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Mitchell Green
Founding Partner, Lead Edge Capital
David Hall
Managing Partner, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Funds
Morgan Flager
Managing Partner, Silverton Partners
Tess Hatch
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Paul Hobby
Founder & Managing Partner, Genesis Park
Jim Kim
General Partner, Builders VC
Gina Luna
Managing Partner, Genesis Park
Kush Parmar, M.D., Ph.D.
Managing Partner, 5AM Ventures
Lainy Painter
Partner, Craft Ventures
Chris Rizik
CEO & Managing Partner, Renaissance Venture Capital
Dana Settle
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Greycroft
Caitlin Strandberg
Partner, Lerer Hippeau
Adam Sharkawy
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Material Impact
Charles Tate
Chairman, Arva
Intelligence & Founder,
Yonder Hospitality &
Newton Nurseries
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Venture Capital Anchor
Paul Cherukuri
Vice President of Innovation, Rice University
Bob Harvey
President & CEO, Greater Houston Partnership
Kyle Judah
Executive Director, Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Lilie), Rice University
Reginald DesRoches
President, Rice University
Andrea Course
Venture Principal, Shell Ventures
Dr. Peter Pisters
President, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ron Haddock
Vice President Strategic Planning & M&A Transactions,
LyondellBasell
Melinda Spaulding
Vice President for Advancement & Communications, Texas Southern University
Douglas Terrier
Associate Director for Vision and Strategy, NASA Johnson Space Center
Enteprenurs Anchor
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Gaurab Chakrabarti
CEO & Co-Founder, Solugen
(Houston Unicorn)
Martin Kay
CEO & Co-Founder, Entera
Trevor Best
CEO & Co-Founder, Syzygy Plasmonics
Gwyneth Paltrow
CEO & Founder, Goop
Nic Radford
CEO, Founder, & Chairman, Nauticus Robotics
Omair Tariq
CEO & Co-Founder, Cart.com
Urvish Vashi
Chief Operating Officer, HighRadius
(Houston Unicorn)
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About the Organizer
HX Venture Fund is a venture capital fund of funds that creates a multiplier effect by linking the transformational power of world-class corporations, technology innovation, and high-growth startups with proven venture investment talent, company-building expertise, and capital. We are backed by some of Houston's most innovative corporations dedicated to creating a meaningful impact to the tech ecosystem. In addition, the venture capital funds in our portfolio bring their significant experience and, at their full discretion, risk capital to Houston’s best high-growth companies across all industry sectors.
MANY THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS
Support of the HX Venture Fund Limited Partners
Grateful for Our Sponsors
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