# Texas Ventures

> Texas Ventures is a VC fund in Dallas backing Retail and Fashion. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dallas, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.texasventures.com/

Texas Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm with expertise in structured finance, capital markets and technology. We provide guidance, insight and capital to assist entrepreneurs and managers who have the desire, talent and determination to build world-class companies and opportunities. Our investment approach is to identifyemerging trends within business and consumer services, communications, energy, Internet, media and software sectors prior to recognition by the broader marketplace, and to take a proactive approach to work with entrepreneurs and managers who have the desire, talent and determination to build world-class companies. Texas Ventures brings a very hands-on approach to each of its investments and our team typically works more closely with management than most venture firms. As a result, we usually rank as top industry performers for our partners and investors.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Recycling | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 75% |
| Israel | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scott Crist | Founding Partner, Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-crist |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arbe | Arbe is building the future car’s eyes and brain using a High-Resolution Radar enabling cars to “see” the environment in any weather and any lighting condition, to long, mid and short ranges as well as in any azimuth, elevation, and Doppler. Its radar detects cars, motorcycles, bikes, and most importantly humans. Arbe’s radar, based on ourproprietary chipsets, is the next generation of safety products for ADAS and autonomous driving, offering superior performance at a low cost, size, and power consumption. | $100M | Post-IPO Equity | Oct 08, 2021 |  |
| Goodfair | Goodfair is a unisex online thrift marketplace that recycles pre-loved goods for fair and honest prices. It was founded by Topper Luciani in 2018 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. | $3.6M | Seed | Jun 12, 2020 |  |
| Machfu | Machfu grew out of a simple idea that developing and maintaining applications and infrastructure in the industrial IoT world should be as easy as it is in the desktop world or the smartphone world. | $3.8M | Series A | Dec 16, 2019 |  |
| NextSeed | NextSeed is an online fundraising and investment platform where any businesses can raise financing from any investors including non-accredited investors. The company is on a mission to connect businesses and individual investors to build vibrant communities across America.It was founded in 2014 by Abraham Chu, Robert Dunton, and Youngro Lee andis headquartered in Houston, Texas. | $7M | Seed | Jun 01, 2017 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Imaginary Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imaginary-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amplify.LA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplify-la) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blu Venture Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blu-venture-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Collaboration Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collaboration-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CSL Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/csl-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Texas Ventures invest in?

Texas Ventures invests primarily in Retail, Fashion and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Texas Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Texas Ventures?

The team at Texas Ventures includes Scott Crist (Founding Partner, Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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