About Texas Ventures
Texas Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It is primarily based out of Dallas, United States. As of Jun 2020, Texas Ventures has invested in 53 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Goodfair Overall, Texas Ventures portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, 3 IPOs and 11 acquisitions including key companies like BitGo, SpaceX and Anduril. A lot of funds co-invest with Texas Ventures, with names like Texas Halo Fund sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Texas Ventures has team of 5 people including 4 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Unicorns
Texas Ventures' List of Top Investments
Texas Ventures has a portfolio of 53 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments include BitGo and SpaceX.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, United Kingdom and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Life Sciences and 20 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Texas Ventures:1. BitGo
Platform that offers crypto based financial services. It offers custody, trading, and lending solutions to institutional investors and crypto platforms. It provides regulated and insured custody for digital assets, with a cold storage to manage counterparty risk. Its solutions include features like whitelisting, user level permissions, and velocity controls.
Key facts about BitGo
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $170M
- Employee Count: 200 - 499 as on Mar 01, 2026
- Investors: K2 Global, Goldman Sachs and 39 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jan 24, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. SpaceX
Provider of advanced aerospace and space transportation services. It delivers advanced launch services using reusable rocket systems designed to transport crew and cargo for missions to orbit, the Moon, Mars, and deep space exploration. It also develops and operates large-scale satellite networks that provide high-speed, low-latency internet connectivity across the globe, including remote and underserved regions. It supports human spaceflight programs aimed at expanding long-duration space exploration and increasing access to space for both commercial and governmental missions.
Key facts about SpaceX
- Founded Year: 2002
- Location: Hawthorne (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $11.9B
- Employee Count: 20,561 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: TrueBridge, equitywestsecurities.com and 268 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series J, Mar 17, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. Anduril
Provider of AI-driven defense and autonomous systems across air, land, sea, and space domains. It develops integrated platforms that enhance situational awareness, real-time decision-making, and operational effectiveness for defense and security applications. It delivers a range of autonomous systems and software-defined defense infrastructure, including surveillance systems, unmanned platforms, and command-and-control technologies designed to operate in complex and contested environments. Its solutions support modern military needs such as border security, force protection, and multi-domain mission coordination.
Key facts about Anduril
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Costa Mesa (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series H
- Total Funding till date: $11.3B
- Employee Count: 6,214 as on Nov 12, 2025
- Investors: Fidelity Investments, Avitas Capital and 80 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series H, May 13, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Arbe
Provider of AI-enabled radar-based solutions for autonomous vehicles. It designs and develops a radar-based chipset, which can be used in autonomous vehicles for real-time imaging and perception solutions. It uses advanced algorithms to enable ultra-high resolution and offers customized solutions for clients. It offers features, such as eliminating false threat alarms and advanced tracking.
Key facts about Arbe
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Tel Aviv (Israel)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $53.5M
- Employee Count: 184 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Kreos Capital, SIB Investment Group and 28 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 16, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Peopleperhour.com is an online marketplace that helps gap the bridge between freelance or self-employed professionals and small or medium-sized businesses. Businesses looking for freelancers can browse all services on offer,post a job or get in touch with a freelancers after viewing their profiles.Offers a single platform to manage,pay and communicate. A down-payment is done to start the job, rest is released after completion. Freelancers can be rated based on performance. Won Business website of the year at The Good Web Guide Awards in 2013.Backed by angel investor Michael van Swaaij (founder of eBay Europe and ex-chairman of Skype)
Key facts about PeoplePerHour
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $33.2M
- Employee Count: 4,112 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Index Ventures, Nordic Makers and 44 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 18, 2012, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Texas Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Texas Ventures has invested in 53 companies over the last 11 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Goodfair.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Texas Ventures' Investments by Stage
Texas Ventures has made 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.21M, 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.75M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $27.7M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 2 |
Series A | 1 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Texas Ventures' Investments by Sector
Texas Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Retail, Consumer, Food and Agriculture Tech and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 37 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 37 Tech companies, 23 Software companies and at least 11 companies focusing on Tech hardware.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Retail | 2 |
Consumer | 1 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 1 |
High Tech | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Texas Ventures' Investments by Geography
Texas Ventures has made most investments in United States (3), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 3 |
Canada | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Texas Ventures' recent investments
Texas Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Texas Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 26, 2020 | United States | Seed | 4482 | [+6] | |
Dec 16, 2019 | United States | Series A | 8099 | ||
Sep 18, 2018 | United States | Series B | 4036 | ||
Aug 10, 2015 | Canada | Seed | 5339 | - |
Unicorns in Texas Ventures' Portfolio
Texas Ventures has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Anduril. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Anduril which became a unicorn in 2019, 7 years before Texas Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Texas Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
75 | Provider of AI-driven defense and autonomous systems across air, land, sea, and space domains | 2017 | Costa Mesa | Series H | knukmwv |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Texas Ventures' Portfolio
3 of Texas Ventures' portfolio companies have become public. SpaceX got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Jun 2026 at marketcap of $996B and BitGo got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at marketcap of $1.92B.Here are Texas Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 12, 2026 | - | - | 4946 | |
Jan 22, 2026 | - | - | 1896 | |
Oct 08, 2021 | - | - | 2611 |
Acquired companies in Texas Ventures' Portfolio
11 companies from Texas Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Leapfin in Jun 2026 by Airwallex for $*****.Here are Texas Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 11, 2026 | - | - | 4765 | |
Jan 28, 2026 | - | - | 7456 | |
May 08, 2025 | - | - | 9740 | |
Dec 12, 2023 | Dec 16, 2019 | Series A | 2054 | |
Aug 16, 2023 | - | - | 6282 |
Team profile of Texas Ventures
Texas Ventures has a team of 5 members including 4 Partners located in United States. Texas Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Texas Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Houston | - | ||
Partner | Houston | - | - | |
Partner | Houston | - | ||
Partner | - | - | - |
Co-investors of Texas Ventures
Over the past 11 years, 20 investors have co-invested in Texas Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Texas Ventures: Plug and Play Tech Center, Blu Venture Investors and 8 others have invested in rounds before Texas Ventures. There is 1 company where Plug and Play Tech Center has invested before Texas Ventures and 1 company where Blu Venture Investors has invested before Texas Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Texas Ventures: 10 investors entered a company along with Texas Ventures. These include investors like Texas Halo Fund (1 company).
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