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Pre-seed investors in Texas

19 of 27 pre-seed firms that report a preference say they can lead. 1 active since September.

Can leadMostly followsNot reportedRecently active
Mercury FundActive Oct 14
Texas
Blair Garrou, Adrian Fortino+5 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsVertical AI +10
$100K to $10MCan lead
Active Capital
Texas
Pat Matthews, Chris Saum
Pre-seedLeadsGeneralist
$100K to $1MCan lead
Angel Ventures
Texas
Elisa Sepúlveda, Marcelo de la Garza
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsFintech +5
$250K to $1MCan lead
Cathexis Ventures
Texas
Mark Friday
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsGeneralist
$250K to $1MCan lead
Clutch VC
Texas
Rajiv Bala, Steve Coffey
Pre-seedSeedLeadsEnterprise softwareConfirmed by the firm
$500K to $3MCan lead
Fitz Gate Ventures
Texas · Fund $70M
Jim Cohen, Mark Poag
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsGeneralist
$500K to $1MCan lead
iFly.vc
Texas
Han Shen
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsConsumer +1
$500K to $10MCan lead
Ironspring
Texas · Fund $100 million (2024)
Peter J. Holt, Ty Findley+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsIndustrial +3
Check size not reportedCan lead
KdT Ventures
Texas · Fund Over (2024)
Cain McClary, Mack Healy+4 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsLife sciences +1
$500K to $10MCan lead
LiveOak Ventures
Texas
Krishna Srinivasan, Venu Shamapant+4 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralistConfirmed by the firm
$500K to $3MCan lead
Morrison Seger Venture Capital Partners
Texas
Matt Hostetler, Lucy Walsh+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralist
$500K to $10MCan lead
Multicoin Capital
Texas · Fund $422M (2022)
Shayon Sengupta, Spencer Applebaum+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsCrypto
$500K to $30M+Can lead
Seaplane Ventures
Texas
Joe Magyer
Pre-seedSeedLeadsGeneralist
$100K to $500KCan lead
Space VC
Texas
Jonathan Lacoste
Pre-seedSeedLeadsDefense and space +2Confirmed by the firm
$500K to $1MCan lead
Sputnik ATX
Texas
Joe Merrill, Oksana Malysheva
Pre-seedLeadsGeneralist
$100K to $250KCan lead
Trammell Venture Partners (TVP)
Texas
Christopher Calicott
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCryptoConfirmed by the firm
$250K to $10MCan lead
Turing Venture Capital
Texas
Hamad Pervaiz
Pre-seedSeedLeadsVertical AI +4
Check size not reportedCan lead
Varrock Ventures
Texas
Richard Chen
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto +1
$500K to $1MCan lead
Virtue
Texas
Emre Karatas, Sean Doolan
Pre-seedSeedLeadsHealthtech
$500K to $10MCan lead
Arche Capital
Texas
Vanessa Grellet, William Wolf+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedCrypto +1
Check size not reportedLead not reported
ATP Fund
Texas
Kyle Cox, Safi Modi
Pre-seedSeedSeries AClimate +4
Check size not reportedLead not reported
Cogniphy
Texas
Suhas Karambelkar
Pre-seedSeedSeries AGeneralist
Check size not reportedLead not reported
Conscience VC
Texas
Ariana Thacker
Pre-seedSeedLife sciences +1Confirmed by the firm
$100K to $250KMostly follows
Cubit Capital
Texas
Trevor Rees-Jones, Guilherme Hadlich+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ADeep tech +6
Check size not reportedLead not reported
Ecosphere Ventures
Texas
Adil Jafry
Pre-seedSeedClimate +4
Check size not reportedLead not reported
Ensemble VC
Texas
Collin West, Gopi Sundaramurthy+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries AGeneralist
Check size not reportedLead not reported
Flatiron Labs
Texas
Pre-seedFintech +2
Check size not reportedLead not reported
Gigafund
Texas
Luke Nosek, Stephen Oskoui
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGeneralist
Check size not reportedLead not reported
Heracles Capital
Texas
Eric Seufert
Pre-seedSeedConsumer +1
Check size not reportedMostly follows
Kaleo Ventures
Texas
Andrew Firman, CFA, Henry Kaestner+2 on the team
Pre-seedGeneralist
Check size not reportedLead not reported
New Climate Ventures
Texas
Donald Kendall, Eric Rubenstein+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries AClimate +1
$250K to $3MMostly follows
Newtype Ventures
Texas
Alejandro Lozano, Ethan Monreal-Jackson+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedGeneralistConfirmed by the firm
$100K to $500KMostly follows
Rock Yard Ventures
Texas
Daniel Dart
Pre-seedSeedIndustrial +5
Up to $100KMostly follows
Seaside Ventures
Texas
Harrison Valner, Ryan Roddy
Pre-seedSeedSeries AHealthtech +1
Check size not reportedLead not reported
South Loop Ventures
Texas
Zach Ellis Jr., Andres Bryan
Pre-seedSeedGeneralist
$100K to $500KMostly follows
SpaceFund
Texas
John Bohlmann, Luke Moloney+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ADefense and space
Check size not reportedLead not reported
Stone Mountain Ventures
Texas
John Diaz
Pre-seedSeedHealthtechConfirmed by the firm
$100K to $500KMostly follows
TipTop VC
Texas
Nick Tippmann
Pre-seedSeedVertical AIConfirmed by the firm
$100K to $500KMostly follows

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Questions

How many pre-seed investors in texas are there?

Mode VC tracks 38 firms on this list as of 2026-10-15. 1 have been active since September 2026.

What check size do pre-seed investors in texas write?

The most reported band is $500K to $1M, reported by 16 firms on this list.

Which pre-seed investors in texas lead rounds?

19 of 27 firms that report a preference say they can lead. Turn on "Leads rounds" to see only them.