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10 Texas Family Offices Investing in Startups (2026)

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Here are ten active family offices from our database that are based in Texas and invest in startups, along with their websites:

  1. Turbo Industries (Austin)
    Turbo Industries represents the interests of the Alexander Family Office and focuses on venture capital and growth equity from Austin. The firm was founded in 2015 after more than a decade of financial transactions and entrepreneurial exits, and that same spirit still guides its portfolio decisions.
  2. Steelhead Capital Management (Fort Worth)
    Steelhead Capital Management was founded in 2008 by managing principal Leslie W. Kreis, Jr. From Fort Worth, it backs companies with high growth potential, working with management teams on organic growth, strategic acquisitions, and operational improvements.
  3. Mission Consumer Capital (Fort Worth)
    Mission Consumer Capital is a family office based in Fort Worth. It prefers to invest in United States companies in food, beverages, and other consumer product sectors.
  4. JF2 Capital Partners (Dallas)
    Founded in 2017, JF2 Capital Partners is a family office venture capital firm based in Dallas. It backs early-stage companies across a diverse array of industries.
  5. Cathexis Ventures
    Cathexis Ventures is the venture capital arm of Cathexis Holdings and invests at the early stage without sector or geography limits. Since formalizing its venture process in 2018 it has backed more than 100 companies, mostly seed-stage SaaS, hardware, and consumer businesses, with initial checks of $250,000 to $1 million and significant follow-on capacity.
  6. J. Hunt Holdings (Austin)
    J. Hunt Holdings is a family investment firm specializing in early-stage ventures from pre-seed through Series A. It takes an active role in fundraising support, drawing on a wide network of operators and investors to help its portfolio companies grow.
  7. Hersh Family Investments (Dallas)
    Hersh Family Investments was founded by Kenneth A. Hersh and invests the family's capital in private equity and venture capital. Managing its own money rather than a traditional fund, it looks for exceptional management teams and long-term partnerships with the potential to create substantial value.
  8. Small Ventures USA (Houston)
    Small Ventures USA is a venture capital and private equity firm founded by William O. Perkins III. It deploys capital opportunistically across sectors and regions with a bias toward early stage investment, and offers portfolio companies operational and financial-trading capabilities alongside funding.
  9. Hamershlag Private (Houston)
    Hamershlag Private is a family investment office dedicated to category defining companies across industries. It invests in early stage companies from seed to Series B in biotech, pharmaceuticals, wellness, blockchain, and other emerging technologies.
  10. Westcott (Dallas)
    Westcott Investment Group is a family investment office focused on early-stage augmented intelligence, frontier deep tech, and Y Combinator startups. It invests at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages.

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