Active Investments
Cannon Field Minerals
Cannon Field Minerals is a family-owned and operated oil and gas minerals company. With more than two decades of oil and gas industry experience, Cannon Field manages a portfolio of minerals spanning from Texas and Oklahoma to Ohio and West Virginia.
Frontier Title
A boutique title insurance company with six locations throughout Texas, Frontier Title is a rapidly growing company serving both the residential and commercial real estate industries. Frontier Title professionals are committed to providing you with the highest level of security and satisfaction in the title insurance industry. Frontier Title takes pride in serving you and assisting with your title insurance needs to the best of their ability. The quality of customer service and the level of employee loyalty and commitment are what make Frontier Title the best. “We don’t work 8-5, We work START to FINISH.” Accolades include Fast 100, Inc. 5000 and Best Places to Work award winners multiple years running.
On Point Custom Homes
Named the 2017 Texas Custom Builder of the Year, On Point Custom Homes is a locally and nationally recognized custom home builder and remodeler located in Houston, TX. Their level of service speaks for itself in their expert design experience and innovative building approach, encouraging client involvement with their experienced staff from conception through completion. The On Point Custom Homes team’s constant drive to stay ahead of the building curve provides an unparalleled building experience setting them apart in today’s market. The team at On Point Custom Homes works to provide distinctly unique and beautiful floor plans to suit a wide variety of buyers.
Longheel Interests
Longheel Interests is a premier buyer of oil and gas mineral rights across the most prolific onshore US shale plays. The portfolio consists of minerals across multiple states and actively seeks new opportunities to add additional acreage.
Empower Title
A boutique Title Company focused on delivering excellent service, Empower Title opened in The Woodlands in 2019 and is quickly expanding into other states. With a new office in Florida and other states on the horizon, Empower services both commercial and residential real estate.
NewFound Partners
A Houston-based real estate firm targeting value-add opportunities, NewFound Partners invests in traditional real estate classes along with power and renewable assets across the US.
GrayLog
Graylog is an open source log management solution that centralizes all your machine events for fast search, analysis and real-time alerting. Discover and resolve issues faster. Keep end users happy with less downtime and better performance by proactively monitoring key indicators and exceptions across the entire stack. With GrayLog you can observe any established or rejected network connection, find those that are unusual to tighten rules and mitigate attacker activity. Trusted by leading companies including BlueCross BlueShield, LinkedIn, Cicso and more than 20,000 other installations.
8th Wonder Brewery
Founded in 2013, 8th Wonder Brewery began brewing craft beer in a warehouse in East Downtown Houston, TX after being inspired by the spirit of Houston. Named after the Houston Astrodome, 8th Wonder explores and brews a variety of beer styles from across the world, each batch undergoing strict flavor analysis and quality control. In addition to brewing and distributing five year-round brews, four seasonal brews and a large selection of limited release brews, 8th Wonder owns and operates a lively Tap Room in downtown Houston hosting daily tastings and signature events.
Title Data
Title Data is the Premier Title Plant in Texas. Since 1967 their clients have relied on them for the highest quality title plants that are continually refined through industry-leading technology. Title Data was originally established as a co-op among the nation’s largest underwriters to maintain a title plant for Harris County, Texas and over the years has expanded the geographic presence and product mix. Today, Title Data is the third-largest maintainer of traditional, thick title plants in the United States, covering approximately 21 million Texas properties. Title Data is a leader in the design, development and implementation of large title plant and title production systems.
Trivie
Trivie makes the process of corporate learning fun, mobile, easy to quantify and simple to deploy. In doing so they help companies better engage their employees to learn and retain information thereby making smarter companies that have higher revenue and superior employee satisfaction. Trivie for Business is a gaming platform for training reinforcement that is fun to play and simple to use. When companies use Trivie, they increase the knowledge retention of their employees on training topics like product information, corporate messaging, and compliance. This higher retention of information translates into increased productivity and improves the overall effectiveness of any corporate training program.
Pupjoy
Welcome to your dog’s favorite day of the month! Pupjoy is a subscription service designed for man’s best friend delivering tailored, artisan dog goods directly to your door. Working directly with responsible indie brands to bring you the highest quality, natural and organic products, Pupjoy carefully selects and vets each item to ensure each box creates happy tails. Customize your box based on your dog’s unique needs and personality and schedule deliveries that fit your schedule. Through PupJoy’s Helping Paws© program, $2 of every PupJoy Box purchase is donated to help shelters and rescues.
HeatGenie
HeatGenie is the first and only self-heating technology to meet the industry-leading brands’ non-negotiable criteria for success. This completely portable, single-use, self-heating packaging technology creates new usage opportunities such as hot coffee while driving to work or self-heating hot chocolate in children’s lunch boxes.
