital without the common drawbacks associated with equity funding, such as dilution of ownership and increased operational burdens. Decathlon targets a diverse range of sectors, including business products and services, consumer goods, financial services, healthcare, information technology, manufacturing, e-commerce, and various technology-related fields such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and virtual reality. By focusing on these areas, Decathlon aims to support innovative businesses across North America in achieving their growth objectives.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Shell Ventures

Shell Ventures is the strategic investment arm of Shell, focusing on identifying and adopting innovative technologies to enhance commercial advantage. It invests in promising tech companies, joint ventures, and venture capital funds across sectors such as power, mobility, emission management, digital, and resources.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

SignalFire

SignalFire is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs seed to early-growth technology companies across North America, investing across sectors including artificial intelligence, machine learning, SaaS, health tech, fintech, cybersecurity, and consumer platforms; it emphasizes data-driven insights and tailored advisory programs to support founders, complementing financing with strategic guidance; SignalFire operates a distributed network of investors and engineers and provides infrastructure to help with recruiting, business development, and customer acquisition, enabling portfolio companies to scale more effectively; the firm partners with entrepreneurs to address core challenges such as talent, market access, and product development, focusing on helping companies accelerate growth and navigate scale.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Alchemy Ventures

Alchemy Ventures, established in 2016 and headquartered in Sydney, is an independent investment firm specializing in early to late-stage opportunities. The company focuses on sectors such as mining, finance, agriculture, and consumer technology, primarily investing in businesses originating from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Hustle Fund

Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm and seed fund founded in 2017 and based in San Carlos, California. It concentrates on early-stage technology startups, with a focus on software and business-to-business models, including fintech, digital health, SaaS, and related areas such as web3 and other technology-enabled sectors. The firm pursues investments in the United States, Canada, and Southeast Asia, supporting portfolio companies from seed stage onward to accelerate growth.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Stellantis

Stellantis is a multinational automotive manufacturer formed in 2021 from the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Peugeot S.A., ranking among the world's largest original equipment manufacturers by vehicle sales. It offers mobility solutions through electrification and software initiatives and aims to develop an ecosystem of strategic partnerships to support a transition to sustainable mobility. The company markets a broad lineup including mainstream passenger vehicles, SUVs, pickup trucks and commercial vehicles under brands such as Fiat, Jeep, Chrysler, Ram, Peugeot, Citroën, Opel, Alfa Romeo and Maserati, and it sold about 5.5 million vehicles in 2024 across Europe, North America and South America.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

S3 Ventures

Founded in 2007, S3 Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. It specializes in Series A to C investments, focusing on information technology, medical devices, enterprise software, SaaS, marketing, financial services, and sales sectors. The firm primarily invests in the Southwestern United States, with a focus on Texas and Austin. S3 Ventures typically considers equity transactions of $10 million to $20 million, aiming for exits through acquisition or IPO.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Baird Capital

Baird Capital is a global private equity and venture capital firm based in Chicago, founded in 1989. It makes venture capital, growth equity, and buyout investments across sectors such as healthcare, technology-enabled services, industrial technology, financial technology and services, and industrials. The firm partners with company executives and entrepreneurs to build growth-oriented businesses, supporting strategies from early-stage to lower middle-market buyouts. It operates through multiple fund strategies, including a mid-stage venture capital program and a lower middle market private equity program that targets opportunities in the United States and Europe. Baird Capital maintains a global footprint with offices and affiliates in Europe and Asia, and it serves institutional and private clients as part of its investment advisory activities.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

RevTech Ventures

RevTech Ventures, founded in 2012 and based in Dallas, Texas, is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments within the retail technology sector. The firm focuses on identifying and supporting innovative companies at the intersection of retail and technology. RevTech Ventures initiates numerous small investments in promising startups and provides larger follow-on funding to those that exhibit significant growth and a sustainable competitive edge. The firm is dedicated to assisting the retail industry in adapting to the challenges posed by evolving market dynamics, particularly in the context of increasing competition from major online retailers.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Prime Movers Lab

Prime Movers Lab is a Wyoming-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 and headquartered in Jackson. It targets early-stage investments in deep-technology startups spanning energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, and agriculture, as well as adjacent areas such as human augmentation, autonomous systems, aerospace, drones, water, quantum computing, advanced materials, clean energy, and new space technology. The firm also backs health innovation and sustainable food initiatives. It makes equity investments in a range of roughly $0.25 million to $5 million and does not take board seats, lead rounds, co-invest, or seek controlling stakes, nor does it invest in publicly listed securities.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Sand Hill Angels

Sand Hill Angels is an angel investor network based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2000. It comprises more than 60 Silicon Valley technology professionals who support startup formation and growth by investing in private technology companies across North America at seed and early stages, including bridge rounds. The group focuses on technology sectors such as clean technology, Internet, information sciences, semiconductors, enterprise software, storage, and communications, as well as life sciences including medical devices, diagnostics, and bioinformatics. Typical investments range from $300,000 to $500,000 with pre-money valuations under about $5 million. The network collaborates with venture capital funds and other angel organizations and actively engages with the Bay Area ecosystem to foster the growth of technology startups.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Prosperity7 Ventures

Prosperity7 Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Aramco, based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It pursues long-term investments in early and growth-stage startups across multiple sectors, including geo-energy, enterprise technology, fintech, industrial technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, medical technology, biotechnology, mobility, cybersecurity, cloud computing, e-commerce, and blockchain. The firm seeks global partnerships and scalable solutions that can deliver impact, often collaborating with portfolio companies to support international growth and technology deployment. Its focus spans both B2B and B2C models, aiming to back disruptive technologies and business models with strategic value for Aramco and broader markets.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX

Invariantes Fund

Founded in 2015, Invariantes Fund is a venture capital firm based in Guatemala City. It invests in early-stage startups across the United States and Latin America, with a focus on companies leveraging software as infrastructure. The fund is industry-agnostic but has a strategic interest in software-focused businesses.
Made 1 investment in Houston, TX