# Paul Hedrick

> Paul Hedrick is a seed investor at Tecovas (Austin) backing E-Commerce and Beauty. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tecovas](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tecovas-2)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulhedrick

Paul Hedrick is a seed investor at Tecovas in Austin focused on E-Commerce and Beauty. Paul Hedrick - Founder @ Tecovas

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 40% |
| Beauty | 1 | 20% |
| Catering | 1 | 20% |
| Delivery | 1 | 20% |
| Smart Home | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Disco | Disco is a clean skincare brand for men based in Austin, TX.Disco offers variety of different skin and body care products formulated by an ivy-league dermatologist. Disco's aim is to solve frustrations with the men’s grooming market: lack of simplicity, confusion, and shortage of education. Benjamin Smith established the brand and isheadquartered in Austin, Texas. | $2.2M | Seed | Apr 09, 2021 |  |
| Prefix | PreFix enables you to stop spending time worrying about your home and save 30-50% off annual maintenance costs. | $2.7M | Seed | Oct 02, 2019 |  |
| Tso Chinese Takeout & Delivery | Tso Chinese Delivery is a Chinese-American delivery and take-out digital restaurant - dishes are prepared and delivered from a central kitchen and customers use an e-commerce menu ordering platform. Kitchens are location agnostic, thus inherently scalable. The front-end and back-end software platform is designed to handle everything from thecustomer experience to the kitchen order management to the delivery tracking. It allows for multiple locations and is opened ended to adapt to future different cuisine concepts.There are currently 2 locations in Austin:Arboretum Crossing9333 Research Blvd Bldg E, Ste 402 Austin, TX 78759Cherrywood3909 N Interstate 35, Ste E-5 Austin, TX 78722 | $2.2M | Seed | May 26, 2019 |  |
| Tso Chinese Takeout & Delivery | Tso Chinese Delivery is a Chinese-American delivery and take-out digital restaurant - dishes are prepared and delivered from a central kitchen and customers use an e-commerce menu ordering platform. Kitchens are location agnostic, thus inherently scalable. The front-end and back-end software platform is designed to handle everything from thecustomer experience to the kitchen order management to the delivery tracking. It allows for multiple locations and is opened ended to adapt to future different cuisine concepts.There are currently 2 locations in Austin:Arboretum Crossing9333 Research Blvd Bldg E, Ste 402 Austin, TX 78759Cherrywood3909 N Interstate 35, Ste E-5 Austin, TX 78722 | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | May 26, 2019 |  |
| Made In Cookware | Made In is a direct-to-consumer premium, American, cookware brand that creates better tools for modern cooks at an affordable price. they aim to become the go-to kitchen brand for Millenials across all kitchen categories. | $3.3M | Seed | Aug 01, 2018 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Brand Foundry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brand-foundry-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Finn Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finn-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Firebrand Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firebrand-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Midnight Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/midnight-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Newlin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newlin) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tecovas

VC Fund · Austin, United States

Tecovas is a direct-to-consumer western footwear brand that designs and sells handmade men's and women's western boots directly to their customers. They partner with a third-generation, world-class boot maker and custom-developed their leather shoes. It was founded in 2015 by Paul Hedrick. Tecovas is based in Austin, Texas.

2 contacts available at Tecovas.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paul Hedrick | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-hedrick |
| Brian Spaly | Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-spaly |

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Hedrick invest in?

Paul Hedrick invests primarily in E-Commerce, Beauty and Catering startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Paul Hedrick last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Hedrick closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 5 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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