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Texas Halo Fund — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$500K Checks)

VC
Austin, TexasWebsite

Texas Halo Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas investing in Healthcare, Consumer, EdTech. The firm typically writes $100K–$500K checks and has 22 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$500K
Portfolio
22 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Healthcare, Consumer, EdTech, Developer Tools, Other
HQ
Austin, Texas
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-06

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $500K

Portfolio

22+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2016Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Emerging early-stage investor with a likely broad thesis and strong local-network orientation. Included as a smaller check-size option if verified active in healthtech.

How Texas Halo Fund invests

Texas Halo Fund is a vc firm based in Austin, Texas. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Healthcare, Consumer, EdTech, Developer Tools, Other.

Texas Halo Fund typically writes checks of $100K–$500K per investment.

Investing since at least 2012, Texas Halo Fund has backed 22 companies in our records, including Onit, HUVRData, my LAB Box. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2016.

Partners & Team

NP

Not publicly verified

GP

early-stage
KS

Kyra Shepherd

Managing Director

RT

Rob Tucci

Managing Director

DS

David Steakley

Managing Director

CL

Christy Luquire

Managing Director

Industry Focus

Invests In

Healthcare
Consumer
EdTech
Developer Tools
Other

Portfolio Companies (22)

2016

ON

Onit

Onit makes workflow and process management software, applicable to a company’s General Counsel function, Human Resources, and any business processes where adherence to process is a critical issue.

2015

HU

HUVRData

Fund I

HUVRData performs industrial inspections faster, safer with more actionable data than current methods.

MY

my LAB Box

Fund I

my LAB Box is the first provider of at-home testing for sexually transmitted diseases.

2014

CE

Cerebrotech

Cerebrotech is an innovative medical device company focused on the development of portable neurotechnology solutions.

WO

Wonder

Wonder provides loyalty and couponing capabilities linked directly to a customer’s credit card.

AU

Autonomous Marine Systems

Autonomous Marine Systems builds autonomous boats, small sailing catamarans, which serve as a cost-effective platform for a variety of sensors.

AD

Adient Medical

Adient Medical is developing an absorbable inferior vena cava filter to prevent thrombosis.

QU

Quad Technologies

Fund I

Quad Technologies makes an innovative hydrogel for use in cell selection, in the manufacturing of biologic-based therapeutics.

SI

SioTeX

Fund I

SioTeX has developed a cost-efficient process for turning discarded rice hulls into high quality silicon dioxide.

DE

Deep Imaging Technologies

Deep Imaging Technologies provides services to use electromagnetic radiation to image the results of fracking operations in oil and gas reservoirs.

How to pitch Texas Halo Fund
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Healthcare, Consumer, EdTech — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $500K check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Not publicly verified, GP.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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