Silverton Partners is an early-stage

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firm headquartered in

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. Founded in 2006, Silverton Partners focuses on the Seed and Series A rounds of a startup's lifecycle across a variety of industries including enterprise

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, consumer marketplaces,

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, insurance, real estate technologies,

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, etc. Silverton Partners is the longest running venture firm in Texas and has been named the most active venture capital firm in Texas for the seventh consecutive year by CBInsights.

History

Silverton Partners was founded by Bill Wood, a founder of

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, in 2005. After initially operating as a family office, Silverton Partners launched Fund III as an institutional fund with $75 million in 2006, Fund IV with $75 million in 2013, and Fund V with $108 million in 2018. The firm is led by Managing Partner, Morgan Flager, and Partners, Kip McClanahan, Mike Dodd, and Roger Chen. In 2021, Silverton Partners’ Morgan Flager and Mike Dodd were both named on Seed 100, Business Insider’s list of the most prominent seed investors in the U.S. In 2021, Silverton Partners was named the most active venture capital firm in Texas for the seventh consecutive year by CBInsights.

Portfolio

Among Silverton’s early-stage investments are: * 360pi * Aceable * Apprentice.io * Billie * BlackLocus * Convey *

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* Outbound Engine * Rollick * SailPoint * SelfLender *

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* SourceDay *

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* TrendKite * Turnkey Vacation Rentals * UnboundID * uShip * WP EngineTechCrunch
"Silverton, Automattic Put $1.2M Into WordPress Hosting And Security Service WP Engine"
November 15, 2011.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.silvertonpartners.com Venture capital firms of the United States Companies based in Austin, Texas American companies established in 2005 2005 establishments in Texas