Texas HALO Fund
VC Fund
Houston, United States
Texas HALO Fund is an investment company that specializes in investing in early-stage businesses with promising growth prospects and exceptional management teams. Its investment approach identifies compelling businesses from multiple sources and without regard to the industry or geographic location. Quite simply, it seeks the best opportunities, locally, regionally, and nationally, in order to generate the highest returns for the investors with the lowest possible risk. The firm was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
- Total investments:
- 103
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 9%
- Fund size:
- $175k
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Texas HALO Fund invests in
Stages Texas HALO Fund invests in
Countries Texas HALO Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $105k–$3M
- Series A
- $3M–$10M
- Convertible Note
- $2.5M–$2.6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 22 (21%)
- Medical Device 14 (14%)
- Software 13 (13%)
- Medical 12 (12%)
- Biotechnology 11 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 32 (31%)
- Convertible Note 19 (18%)
- Series A 11 (11%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (5%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (4%)
Country
- United States 57 (55%)
- Canada 2 (2%)
- Hungary 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Christy Luquire
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Andrew Clark
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
David Steakley
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 20 | Find email | |
|
Kevin King
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Robert Tucci
Founder & Managing Director
|
Founder & Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| FlourishFund is a digital platform that empowers and supports new and expecting families. The platform consists of two parts: a marketplace with evidence-based goods and vetted maternal wellness services and a funding mechanism for friends and families to contribute to a positive birth and parenting journey. | Convertible Note / Aug 24, 2022 | ||
| Vartega is a technology development company specializing in the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic recycling process. Vartega develops alternative technology, processes, and equipment to provide low-cost carbon fiber for use in mass-market applications.Vartega's patented carbon fiber recycling process scales rapidly to fill a gap in thecomposites supply chain. The company’s carbon fiber is available in semi-continuous, chopped, and milled forms. It is ideally suited for use in thermoplastics, non-wovens, and molding compounds. | $5M / Seed / Aug 16, 2022 | ||
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Drusolv Therapeutics
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Drusolv Therapeutics is a clinical-stage drug company developing a novel, high-dose statin for early intervention in age-related macular degeneration. Their product ocustatin is aimed at patients who are still in the intermediate stage of the disease and currently have very limited options to prevent progression to late-stage vision loss. Ocustatinwas developed at Harvard University and has been validated in a very successful proof-of-concept clinical trial that showed a 75% reduction in progression to late-stage blindness. John Edwards, the founder and CEO of Drusolv, is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in AMD. | Convertible Note / May 09, 2022 | |
| Rellevate is a financial services company dedicated to empowering consumers through innovative services that allow consumers to access, move and use their money anytime, anywhere. Rellevate's products, offered primarily via employers, include a Digital Account with interest with Pay Any-Day, Bill Pay, and Send Money.Rellevate is focused onhelping employers improve employee retention, reduce turnover, boost satisfaction, and loyalty by enabling empowering consumers to take greater control over their finances via its product suite. | Seed / Feb 25, 2022 | ||
| Dynamic Light is based in Austin, Texas, and was founded in May 2018. Dynamic Light’s mission is to enable real-time blood flow imaging to improve patient care and lower health care costs. Their technology supports better decision-making by providing surgeons continuous, real-time, and high-resolution visualization of blood flow and perfusion. | Convertible Note / Feb 18, 2022 | ||
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Sonnest
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Sonnest offers electrically sensitive imaging agent for assessing and monitoring the perfusion, structure, and function of the heart. | Convertible Note / Feb 02, 2022 | |
| Ictero Medical is a medical devices company that specializes in helps definitive treatment option for patients. | $6M / Series A / Dec 12, 2021 | ||
| We seek to accelerate adoption of sustainable ag practices and maximize farm profits through non-chemical, directed energy (DE) solutions. We currently have consumer use DE weed control products selling online and in big-box retailers. Our next product, the WDSD, addresses the challenge of herbicide-resistant weeds in grain crops. The WDSD quicklyattaches to combine harvesters and applies DE to weed seeds making them nonviable without chemicals. | $1.7M / Seed / Dec 09, 2021 | ||
| Vartega is a technology development company specializing in the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic recycling process. Vartega develops alternative technology, processes, and equipment to provide low-cost carbon fiber for use in mass-market applications.Vartega's patented carbon fiber recycling process scales rapidly to fill a gap in thecomposites supply chain. The company’s carbon fiber is available in semi-continuous, chopped, and milled forms. It is ideally suited for use in thermoplastics, non-wovens, and molding compounds. | Seed / Dec 01, 2021 | ||
| Vartega is a technology development company specializing in the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic recycling process. Vartega develops alternative technology, processes, and equipment to provide low-cost carbon fiber for use in mass-market applications.Vartega's patented carbon fiber recycling process scales rapidly to fill a gap in thecomposites supply chain. The company’s carbon fiber is available in semi-continuous, chopped, and milled forms. It is ideally suited for use in thermoplastics, non-wovens, and molding compounds. | Seed / Nov 18, 2021 | ||
| See all 103 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Texas HALO Fund invest in?
Texas HALO Fund invests primarily in Health Care, Medical Device and Software startups, most often at Seed and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 103 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Texas HALO Fund invest in?
Texas HALO Fund typically joins rounds of $105k–$3M at Seed, $3M–$10M at Series A and $2.5M–$2.6M at Convertible Note. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Texas HALO Fund's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Texas HALO Fund took part in.
How do I contact Texas HALO Fund?
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Who are the partners at Texas HALO Fund?
The team at Texas HALO Fund includes Christy Luquire (Managing Director), Andrew Clark (Founder) and David Steakley (Managing Director), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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