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Dallas–Fort Worth venture capital & startups
Dallas–Fort Worth enterprise & consumer tech — Match Group, Alkami, UpSmith, SoftLayer history, plus DVC and Perot Jain.
DFW coverage now spans Match Group (Nasdaq: MTCH, Dallas HQ), Alkami (Nasdaq: ALKT, Plano digital banking), UpSmith (Dallas trades SaaS seed with a16z), and SoftLayer’s IBM cloud exit — with Dallas Venture Capital (Irving) and Perot Jain as local HQ funds.
Aliases: dallas, fort worth, plano, frisco, irving, arlington, tx. Exclude arlington, va. Curated IDs only with clear DFW public association.
Venture firms in Dallas–Fort Worth
Matched from fund headquarters in our directory (alias-based). Dual-HQ firms may appear in more than one city.
| Firm | HQ (directory) | Leads |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Venture Capital | — | |
| Perot Jain | — | |
| Andreessen Horowitz | — | |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | — | |
| Insight Partners | — | |
| General Catalyst | — | |
| 8VC | — | |
| Disruptive | Dallas, Texas, United States | Growth |
| Maverick Capital | Dallas, United States | — |
Startups we cover in Dallas–Fort Worth
Matched from startup hq fields. Many profiles still lack HQ — curated lists
in editorial notes fill gaps when verified.
| Startup | One-liner | HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Match Group | — | |
| Alkami | — | |
| UpSmith | — | |
| SoftLayer | — | |
| Covenant | Defense startup that unveiled Anthem, a heavy-payload cruise missile, with $250M lifetime capital disclosed — not a dated September round; no valuation. | Washington, D.C. (CNBC); Dallas plant |
| Island | Enterprise browser and agentic control-plane company valued at $6.4 billion after a $400 million Series F. | Dallas, Texas, USA |
| Mazama Energy | Superhot-rock enhanced geothermal at Oregon’s Newberry Volcano — $135M of new capital in September 2026 including an oversubscribed Series B. | Frisco / Dallas, Texas (Newberry, Oregon project) |
| Perry Weather | On-site weather stations plus software that automate lightning, heat, and severe-weather safety decisions for outdoor organizations. | Dallas, Texas, USA |
Coverage gaps
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DFW logistics / freight visibility companies (Shipwell-class)
Metro is a freight and corporate distribution hub; still thin as structured /startup/ pages
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Cybersecurity vendors with DFW HQ beyond early coverage
Enterprise buyer density; census incomplete versus fintech/consumer publics we shipped
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Additional DFW seed programs (Tech Wildcatters, RevTech-class)
Active offline; not all have /fund/ pages yet — do not invent links
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SpareFoot / other historical marketplace exits
Useful narrative comps; verify HQ before adding structured profiles
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