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Houston Ventures
Venture capital · Houston, TX, United States · North America
Houston Ventures is a software investment firm that has followed a dedicated vertical strategy since 2004, focused on the Energy industry. It has sold portfolio companies to acquirers including IBM, AT&T, Siemens and IHS.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
In its own wordsenterprise softwareenergyvertical softwareworkforce managementindustrial software
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Or find every investor that fitsHouston Ventures lists 7 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (25%), AI & Machine Learning (17%) and Enterprise Software (17%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Altira Group, Capital Factory and Cypress Growth Capital.
No funding round on record names Houston Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 25% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 17% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 17% | 8% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 8% | 3% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| Human Resources | 8% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 12th | 7 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 36th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Houston Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
7 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoforce provides asset tracking solutions for various industries | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Kahuna provides software for managing and validating workforce skills | Human ResourcesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| NuPhysicia provides medical services to patients or clinics by telemedicine and offers telemedicine goods, services, and expertise to health care organizations. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| RigNet provides digital transformation services, including managed communications and machine learning analytics, to connect and secure distributed assets. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| SecurityGate provides OT cybersecurity risk management software | CybersecurityIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Tracts provides a title management platform for mineral ownership and title management | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Zilliant helps enterprises execute pricing consistently, confidently, and at scale. | Enterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- houven.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 7
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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