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What does S3 Ventures invest in?
S3 Ventures invests most often at Series B and Series A (56% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Sustainable Development Goals, Tech For Good and Social Impact.
S3 Ventures highlights
- 01
2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02
Mostly Series B and Series A: 56% of its rounds
- 03
Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $4.0M
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5 exits from the portfolio
What they do
S3 Ventures is the largest and longest-serving venture capital firm born in Texas and investing nationwide.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $10M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- Sustainable Development GoalsTech For GoodSocial Impact
- Based in
- Austin, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first16 appearances
- 2026
2 rounds
- Aug
- Apr
- 2013
1 round
- Jun
- 2012
2 rounds
- Apr
- Feb
- 2011
2 rounds
- Aug
- Apr
- 2010
5 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- May
- May
- Feb
- 2009
2 rounds
- Jul
- Apr
- 2008
1 round
- Jun
- 2007
1 round
- Sept
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
We hold 15 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed5 in all
StoredIQBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedDec 2012
Sipera SystemsBought by AvayaUndisclosedOct 2011
LibreDigitalBought by RR Donnelley (Nasdaq:RRD)UndisclosedAug 2011
Phurnace SoftwareBought by BMC SoftwareUndisclosedJan 2010
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.