# TEXO Ventures

> TEXO Ventures is a VC fund in Austin backing Health Care and Medical. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: Jun 2017
- Lead investor: 81%
- Last fund: Jan 2012
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/texo-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/TEXOventures
- Website: http://www.TEXOventures.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEXO-Ventures-130587963654721/

TEXO Ventures is a VC fund in Austin focused on Health Care and Medical. TEXO Ventures is dedicated to investing in and building innovative healthcare companies, but more importantly they invest in passionate entrepreneurs.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 12 | 39% |
| Medical | 4 | 13% |
| Medical Device | 4 | 13% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 10% |
| Hospital | 2 | 6% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 8 | 26% |
| Series B | 6 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 3% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Randall Crowder | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/randall-crowder-2 |
| Jerry DeVries | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerry-devries |
| Philip Sanger | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philip-sanger |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BetterDoctor | BetterDoctor helps validate and deliver accurate provider data to health plans, health systems, and hundreds of other companies via its API — from startups to publicly traded ones. This ultimately helps achieve the mission of helping consumers find the healthcare they need.Today, BetterDoctor's data platform and APIs power 9 health plans,350 companies, 1,500 developers, helping millions of people find the right doctor each month. Health Plans BetterDoctor uses multi-modal outreach to drive providers to attest their information on BetterDoctor's online portal. API PartnersBetterDoctor brings transparency to doctor data. Their real-time platform, master database and API services enable everyone to add doctor data to their systems, websites and applications. Today, BetterDoctor API and data tools power health insurance companies, healthcare startups and doctor search tools. https://betterdoctor.com/developers | $11M | Series B | Jun 20, 2017 |  |
| Wenzel Spine | Wenzel Spine, Inc. is a medical technology company focused on providing innovative diagnostic and minimally invasive surgical solutions for the treatment of spinal disorders. The company focused on delivering surgical solutions that improve the overall quality of spine care by simplifying procedures and reducing recovery time. | $3M | Series B | Sep 01, 2016 |  |
| SchoolCare | SchoolCare delivers free health technology for K-12 public schools to help school nurses deliver care and keep students safe. It is a digital health platform for the largest and most consistent health delivery system in the country. Their mission is to work with partners to provide a unified health record for every family. SchoolCare leveragespediatric health data and this country’s most successful public health organization, the K-12 school system, to improve outcomes and learn about clinical health data outside of the provider’s office. Traditional care coordination stops short of sending essential care instructions to School Nurses and thus increases the risk of stopped or inconsistent post-discharge care delivery. By closing the link in the pediatric care continuum, children stay healthy and get better faster. | $1.5M | Debt Financing | Apr 13, 2016 |  |
| Televero Health | Televero Health is a care management platform for Medicare and complex chronic populations with on-demand telehealth capabilities. We partner with Medicare Advantage plans to manage their high risk chronic populations and community-based behavioral health providers focused on effective treatment for the chronic disease of addiction. Our platform iscloud based, HIPAA compliant and offers multi-channel telehealth capabilities such as virtual consults, remote patient monitoring and a 24/7 navigation service for proactive follow-ups. |  |  | Nov 18, 2015 |  |
| Ortho Kinematics | Ortho Kinematics is a spine diagnostics company, provides spine motion analysis and diagnostic services. The company provides information to spine clinicians to assist them in diagnosing and treating back and neck pain. Its solution includes KineGraph Vertebral Motion Analyzer, an automated functional diagnostic test for the spine that usesfluoroscopy to capture the spine in motion, producing patient-specific graphs of the kinematics for each vertebral level. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Austin, Texas. |  |  | Aug 31, 2015 |  |
| IsoStem | IsoStem develops tools that support creating and editing radio programs and music productions. It commercializes a proprietary bone marrow autograft concentration system that is not only automated and disposable but also reduces the risk of infections and complications during medical procedures by eliminating the need for costly centrifuges andadditional personnel in the operating room.The name ISOSTEM stands for innovative audio tools for professional use in the fields of broadcasting, production, and post-production. The ISOSTEM products are developed in close cooperation with the French audio expert Antoine Hurtado and DSPECIALISTS as the executive development and sales company. | $1.3M | Series A | Jul 21, 2015 |  |
| SwipeSense | SwipeSense is a healthcare technology company that makes healthcare safe, efficient, and predictable through location-aware applications. The company designs and markets an RTLS platform that powers electronic Hand Hygiene monitoring, Real-Time Asset Tracking, and Nursing Insights applications. It runs multiple applications simultaneously andmonitors all of the core metrics in one place without the burden of logging in to multiple systems.SwipeSense platform creates a truly connected, collaborative ecosystem designed to improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of care. The company's Hand Hygiene application empowers facilities to create lasting behavior change with actionable insights. Their system is easy to install and non-disruptive for hospital staff. | $9.7M | Series B | Jun 10, 2015 |  |
| Sensentia | Sensentia automates complex tasks and processes in the health care administration domain that previously could only be done by humans, driving higher efficiency, better quality of service, at much lower cost. Sensentia is developing a whole platform and ecosystem of applications addressing a multitude of pains in this space. Our first product isproviding a fully automated system to answer the billion of inquiries insurers receive from their members and providers every year. | $1.3M | Convertible Note | May 07, 2015 |  |
| Ortho Kinematics | Ortho Kinematics is a spine diagnostics company, provides spine motion analysis and diagnostic services. The company provides information to spine clinicians to assist them in diagnosing and treating back and neck pain. Its solution includes KineGraph Vertebral Motion Analyzer, an automated functional diagnostic test for the spine that usesfluoroscopy to capture the spine in motion, producing patient-specific graphs of the kinematics for each vertebral level. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $9.6M | Series C | Apr 14, 2015 |  |
| EmployerDirect Healthcare | “Surgery Plus has been a valuable benefit in helping us to both reduce our costs and improve the overall perception of our benefit programs to our employees. We have achieved significant savings off of carrier negotiated discounts and the employees have had very positive medical experiences. I highly recommend the program!” |  | Series B | Feb 03, 2015 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MB Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mb-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Blue Cross Blue Shield Association](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-cross-and-blue-shield-association) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Gatebridge Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gatebridge-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sandbox Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandbox-industries) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [B-Fore Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-forecapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eclipse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eclipse-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does TEXO Ventures invest in?

TEXO Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Medical Device startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 31 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 TEXO Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at TEXO Ventures?

The team at TEXO Ventures includes Randall Crowder (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), Jerry DeVries (Managing Partner) and Philip Sanger (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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