Texas Ventures

Texas Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in structured finance, capital markets, and technology investments. The firm focuses on providing guidance, insight, and capital to entrepreneurs and managers aiming to build world-class companies. Their investment approach emphasizes identifying emerging trends and opportunities before they gain broader market recognition, taking a proactive role in working with entrepreneurs and managers who possess the desire, talent, and determination to build successful companies. Texas Ventures brings a hands-on approach to each of their investments, often working more closely with management than other venture firms, which has contributed to their reputation as top industry performers for their partners and investors.

The firm's investment focus spans several sectors, including Communications, FinTech, Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Specialty Finance, and Energy Transition & Renewables. They strive to be good stewards of the environment and look to create opportunities that are beneficial and conducive to long-term shareholder, employee, and management harmony. Texas Ventures provides investment capital and expertise to assist companies that may be underserved by traditional sources of financing, investing in debt, equity, and hybrid instruments. With considerable operating experience and familiarity with various situations in a company's life cycle, they understand financial complexity and have significant experience at all levels of the capital structure, enabling them to act efficiently and nimbly to create value for investors, management, and stakeholders.

Founded over 25 years ago, Texas Ventures has managed more than 20 active investments. The firm's team includes professionals with deep expertise in technology and innovation, collaborating with world-renowned experts to provide unmatched support to their portfolio companies. The team is led by Managing Partner E. Scott Crist, who has an extensive background as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, and has served as CEO of Infrastructure Networks and founder/CEO of Telscape International. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from NC State University. Other key team members include Andrew Clark, Partner; Harvin Moore, Partner; Lisa Russell, VP Administration; Greg Smith, CFO; and Aruna Viswanathan, Partner. Each brings specialized expertise in areas such as SaaS, communications, energy-tech, hardware, biotech, life sciences, fintech, IoT, artificial intelligence, cloud, SaaS, semiconductors, e-commerce, and consumer products.