South Loop Ventures Management, LLC

Seed fund managerSEC venture capital fund adviserEmerging manager· Houston, TexasSOUTHLOOP.VC

Investing in America’s wildest dreams at Pre-Seed and Seed

In the firm's own words, from its website.

Reported fund assets
$21.8M
sum of its funds' Form ADV filings, last 30 months
New companies, 12 mo
None
Latest vintage
2023
As of · the latest observation of this organization; filed figures are as of its latest Form ADV

2 verified contacts (1 published business email, 1 firm phone)

Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.

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Nothing material in the last 180 days.

Relationship network

7 connected entities

From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.

Click any name or line for the rounds and sources behind it. Line weight is rounds together; dashed lines are inferred.

Reading the network
  • Sponsor
  • Company
  • Fund or vehicle
›How strength and recency are read

Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.

Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.

How am I connected?

Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to South Loop Ventures Management, LLC: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.

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Investing

3 companies on record, 0 new in 12 months

Investments on record

3 companies, 0 partner-attributed
CompanyRoundRolePartnerRound sizeThis investorDateSource
Milkboxportfolio listingunknownunknownunknownunknownSep 14, 2026Fact Firm website
SmartBricksportfolio listingunknownunknownunknownunknownSep 14, 2026Fact Firm website
SmartWizportfolio listingunknownunknownunknownunknownSep 14, 2026Fact Firm website

Stated thesis versus observed behaviour

3 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
Sectors
fintech, healthcare, climate, energy, space, media
Stages
pre seed, seed, early
Geography
not stated
Check size
not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Self-described
seed
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 100%
lead rate no observed dealsfollow-on rate no observed dealsnew companies, 12 months 0

Team

0 current, 0 departed

Investment team

0 current, 0 departed
No named professional yet. People arrive from Form ADV Schedule A (owners, officers, control persons) and the team page.

Contacts

1 published business email, 1 firm phone

1 published business email, 1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.

Funds and LPs

1 vehicle, 0 LPs disclosed

Funds and vehicles

1 reported
VehicleTypeVintageLifecycleReported GAVOwnersForm D soldLatest Form D
South Loop Ventures, L.P.Fund2023 form d first saleActive deployment$21.8M
Sep 12, 2026
11$15.6M
of $50.0M
Jun 28, 2024

Limited partners

0 LPs, 0 disclosed commitments
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.

Known LPs and allocators

0 relationships across the firm's funds, from public pensions and the allocator graph
No allocator names this firm or its funds in a public disclosure DFX holds.

Relationships across DFX

3 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph

Co-investors

3 counted from shared deals, for the whole firm
  • 1 shared deal · one time
    2026-09-24
  • 1 shared deal · one time
    2026-09-24
  • 1 shared deal · one time
    2026-09-24
Across DFX and the capital chainon 1 other DFX graph Show
Across DFX
  • The same institution is held on RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Across the graphs

South Loop Ventures Management, LLC is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.

RIA and Wealth1

The joined record opens with the product, beside every other relationship on this page.

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Evidence and history

3 dated events, 28 observations from 3 sources

Timeline

3 dated events
  1. seen on or beforeSep 14, 2026
    South Loop Ventures Management, LLC: MICRO_VC -> SEED_FUND_MANAGER (name or self-description says seed)
    Classification changedClassificationInference
  2. seen on or beforeSep 12, 2026
    South Loop Ventures Management, LLC: INSTITUTIONAL_VC -> MICRO_VC (venture manager, reported GAV $21.8M across 1 vehicles)
    Classification changedClassificationInference
  3. Mar 30, 2026
    South Loop Ventures Management, LLC appears on the SEC adviser roster (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)
    First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactForm ADV

Identity and regulatory footprint

Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Mar 30, 2026 · 1 private fundsShow
Headquarters
Houston, TXadviserinfo.sec.gov
Office address
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
Business phone
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
SEC adviser type
Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
SEC exemption claimed
Venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
Latest Form ADV
Mar 30, 2026
Private funds reported
1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
Private fund gross assets, adviser total
$21.8Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder

Classification history

Every classification this record has carried3 on recordShow
  1. Sep 14, 2026
    Seed fund manager (confirmed, 95%)
    Name or self-description says seed
  2. Sep 13, 2026
    Micro VC (confirmed, 95%)
    Venture manager, reported GAV $21.8M across 1 vehicle
  3. Sep 12, 2026
    Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 70%)
    Venture manager with no reported fund assets yet (scale unknown)

Evidence

28 observations from 3 sources
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
FactValueEffectiveClassSource
Why admittedVC exemption, VC funds reportedMar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC exemption claimedVenture capital fund adviserMar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC adviser typeExempt reporting adviserMar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2026-03-30Mar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv pdf loadedadv-pdf-1Sep 12, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC statusERA - ActiveMar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC status effective2026-03-30Mar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
Business phoneMar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
Contact page urlSep 16, 2026Fact
DescriptionSep 16, 2026Fact
DescriptionSep 14, 2026Fact
HeadquartersHouston, TXMar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
Office addressMar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
Self-described typeseedSep 16, 2026Fact
Self-described typeseedSep 14, 2026Fact
Legal formLimited Liability CompanyMar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
Portfolio pageSep 16, 2026Fact
Portfolio pageSep 14, 2026Fact
Private funds reported1Mar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$21.8MMar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
Stated sectorsFintech, healthcare, climate, energy, space, media
“sector words on the home page”
Sep 16, 2026Fact
Stated sectorsFintech, healthcare, climate, energy, space, media
“sector words on the home page”
Sep 14, 2026Fact
Stated stagesPre seed, seed, early
“stage words on the home page”
Sep 16, 2026Fact
Stated stagesPre seed, seed, early
“stage words on the home page”
Sep 14, 2026Fact
Venture funds reported1Mar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
WebsiteMar 30, 2026FactForm ADV
Site titleSep 16, 2026Fact
Site titleSep 14, 2026Fact
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersSeed fund manager, confirmedShow
Importance
11
low
Active deployment
25
moderate
Emerging
94
high
Freshness
92
high
Seed fund managerSEC exempt reporting adviser

Name or self-description says seed

The inputs behind each score
importance
gav: 0.1 · funds: 0.08 · people: 0 · investments: 0.18 · co investors: 0.19
active deployment
investments 12m: 0 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 1 · latest investment at: not scored
emerging manager
fund count: 1 · reported gav: $21.8M · first adv filing: 2026-03-30 · years since first filing: 0.5

Fits, record history and connections

scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge

Fits

3 scored matches, best firstas of
  • score 33.4confidence 100%
    Why: sector fit; geography fit; activity; emerging
  • score 33.4confidence 100%
    Why: sector fit; geography fit; activity; emerging
  • score 33.4confidence 100%
    Why: sector fit; geography fit; activity; emerging

Scored by DFX match engines from the record's observed portfolio, stage, geography and recent activity. A fit is a reason to look, not a mandate; the blockers say what the model could not confirm. Names and the evidence sentences show with the names on this page.

Record history

3 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
  • Organization classification changed
    2026-09-14
  • Organization classification changed
    2026-09-12
  • Adviser's first ADV filing
    2026-03-30source on record

The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.

Not yet on record: investment team.