Gradient Works
Sales doesn’t stop when you route a lead
Neither does Gradient Works. Optimize every assignment throughout the customer lifecycle – from lead to opportunity to customer – with Gradient Works Assignment. Gradient Works is an early-stage software startup based in Austin, Texas. They’re building a revenue orchestration system to help B2B CROs increase sales velocity. Their first product is Gradient Works Assignment, a modern approach to adaptable account assignment and lead routing.
Translunar Crypto Ventures
Translunar Crypto Ventures is a Crypto based portfolio of liquid crypto assets and select initial coin offerings, based in Austin, Texas and the Cayman Islands.
Dearduck
Dearducks’ mission is to connect people through effective & thoughtful gifting. Founded in 2015, dearduck is an app that curates the perfect gift idea so you don’t have to. At dearduck, they get to know you and the people in your circle. They observe. They curate. They do all the research and heavy lifting so that you can be the heroic gift-giver you’ve always wanted to be. The dearduck team believes you can forge deeper bonds through effective gifting and that a great gift—no matter how big or small—is a wonderful thing for both the giver and the receiver. The quest for thoughtful presents is over. Gifting just got way easier.
Exited Investments
Alliant National Title Insurance Co
Founded in 2005, Alliant has grown to become the largest independent title insurance underwriter in the nation with no direct or affiliate operations. Its reinsurers hold more than 5x the policyholder surplus of the Top 4 underwriters combined, while all of its reinsurance partners have substantially better ratings than any title insurance underwriter with an AM Best rating of A- (Excellent) or better.
Mosquito Lock
Mosquito Lock was successfully sold to MosquitoNix, the national leader in Mosquito Control to expand their service areas which now includes locations in Atlanta, GA, Austin, TX, Houston, TX, and Charleston, SC. Your backyard is a place where memories are made — and with MosquitoNix® mosquito systems, it can be transformed into a cozy outdoor kitchen, a safe place where your kids can play, or a quiet place to relax. Outdoor living spaces are a refreshing way to connect with nature, as well as friends and family. But if mosquitos, flies, spiders, gnats, no-see-ums or other flying pests are taking a bite out of your outdoor enjoyment, it’s time to invest in mosquito control that’s safe and effective. MosquitoNix offers Misting Systems and QuickNix treatments to make your backyard a mosquito free zone.
On Point Events
On Point Events continues to be a recognized industry leader in providing distinctive VIP travel experiences to the World’s most sought-after Sports and Entertainment events like World Cup Soccer, Kentucky Derby, and People’s Choice Awards to name a few. Since 2004, On Point Events has been providing discerning travelers with incredible experiences at all their favorite events world-wide. Their extensive travel programs include premium tickets to the events of your choice, unique accommodations, private transportation, bespoke tours and excursions, pre-trip planning, concierge services and more. The On Point Events team of Experience Specialists take a consultative approach to personalize and enhance your travel program and ensure a memorable experience at each and every event.
VVG Labs
VVG Cannabis Concentrates is an award-winning, family owned and run cannabis oil extraction company in Las Vegas, Nevada. VVG has mastered the art of cannabis oil extraction by using only the cleanest and healthiest, science-based CO2 extraction methods.
Daymaker
The Daymaker team set out to create the most convenient, transparent, and meaningful giving experience for kids. DayMaker is a peer-to-peer gifting platform that helps parents share the joy of doing good with their children. Thousands of kids are using Daymaker on their birthdays to ask guests to donate a gift online while they RSVP to the party. Daymaker launched a pilot test during the 2014 holiday season. They worked with some of the largest and most respected nonprofits around the country and helped thousands of individuals have a special holiday season. Feedback from donors (especially children!), nonprofits, and corporations was overwhelming positive and today they are expanding faster than ever with the intention of making a difference in the lives of every child through the power of birthdays.
LivWell Enlightened Health
The nation’s leading cannabis company, LivWell has multiple locations, hundreds of employees in multiple states. Scientists, inventors, farmers, experts and pioneers in the development of the cannabis industry.
Third Coast Bank SSB
Third Coast Bank SSB was established in March of 2008 by a group of local organizers seeking to create a relationship-oriented bank committed to personal service and community contribution. They distinguish themselves by anticipating and exceeding the expectations of customers, building sustainable partnerships, maintaining the highest standards of ethical business conduct, being aware of and responsive to the needs of the community, and always being mindful of the fact that customers have a choice. Their approach is to be the best bank by offering the latest, state of the art technology, sophisticated banking tools and products including a high tech suite of treasury management solutions with personal touch and community banking service.
Layer 12 Hardwoods
A Houston-based company, Layer12 Harwoods is a domestic manufacture for the highest quality, wide-plank hardwood flooring available. With short lead times, Layer12 prides themselves on the ability to collaborate with architects/builders by offering a showroom-style consultation.