DFJ Mercury is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, DFJ Mercury invests in compelling and novel start-up opportunities in information technology, advanced materials and bioscience. DFJ Mercury seeks to partner with extraordinary entrepreneurs to build globally competitive businesses, focusing on investments in the midcontinent. Our team has broad experience and relationships with tech transfer offices and regional technology incubators, and appreciates hard science with solid intellectual property. Our firm has a particular focus on university spin-outs and incubation, often investing prior to a business plan or management team being formed. Since inception in 2005, DFJ Mercury has been one of the most active start-up and seed-stage investors in the midcontinent, has consistently rated as a top VC firm for entrepreneurs by Entrepreneur Magazine and TheFunded.com, and has become a "go-to" venture firm for entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of idea generation, company formation, and market execution. DFJ Mercury is a partner in the DFJ Global Network of venture funds.
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| 05.12.2014 | Houston Venture Capital Firm Mercury Fund Closes $105M Third Fund | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Houston’s Mercury Fund has raised its third fund, totaling $105 million in commitments. The closing of Mercury Fund III, which made its first investment in October 2013 and it... |
| 05.10.2012 | Epic Playground wants to be the Chartbeat for media analytics (exclusive) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! If you’re a publisher, musician, or any other cre... |
| 05.09.2012 | Macheen Closes $10M Financing | Macheen Inc., an Austin, Texas-based global service provider for connected devices, has closed an additional $10m in financing. The round was led by GemVentures, with participation from existing investors North Bridge Venture Capital and DF... |
| 08.08.2012 | Why Hinterlands Startups Can’t Get Silicon Valley Funding | Silicon Forest, Silicon Prairie, Silicon Beach, Silicon Hills, Silicon Sandbar. Nice ideas, all of them. But let’s get real. Startups anywhere outside the two major tech hubs of Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley have even more trouble attrac... |
| 26.07.2012 | Technology for minimally invasive surgery of tear drainage system secures $1.2 million | Location: Boulder, Colorado. Solution/product: Currently in stealth mode, the company is developing minimally invasive surgical technology for the lacrimal system, which comprises structures for tear production and drainage. Money raised: H... |
| 21.06.2012 | Startup Accelerator Fail: Most Graduates Go Nowhere | Startup accelerators continue to grow in popularity. There are now more than 200 around the world attracting twice as many applicants as they did just two years ago. But there’s a dirty little secret: A lot of accelerators are just spinning... |
| 09.11.2011 | Koupon Media Raises $2M in Series A Funding | Koupon Media, a Dallas, TX-based developer of a platform www.kou.pn for delivering digital coupons to consumers via mobile devices, has raised $2m in Series A funding. The round was led by DFJ Mercury, with participation from the Matthew Pr... |
| 06.11.2011 | TechStars for a day at Geekdom | The TechStars Cloud could serve as a catalyst to ignite San Antonio’s startup technology community. That’s because ten new startups will locate here for the 12-week program, which kicks off in January. Also, Nicole Glaros, TechStar managing... |
| 15.06.2011 | Macheen Closes $10M Series B Financing | Macheen Inc., an Austin, Texas-based global cloud service provider for connected devices, has closed a $10m Series B financing. The round was led by North Bridge Venture Capital, with participation from existing investors inculding DFJ Merc... |
| 02.05.2011 | Top 15 U.S. Startup Accelerators & Incubators Ranked; TechStars, Y Combinator Top Rankings | There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with pure co-working spaces) as they offer entrepreneurs a way to spend a few months laser focused on a... |
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