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SCF Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm

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Houston, TexasWebsite

SCF Ventures is a Seed, Series A, Series B venture capital firm based in Houston, Texas. The firm has 98 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
98 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B
HQ
Houston, Texas
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-17

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A, Series B

Portfolio

98+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investment Thesis

Houston-based specialist investor focused on energy technology and services across upstream, midstream, and industrial categories.

How SCF Ventures invests

SCF Ventures is a vc firm based in Houston, Texas. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.

SCF Ventures has backed 98 companies in our records, including American Piping Products, Phoenix Service Partners, Newpark Fluids Systems.

Partners & Team

ED

Ernie Danner

Managing Director

CX

Cissy Xiao

Finance Director

GJ

Garrett Jackson

Managing Director

SR

Sean Rice

Managing Partner

AK

Adam Kerr

Director

HS

Hugh Sheppard

Managing Director

DB

David Baldwin

Partner

CB

Charlie Booker

Senior Associate

LS

LE Simmons

Founder and Partner

energy infrastructure
energy services
products
technology

Founder and Partner at SCF Partners. Quoted as striving to be true partners and to work with entrepreneurs and management teams to build lasting industry-leading companies.

Portfolio Companies (98)

Other

AM

American Piping Products

Value-added distributor of pipe, fittings, and flanges to the energy, industrials, power generation, and data center markets

PH

Phoenix Service Partners

Service company specializing in high-horsepower, low-emission natural gas compression

NE

Newpark Fluids Systems

Newpark Fluids Systems provides a full range of drilling & completion products and related technical services

DE

DeltaValve

Industry-leading manufacturers of highly engineered, severe-service valves

TA

TapcoEnpro

Industry-leading manufacturers of highly engineered, severe-service valves

FL

Flowchem

Leading supplier of drag reducing agents

VA

Val-Tex

Trusted providers of high-quality valve maintenance products

SE

Sealweld

Trusted providers of high-quality valve maintenance products

CA

Camin Cargo Control

Provider of testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) services to the petroleum industry

CA

Callidus Group

Provider of total high-end flow control solutions to the Oil & Gas, Mining and Renewable Energy industries

How to pitch SCF Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A, Series B? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ernie Danner, Managing Director.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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