# Kyle Bethancourt

> Kyle Bethancourt is a Series A investor at Sallyport Investments backing Advice and Analytics. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sallyport Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sallyport-investments)
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylebethancourt/

Kyle Bethancourt is a Series A investor at Sallyport Investments in Houston focused on Advice and Analytics. Kyle Bethancourt received a BBA in Accounting and Finance from Texas A&M University and a MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from The Wharton School in Philadelphia, Pensylvania. Mr. Bethancourt is a Managing Director and co-founder of Sallyport Investments, LLC, (Sallyport) a private investment company that specializes in oilfield service,exploration and production, and pipeline transactions. Prior to Sallyport, Mr. Bethancourt was a Vice President at the Blackstone Group (Blackstone) where he worked for their credit division, GSO Capital Partners. His primary focus was on exploration and production investments with a focus on the Permian basin and the Utica shale. Mr. Bethancourt was also involved in the successful launch of the Franklin Square Energy & Power fund, which makes debt investments in energy-focused businesses. Previous to Blackstone, Mr. Bethancourt worked for D. E. Shaw & Co. (Shaw), a hedge fund based in New York City with $25 billion of assets under management. While at Shaw Mr. Bethancourt made investments in renewable and traditional power projects. He was involved with developing a portfolio of biomass power projects in central California and he also helped manage a portfolio of traditional natural gas fired facilities in the Midwest. Before Shaw, Mr. Bethancourt spent time working for the El Paso Corporation and for Merrill Lynch where he worked on debt and equity transactions totaling over $6 billion.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Advice | 1 | 100% |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Consulting | 1 | 100% |
| Information Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VRGL | VRGL specializes in offering data analytics, portfolio performance, investment strategies, and guidance for wealth management businesses. | $15M | Series A | Aug 30, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Checchi Capital Advisers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/checchi-capital-advisers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dynasty Financial Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dynasty-financial-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FINTOP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fintop-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fin-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flyover Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flyovercapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Compound](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/metamorphic-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sallyport Investments

VC Fund

Founded in 2012, Sallyport Investments is a single-family office based in Houston, TX. Sallyport provides capital and leadership to companies, with a primary focus in the energy, energy transition, and financial services industries. Sallyport endeavors to be a value-adding partner to the companies in which it invests, working side-by-side with itsmanagement teams to create great businesses and long-term value.

2 contacts available at Sallyport Investments.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Doug Foshee | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doug-foshee |
| Kyle Bethancourt | Managing Director and Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyle-bethancourt-ef97 |

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## FAQ

### What does Kyle Bethancourt invest in?

Kyle Bethancourt invests primarily in Advice, Analytics and Consulting startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 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 Kyle Bethancourt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kyle Bethancourt closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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