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Structured For What Matters

 

Our single-LP model sets us apart.

 
 


20

YEARS INVESTING
IN TEXAS



$900M+

ASSETS UNDER
MANAGEMENT



1

PHILANTHROPIC
LIMITED PARTNER

 
 

Founded in 2005, S3 Ventures is backed by a single limited partner--enabling us to be be patient, flexible investors — undistracted by fundraising and unencumbered by constraints faced by traditional venture capital firms.

 
 
 

Our Founders

 

We are committed to empowering visionary founders with the patient capital and true resources required to build extraordinary, high-impact companies.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Our Companies

 

Our 60+ startup investments have raised over $2B with 30+ currently active and 30+ realized exits collectively valued over $3B.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Investment Stages

We are with you all the way.

 
 
 
 

We lead with initial investments of $500K to $10M+ with the ability to invest $20M+ over the life of a company — while our sole limited partner can co-invest in the later rounds of growth-stage portfolio companies.

 
 

Investment Sectors

We invest in entrepreneurs re-imagining the way the world works, lives, and heals.

 

BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY

DIGITAL EXPERIENCES

changing the way consumers
live, learn, and play

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HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY

improving the human condition
through medical devices and software

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Our Team

We believe big ideas should have the opportunity to change the world. 

 
 
 
 
 

We are a dedicated team of entrepreneurs, operators, and investors with a breadth of experiences and balance of perspectives.

 
 

Partnering for over a decade, we are collectively committed to delivering patient capital, true resources, and big impacts.

 
 
 
 

Resources

Homegrown tools that our portfolio companies (and many others) have found helpful.