# David Steakley

> David Steakley is a seed investor at Thiwtlig Management backing Manufacturing and Internet. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Thiwtlig Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thiwtlig-management)
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Oct 2018
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-steakley/2/8b5/69
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/dsteakley
- Website: http://thiwtlig.com

David Steakley is an investor in real estate and private equity in Houston.David was a partner at the consulting firm Accenture, focusing on clients in the financial services industry. After leaving Accenture, where he worked for 19 years, David found himself running a small non-profit private school for academically gifted students, RainardSchool, as a volunteer member of the school's board of directors.David has been an active member of the Houston Angel Network for the past two years, and is currently managing a portfolio of approximately 20 private equity stakes for himself and a small private equity fund run by his company, Thiwtlig Management, and is involved in a number of real estate ventures.David serves on the boards of the Vender Safe, Pervino, Salient Pharmaceuticals and RSET, and is a governing trustee of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, and is on the board of directors of the Houston Angel Network.David graduated from Williams College in 1983 with bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics and American Studies. He and his wife have four children, and he spends a lot of time camping in cow pastures with his son’s boy scout troop.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 20% |
| Internet | 2 | 13% |
| Food Processing | 2 | 13% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 13% |
| Music | 1 | 7% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 20% |
| Angel | 2 | 13% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Riders Share | Riders Share is a peer-to-peer marketplace startup that offers street-legal motorcycle rentals. Its platform enables riders to book any bike they want online, from stock low capacity bikes to high-end full custom rides, all while avoiding the grueling process that is traditional rentals. It offers motorcycle rentals in Los Angeles, San Francisco,New York, Austin, Houston, Dallas, Miami, Washington, Seattle, Boston, Denver, and more. With over 2,000 motorcycles listed, Riders Share has the largest variety of motorcycle rental inventory available in the U.S. | $300K | Seed | Oct 03, 2018 |  |
| Autonomous Marine Systems | Low-cost, self-powered ocean surface drones, deployed in fleets that form an intelligent sensor network to collect and transmit marine data | $1.6M | Seed | Feb 24, 2016 |  |
| Autonomous Marine Systems | Low-cost, self-powered ocean surface drones, deployed in fleets that form an intelligent sensor network to collect and transmit marine data | $500K | Seed | Sep 01, 2015 |  |
| Quarri Technologies | Quarri is a leading provider of on demand web browser information security solutions that secure information and content at the endpoint. Their products give enterprises the ability to extend security controls temporarily to web browsers accessing their web applications, providing information protection and data leakage prevention wherever yourusers are. | $2.1M | Debt Financing | Apr 20, 2015 |  |
| Set.fm | Set.fm provides a technology platform which allows musicians to capture and sell their recordings.Set.fm is built by music lovers for music lovers. Their free app helps working musicians tap into additional revenue streams. With Set.fm, artists can instantly capture, promote, and sell recordings of their live performances. It’s simple to set upand most artists already have the equipment needed to produce high quality recordings. Now fans everywhere can relive the live show experience long after the house lights have come up. Set.fm is proudly based in the live music capital of the world, Austin, Texas. | $12.5K | Angel | Apr 09, 2015 |  |
| Boomerang Pies | Boomerang makes hand-held savory pies that are sold in both the fresh and frozen food aisle of a local grocery store. Its focus has not only been on convenience but making real, top-quality Aussie-inspired food.Jack decided to bring a taste of Australia back to America and opened Boomerang’s Pies in 2006. Lance McInnes discovered this delicacywhile in Australia. | $50K | Seed | Dec 16, 2014 |  |
| Quarri Technologies | Quarri is a leading provider of on demand web browser information security solutions that secure information and content at the endpoint. Their products give enterprises the ability to extend security controls temporarily to web browsers accessing their web applications, providing information protection and data leakage prevention wherever yourusers are. | $68K |  | Aug 13, 2014 |  |
| Siotex | SioTeX™ is a specialty chemical and performance materials manufacturer. SioTeX has developed a drop-in replacement for fumed silica called Eco-Sil™. Their patent pending technology uses rice hulls, an abundant biowaste, as the raw material. The process is much simpler than the conventional method, consumes substantially less energy, and involvesfew toxic reactants. Every year, millions of tons of rice hulls are discarded. Their technology won an EPA award for its ability to reduce rice hull landfilling and field burning. | $227.5K | Seed | Jul 31, 2014 |  |
| HeatGen | HeatGen offers self-heating technology that turns ordinary food packaging into self-heating packaging. The company's self-heating technology integrates into various forms of consumer packaging and heats prepared food/beverages in a container using a flameless thermal reaction. Its technology is used to heat food/beverage products onthe go; in office and outdoor settings, and cars; at schools and sporting events; during emergencies and outdoor recreations; and while traveling. HeatGenie serves the food and food packaging industries. The company was formerly known as Ironbridge Technologies, Inc. HeatGenie was founded in 2007 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $100K |  | Jul 01, 2014 |  |
| Cinegif | Cinegif is an Austin, Texas-based software development company whose patented video conversion software helps marketers communicate and tell a story, without the file size, complexity, and cost of traditional video. Branding professionals, email marketing firms, and web hosting companies use Cinegifs to improve customer engagement on web pages,e-mail, social media, text messages, and digital signage. | $21K | Seed | May 30, 2014 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Texas HALO Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/texas-halo-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [3 Wise Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3-wise-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Edgebrook Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edgebrook-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fontinalis Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fontinalis-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Thiwtlig Management

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Thiwtlig Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Steakley | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-steakley |

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## FAQ

### What does David Steakley invest in?

David Steakley invests primarily in Manufacturing, Internet and Food Processing startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did David Steakley last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Steakley closed in Oct 2018. Shizune tracks 15 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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